8-letter words containing ES
Embark on an exploration of 8-letter words that contain the letter ES. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate ES within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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business | 10 | a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it | he bought his brother's business |
question | 17 | uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something | there is no question about the validity of the enterprise |
princess | 12 | a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign) | - |
interest | 8 | be on the mind of | - |
pressure | 10 | to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means | - |
greatest | 9 | highest in quality | - |
research | 13 | inquire into | the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project |
honestly | 14 | in an honest manner | in he can't get it honestly, he is willing to steal it |
goodness | 10 | that which is pleasing or valuable or useful | - |
darkness | 13 | absence of light or illumination | - |
presence | 12 | the immediate proximity of someone or something | she blushed in his presence |
progress | 11 | move forward, also in the metaphorical sense | - |
services | 13 | performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others | the mayor tried to maintain city services |
festival | 14 | an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place) | a drama festival |
presents | 10 | - | - |
designed | 11 | done or made or performed with purpose and intent | style...is more than the deliberate and designed creation |
describe | 13 | give a description of | - |
highness | 15 | the quality of being high or lofty | - |
response | 10 | the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange | - |
mistress | 10 | an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man | - |
blessing | 11 | a desirable state | enjoy the blessings of peace |
obsessed | 11 | influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion | - |
hopeless | 13 | certain to fail | the situation is hopeless |
dressing | 10 | making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure | - |
hercules | 13 | (classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality | - |
homeless | 13 | physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security | - |
designer | 10 | someone who specializes in graphic design | - |
weakness | 15 | a flaw or weak point | - |
deserved | 13 | properly deserved | - |
congress | 11 | the social act of assembling for some common purpose | the lovers met discreetly for the purposes of sexual congress |
kindness | 13 | tendency to be kind and forgiving | - |
helpless | 13 | lacking in or deprived of strength or power | lying ill and helpless |
guessing | 10 | an estimate based on little or no information | - |
waitress | 11 | serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant | - |
domestic | 13 | a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household | - |
stressed | 9 | suffering severe physical strain or distress | he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing |
respects | 12 | (often used with `pay') a formal expression of esteem | he paid his respects to the mayor |
youngest | 12 | - | - |
sickness | 14 | impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism | - |
injuries | 15 | - | - |
salesman | 10 | a man salesperson | - |
harmless | 13 | not causing or capable of causing harm | harmless bacteria |
hesitate | 11 | interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing | - |
destined | 10 | (usually followed by `to') governed by fate | an old house destined to be demolished |
restless | 8 | lacking or not affording physical or mental rest | a restless night |
preserve | 13 | maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger | - |
measures | 10 | - | - |
semester | 10 | half a year; a period of 6 months | - |
deserted | 10 | forsaken by owner or inhabitants | - |
happiest | 15 | - | - |
mattress | 10 | a large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed | - |
reserved | 12 | marked by self-restraint and reticence | was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion |
escaping | 13 | - | - |
pressing | 11 | compelling immediate action | too pressing to permit of longer delay |
courtesy | 13 | a courteous manner | - |
distress | 9 | psychological suffering | the death of his wife caused him great distress |
resolved | 12 | explained or answered | mysteries solved and unsolved; problems resolved and unresolved |
careless | 10 | (usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration | careless of the consequences |
freshman | 16 | a first-year undergraduate | - |
countess | 10 | female equivalent of a count or earl | - |
ruthless | 11 | without mercy or pity | an act of ruthless ferocity |
resident | 9 | used of animals that do not migrate | - |
reckless | 14 | marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences | became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans |
restroom | 10 | a toilet that is available to the public | - |
fortress | 11 | a fortified defensive structure | - |
sessions | 8 | United States composer who promoted 20th century music (1896-1985) | - |
premises | 12 | land and the buildings on it | bread is baked on the premises |
estimate | 10 | judge to be probable | - |
restored | 9 | - | - |
fearless | 11 | oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them | - |
policies | 12 | - | - |
resigned | 10 | - | - |
sniffles | 14 | - | - |
earliest | 8 | with the least delay | - |
wrestler | 11 | combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground | - |
diabetes | 11 | a polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood; any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst | - |
resemble | 12 | appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to | She resembles her mother very much |
johannes | 18 | - | - |
reserves | 11 | civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army | - |
ancestor | 10 | someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | - |
airlines | 8 | - | - |
manifest | 13 | provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes | The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication |
wireless | 11 | an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals | - |
advances | 14 | - | - |
archives | 16 | collection of records especially about an institution | - |
espresso | 10 | strong black coffee brewed by forcing hot water under pressure through finely ground coffee beans | - |
galaxies | 16 | - | - |
prestige | 11 | a high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc. | he wanted to achieve power and prestige |
eyesight | 15 | normal use of the faculty of vision | - |
lonesome | 10 | marked by dejection from being alone | lonesome when her husband is away |
colonies | 10 | - | - |
flawless | 14 | without a flaw | a flawless gemstone |
holiness | 11 | the quality of being holy | - |
resource | 10 | the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems | a man of resource |
clueless | 10 | totally uninformed about what is going on; not having even a clue from which to infer what is occurring | - |
trenches | 13 | - | - |
suppress | 12 | come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority | - |
majestic | 19 | belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler | - |
needless | 9 | unnecessary and unwarranted | a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life |
finances | 13 | assets in the form of money | - |
geniuses | 9 | - | - |
restrain | 8 | prevent the action or expression of | she struggled to restrain her impatience at the delays |
knuckles | 18 | (used in the plural) a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand | - |
destruct | 11 | do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of | - |
shitless | 11 | (used as complement) to the utmost degree | the students were bored shitless |
rescuing | 11 | - | - |
funniest | 11 | - | - |
gruesome | 11 | shockingly repellent; inspiring horror | gruesome evidence of human sacrifice |
conquest | 19 | an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone | - |
painless | 10 | not causing physical or psychological pain | painless dentistry |
homesick | 19 | longing to return home | - |
luckiest | 14 | - | - |
lifeless | 11 | deprived of life; no longer living | a lifeless body |
trespass | 10 | make excessive use of | She is trespassing upon my privacy |
nameless | 10 | being or having an unknown or unnamed source | corporations responsible to nameless owners |
craziest | 19 | - | - |
esteemed | 11 | having an illustrious reputation; respected | our esteemed leader |
fairness | 11 | ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty | - |
headless | 12 | not using intelligence | - |
chestnut | 13 | any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur | - |
investor | 11 | someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns | - |
tiresome | 10 | so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness | the tiresome chirping of a cricket |
fondness | 12 | a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love | - |
crescent | 12 | resembling the new moon in shape | - |
despised | 12 | treated with dislike or contempt | - |
spotless | 10 | completely neat and clean | - |
likeness | 12 | similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things | man created God in his own likeness |
desolate | 9 | reduce in population | - |
testicle | 10 | one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens | - |
selfless | 11 | showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others | - |
pedestal | 11 | a support or foundation | - |
baroness | 10 | a noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron | - |
mindless | 11 | not mindful or attentive | - |
twenties | 11 | the decade from 1920 to 1929 | - |
presumed | 13 | - | - |
quickest | 23 | most quickly | - |
arteries | 8 | - | - |
clutches | 15 | the act of grasping | - |
ugliness | 9 | the quality of being wicked | - |
thirties | 11 | the time of life between 30 and 40 | - |
scariest | 10 | - | - |
timeless | 10 | unaffected by time | Helen's timeless beauty |
asbestos | 10 | a fibrous amphibole; used for making fireproof articles; inhaling fibers can cause asbestosis or lung cancer | - |
furthest | 14 | to the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense) | he swam the furthest |
imagines | 11 | - | - |
resolute | 8 | characterized by quickness and firmness | - |
residual | 9 | something left after other parts have been taken away | - |
scruples | 12 | motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions | - |
britches | 15 | (used in the plural) informal term for breeches | - |
hesitant | 11 | lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly | - |
privates | 13 | external sex organ | - |
foreskin | 15 | a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis | - |
heaviest | 14 | - | - |
deserter | 9 | a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. | - |
shambles | 15 | a building where animals are butchered | - |
farthest | 14 | to the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense) | see who could jump the farthest |
cesspool | 12 | a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it | - |
eighties | 12 | the decade from 1880 to 1889 | - |
foreseen | 11 | - | - |
dominoes | 11 | any of several games played with small rectangular blocks | - |
syringes | 12 | - | - |
rudeness | 9 | a wild or unrefined state | - |
primates | 12 | an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings | - |
charades | 14 | guessing game in which one player pantomimes a word or phrase for others to guess | - |
ancestry | 13 | inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline | - |
hairless | 11 | having no hair or fur | a Mexican Hairless is about the size of a fox terrier and hairless except for a tufts on the head and tail |
lifespan | 13 | the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death) | - |
travesty | 14 | a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations | - |
molester | 10 | someone who subjects others to unwanted or improper sexual activities | - |
openness | 10 | characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive | - |
soulless | 8 | lacking sensitivity or the capacity for deep feeling | - |
restrict | 10 | place under restrictions; limit access to by law | that area is restricted to security personnel only |
tireless | 8 | characterized by hard work and perseverance | - |
sideshow | 15 | a minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus) | - |
skittles | 12 | a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins | - |
adhesive | 15 | a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together | - |
esoteric | 10 | confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle | a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories |
escalate | 10 | increase in extent or intensity | The Allies escalated the bombing |
nastiest | 8 | - | - |
calmness | 12 | steadiness of mind under stress | - |
besieged | 12 | surrounded by hostile forces | the besieged town |
namesake | 14 | a person with the same name as another | - |
coldness | 11 | the absence of heat | the coldness made our breath visible |
vastness | 11 | unusual largeness in size or extent or number | - |
tapestry | 13 | a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric often with pictorial designs | - |
escalade | 11 | an act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification) | - |
richness | 13 | the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth | he praised the richness of the soil |
fullness | 11 | greatness of volume | - |
trembles | 12 | disease of livestock and especially cattle poisoned by eating certain kinds of snakeroot | - |
softness | 11 | the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines | - |
estrogen | 9 | a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics | - |
machetes | 15 | - | - |
canaries | 10 | a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces | - |
shingles | 12 | eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia | - |
bagpipes | 15 | - | - |
priestly | 13 | befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood | priestly dedication to the people of his parish |
faceless | 13 | without a face or identity | a faceless apparition |
dirtiest | 9 | - | - |
loveless | 11 | receiving no love | a loveless childhood |
lovesick | 17 | languishing because of love | strong men behaving like lovesick boys |
miseries | 10 | - | - |
confines | 13 | a bounded scope | he stayed within the confines of the city |
parmesan | 12 | hard dry sharp-flavored Italian cheese; often grated | - |
airwaves | 14 | - | - |
laziness | 17 | apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins) | - |
compress | 14 | make more compact by or as if by pressing | compress the data |
wellness | 11 | a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease | - |
numbness | 12 | the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally | - |
coolness | 10 | calm and unruffled self-assurance | he performed with all the coolness of a veteran |
redesign | 10 | design anew, make a new design for | - |
riesling | 9 | fragrant dry or sweet white wine from the Rhine valley or a similar wine from California | - |
nineties | 8 | the decade from 1990 to 1999 | - |
prophesy | 18 | deliver a sermon | - |
reassess | 8 | revise or renew one's assessment | - |
wildness | 12 | a feeling of extreme emotional intensity | the wildness of his anger |
resonate | 8 | sound with resonance | The sound resonates well in this theater |
residing | 10 | - | - |
baseless | 10 | without a basis in reason or fact | baseless gossip |
attaches | 13 | - | - |
boldness | 11 | the quality of standing out strongly and distinctly | - |
unawares | 11 | at a disadvantage | - |
resupply | 15 | - | - |
fiercest | 13 | - | - |
westward | 15 | toward the west | they traveled westward toward the setting sun |
besotted | 11 | very drunk | - |
boneless | 10 | being without a bone or bones | jellyfish are boneless |
meanness | 10 | the quality of being deliberately mean | - |
desiring | 10 | - | - |
pestered | 11 | troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances | her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions |
pleiades | 11 | a star cluster in the constellation Taurus | - |
escapade | 13 | any carefree episode | - |
firmness | 13 | the muscle tone of healthy tissue | his muscular firmness |
hardness | 12 | devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness | - |
littlest | 8 | - | - |
desirous | 9 | having or expressing desire for something | desirous of high office |
peerless | 10 | eminent beyond or above comparison | a peerless scholar |
modestly | 14 | with modesty; in a modest manner | the dissertation was entitled, modestly, `Remarks about a play by Shakespeare' |
coleslaw | 13 | basically shredded cabbage | - |
shorties | 11 | - | - |
pitiless | 10 | without mercy or pity | - |
listless | 8 | marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm | reacted to the crisis with listless resignation |
calluses | 10 | - | - |
seamless | 10 | smooth, especially of skin | - |
baldness | 11 | the condition of having no hair on the top of the head | - |
foggiest | 13 | - | - |
huntress | 11 | a woman hunter | - |
idleness | 9 | having no employment | - |
molasses | 10 | thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar cane; especially during sugar refining | - |
circuses | 12 | - | - |
cohesion | 13 | the state of cohering or sticking together | - |
resuming | 11 | - | - |
breeches | 15 | (used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee | - |
galoshes | 12 | - | - |
tactless | 10 | lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others | in the circumstances it was tactless to ask her age |
mesdames | 13 | - | - |
restorer | 8 | a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture | - |
lateness | 8 | quality of coming late or later in time | - |
thespian | 13 | a theatrical performer | - |
skivvies | 18 | (used in the plural) men's underwear consisting of cotton undershirt and underpants | - |
amnesiac | 12 | suffering from a partial loss of memory | - |
bethesda | 14 | - | - |
especial | 12 | surpassing what is common or usual or expected | he paid especial attention to her |
lakeside | 13 | the shore of a lake | - |
moonless | 10 | without a moon or a visible moon | the dark moonless night |
lessened | 9 | impaired by diminution | - |
cesarean | 10 | the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) | - |
resonant | 8 | characterized by resonance | a resonant voice |
forester | 11 | someone trained in forestry | - |
gladness | 10 | experiencing joy and pleasure | - |
contessa | 10 | - | - |
campuses | 14 | - | - |
remotest | 10 | - | - |
assessor | 8 | an official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing it | - |
formless | 13 | having no definite form or distinct shape | an aggregate of formless particles |
odorless | 9 | having no odor | odorless gas |
dampness | 13 | a slight wetness | - |
detested | 10 | treated with dislike or contempt | - |
untested | 9 | not tried or tested by experience | still untested in battle |
westerly | 14 | of wind; from the west | - |
sexiness | 15 | the arousal of feelings of sexual desire | - |
presidio | 11 | a fortress established in the southwestern United States by the Spanish in order to protect their missions and other holdings | Tucson was first settled as a walled presidio |
bakeries | 14 | - | - |
expresso | 17 | - | - |
feckless | 17 | generally incompetent and ineffectual | feckless attempts to repair the plumbing |
fireside | 12 | home symbolized as a part of the fireplace | fighting in defense of their firesides |
lewdness | 12 | the trait of behaving in an obscene manner | - |
cheshire | 16 | - | - |
despotic | 13 | characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty | despotic rulers |
sorriest | 8 | - | - |
escapism | 14 | an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy | his alcohol problem was a form of escapism |
forestry | 14 | the science of planting and caring for forests and the management of growing timber | - |
escargot | 11 | edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic | - |
fatigues | 12 | military uniform worn by military personnel when doing menial labor | - |
homespun | 15 | characteristic of country life | the air of homespun country boys |
deafness | 12 | partial or complete loss of hearing | - |
cascades | 13 | a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California; a part of the Coast Range | - |
skinless | 12 | having no skin | - |
sphinxes | 20 | - | - |
auspices | 12 | kindly endorsement and guidance | the tournament was held under the auspices of the city council |
besmirch | 17 | charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | - |
estragon | 9 | fresh leaves (or leaves preserved in vinegar) used as seasoning | - |
escapist | 12 | a person who escapes into a world of fantasy | - |
hearties | 11 | - | - |
neatness | 8 | the state of being neat and smart and trim | - |
niceness | 10 | a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage | - |
cordless | 11 | not having a cord | cordless telephone |
cuteness | 10 | the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman) | - |
vagaries | 12 | - | - |
smugness | 11 | an excessive feeling of self-satisfaction | - |
pressman | 12 | someone whose occupation is printing | - |
blueness | 10 | blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime | - |
linesman | 10 | a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines | - |
cohesive | 16 | causing cohesion | a cohesive agent |
wordless | 12 | expressed without speech | choking exasperation and wordless shame |
thresher | 14 | a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw | - |
squashes | 20 | - | - |
reinvest | 11 | - | - |
forested | 12 | covered with forest | efforts to protect forested lands of the northwest |
walruses | 11 | - | - |
sameness | 10 | the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety | he hated the sameness of the food the college served |
slowness | 11 | unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training | - |
recessed | 11 | having a sunken area | - |
esthetic | 13 | (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful | he despised the esthetic of minimalism |
immodest | 13 | having or showing an exaggerated opinion of your importance, ability, etc | brash immodest boasting |
lowliest | 11 | - | - |
whoreson | 14 | insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous | - |
sundress | 9 | a light loose sleeveless summer dress with a wide neckline and thin shoulder straps that expose the arms and shoulders | - |
sundries | 9 | miscellaneous objects too numerous or too small to be specified | - |
tidiness | 9 | the trait of being neat and orderly | - |
tuneless | 8 | not having a musical sound or pleasing tune | - |
rissoles | 8 | - | - |
rootless | 8 | wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community | a rootless wanderer |
severest | 11 | - | - |
sidestep | 11 | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | - |
shoeless | 11 | without shoes | shoeless Joe Jackson |
snuffles | 14 | - | - |
resettle | 8 | settle in a new place | The immigrants had to resettle |
pennines | 10 | a system of hills in Britain that extend from the Scottish border in the north to the Trent River in the south; forms the watershed for English rivers | - |
pickaxes | 23 | - | - |
angriest | 9 | - | - |
aesthete | 11 | one who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and nature | - |
dressage | 10 | maneuvers of a horse in response to body signals by the rider | - |
eateries | 8 | - | - |
easiness | 8 | a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry | the easiness we feel when sleeping |
jokester | 19 | a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes | - |
landless | 9 | owning no land | the landless peasantry |
gestured | 10 | - | - |
meatless | 10 | lacking meat | meatless days |
offsides | 15 | illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck | - |
coalesce | 12 | mix together different elements | - |
despatch | 16 | send away towards a designated goal | - |
thinness | 11 | relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width | the thinness of a rope |
pureness | 10 | the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil | - |
realness | 8 | the state of being actual or real | - |
baseness | 10 | unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values | - |
alfresco | 13 | outside a building | - |
dumbness | 13 | the quality of being mentally slow and limited | - |
evilness | 11 | the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice | - |
juiciest | 17 | - | - |
lousiest | 8 | - | - |
magnesia | 11 | a white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase; a source of magnesium | - |
neediest | 9 | - | - |
damndest | 12 | - | - |
deepness | 11 | the extent downward or backward or inward | - |
dateless | 9 | having no known beginning and presumably no end | the dateless rise and fall of the tides |
wingless | 12 | lacking wings | - |
windless | 12 | without or almost without wind | he prefers windless days for playing golf |
teeniest | 8 | - | - |
shiniest | 11 | - | - |
attested | 9 | established as genuine | - |
backless | 16 | lacking a back | a stool is a backless and armless seat |
brioches | 15 | - | - |
flatness | 11 | inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy | - |
hairiest | 11 | - | - |
heedless | 12 | characterized by careless unconcern | the heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes |
horniest | 11 | - | - |
kinkiest | 16 | - | - |
messiest | 10 | - | - |
nestling | 9 | young bird not yet fledged | - |
nighties | 12 | - | - |
deadness | 10 | the quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events | in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away |
diocesan | 11 | a bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese | - |
vortices | 13 | - | - |
tailless | 8 | not having a tail | - |
tameless | 10 | - | - |
rashness | 11 | the trait of acting rashly and without prudence | - |
palestra | 10 | a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes | - |
arrester | 8 | a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier | - |
cactuses | 12 | - | - |
adhesion | 12 | the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition | a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion |
equities | 17 | - | - |
fanciest | 13 | - | - |
foetuses | 11 | - | - |
foulness | 11 | (of weather) the badness of the weather | they were wearied with the foulness of the weather |
gutsiest | 9 | - | - |
handless | 12 | lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands | could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature |
gestural | 9 | being other than verbal communication | the study of gestural communication |
glibness | 11 | a kind of fluent easy superficiality | the glibness of a high-pressure salesman |
loveseat | 11 | small sofa that seats two people | - |
mateship | 15 | - | - |
neckless | 14 | lacking or apparently lacking a neck | - |
oiliness | 8 | consisting of or covered with oil | - |
coziness | 19 | a state of warm snug comfort | - |
weariest | 11 | - | - |
wariness | 11 | the trait of being cautious and watchful | - |
vertices | 13 | - | - |
vestment | 13 | gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy | - |
sunniest | 8 | - | - |
testable | 10 | - | - |
starches | 13 | foodstuff rich in natural starch (especially potatoes, rice, bread) | - |
starless | 8 | not starry; having no stars or starlike objects | dark starless nights |
sawbones | 13 | a physician who specializes in surgery | - |
seedless | 9 | lacking seeds | seedless grapefruit |
resistor | 8 | an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current | - |
pelvises | 13 | - | - |
paleness | 10 | the property of having a naturally light complexion | - |
armories | 10 | - | - |
buttress | 10 | a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building | - |
dullness | 9 | the quality of being slow to understand | - |
duchesse | 14 | - | - |
eatables | 10 | - | - |
enmeshed | 14 | caught as if in a mesh | enmeshed in financial difficulties |
eyeshade | 15 | a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes | - |
flattest | 11 | - | - |
foresail | 11 | the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel | - |
footrest | 11 | a low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person | - |
grimness | 11 | the quality of being ghastly | - |
grayness | 12 | a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black | - |
headrest | 12 | a cushion attached to the top of the back of an automobile's seat to prevent whiplash | - |
jalopies | 17 | - | - |
lameness | 10 | disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet | - |
gormless | 11 | (British informal) lacking intelligence and vitality | - |
matrices | 12 | - | - |
noblesse | 10 | the state of being of noble birth | - |
legalese | 9 | a style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law | - |
leafless | 11 | having no leaves | - |
choruses | 13 | - | - |
cresting | 11 | - | - |
warmness | 13 | a positive feeling of liking | the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home |
windiest | 12 | - | - |
wineskin | 15 | an animal skin (usually a goatskin) that forms a bag and is used to hold and dispense wine | - |
tackiest | 14 | - | - |
tankless | 12 | - | - |
treeless | 8 | not wooded | - |
riskiest | 12 | - | - |
roofless | 11 | physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security | - |
sesamoid | 11 | any of several small round bones formed in a tendon where it passes over a joint | - |
sharpies | 13 | - | - |
slimmest | 12 | - | - |
slugfest | 12 | a fight with bare fists | - |
resubmit | 12 | submit (information) again to a program or automatic system | - |
bestride | 11 | get up on the back of | - |
effigies | 15 | - | - |
estoppel | 12 | a rule of evidence whereby a person is barred from denying the truth of a fact that has already been settled | - |
estrange | 9 | arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness | - |
essayist | 11 | a writer of literary works | - |
espoused | 11 | - | - |
escalope | 12 | - | - |
fineries | 11 | - | - |
grimmest | 13 | - | - |
hugeness | 12 | - | - |
geodesic | 12 | of or relating to or determined by geodesy | - |
glossies | 9 | - | - |
loudness | 9 | tasteless showiness | - |
marchesa | 15 | - | - |
marquess | 19 | nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count | - |
milkless | 14 | having no milk | milkless breasts |
mildness | 11 | acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered | even in the pulpit there are moments when mildness of manner is not enough |
mesozoic | 21 | from 230 million to 63 million years ago | - |
mesmeric | 14 | attracting and holding interest as if by a spell | she had a warm mesmeric charm |
noisiest | 8 | - | - |
nowheres | 14 | - | - |
limbless | 12 | having no limbs | a snake is a limbless reptile |
cockiest | 16 | - | - |
corniest | 10 | - | - |
wineshop | 16 | - | - |
vesperal | 13 | - | - |
stressor | 8 | any agent that causes stress to an organism | - |
tearless | 8 | free from tears | - |
sourness | 8 | the property of being acidic | - |
soreness | 8 | an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress | - |
resurged | 10 | - | - |
restaged | 10 | - | - |
pathless | 13 | lacking pathways | - |
poorness | 10 | the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions | - |
puniness | 10 | the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous | - |
artesian | 8 | (of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure | an artesian well |
bootless | 10 | unproductive of success | - |
boresome | 12 | - | - |
dressier | 9 | - | - |
exegesis | 16 | an explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible) | - |
fastness | 11 | a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens | - |
finessed | 12 | - | - |
forestal | 11 | - | - |
foresaid | 12 | - | - |
footless | 11 | having no feet or analogous appendages | - |
frijoles | 18 | - | - |
hardiest | 12 | - | - |
heirless | 11 | - | - |
jolliest | 15 | - | - |