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