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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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7,497 words match “NESS”

FEWNESS n. 2 definitions
The state of being few; smallness of number; paucity. Shak.
FICKLENESS n.
The quality of being fickle; instability; inconsonancy. Shak.
FIDGETINESS n.
Quality of being fidgety.
FIERINESS n.
The quality of being fiery; heat; acrimony; irritability; as, a fieriness of temper. Addison.
FILMINESS n.
State of being filmy.
FILTHINESS n. 2 definitions
The state of being filthy. Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit. 2 Cor. vii. 1.
FINENESS n. 4 definitions
Freedom from foreign matter or alloy; clearness; purity; as, the fineness of liquor. The fineness of the gold, and chargeful fashion. Shak.
FINESSE n. 4 definitions
of contrivance to gain a point; artifice; stratagem. This is the artificialest piece of finesse to persuade men into slavery. Milton.
FINITENESS n.
The state of being finite.
FIRMNESS n.
The state or quality of being firm.
FISHINESS n.
The state or quality of being fishy or fishlike. Pennant.
FITNESS n.
The state or quality of being fit; as, the fitness of measures or laws; a person's fitness for office.
FITTEDNESS n.
The state or quality of being fitted; adaptation. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
FIXEDNESS n. 2 definitions
The state or quality of being fixed; stability; steadfastness.
FLABBINESS n.
Quality or state of being flabby.
FLAGGINESS n.
The condition of being flaggy; laxity; limberness. Johnson.
FLAKINESS n.
The state of being flaky.
FLASHINESS n.
The quality of being flashy.
FLATNESS n. 5 definitions
Eveness of surface; want of relief or prominence; the state of being plane or level.
FLEETNESS n.
Swiftness; rapidity; velocity; celerity; speed; as, the fleetness of a horse or of time.
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