17-letter words containing ess
- access permission — permission
- access television — television programmes made by the general public as distinguished from those made by professional broadcasters
- accessory mineral — See at accessory (def 7).
- accessory pigment — any pigment in plants that can absorb light energy and pass the electrons along to the primary pigment which starts the process of photosynthesis.
- accommodativeness — The state or quality of being accommodative.
- acupressure point — any of the specific points on the body where pressure is applied in acupressure
- adjunct professor — a professor employed by a college or university for a specific purpose or length of time and often part-time.
- adventuresomeness — The state or quality of being adventuresome.
- afternoon session — a part of an event taking place in the afternoon
- altitude sickness — a condition affecting some persons at high altitudes, caused by insufficient oxygen in the blood and characterized by dizziness, nausea, and shortness of breath.
- ancienne noblesse — the ancient nobility, especially of the ancien régime.
- argumentativeness — fond of or given to argument and dispute; disputatious; contentious: The law students were an unusually argumentative group.
- assessable income — the portion of one's income that is subject to tax
- assessment centre — a set of selection procedures designed to recruit the best candidate or candidates to fill a job vacancy; it usually takes place over a day or two and is run by specialist staff
- assessment method — a way of assessing something or someone
- authoritativeness — having due authority; having the sanction or weight of authority: an authoritative opinion.
- barrow-in-furness — an industrial town in NW England, in S Cumbria. Pop: 47 194 (2001)
- blessed sacrament — the consecrated elements of the Eucharist
- business as usual — In a difficult situation, if you say it is business as usual, you mean that people will continue doing what they normally do.
- business envelope — an envelope into which standard-size (81⁄2″ × 11″) letterhead stationery can be put with only two folds
- business unionism — the trade-union philosophy and activity that concentrates on the improvement of wages, hours, working conditions, etc., rather than on the general reform of the capitalistic system.
- chadless keypunch — (hardware) A card punch which cut little U-shapes in punched cards, rather than punching out a circle or rectangle. The U's made a hole when folded back. One of the Jargon File's correspondents believed that the term "chad" derived from the Chadless keypunch. Obviously, if the Chadless keypunch didn't make them, then the stuff that other keypunches made had to be "chad". The assertion that the keypunch was named after its inventor is not supported by any record in US or UK patents or surname references.
- character actress — an actress who specializes in playing odd or eccentric characters
- character witness — a witness in a trial who testifies to the accused's general good character rather than providing evidence about the specific offence which has led to him or her being on trial
- characterlessness — The state or condition of being characterless; lack of character.
- chest compression — Chest compression is the act of applying pressure to someone's chest in order to help blood flow through the heart in an emergency situation.
- chord progression — movement from chord to chord
- classless society — a society in which class distinctions are negligible or absent
- coastguard vessel — a ship used by the coastguard
- cocktail waitress — a woman who serves in a bar or cocktail lounge
- cohesionless soil — any free-running type of soil, such as sand or gravel, whose strength depends on friction between particles
- collaborativeness — Quality of being collaborative.
- college professor — a lecturer or researcher who works in a college
- collodion process — wet plate process.
- communicativeness — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
- companionableness — The state or quality of being companionable.
- compassionateness — The state or quality of being compassionate.
- complementariness — forming a complement; completing.
- complimentariness — The state or quality of being complimentary.
- comprehensiveness — of large scope; covering or involving much; inclusive: a comprehensive study of world affairs.
- compressed speech — speech reproduced on tape at a faster rate than originally spoken, but without loss of intelligibility, by being filtered through a mechanism that deletes very small segments of the original signal at random intervals.
- compression ratio — the ratio of the volume enclosed by the cylinder of an internal-combustion engine at the beginning of the compression stroke to the volume enclosed at the end of it
- concertmistresses — Plural form of concertmistress.
- concessive clause — A concessive clause is a subordinate clause which refers to a situation that contrasts with the one described in the main clause. For example, in the sentence 'Although he was tired, he couldn't get to sleep', the first clause is a concessive clause.
- condescendingness — The state or quality of being condescending.
- conscientiousness — The state or characteristic of being conscientious.
- consequentialness — The quality or state of being consequential.
- contemplativeness — The state or quality of being contemplative.
- contradictoriness — asserting the contrary or opposite; contradicting; inconsistent; logically opposite: contradictory statements.
- controversialness — The state or quality of being controversial.
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