Words containing tress
5 letter words containing tress
- tress — Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
6 letter words containing tress
7 letter words containing tress
- -stress — indicating a woman who performs or is engaged in a certain activity
- actress — An actress is a woman whose job is acting in plays or films.
- matress — Archaic form of mattress.
- stressy — displaying or characterized by stress
- tressed — (of the hair) arranged or formed into tresses; braided; plaited.
8 letter words containing tress
- -tressed — having a tress or tresses as specified
- actressy — exaggerated and affected in manner; theatrical
- buttress — Buttresses are supports, usually made of stone or brick, that support a wall.
- destress — importance attached to a thing: to lay stress upon good manners. Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
- distress — great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
9 letter words containing tress
10 letter words containing tress
- ancestress — a female ancestor (sense 1) ancestor (sense 4)
- antistress — acting to prevent or reduce stress
- buttressed — any external prop or support built to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts, especially a projecting support built into or against the outside of a masonry wall.
- cloistress — a nun
- destressed — importance attached to a thing: to lay stress upon good manners. Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
11 letter words containing tress
- anti-stress — importance attached to a thing: to lay stress upon good manners. Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
- conductress — a female conductor
- detractress — a female detractor
- distressful — causing or involving distress: the distressful circumstances of poverty and sickness.
- distressing — great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
12 letter words containing tress
- benefactress — a female benefactor
- fornicatress — (obsolete) A woman guilty of fornication.
- fortresslike — Resembling a fortress in shape or impregnability.
- headmistress — a woman in charge of a private school.
- inquisitress — a woman who makes an inquisition.
13 letter words containing tress
- conspiratress — a woman who conspires
- distressfully — In a distressful way; showing distress.
- distressingly — great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
- enchantresses — Plural form of enchantress.
- headmistressy — typical of the duties and behaviour of a headmistress
14 letter words containing tress
- disenchantress — a woman who disenchants
- distressedness — The state or quality of being distressed; anxiety.
- headmistresses — Plural form of headmistress.
- interlocutress — A female interlocutor.Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
- lady's-tresses — any orchid of the genus Spiranthes, having spikes of small flowers.
15 letter words containing tress
- concertmistress — the first violinist in an orchestra
- distressfulness — The state or quality of being distressful; the state of having or causing anxiety or strain.
- housemistresses — Plural form of housemistress.
- ladies'-tresses — any of a genus (Spiranthes) of wild orchids with small, white flowers arranged spirally on spikes
- quartermistress — the female equivalent of a quartermaster
16 letter words containing tress
- headmistressship — (rare) Alternative form of headmistress-ship.
- sub-postmistress — (in Britain) a woman who runs a sub-post office
17 letter words containing tress
- concertmistresses — Plural form of concertmistress.
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