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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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7,497 words match “NESS”

BAWDINESS n.
Obscenity; lewdness.
BEAMINESS n.
The state of being beamy.
BEARDLESSNESS n.
The state or quality of being destitute of beard.
BEARISHNESS n.
Behavior like that of a bear.
BEASTLINESS n.
The state or quality of being beastly.
BECOMINGNESS n.
The quality of being becoming, appropriate, or fit; congruity; fitness. The becomingness of human nature. Grew.
BEERINESS n.
Beery condition.
BEGGARLINESS n.
The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness.
BEHOLDINGNESS n.
, The state of being obliged or beholden. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
BENEFICIALNESS n.
The quality of being beneficial; profitableness.
BETTERNESS n. 2 definitions
The difference by which fine gold or silver exceeds in fineness the standard.
BEWILDEREDNESS n.
The state of being bewildered; bewilderment. [R.]
BEWITCHEDNESS n.
The state of being bewitched. Gauden.
BIGNESS n.
The state or quality of being big; largeness; size; bulk.
BILIOUSNESS n.
The state of being bilious.
BINDINGNESS n.
The condition or property of being binding; obligatory quality. Coleridge.
BITTERNESS n. 3 definitions
tate of being bitter, sharp, or acrid, in either a literal or figurative sense; implacableness; resentfulness; severity; keenness of reproach or sarcasm; deep distress, grief, or vexation of mind. The lip that curls with bitterness. Percival. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. Job vii. 11.…
BLACKNESS n.
The quality or state of being black; black color; atrociousness or enormity in wickedness. They're darker now than blackness. Donne.
BLAMELESSNESS n.
The quality or state of being blameless; innocence.
BLANDNESS n.
The state or quality of being bland.
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