What words end with tious?

11-letter words that end in tious

contentious.
pretentious.
expeditious.
tendentious.
flirtatious.
repetitious.
scrumptious.
unambitious.

What is the spelling rule for tious and cious?

The ‘shus’ sound at the end of a word is usually spelt ‘cious’ or ‘tious’. ‘tious’ is often used if the root word would take the suffix ‘tion’ in its noun form. ‘cious’ is often used if the root word ends in ‘ce’.

What is a cious word?

The -tious and -cious are part of the -ious suffix. This suffix essentially means ‘full of’ or ‘having’ which can help us undertsand what the word means. Words ending in -tious or -cious are generally adjectives.

What ends with cial and tial?

social, special, official, crucial, judicial, artificial, racial, beneficial, superficial, unofficial, facial, glacial, especially, specially, sacrificial, prejudicial, antisocial, multiracial.

Is tious a suffix?

Tious is defined as having. An example of the tious suffix is the word ambitious, meaning having ambition.

What does the suffix cial mean?

The –cial suffix usually follows a vowel. When examining the root word you can see that the e is dropped before adding ial. The ial suffix means ‘relates to’. Here are some examples: • Official (office)

How many CIAL are there?

It has a floor area of about 2,000 m2 (22,000 sq ft) and can handle approximately 25,000 tonnes of cargo. It was commissioned in 2008 at a cost of ₹380 million (US$5.0 million) jointly by CIAL, Government of India through Agricultural and Food Promotion Export Development Authority (APEDA), and Government of Kerala.

What is the rule for cious?

Rule for Adding the Suffix -cious If the root word ends in –ce, remove –ce and replace it with –cious.

How do you teach cious?

Say the sound sh, then say the letter names ti and ci. Using exaggerated pronunciation, say each of the words listed on the card in syllables. Ask the children to say the whole word. e.g. you say de`li`cious (shous); the children say delicious.

What does cial and TiAl mean?

As with all spelling rules there are always exceptions. For example: • initial (the –tial suffix is used after a vowel) • commercial, financial, provincial (the –cial suffix is used after a. consonant)

What are words that end in -cious?

The ‘-on’ is dropped and the ‘-tious’ suffix is added on to the end to turn it into an adjective. Words that end in ‘-cious’ include ferocious, delicious, malicious, and precious.

What are some words that end in tious?

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