6-letter words containing ess
- nessus — a centaur who, on attempting to seduce Deianira, the wife of Hercules, was shot by Hercules with a poisoned arrow. Before Nessus died, he gave to Deianira the poisoned tunic that ultimately caused Hercules' death.
- obsess — to dominate or preoccupy the thoughts, feelings, or desires of (a person); beset, trouble, or haunt persistently or abnormally: Suspicion obsessed him.
- odessa — a seaport in S Ukraine, on the Black Sea.
- ogress — a roundel sable.
- pessoa — Fernando. 1888–1935, Portuguese poet, who ascribed much of his work to three imaginary poets, Alvaro de Campos, Alberto Caeiro, and Ricardo Reis
- pressy — A pressy is something that you give to someone, for example at Christmas, or when you visit them.
- r-less — r-dropping.
- recess — temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
- sesshu — 1420?–1506, Japanese Zen Buddhist monk and painter.
- stress — importance attached to a thing: to lay stress upon good manners. Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
- tessie — a female given name, form of Theresa.
- tessin — French and German name of Ticino.
- thess. — Thessalonians
- tressy — resembling or having tresses.
- unless — except; but; save: Nothing will come of it, unless disaster.
- vessel — a craft for traveling on water, now usually one larger than an ordinary rowboat; a ship or boat.
- vowess — a woman who has vowed chastity or devotion to a religious life; a nun
- wessex — (in the Middle Ages) a kingdom, later an earldom, in S England. Capital: Winchester.
- yesses — (used to express affirmation or assent or to mark the addition of something emphasizing and amplifying a previous statement): Do you want that? Yes, I do.
- yessir — Used to express assent.