12-letter words containing ress
- espresso bar — a coffee house that specializes in espresso coffee and other coffee drinks with an espresso base
- express mail — mail delivered quicker than normal mail
- expressional — Of or pertaining to expression, either in language, the face or the arts.
- expressively — In an expressive manner.
- expressivity — (uncountable) The quality of being expressive.
- filter press — an apparatus used for filtration consisting of a set of frames covered with filter cloth on both sides, between which the liquid to be filtered is pumped
- formal dress — clothing for elegant or solemn occasions
- fornicatress — (obsolete) A woman guilty of fornication.
- fortresslike — Resembling a fortress in shape or impregnability.
- garden cress — a peppergrass, Lepidium sativum, used as a salad vegetable.
- garlic press — kitchen tool for crushing garlic
- geopressured — subject to geostatic pressure.
- granny dress — a loose-fitting, ankle-length dress, usually with long sleeves and a high collar and sometimes having flounces, ruffles, or lace trimming.
- gutter press — press specializing in sensationalism
- hairdressers — Plural form of hairdresser.
- hairdressing — the act or process of cutting, combing out, doing up, or styling hair.
- half-dressed — an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- hard pressed — heavily burdened or oppressed, as by overwork or financial difficulties; harried; put-upon.
- hard-pressed — heavily burdened or oppressed, as by overwork or financial difficulties; harried; put-upon.
- headmistress — a woman in charge of a private school.
- home address — the address of one's house or flat
- housedresses — Plural form of housedress.
- icbm address — (networking, humour) (Or "missile address") The form used to register a site with the Usenet mapping project includes a space for longitude and latitude, preferably to seconds-of-arc accuracy. This is actually used for generating geographically-correct maps of Usenet links on a plotter; however, it has become traditional to refer to this as one's "ICBM address" or "missile address", and many people include it in their sig block with that name. (A real missile address would include target altitude.)
- impressional — a strong effect produced on the intellect, feelings, conscience, etc.
- impressively — having the ability to impress the mind; arousing admiration, awe, respect, etc.; moving; admirable: an impressive ceremony; an impressive appearance.
- impressments — Plural form of impressment.
- indian cress — a nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus, of South America, having red-spotted or red-striped, yellow-orange flowers, the young flower buds and fruits being used as seasoning.
- inexpressive — not expressive; lacking in expression.
- inquisitress — a woman who makes an inquisition.
- instructress — a woman who instructs; teacher.
- low-pressure — having or involving a low or below-normal pressure, as steam or water.
- malefactress — a woman who violates the law or does evil.
- misaddressed — Simple past tense and past participle of misaddress.
- mistressless — having no mistress
- mullet dress — a dress whose skirt is cut short at the front but long at the back
- nightdresses — Plural form of nightdress.
- nondepressed — (esp of an emotional state) not depressed
- obcompressed — compressed or flattened in a way opposite to the usual, as back to front instead of side to side.
- offset press — a printing press used in the offset process, whereby a printing the impression is made onto an intermediate surface, such as a rubber blanket, which transfers it to the paper
- oil pressure — force that keeps engine lubricated
- oppressional — Exhibiting or relating to oppression.
- oppressively — burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
- ore dressing — Metallurgy. the mechanical processes by which valuable minerals are separated from ore.
- overcompress — to compress, squeeze or condense excessively
- overdressing — Present participle of overdress.
- overpressure — pressure in excess of normal atmospheric pressure, as that caused by an explosion's shock wave or created in an accelerating airplane.
- overstressed — to lay stress on; emphasize.
- plane stress — Plane stress is a two-dimensional state of stress in which all stress is applied in a single plane.
- pony express — a former system in the American West of carrying mail and express by relays of riders mounted on ponies, especially the system operating (1860–61) between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California.
- postmistress — a woman in charge of a post office.