9-letter words ending with S
Dive into the specific realm of 9-letter words that conclude with the letter S. This focused section reveals the fascinating ways in which words of this particular length, ending with S, contribute to the richness of the English language. Whether it's for expanding your vocabulary, solving puzzles, or simply for the love of words, discover how these terms uniquely blend length and ending sound.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| sometimes | 13 | - | - |
| dangerous | 11 | involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm | a dangerous criminal |
| ourselves | 12 | An emphasized form of the pronoun of the first person plural; used as a subject, usually with we; also, alone in the predicate, in the nominative or the objective case. | - |
| happiness | 16 | state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy | - |
| delicious | 12 | greatly pleasing or entertaining | a delicious joke |
| mountains | 11 | - | - |
| religious | 10 | concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church | religious texts |
| backwards | 21 | in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal | - |
| worthless | 15 | morally reprehensible | - |
| relations | 9 | mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups | - |
| conscious | 13 | intentionally conceived | a conscious effort to speak more slowly |
| fireworks | 19 | - | - |
| anonymous | 14 | having no known name or identity or known source | anonymous authors |
| batteries | 11 | - | - |
| embarrass | 13 | cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious | - |
| marvelous | 14 | too improbable to admit of belief | - |
| materials | 11 | - | - |
| hilarious | 12 | marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter | hilarious broad comedy |
| righteous | 13 | characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice | the...prayer of a righteous man availeth much |
| handcuffs | 21 | - | - |
| ambitious | 13 | requiring full use of your abilities or resources | ambitious schedule |
| pointless | 11 | not having a point especially a sharp point | my pencils are all pointless |
| shameless | 14 | feeling no shame | a shameless imposter |
| followers | 15 | a group of followers or enthusiasts | - |
| mysteries | 14 | - | - |
| poisonous | 11 | having the qualities or effects of a poison | - |
| heartless | 12 | lacking in feeling or pity or warmth | - |
| countless | 11 | too numerous to be counted | countless hours |
| forensics | 14 | scientific tests or techniques used in the investigation of crimes | - |
| groceries | 12 | - | - |
| diagnosis | 11 | identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon | - |
| mechanics | 18 | the technical aspects of doing something | the mechanics of prose style |
| priceless | 13 | having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth | - |
| economics | 15 | the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management | - |
| occasions | 13 | something you have to do | he minded his own specialized occasions |
| greatness | 10 | unusual largeness in size or extent or number | - |
| notorious | 9 | known widely and usually unfavorably | a notorious gangster |
| sweetness | 12 | a pleasingly sweet olfactory property | - |
| dumplings | 15 | small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough | - |
| bourgeois | 12 | conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class | a bourgeois mentality |
| awareness | 12 | having knowledge of | he had no awareness of his mistakes |
| leftovers | 15 | food remaining from a previous meal | he had leftovers for dinner last night |
| scratches | 16 | - | - |
| robberies | 13 | - | - |
| glamorous | 12 | having an air of allure, romance and excitement | glamorous movie stars |
| senseless | 9 | not marked by the use of reason | a senseless act |
| powerless | 14 | lacking power | - |
| emptiness | 13 | an empty area or space | the emptiness of outer space |
| monstrous | 11 | shockingly brutal or cruel | no excess was too monstrous for them to commit |
| ferocious | 14 | marked by extreme and violent energy | a ferocious beating |
| separates | 11 | - | - |
| skinheads | 17 | a youth subculture that appeared first in England in the late 1960s as a working-class reaction to the hippies; hair was cropped close to the scalp; wore work-shirts and short jeans (supported by suspenders) and heavy red boots; involved in attacks against Asians and football hooliganism | - |
| outskirts | 13 | outlying areas (as of a city or town) | they lived on the outskirts of Houston |
| luxurious | 16 | displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses | enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs |
| delirious | 10 | marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion | a crowd of delirious baseball fans |
| ingenious | 10 | showing inventiveness and skill | an ingenious solution to the problem |
| obnoxious | 18 | causing disapproval or protest | - |
| sleepless | 11 | always watchful | - |
| unanimous | 11 | in complete agreement | a unanimous decision |
| merciless | 13 | having or showing no mercy | the merciless enemy |
| murderous | 12 | characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being | murderous thugs |
| paralysis | 14 | loss of the ability to move a body part | - |
| psychosis | 19 | any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted | - |
| blindness | 12 | the state of being blind or lacking sight | - |
| apparatus | 13 | equipment designed to serve a specific function | - |
| malicious | 13 | having the nature of or resulting from malice | malicious gossip |
| bracelets | 13 | - | - |
| consensus | 11 | agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole | the lack of consensus reflected differences in theoretical positions |
| craziness | 20 | foolish or senseless behavior | - |
| penniless | 11 | not having enough money to pay for necessities | - |
| arthritis | 12 | inflammation of a joint or joints | - |
| ludicrous | 12 | broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce | ludicrous green hair |
| galapagos | 13 | a group of islands in the Pacific off South America; owned by Ecuador; known for unusual animal life | - |
| priestess | 11 | a woman priest | - |
| hepatitis | 14 | inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or a toxin | - |
| oblivious | 14 | failing to keep in mind | oblivious old age |
| inquiries | 18 | - | - |
| hazardous | 22 | involving risk or danger | skydiving is a hazardous sport |
| courteous | 11 | exhibiting courtesy and politeness | - |
| sorceress | 11 | a woman sorcerer | - |
| frivolous | 15 | not serious in content or attitude or behavior | a frivolous novel |
| boundless | 12 | seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent | children with boundless energy |
| scenarios | 11 | - | - |
| brainless | 11 | not using intelligence | - |
| highlands | 17 | a mountainous region of northern Scotland famous for its rugged beauty; known for the style of dress (the kilt and tartan) and the clan system (now in disuse) | - |
| dizziness | 28 | a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall | - |
| ambiguous | 14 | open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead | the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates |
| atrocious | 11 | provoking horror | an atrocious automobile accident |
| moneybags | 17 | - | - |
| tasteless | 9 | lacking aesthetic or social taste | - |
| spineless | 11 | weak in willpower, courage or vitality | - |
| limitless | 11 | having no limits in range or scope | the limitless reaches of outer space |
| freshness | 15 | originality by virtue of being new and surprising | - |
| sidelines | 10 | - | - |
| tenacious | 11 | sticking together | tenacious burrs |
| thickness | 18 | used of a line or mark | - |
| stainless | 9 | steel containing chromium that makes it resistant to corrosion | - |
| galleries | 10 | - | - |
| seventies | 12 | the time of life between 70 and 80 | - |
| readiness | 10 | prompt willingness | readiness to continue discussions |
| asparagus | 12 | plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable | - |
| nefarious | 12 | extremely wicked | nefarious schemes |
| logistics | 12 | handling an operation that involves providing labor and materials be supplied as needed | - |
| sideburns | 12 | - | - |
| daylights | 17 | - | - |
| prognosis | 12 | a prediction of the course of a disease | - |
| droppings | 15 | fecal matter of animals | - |
| billiards | 12 | any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls | - |
| blackness | 17 | the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) | - |
| libraries | 11 | - | - |
| governess | 13 | a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home) | - |
| hourglass | 13 | a sandglass that runs for sixty minutes | - |
| dauntless | 10 | invulnerable to fear or intimidation | - |
| albatross | 11 | (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps | she was an albatross around his neck |
| downwards | 17 | spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position | - |
| sprinkles | 15 | bits of sweet chocolate used as a topping on e.g. ice cream | - |
| munitions | 11 | - | - |
| splinters | 11 | wood in small pieces or splinters | - |
| athletics | 14 | a contest between athletes | - |
| momentous | 13 | of very great significance | a momentous event |
| childless | 15 | without offspring | in some societies a childless woman is rejected by her tribesmen |
| insidious | 10 | working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way | glaucoma is an insidious disease |
| enquiries | 18 | - | - |
| bleachers | 16 | (used in the plural) an outdoor grandstand without a roof; patrons are exposed to the sun as linens are when they are bleached | - |
| cirrhosis | 14 | a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism | - |
| closeness | 11 | close or warm friendship | - |
| erroneous | 9 | containing or characterized by error | erroneous conclusions |
| blameless | 13 | free of guilt; not subject to blame | has lived a blameless life |
| murderess | 12 | a woman murderer | - |
| preserves | 14 | fruit preserved by cooking with sugar | - |
| immortals | 13 | - | - |
| impetuous | 13 | characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation | an impetuous display of spending and gambling |
| acoustics | 13 | the study of the physical properties of sound | - |
| hysterics | 17 | an attack of hysteria | - |
| faithless | 15 | having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor | the faithless Benedict Arnold |
| silliness | 9 | an impulsive scatterbrained manner | - |
| toothless | 12 | lacking necessary force for effectiveness | a toothless piece of legislation |
| synthesis | 15 | the combination of ideas into a complex whole | - |
| fisheries | 15 | - | - |
| voracious | 14 | devouring or craving food in great quantities | voracious sharks |
| lecherous | 14 | given to excessive indulgence in sexual activity | a lecherous gleam in his eye |
| doubtless | 12 | without doubt; certainly | - |
| theatrics | 14 | - | - |
| lightness | 13 | the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble | - |
| melodious | 12 | containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody | the melodious song of a meadowlark |
| weirdness | 13 | strikingly out of the ordinary | - |
| trimmings | 14 | the accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity) | he bought a Christmas tree and trimmings to decorate it |
| humongous | 15 | (used informally) very large | - |
| frankness | 16 | the trait of being blunt and outspoken | - |
| cancerous | 13 | like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads | remorse was cancerous within him |
| nakedness | 14 | a bleak and desolate atmosphere | the nakedness of the landscape |
| sclerosis | 11 | any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue | - |
| shortness | 12 | an abrupt discourteous manner | - |
| forgeries | 13 | - | - |
| audacious | 12 | invulnerable to fear or intimidation | audacious explorers |
| narcissus | 11 | bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters | - |
| stillness | 9 | calmness without winds | - |
| lazybones | 23 | a lazy person | - |
| barbarous | 13 | (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering | a barbarous crime |
| messieurs | 11 | - | - |
| esophagus | 15 | the passage between the pharynx and the stomach | - |
| godliness | 11 | piety by virtue of being a godly person | - |
| palisades | 12 | - | - |
| semantics | 13 | the meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text | a petty argument about semantics |
| strenuous | 9 | taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance | a strenuous task |
| trappings | 14 | (usually plural) accessory wearing apparel | - |
| sumptuous | 13 | ostentatiously rich and superior in quality | - |
| manliness | 11 | the trait of being manly; having the characteristics of an adult male | - |
| amenities | 11 | things that make you comfortable and at ease | - |
| acropolis | 13 | the citadel in ancient Greek towns | - |
| smoothies | 14 | - | - |
| strangles | 10 | an acute bacterial disease of horses characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes | - |
| fruitless | 12 | unproductive of success | a fruitless search |
| backwoods | 21 | a remote and undeveloped area | - |
| psoriasis | 11 | a chronic skin disease characterized by dry red patches covered with scales; occurs especially on the scalp and ears and genitalia and the skin over bony prominences | - |
| ignoramus | 12 | an ignorant person | - |
| laborious | 11 | characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort | spent many laborious hours on the project |
| egregious | 11 | conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible | an egregious lie |
| toughness | 13 | impressive difficulty | - |
| colorless | 11 | weak in color; not colorful | - |
| nastiness | 9 | malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty | - |
| salacious | 11 | suggestive of or tending to moral looseness | salacious limericks |
| tiredness | 10 | temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work | - |
| eagerness | 10 | prompt willingness | they showed no eagerness to spread the gospel |
| ginormous | 12 | - | - |
| mirabilis | 13 | four o'clocks | - |
| vivacious | 17 | vigorous and animated | a charming and vivacious hostess |
| weariness | 12 | temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work | weariness overcame her after twelve hours and she fell asleep |
| sharpness | 14 | the attribute of urgency in tone of voice | - |
| thankless | 16 | not feeling or showing gratitude | How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child! |
| strapless | 11 | a woman's garment that exposes the shoulders and has no shoulder straps | - |
| rightness | 13 | conformity to fact or truth | - |
| tardiness | 10 | the quality or habit of not adhering to a correct or usual or expected time | - |
| torturous | 9 | extremely painful | - |
| underpass | 12 | an underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railway | - |
| cloudless | 12 | free from clouds | under a cloudless sky |
| antivirus | 12 | - | - |
| innocuous | 11 | not causing disapproval | it was an innocuous remark |
| edelweiss | 13 | alpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in stars of glistening whitish bracts | - |
| bodacious | 14 | unrestrained by convention or propriety | the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim |
| motocross | 13 | - | - |
| whiteness | 15 | the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) | - |
| symbiosis | 16 | the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent; each gains benefits from the other | - |
| temptress | 13 | a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive | - |
| tectonics | 13 | the science of architecture | - |
| sweepings | 15 | - | - |
| repossess | 11 | claim back | - |
| headdress | 14 | clothing for the head | - |
| dramatics | 14 | the art of writing and producing plays | - |
| bluegrass | 12 | an area in central Kentucky noted for its bluegrass and thoroughbred horses | - |
| anomalous | 11 | deviating from the general or common order or type | advanced forms of life may be anomalous in the universe |
| sassafras | 12 | yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America | - |
| shapeless | 14 | having no definite form or distinct shape | a shapeless mass of protoplasm |
| smartness | 11 | a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore | - |
| precincts | 15 | - | - |
| gastritis | 10 | inflammation of the lining of the stomach; nausea and loss of appetite and discomfort after eating | - |
| boondocks | 18 | a remote and undeveloped area | - |
| shirtless | 12 | - | - |
| quickness | 24 | intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay | - |
| epidermis | 14 | the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates | - |
| proboscis | 15 | a long flexible snout as of an elephant | - |
| humorless | 14 | lacking humor | it was a humorless wink; a wink of warning |
| heaviness | 15 | used of a line or mark | - |
| dressings | 11 | - | - |
| glutinous | 10 | having the sticky properties of an adhesive | - |
| bloodless | 12 | destitute of blood or apparently so | the bloodless carcass of my Hector sold |
| thesaurus | 12 | a book containing a classified list of synonyms | - |
| chrysalis | 17 | pupa of a moth or butterfly enclosed in a cocoon | - |
| scoliosis | 11 | an abnormal lateral curve to the vertebral column | - |
| tightness | 13 | the spatial property of being crowded together | - |
| ingenuous | 10 | lacking in sophistication or worldliness | his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it |
| ironworks | 16 | the workplace where iron is smelted or where iron goods are made | - |
| judicious | 19 | marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters | judicious use of one's money |
| matchless | 16 | eminent beyond or above comparison | matchless beauty |
| guiltless | 10 | free from evil or guilt | - |
| harshness | 15 | the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses | - |
| castanets | 11 | (used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance | - |
| catharsis | 14 | purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels | - |
| aquariums | 20 | - | - |
| sightless | 13 | lacking sight | - |
| pettiness | 11 | the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous | - |
| injurious | 16 | harmful to living things | - |
| laundress | 10 | a working woman who takes in washing | - |
| deciduous | 13 | (of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season | - |
| erogenous | 10 | sensitive to sexual stimulation | - |
| faultless | 12 | without fault or error | faultless logic |
| felonious | 12 | involving or being or having the nature of a crime | felonious intent |
| halitosis | 12 | offensive breath | - |
| classless | 11 | favoring social equality | a classless society |
| amorphous | 16 | having no definite form or distinct shape | amorphous clouds of insects |
| myrmidons | 17 | - | - |
| nurseries | 9 | - | - |
| voiceless | 14 | being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech | - |
| stateless | 9 | without nationality or citizenship | stateless persons |
| roughness | 13 | the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses | - |
| roundness | 10 | the fullness of a tone of voice | there is a musky roundness to his wordiness |
| swiftness | 15 | a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens | - |
| rapacious | 13 | devouring or craving food in great quantities | a rapacious appetite |
| humanness | 14 | the quality of being human | - |
| facetious | 14 | cleverly amusing in tone | facetious remarks |
| fractious | 14 | stubbornly resistant to authority or control | a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness |
| harmonics | 16 | the study of musical sound | - |
| encompass | 15 | include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory | This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds |
| octopuses | 13 | - | - |
| overheads | 16 | - | - |
| patroness | 11 | a woman who is a patron or the wife of a patron | - |
| wholeness | 15 | a state of robust good health | - |
| spareribs | 13 | baked or roasted with a spicy sauce | - |
| underboss | 12 | an assistant or second-in-command to a chief (especially in a crime syndicate) | - |
| sugarless | 10 | not containing sugar | - |
| phalanges | 15 | - | - |
| horniness | 12 | a state of sexual arousal | - |
| conserves | 14 | fruit preserved by cooking with sugar | - |
| fleshless | 15 | - | - |
| bluntness | 11 | without sharpness or clearness of edge or point | - |
| cavernous | 14 | filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood | - |
| ceaseless | 11 | uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing | the ceaseless thunder of surf |
| obsequies | 20 | - | - |
| officious | 17 | intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner | bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself |
| vividness | 16 | interest and variety and intensity | the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness |
| sinusitis | 9 | inflammation of one of the paranasal sinuses | - |
| smallness | 11 | the property of having a relatively small size | - |
| imperious | 13 | having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy | - |
| isosceles | 11 | (of a triangle) having two sides of equal length | - |
| cruzeiros | 20 | - | - |
| garrulous | 10 | full of trivial conversation | - |
| alertness | 9 | a state of readiness to respond | - |
| ammonites | 13 | - | - |
| soundness | 10 | the muscle tone of healthy tissue | - |
| crudeness | 12 | a wild or unrefined state | - |
| credulous | 12 | disposed to believe on little evidence | the gimmick would convince none but the most credulous |
| drippings | 15 | fat that exudes from meat and drips off while it is being roasted or fried | - |
| dominions | 12 | - | - |
| eastwards | 13 | toward the east | - |
| beauteous | 11 | (poetic) beautiful, especially to the sight | - |
| authoress | 12 | a woman author | - |
| analogous | 10 | similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar | brains and computers are often considered analogous |
| amidships | 17 | at or near or toward the center of a ship | in the late 19th century, engines were placed in front, amidships, and at the rear |
| sceneries | 11 | - | - |
| slackness | 15 | the quality of being loose (not taut) | he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope |
| smokeless | 15 | emitting or containing little or no smoke | smokeless factory stacks |
| pleadings | 13 | - | - |
| hematomas | 16 | - | - |
| faintness | 12 | the trait of lacking boldness and courage | faintness of heart and infirmity of purpose |
| gladiolus | 11 | the large central part of the breastbone | - |
| bounteous | 11 | given or giving freely | the bounteous goodness of God |
| braveness | 14 | a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear | - |
| anywheres | 18 | - | - |
| arpeggios | 13 | - | - |
| nobleness | 11 | the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct | - |
| odourless | 10 | having no odor | - |
| semiotics | 13 | (philosophy) a philosophical theory of the functions of signs and symbols | - |
| shiftless | 15 | lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative; lazy | a shiftless student |
| verdigris | 14 | a blue or green powder used as a paint pigment | - |
| plainness | 11 | an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful | - |
| quietness | 18 | a state of peace and quiet | - |
| pendulous | 12 | having branches or flower heads that bend downward | the pendulous branches of a weeping willow |
| leastways | 15 | if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial) | - |
| lotteries | 9 | - | - |
| deathless | 13 | never dying | - |
| dolomites | 12 | - | - |
| duchesses | 15 | - | - |
| falseness | 12 | the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical | - |
| graveness | 13 | a manner that is serious and solemn | - |
| cheapness | 16 | tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar | - |
| antipodes | 12 | any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of the Earth | the North Pole and the South Pole are antipodes |
| ambergris | 14 | waxy substance secreted by the sperm whale and found floating at sea or washed ashore; used in perfume | - |
| mongooses | 12 | - | - |
| outgoings | 11 | - | - |
| wineglass | 13 | a glass that has a stem and in which wine is served | - |
| westwards | 16 | toward the west | - |
| scoreless | 11 | having no points scores | a scoreless inning |
| seditious | 10 | in opposition to a civil authority or government | - |
| secateurs | 11 | small pruning shears with a spring that holds the handles open and a single blade that closes against a flat surface | - |
| sombreros | 13 | - | - |
| stiffness | 15 | the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) | - |
| rudiments | 12 | the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural) | he mastered only the rudiments of geometry |
| trackless | 15 | lacking pathways | trackless wilderness |
| ponderous | 12 | slow and laborious because of weight | ponderous prehistoric beasts |
| puffiness | 17 | an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement | - |
| retinitis | 9 | inflammation of the retina | - |
| litigious | 10 | inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits | a litigious and acrimonious spirit |
| cretinous | 11 | afflicted with cretinism | - |
| dexterous | 17 | skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands | dexterous of hand and inventive of mind |
| dreamless | 12 | untroubled by dreams | a sound and dreamless sleep |
| cockiness | 17 | offensive boldness and assertiveness | - |
| guileless | 10 | free of deceit | - |
| grossness | 10 | the quality of lacking taste and refinement | - |
| enteritis | 9 | inflammation of the intestine (especially the small intestine); usually characterized by diarrhea | - |
| breweries | 14 | - | - |
| aloneness | 9 | a disposition toward being alone | - |
| noiseless | 9 | making no sound | th' inaudible and noiseless foot of time |
| wrongness | 13 | inappropriate conduct | - |
| umbilicus | 15 | a scar where the umbilical cord was attached | - |
| valueless | 12 | of no value | - |
| vagueness | 13 | indistinctness of shape or character | the scene had the swirling vagueness of a painting by Turner |
| summonses | 13 | - | - |
| procuress | 13 | a woman pimp | - |
| prothesis | 14 | - | - |
| proudness | 12 | - | - |
| querulous | 18 | habitually complaining | - |
| rapturous | 11 | feeling great rapture or delight | - |
| ineptness | 11 | unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training | - |
| insignias | 10 | - | - |
| ironsides | 10 | English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658) | - |
| homewards | 18 | toward home | - |
| crabgrass | 14 | grasses with creeping stems that root freely; a pest in lawns | - |
| corduroys | 15 | cotton trousers made of corduroy cloth | - |
| crassness | 11 | the quality of being crass--devoid of refinement | - |
| cutaneous | 11 | relating to or existing on or affecting the skin | cutaneous nerves |
| dirtiness | 10 | the state of being unsanitary | - |
| draperies | 12 | - | - |
| graceless | 12 | lacking grace; clumsy | a graceless production of the play |
| grandness | 11 | a prominent status | - |
| bleakness | 15 | a bleak and desolate atmosphere | - |
| brashness | 14 | tasteless showiness | - |
| bumptious | 15 | offensively self-assertive | - |
| cleanness | 11 | the state of being clean; without dirt or other impurities | - |
| angriness | 10 | the state of being angry | - |
| mockeries | 17 | - | - |
| moistness | 11 | a slight wetness | - |
| murkiness | 15 | an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance | - |
| nuttiness | 9 | - | - |
| outhouses | 12 | - | - |
| ownerless | 12 | having no owner | - |
| waterless | 12 | lacking sufficient water or rainfall | a waterless well |
| sebaceous | 13 | containing an unusual amount of grease or oil | - |
| slickness | 15 | a slippery smoothness | he could feel the slickness of the tiller |
| spiciness | 13 | behavior or language bordering on indelicacy | - |
| rowdiness | 13 | rowdy behavior | - |
| symbolics | 18 | - | - |
| tenseness | 9 | the physical condition of being stretched or strained | he could feel the tenseness of her body |
| trapezius | 20 | either of two flat triangular muscles of the shoulder and upper back that are involved in moving the shoulders and arms | - |
| tremulous | 11 | (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear | spoke timidly in a tremulous voice |
| tournedos | 10 | thick steak cut from the beef tenderloin | - |
| trunkless | 13 | - | - |
| tyrannous | 12 | marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior | tyrannous disregard of human rights |
| uncurious | 11 | - | - |
| vicarious | 14 | experienced at secondhand | read about mountain climbing and felt vicarious excitement |
| phlebitis | 16 | inflammation of a vein (usually in the legs) | - |
| phonetics | 16 | the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis | - |
| phoniness | 14 | - | - |
| pertussis | 11 | a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane | - |
| itchiness | 14 | an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch | - |
| introitus | 9 | entrance or opening to a hollow organ or tube (especially the vaginal opening) | the introitus of the vagina |
| inverness | 12 | - | - |
| jerkiness | 20 | the quality of being spasmodic and irregular | - |
| looseness | 9 | dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure | - |
| marquises | 20 | - | - |
| hastiness | 12 | overly eager speed (and possible carelessness) | - |
| croupiers | 13 | - | - |
| crownless | 14 | not (especially not yet) provided with a crown | - |
| digitalis | 11 | any of several plants of the genus Digitalis | - |
| esthetics | 14 | (art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art) | traditional aesthetics assumed the existence of universal and timeless criteria of artistic value |
| estuaries | 9 | - | - |
| fanciness | 14 | - | - |
| giddiness | 12 | an impulsive scatterbrained manner | - |
| hardheads | 17 | a weedy perennial with tough wiry stems and purple flowers; native to Europe but widely naturalized | - |
| blandness | 12 | lacking any distinctive or interesting taste property | - |
| charmless | 16 | - | - |
| awfulness | 15 | a quality of extreme unpleasantness | - |
| aloofness | 12 | a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner | - |
| moneyless | 14 | having no money | virtually moneyless rural regions |
| nerveless | 12 | marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional | the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament |
| otherness | 12 | the quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known | - |
| oviparous | 14 | egg-laying | - |
| meshugaas | 15 | (Yiddish) craziness; senseless behavior or activity | - |
| megabucks | 20 | a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit) | they sank megabucks into their new house |
| messiness | 11 | a state of confusion and disorderliness | - |
| wordiness | 13 | boring verbosity | - |
| sauciness | 11 | inappropriate playfulness | - |
| saltiness | 9 | language or humor that is down-to-earth | the saltiness of their language was inappropriate |
| shadeless | 13 | - | - |
| simoleons | 11 | informal terms for money | - |
| soundless | 10 | marked by absence of sound | soundless footsteps on the grass |
| sorcerous | 11 | possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers | - |
| stuporous | 11 | stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion) | - |
| rhythmics | 22 | - | - |
| teahouses | 12 | - | - |
| topiaries | 11 | - | - |
| tramlines | 11 | - | - |
| unfitness | 12 | lacking the power to perform | - |
| veracious | 14 | precisely accurate | a veracious account |
| vexatious | 19 | causing irritation or annoyance | a vexatious child |
| sulfurous | 12 | characterized by oppressive heat and humidity | the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm |
| rancorous | 11 | showing deep-seated resentment | - |
| invidious | 13 | containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice | invidious comparisons |
| jointress | 16 | - | - |
| janitress | 16 | - | - |
| kinkiness | 17 | - | - |
| largeness | 10 | the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth) | - |
| libellous | 11 | (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign | - |
| librettos | 11 | - | - |
| magnetics | 14 | the branch of science that studies magnetism | - |
| lowliness | 12 | the state of being humble and unimportant | - |
| criminous | 13 | - | - |
| deaconess | 12 | a woman deacon | - |
| deliriums | 12 | - | - |
| dowerless | 13 | lacking a dowry | - |
| filovirus | 15 | animal viruses belonging to the family Filoviridae | - |
| guideless | 11 | - | - |
| beardless | 12 | lacking hair on the face | - |
| blankness | 15 | the state of being blank; void; emptiness | - |
| bossiness | 11 | - | - |
| briefness | 14 | the attribute of being brief or fleeting | - |
| canticles | 13 | an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later | - |
| catfishes | 17 | - | - |
| cellulous | 11 | - | - |
| cheerless | 14 | causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy | something cheerless about the room |
| autofocus | 14 | an optical device for focussing a camera or other instrument automatically | - |
| anybodies | 15 | - | - |
| anopheles | 14 | malaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae | - |
| armouries | 11 | - | - |
| analytics | 14 | - | - |
| anhydrous | 16 | without water; especially without water of crystallization | - |
| acuminous | 13 | - | - |
| missenses | 11 | - | - |
| misroutes | 11 | - | - |
| misrefers | 14 | - | - |
| misrelies | 11 | - | - |
| misshapes | 16 | - | - |
| misshoods | 15 | - | - |
| misspeaks | 17 | - | - |
| misspells | 13 | - | - |
| misspends | 14 | - | - |
| misstamps | 15 | - | - |
| misstarts | 11 | - | - |
| misstates | 11 | - | - |
| misspaces | 15 | - | - |
| missounds | 12 | - | - |
| missteers | 11 | - | - |
| misnomers | 13 | - | - |
| misparses | 13 | - | - |
| misplaces | 15 | - | - |
| mispaints | 13 | - | - |
| misorders | 12 | - | - |
| misplants | 13 | - | - |
| mispleads | 14 | - | - |
| misprizes | 22 | - | - |
| misquotes | 20 | - | - |
