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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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7,497 words match “NESS”

CONVINCINGNESS n.
The power of convincing, or the quality of being convincing.
COOLNESS n. 2 definitions
of cold; a moderate degree, or a want, of passion; want of ardor, zeal, or affection; calmness.
COORDINATENESS n.
The state of being coördinate; equality of rank or authority.
COPIOUSNESS n.
The state or quality of being copious; abudance; plenty; also, diffuseness in style. To imitatethe copiousness of Homer. Dryden.
CORDIALNESS n.
Cordiality. Cotgrave.
CORKINESS n.
The quality of being corky.
CORPOREALNESS n.
Corporeality; corporeity.
CORRECTNESS n.
The state or quality of being correct; as, the correctness of opinions or of manners; correctness of taste; correctness in writing or speaking; the correctness of a text or copy.
CORRELATIVENESS n.
Quality of being correlative.
CORRIGIBLENESS n.
The state or quality of being corrigible; corrigibility.
CORROSIBLENESS n.
The quality or state of being corrosible. Bailey.
CORRUPTNESS n.
The quality of being corrupt.
COSTIVENESS n. 2 definitions
Inability to express one's self; stiffness. [Obs.] A reverend disputant of the same costiveness in public elocution with myself. Wakefield.
COSTLINESS n.
The quality of being costy; expensiveness; sumptuousness.
COURAGEOUSNESS n.
The quality of being courageous; courage.
COURTEOUSNESS n.
The quality of being courteous; politeness; courtesy.
COURTLINESS n.
The quality of being courtly; elegance or dignity of manners.
COVERTNESS n.
Secrecy; privacy. [R.]
COVETIVENESS n.
Acquisitiveness.
COVETOUSNESS n. 2 definitions
[R.] When workmen strive to do better than well, They do confound their skill in covetousness. Shak.
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