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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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7,497 words match “NESS”

BLANKNESS n.
The state of being blank.
BLEAREYEDNESS n.
The state of being blear-eyed.
BLESSEDNESS n.
The state of being blessed; happiness; felicity; bliss; heavenly joys; the favor of God. The assurance of a future blessedness. Tillotson. Single blessedness, the unmarried state. "Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness." Shak.
BLINDNESS n.
State or condition of being blind, literally or figuratively. Darwin. Color blindness, inability to distinguish certain color. See Daltonism.
BLITHENESS n.
The state of being blithe. Chaucer.
BLOATEDNESS n.
The state of being bloated.
BLONDNESS n.
The state of being blond. G. Eliot.
BLOODINESS n. 2 definitions
Disposition to shed blood; bloodthirstiness. All that bloodiness and savage cruelty which was in our nature. Holland.
BLOOMINGNESS n.
A blooming condition.
BLUENESS n.
The quality of being blue; a blue color. Boyle.
BLUFFNESS n.
The quality or state of being bluff.
BLUNTNESS n. 2 definitions
Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; want of sharpness. The multitude of elements and bluntness of angles. Holland.
BODILINESS n.
Corporeality. Minsheu.
BOISTEROUSNESS n.
The state or quality of being boisterous; turbulence; disorder; tumultuousness.
BOLDNESS n.
The state or quality of being bold.
BONINESS n.
The condition or quality of being bony.
BONNINESS n.
The quality of being bonny; gayety [R.]
BOSKINESS n.
Boscage; also, the state or quality of being bosky.
BOYISHNESS n.
The manners or behavior of a boy.
BRACKISHNESS n.
The quality or state of being brackish, or somewhat salt.
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