7-letter words containing ess
- lessens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lessen.
- lesseps — Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte de [fur-dn-and muh-ree,, vee-kawnt duh French, fer-dee-nahn ma-ree,, vee-kawnt duh] /ˈfɜr dnˌænd məˈri,, viˈkɔnt də French, fɛr diˈnɑ̃ maˈri,, vi kɔ̃t də/ (Show IPA), 1805–94, French engineer and diplomat: promoter of the Suez Canal.
- lessing — Doris (May) 1919–2013, British novelist in Africa; born in Persia; Nobel Prize in Literature 2007.
- lessons — Plural form of lesson.
- lessors — Plural form of lessor.
- lesstif — (library) The Hungry Programmers' version of OSF/Motif. It will be source code compatible with Motif, meaning that the same source will compile with both libraries and work exactly the same. All the programming is being done with no reference to the header files for the motif widgets, so that LessTif can be distributed as free software.
- lidless — (of objects) without a lid.
- lioness — a female lion.
- lipless — either of the two fleshy parts or folds forming the margins of the mouth and functioning in speech.
- loesser — Frank (Henry) 1910–69, U.S. composer and lyricist, especially of musicals and film songs.
- loessic — relating to or consisting of loess
- lowness — situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
- madness — the state of being mad; insanity.
- manless — an adult male person, as distinguished from a boy or a woman.
- manness — an adult male person, as distinguished from a boy or a woman.
- mapless — Without a map or maps.
- matless — Without a mat.
- matress — Archaic form of mattress.
- meaness — Misspelling of meanness.
- mess up — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- mess-up — a blunder; state of confusion; mix-up.
- message — a communication containing some information, news, advice, request, or the like, sent by messenger, telephone, email, or other means.
- messene — an ancient city in the SW Peloponnesus; capital of ancient Messenia.
- messers — Plural form of messer.
- messiah — the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people.
- messier — Charles [sharl] /ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1730–1817, French astronomer.
- messily — in a messy manner.
- messina — a seaport in NE Sicily.
- messing — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- messman — an enlisted person who serves in the messroom.
- messrs. — mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position: Mr. Lawson; Mr. President.
- napless — the short fuzzy ends of fibers on the surface of cloth, drawn up in napping.
- negress — a term used to refer to a black woman or girl.
- nessary — Eye dialect of necessary.
- netless — Lacking a net.
- newness — of recent origin, production, purchase, etc.; having but lately come or been brought into being: a new book.
- no less — however surprising that seems
- nobless — Alternative form of noblesse.
- nowness — at the present time or moment: You are now using a dictionary.
- oddness — differing in nature from what is ordinary, usual, or expected: an odd choice.
- oldness — far advanced in the years of one's or its life: an old man; an old horse; an old tree.
- oneness — the quality of being one; singleness.
- oppress — to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
- orbless — characterized by the absence of orbs
- outness — (philosophy) The collective of things that are distinct from the observer.
- patness — the characteristic of being pat; appropriateness; aptness
- peeress — the wife or widow of a peer.
- pegless — without pegs; not requiring pegs
- pessary — a device worn in the vagina to support a displaced uterus.
- pessima — the lowest or worst state of affairs