8-Letter Nouns Ending With SS

Here's the list of all the 336 8-Letter Nouns Ending With SS in the English Language.

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business
1. a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
2. the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
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wireless
1. medium for communication
2. transmission by radio waves
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progress
1. gradual improvement or growth or development
2. the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
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congress
1. a meeting of elected or appointed representatives
2. a national legislative assembly
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princess
1. a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign)
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wellness
1. a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease
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darkness
1. absence of light or illumination
2. an unilluminated area
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mistress
1. an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
2. a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)
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homeless
1. someone unfortunate without housing
2. poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in
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mattress
1. a large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed
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weakness
1. a flaw or weak point
2. powerlessness revealed by an inability to act
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goodness
1. that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
2. moral excellence or admirableness
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distress
1. psychological suffering
2. a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)
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sickness
1. impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
2. defectiveness or unsoundness
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fairness
1. conformity with rules or standards
2. ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty
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fortress
1. a fortified defensive structure
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kindness
1. the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic
2. tendency to be kind and forgiving
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subclass
1. (biology) a taxonomic category below a class and above an order
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openness
1. without obstructions to passage or view
2. characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive
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compress
1. a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)
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hardness
1. the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale
2. a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering
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holiness
1. the quality of being holy
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richness
1. the property of being extremely abundant
2. abundant wealth
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waitress
1. a woman waiter
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countess
1. female equivalent of a count or earl
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baroness
1. a noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron
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likeness
1. similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things
2. picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing
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deafness
1. partial or complete loss of hearing
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fullness
1. completeness over a broad scope
2. the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing
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trespass
1. a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages
2. entry to another's property without right or permission
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sunglass
1. a convex lens that focuses the rays of the sun; used to start a fire
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softness
1. the property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded
2. poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury)
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numbness
1. partial or total lack of sensation in a part of the body; a symptom of nerve damage or dysfunction
2. the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
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eyeglass
1. lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles
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baldness
1. the condition of having no hair on the top of the head
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laziness
1. inactivity resulting from a dislike of work
2. relaxed and easy activity
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coolness
1. calm and unruffled self-assurance
2. the property of being moderately cold
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highness
1. the quality of being high or lofty
2. a high degree (of amount or force etc.)
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firmness
1. the muscle tone of healthy tissue
2. the trait of being resolute
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fondness
1. a predisposition to like something
2. a positive feeling of liking
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overpass
1. bridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels
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soreness
1. a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
2. an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress
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boldness
1. the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger
2. impudent aggressiveness
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loudness
1. the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)
2. tasteless showiness
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slowness
1. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
2. a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry
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ugliness
1. qualities of appearance that do not give pleasure to the senses
2. the quality of being wicked
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flatness
1. the property of having two dimensions
2. a want of animation or brilliance
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buttress
1. a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building
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calmness
1. steadiness of mind under stress
2. an absence of strong winds or rain
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easiness
1. a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry
2. freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
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gladness
1. experiencing joy and pleasure
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rudeness
1. a manner that is rude and insulting
2. a wild or unrefined state
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coldness
1. the sensation produced by low temperatures
2. a lack of affection or enthusiasm
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idleness
1. having no employment
2. the quality of lacking substance or value
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ryegrass
1. any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses
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lameness
1. disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
2. an imperfection or defectiveness
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skewness
1. an oblique or slanting asymmetry
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spyglass
1. a small refracting telescope
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huntress
1. a woman hunter
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cuteness
1. the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman)
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marquess
1. nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count
2. a British peer ranking below a duke and above an earl
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vastness
1. unusual largeness in size or extent or number
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sameness
1. the quality of being alike
2. the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
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lateness
1. quality of coming late or later in time
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giantess
1. a female giant
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dampness
1. a slight wetness
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nearness
1. the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance
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neatness
1. the state of being neat and smart and trim
2. the trait of being neat and orderly
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wildness
1. a feeling of extreme emotional intensity
2. the property of being wild or turbulent
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liveness
1. the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life
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meekness
1. the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness
2. a disposition to be patient and long suffering
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windlass
1. lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds
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fineness
1. the quality of being very good indeed
2. the property of being very narrow or thin
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ripeness
1. the state of being ripe
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tubeless
1. pneumatic tire not needing an inner tube to be airtight
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thinness
1. relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
2. the property of having little body fat
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dullness
1. the quality of being slow to understand
2. the quality of lacking interestingness
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meanness
1. the quality of being deliberately mean
2. extreme stinginess
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8-Letter Nouns Ending With SS