10 Letter Words for Speciously
speciously
9 Letter Words for Speciously
cypselous, spiculose
8 Letter Words for Speciously
closeups, coulises, coulisse, epulosis, leucosis, opuscles, ossicule, pulicose, scopelus, specious, spicules, spulyies, upcloses
7 Letter Words for Speciously
celsius, cesious, clipeus, closeup, clypeus, couples, culpose, cupless, loessic, lycopus, oilcups, opuscle, oscules, ossicle, piceous, pileous, piously, ploceus, polices, poussie, pusleys, pussley, sluices, souples, spicose, spicous, spicule, splices, spulyes, spulyie, upclose, upcoils
6 Letter Words for Speciously
cepous, cessio, clipes, clipse, clises, closes, cloyes, clypei, clypes, clyses, clysis, coleus, coleys, colies, colpus, copies, copses, coseys, cossie, coulie, coulis, coupes, couple, coypus, cuisse, culpeo, cupels, cuspis, cyesis, epicly, epulis, eusols, iscose, louies, louise, loupes, louses, lyssic, oilcup, opuses, oscule, ousels, peucyl, picule, piculs, pileus, pilose, pilous, pioyes, pisces, piscos, plisse, pluses, poesis, poilus, poises, poleis, poleys, police, policy, polies, posies, possie, poucey, poules, pousse, poyses, pulses, pusles, pusley, pussel, pussly, pyelic, pyoses, pyosis, scious, scoley, scopes, scoups, scouse, sculps, sepoys, slices, slipes, slopes, sluice, sluicy, slypes, socies, socius, socles, soleus, souces, souple, soyles, specus, speils, spices, spicey, spiels, spiles, spilus, splice, spoils, spouse, spousy, spules, spulye, uloses, ulosis, ulyies, upcoil, upseys, upsies
5 Letter Words for Speciously
ceils, ciels, clies, clipe, clips, cloes, clops, close, clous, cloye, cloys, clues, clype, coils, coles, coley, copei, copes, copis, copse, copsy, copus, coses, cosey, cosie, cosse, coupe, coups, coypu, cupel, cusie, cusps, cusso, elops, eolic, epics, epulo, euois, eusol, ileus, ipsus, isles, issue, leiss, lepus, lesiy, leuco, lieus, lipse, lisps, locus, loess, loipe, lopes, loses, lossy, louey, louie, louis, loupe, loups, louse, lousy, luces, lupis, lyses, lysis, oculi, oleic, olepy, olpes, opelu, ousel, pecos, pesos, picul, picus, piles, pilus, pious, pioye, pioys, pisco, pisos, pleis, plies, pliss, ploce, ploys, pocul, pocus, poesy, poils, poilu, poise, poles, poley, polis, polys, poses, posey, posse, possy, pouce, poucy, poule, pousy, poyse, puces, pules, pulis, pulse, puses, pusle, pusly, pussy, pylic, scelp, scope, scops, scoup, sculp, sculs, scups, scuse, scyes, secos, secus, seils, seoul, sepic, sepoy, sices, sicle, siles, silos, sipes, sleys, slice, slipe, slips, sloes, slope, slops, slopy, slues, sluse, slype, socle, soils, soily, solei, soles, solus, sosie, souce, souls, souly, soups, soupy, souse, soyle, specs, speil, speos, spice, spics, spicy, spiel, spies, spile, spise, spoil, spole, spues, spule, sulci, supes, syces, sylis, sypes, sysop, ulyie, upsey, yelps, yesso, yipes, youse, yules
4 Letter Words for Speciously
ceil, cels, ceps, cess, ciel, cipo, clep, clio, clip, clop, clos, clou, cloy, clue, coes, coil, cole, coli, colp, cols, coly, cope, cops, copy, cose, coss, coue, coul, coup, coys, cpus, cues, culp, cups, cusp, cuss, cyul, ecol, ecus, epic, epil, epos, esop, espy, euoi, ices, iocs, ipse, ipso, isle, isls, isos, leis, leos, leps, less, leys, lice, lies, lieu, lipe, lips, lisp, liss, lisu, loci, lope, lops, lose, loss, loup, loys, luce, lucy, lues, lupe, lyes, lyse, oeci, oils, oily, oles, olpe, opec, opes, opsy, opus, oses, osse, oups, oyes, pecs, pelu, peso, pess, pice, pico, pics, pies, pile, pily, pioy, pise, piso, piss, pius, plie, ploy, plus, poil, pois, pole, pols, poly, pose, poss, posy, psec, psis, puce, pule, puli, puls, puly, puss, puys, pyes, pyic, scil, scop, scsi, scul, scup, scye, seco, secs, secy, seil, seis, sels, seps, seys, sice, sics, sile, silo, siol, sipe, sips, sise, sley, slip, sloe, slop, slue, slup, soce, socs, soil, sole, sols, sope, sops, soul, soup, sous, soys, spec, spic, spie, spue, suci, sues, suey, supe, sups, susi, syce, syes, syli, sype, ueys, uily, ules, upsy, uses, ycie, yelp, yeps, yeso, yipe, yips, youp, yous, yule, yups
3 Letter Words for Speciously
cel, ceo, cep, cie, cis, cli, clo, cly, col, cop, cos, coy, cpi, cpl, cpo, cps, cpu, csi, csp, cue, cul, cup, cyl, cyp, eco, ecu, eli, els, eos, epi, esc, esp, ess, esu, eyl, ice, icy, ile, ilo, ios, iou, ipl, ipo, ips, ise, isl, iso, iyo, lei, leo, lep, les, leu, ley, lie, lip, lis, loc, loe, lop, los, loy, lsc, lue, luo, lyc, lye, lys, oes, oie, oil, ois, ole, olp, ope, ops, ose, osi, oui, oup, ous, oye, oys, pci, pec, pel, pes, pic, pie, pil, pis, piu, pli, plu, ply, poi, pol, pos, poy, psi, pul, pus, puy, pye, sci, sec, sei, sel, sep, sey, sic, sie, sil, sip, sis, sle, sly, soc, sol, sop, sou, soy, spl, sps, spy, sse, ssp, ssu, sue, sui, sup, sus, sye, syl, uey, ule, upo, ups, use, yeo, yep, yes, yip, yis, yoe, yoi, yos, you, yue, yup, yus
Definitions for Speciously
[1] apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
[2] pleasing to the eye but deceptive.
[3] Obsolete . pleasing to the eye; fair.
[4] apparently correct or true, but actually wrong or false
[5] deceptively attractive in appearance
Words related to Speciously
speciousostensibly, probably, supposedly, allegedly, possibly, evidently, externally, outwardly, reasonably, superficially, intuitively, plausibly, professedly, reputably, seemingly, tangibly
Words nearby Speciously
speciousspecificity, specify, specimen, specimen plant, speciosity, specious, specious present, speck, speckle, speckle interferometry, speckle pattern
Origin of Speciously
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin speciōsus fair, good-looking, beautiful, equivalent to speci(ēs ) (see species) + -ōsus -ous
Words that may be confused with Speciously
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, speciousspecie, species, specious
Other words from Speciously
spe·cious·ly , adverb
spe·cious·ness , noun
non·spe·cious , adjective
non·spe·cious·ly , adverb
non·spe·cious·ness , noun
un·spe·cious , adjective
un·spe·cious·ly , adverb
un·spe·cious·ness , noun
Word origin for Speciously
C14 (originally: fair): from Latin speciōsus plausible, from speciēs outward appearance, from specere to look at
Synonyms for Speciously
allegedly, as if, as though, at a glance, at first sight, evidently, externally, in all likelihood, intuitively, it appears that, it seems that, most likely, on the face of it, ostensibly, outwardly, plausibly, possibly, probably, professedly, reasonably, reputably, seemingly, superficially, supposedly, tangibly, to all appearances