16-letter words containing ness
- line of business — profession, trade: field
- malcontentedness — not satisfied or content with currently prevailing conditions or circumstances.
- manipulativeness — Quality of being manipulative.
- meretriciousness — alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry.
- morning sickness — nausea occurring in the early part of the day, especially as a characteristic symptom in the first months of pregnancy.
- muddleheadedness — The state of being muddle-headed.
- multifariousness — (uncountable) The characteristic of being multifarious.
- narrowmindedness — Alternative spelling of narrow-mindedness.
- non-spuriousness — not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
- obstreperousness — resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
- ostentatiousness — characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser.
- otherworldliness — The quality of being otherworldly.
- overcautiousness — the quality or state of being too cautious, wary, or careful
- overnumerousness — very many; being or existing in great quantity: numerous visits; numerous fish.
- overwhelmingness — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- physical fitness — good physical condition
- plain-spokenness — the quality or characteristic of being plain-spoken
- presumptuousness — full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought, as by saying or doing something without right or permission.
- quantitativeness — The state or quality of being quantitative.
- questionableness — The state or condition of being questionable; dubiousness.
- rambunctiousness — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- scratch hardness — resistance of a material, as a stone or metal, to scratching by one of several other materials, the known hardnesses of which are assembled into a standard scale, as the Mohs' scale of minerals.
- shortsightedness — unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic.
- shoulder harness — the part of a seat belt that goes over the shoulder and diagonally across the chest.
- sickness benefit — Sickness benefit is money that you receive regularly from the government when you are unable to work because of illness.
- strait-lacedness — the state or quality of being strait-laced
- subconsciousness — existing or operating in the mind beneath or beyond consciousness: the subconscious self. Compare preconscious, unconscious.
- superciliousness — haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
- terminal illness — A terminal illness cannot be cured, and causes death.
- this-worldliness — concern or preoccupation with worldly things and values.
- to mean business — If you say that someone means business, you mean they are serious and determined about what they are doing.
- true-heartedness — the quality of being true-hearted
- unattractiveness — the condition of not appealing to the senses or mind through beauty, form, character, etc
- unreasonableness — not reasonable or rational; acting at variance with or contrary to reason; not guided by reason or sound judgment; irrational: an unreasonable person.
- unresponsiveness — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- unscrupulousness — not scrupulous; unrestrained by scruples; conscienceless; unprincipled.
- wholeheartedness — fully or completely sincere, enthusiastic, energetic, etc.; hearty; earnest: a wholehearted attempt to comply.