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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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7,497 words match “NESS”

AUSTERENESS n. 2 definitions
Harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity. Johnson.
AUTHENTICALNESS n.
The quality of being authentic; authenticity. [R.] Barrow.
AUTHENTICNESS n.
The quality of being authentic; authenticity. [R.] Hammond.
AVAILABLENESS n. 2 definitions
Competent power; validity; efficacy; as, the availableness of a title. [Obs.]
AVERSENESS n.
The quality of being averse; opposition of mind; unwillingness.
AWESOMENESS n.
The quality of being awesome.
AWFULNESS n. 2 definitions
The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred place. The awfulness of grandeur. Johnson.
AWLESSNESS n.
The quality of being awless.
BACKHANDEDNESS n.
State of being backhanded; the using of backhanded or indirect methods.
BACKWARDNESS n.
The state of being backward.
BADNESS n.
The state of being bad.
BALDNESS n.
The state or condition of being bald; as, baldness of the head; baldness of style. This gives to their syntax a peculiar character of simplicity and baldness. W. D. Whitney.
BALEFULNESS n.
The quality or state of being baleful.
BARBAROUSNESS n.
The quality or state of being barbarous; barbarity; barbarism.
BAREFACEDNESS n.
The quality of being barefaced; shamelessness; assurance; audaciousness.
BARENESS n.
The state of being bare.
BARONESS n.
A baron's wife; also, a lady who holds the baronial title in her own right; as, the Baroness Burdett-Coutts.
BARRENNESS n.
The condition of being barren; sterility; unproductiveness. A total barrenness of invention. Dryden.
BASENESS n.
The quality or condition of being base; degradation; vileness. I once did hold it a baseness to write fair. Shak.
BASHFULNESS n.
The quality of being bashful.
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