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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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7,497 words match “NESS”

ADDICTEDNESS n.
The quality or state of being addicted; attachment.
ADDLE-PATEDNESS n.
Stupidity.
ADEPTNESS n.
The quality of being adept; skill.
ADEQUATENESS n.
The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency; adequacy.
ADHESIVENESS n. 2 definitions
The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity of union.
ADIPOSENESS; ADIPOSITY n.
The state of being fat; fatness.
ADMIRABLENESS n.
The quality of being admirable; wonderful excellence.
ADORABLENESS n.
The quality of being adorable, or worthy of adoration. Johnson.
ADROITNESS n.
The quality of being adroit; skill and readiness; dexterity. Adroitness was as requisite as courage. Motley.
ADULTNESS n.
The state of being adult.
ADVANTAGEOUSNESS n.
Profitableness.
ADVENTUROUSNESS n.
The quality or state of being adventurous; daring; venturesomeness.
ADVERSENESS n.
The quality or state of being adverse; opposition.
ADVISABLE-NESS n.
The quality of being advisable or expedient; expediency; advisability.
ADVISEDNESS n.
Deliberate consideration; prudent procedure; caution.
AERIAL SICKNESS n.
A sickness felt by aëronauts due to high speed of flights and rapidity in changing altitudes, combining some symptoms of mountain sickness and some of seasickness.
AFFABLENESS n.
Affability.
AFFECTEDNESS n.
Affectation.
AFFECTIONATENESS n.
The quality of being affectionate; fondness; affection.
AFFLICTEDNESS n.
The state of being afflicted; affliction. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
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