15-letter words that end in ess
- multiple access — multiplexing
- nearsightedness — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
- necessitousness — The state or condition of impoverishment; material need, especially of an urgent nature.
- neighbourliness — Standard spelling of neighborliness.
- network address — (networking) 1. The network portion of an IP address. For a class A network, the network address is the first byte of the IP address. For a class B network, the network address is the first two bytes of the IP address. For a class C network, the network address is the first three bytes of the IP address. In each case, the remainder is the host address. In the Internet, assigned network addresses are globally unique. See also subnet address, Internet Registry. 2. (Or "net address") An electronic mail address on the network. In the 1980s this might have been a bang path but now (1997) it is nearly always a domain address. Such an address is essential if one wants to be to be taken seriously by hackers; in particular, persons or organisations that claim to understand, work with, sell to, or recruit from among hackers but *don't* display net addresses are quietly presumed to be clueless poseurs and mentally flushed. Hackers often put their net addresses on their business cards and wear them prominently in contexts where they expect to meet other hackers face-to-face (e.g. science-fiction fandom). This is mostly functional, but is also a signal that one identifies with hackerdom (like lodge pins among Masons or tie-dyed T-shirts among Grateful Dead fans). Net addresses are often used in e-mail text as a more concise substitute for personal names; indeed, hackers may come to know each other quite well by network names without ever learning each others' real monikers. See also sitename, domainist.
- night blindness — a condition of the eyes in which vision is normal in daylight but abnormally poor at night or in a dim light; nyctalopia.
- noninvasiveness — The characteristic of being noninvasive.
- nonsensicalness — Nonsensicality.
- obstructiveness — The characteristic of being obstructive.
- odoriferousness — The quality of being odoriferous.
- onward progress — progress that advances or improves (a situation, etc)
- openmouthedness — the state or condition of being filled with amazement and wonder
- opinionatedness — The state or condition of being opinionated.
- opprobriousness — The state or condition of being opprobrious.
- out of business — If a shop or company goes out of business or is put out of business, it has to stop trading because it is not making enough money.
- outstandingness — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
- overbearingness — Quality of being overbearing.
- overcrowdedness — filled to excess; packed.
- overforwardness — the quality of being too familiar
- overzealousness — too zealous: overzealous for reform.
- paphian goddess — Aphrodite, worshiped in Cyprus as the goddess of sexual love.
- parasiticalness — the condition or characteristic of being parasitic
- pedagoguishness — the quality of being pedagoguish
- penetrativeness — the quality or condition of being penetrative
- perfector press — a flatbed press for printing both sides of a sheet in one operation.
- perfunctoriness — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
- permanent press — a process in which a fabric is chemically treated to make it wrinkle-resistant so as to require little or no ironing after washing.
- picturesqueness — visually charming or quaint, as if resembling or suitable for a painting: a picturesque fishing village.
- pitch blackness — extreme darkness; lack of light
- pragmaticalness — the quality of being pragmatical or meddlesome
- precipitantness — the condition or quality of being precipitant, hastiness
- prejudicialness — the trait of being prejudicial
- prenflo process — The PRENFLO process is a gasification process to convert substances such as oil, gas, coal, and refinery residue into synthetic gas.
- pretentiousness — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- primary process — the generally unorganized mental activity characteristic of the unconscious and occurring in dreams, fantasies, and related processes.
- procreativeness — the quality of being procreative
- progressiveness — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
- prospectiveness — of or in the future: prospective earnings.
- punctiliousness — extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions.
- purposelessness — having no purpose or apparent meaning.
- qualitativeness — The state or quality of being qualitative.
- quarrelsomeness — The quality of being quarrelsome; an argumentative nature. (from 17th c.).
- quartermistress — the female equivalent of a quartermaster
- quickwittedness — The state or condition of being quickwitted.
- rake's progress — a series of paintings and engravings by William Hogarth.
- recollectedness — the state or quality of being recollected
- recoverableness — the ability to be recovered or chance of being able to recover
- residual stress — a stress in a metal, on a microscopic scale and resulting from nonuniform thermal changes, plastic deformation, or other causes aside from temporary external forces or applications of heat.
- resourcefulness — able to deal skillfully and promptly with new situations, difficulties, etc.
- responsibleness — answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for): He is responsible to the president for his decisions.