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9-letter words containing ress

  • presswork — the working or management of a printing press.
  • prestress — (in certain concrete construction) to apply stress to (reinforcing strands) before subjecting to a load.
  • procuress — a woman who procures prostitutes.
  • psaltress — a woman who plays the psaltery
  • quakeress — a woman or girl who is a Quaker.
  • readdress — a speech or written statement, usually formal, directed to a particular group of persons: the president's address on the state of the economy.
  • rectoress — a female rector
  • redigress — to digress again
  • redressal — the act of redressing
  • redressed — to set right; remedy or repair (wrongs, injuries, etc.).
  • redresser — the setting right of what is wrong: redress of abuses.
  • reexpress — to put (thought) into words; utter or state: to express an idea clearly.
  • regressor — to move backward; go back.
  • repressed — subjected to, affected by, or characteristic of psychological repression: repressed emotional conflicts.
  • represser — a person or thing that represses.
  • repressor — a person or thing that represses.
  • ressaldar — a middle-ranking officer in a cavalry regiment of the Indian army
  • slipdress — a style of sleeveless dress with thin shoulder straps, resembling a slip.
  • sorceress — a woman who practices sorcery; witch.
  • stressful — full of stress or tension: the stressful days before a war.
  • stressing — importance attached to a thing: to lay stress upon good manners. Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
  • stressors — an activity, event, or other stimulus that causes stress.
  • tailoress — a female tailor
  • temptress — a woman who tempts, entices, or allures.
  • tendresse — a feeling of love or tenderness
  • the press — the printed media
  • top-dress — to manure (land) on the surface.
  • traitress — a woman who is a traitor.
  • undressed — of or relating to clothing of a style less formal than full dress: undress uniform.
  • unpressed — not pressed, squashed, or compressed
  • untressed — (of hair) not tressed or braided
  • visitress — a female visitor, esp one who visits the poor
  • web press — a press into which paper is fed automatically from a large roll.
  • winepress — a machine in which the juice from grapes is pressed for wine.
  • writeress — a female writer; authoress
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