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3,457 words match “LESS”

NAMELESS a. 4 definitions
Without a name; not having been given a name; as, a nameless star. Waller.
NAMELESSLY adv.
In a nameless manner.
NAPLESS a.
Without nap; threadbare. Shak.
NATHLESS adv.
Nevertheless. [Archaic] Chaucer. Milton. E. Arnold.
NATURELESS a.
Not in accordance with nature; unnatural. [Obs.] Milton.
NEEDLESS a. 3 definitions
Having no need. [Obs.] Weeping into the needless stream. Shak.
NERVELESS a. 2 definitions
Destitute of strength or of courage; wanting vigor; weak; powerless. A kingless people for a nerveless state. Byron. Awaking, all nerveless, from an ugly dream. Hawthorne.
NERVELESSNESS n.
The state of being nerveless.
NEVERTHELESS adv.
Not the less; notwithstanding; in spite of that; yet. No chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness. Heb. xii. 11.
NIGHTLESS a.
Having no night.
NIMBLESS n.
Nimbleness. [Obs.] Spenser.
NOBLESS; NOBLESSE n. 2 definitions
Dignity; greatness; noble birth or condition. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser. B. Jonson.
NOISELESS a.
Making, or causing, no noise or bustle; without noise; silent; as, the noiseless foot of time. So noiseless would I live. Dryden. -- Noise"less*ly, adv. -- Noise"less*ness, n.
NOSELESS a.
Destitute of a nose.
NOTELESS a.
Not attracting notice; not conspicuous. Noteless as the race from which he sprung. Sir W. Scott.
NOTELESSNESS n.
A state of being noteless.
NUMBERLESS a.
Innumerable; countless.
NUMBLESS n.
See Nombles.
OARLESS a.
Without oars. Sylvester.
OBJECTLESS a.
Having no object; purposeless.
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