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509 words match “TRESS”

COADJUTRESS; COADJUTRIX n.
A female coadjutor or assistant. Holland. Smollett.
COMFORTRESS n.
A woman who comforts. To be your comfortress, and to preserve you. B. Jonson.
COMPETITRESS n.
A woman who competes.
CONDUCTRESS n.
A woman who leads or directs; a directress.
CORRECTRESS n.
A woman who corrects.
CORRUPTRESS n.
A woman who corrupts. Thou studied old corruptress. Beau & Fl.
CREATRESS n.
She who creates. Spenser.
CREDITRESS; CREDITRIX n.
A female creditor.
DETRACTRESS n.
A female detractor. Addison.
DICTATRESS n.
A woman who dictates or commands. Earth's chief dictatress, ocean's mighty queen. Byron.
DIRECTRESS n.
A woman who directs. Bp. Hurd.
DISTRESS n. 8 definitions
Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as, to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends. Not fearing death nor shrinking for distress. Shak.
DISTRESSEDNESS n.
A state of being distressed or greatly pained.
DISTRESSFUL a.
Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with, distress; as, a distressful situation. "Some distressful stroke." Shak. "Distressful cries." Pope. -- Dis*tress"ful*ly, adv.
DISTRESSING a. 2 definitions
Causing distress; painful; unpleasant.
DOCTRESS n.
A female doctor. [R.]
EDITRESS n.
A female editor.
ELECTRESS n.
The wife or widow of an elector in the old German empire. Burke.
EMULATRESS n.
A female emulator. [R.]
ENCHANTRESS n.
A woman versed in magical arts; a sorceress; also, a woman who fascinates. Shak.
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