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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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3,457 words match “LESS”

BREADLESS a.
Without bread; destitude of food. Plump peers and breadless bards alike are dull. P. Whitehead.
BREADTHLESS a.
Without breadth.
BREATHLESS a. 3 definitions
fear, expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding of the breath; as, breathless attention. But breathless, as we grow when feeling most. Byron.
BREATHLESSLY adv.
In a breathless manner.
BREATHLESSNESS n.
The state of being breathless or out of breath.
BREEZELESS a.
Motionless; destitute of breezes. A stagnant, breezeless air becalms my soul. Shenstone.
BRIBELESS a.
Incapable of being bribed; free from bribes. From thence to heaven's bribeless hall. Sir W. Raleigh.
BRIDGELESS a.
Having no bridge; not bridged.
BRIEFLESS a.
Having no brief; without clients; as, a briefless barrister.
BRIMLESS a.
Having no brim; as, brimless caps.
BROWLESS a.
Without shame. L. Addison.
BUSHLESS a.
Free from bushes; bare. O'er the long backs of the bushless downs. Tennyson.
CARELESS a. 4 definitions
from care or anxiety. hence, cheerful; light-hearted. Spenser. Sleep she as sound as careless infancy. Shak.
CARELESSLY adv.
In a careless manner.
CARELESSNESS n.
The quality or state of being careless; heedlessness; negligenece; inattention.
CARPETLESS a.
Without a carpet.
CAUSELESS a. 3 definitions
Without just or sufficient reason; groundless. My fears are causeless and ungrounded. Denham.
CAUSELESSNESS n.
The state of being causeless.
CEASELESS a. 2 definitions
Without pause or end; incessant.
CHAFFLESS a.
Without chaff.
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