8-letter words that end in ess
- toneless — any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.: shrill tones.
- toolless — an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- treeless — A treeless area or place has no trees in it.
- trueness — being in accordance with the actual state or conditions; conforming to reality or fact; not false: a true story.
- tuneless — unmelodious; unmusical.
- turfless — without any turf
- tuskless — (in certain animals) a tooth developed to great length, usually one of a pair, as in the elephant, walrus, and wild boar, but singly in the narwhal.
- tutoress — a woman who is a tutor.
- twigless — having no twigs
- tyreless — without tyres
- ugliness — very unattractive or unpleasant to look at; offensive to the sense of beauty; displeasing in appearance.
- unstress — absence of stress (as on a weak syllable); the pronunciation of an unstressed syllable
- vainness — excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.; conceited: a vain dandy.
- vastness — of very great area or extent; immense: the vast reaches of outer space.
- ventless — an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- verbless — any member of a class of words that function as the main elements of predicates, that typically express action, state, or a relation between two things, and that may be inflected for tense, aspect, voice, mood, and to show agreement with their subject or object.
- vicaress — a rank of nun
- viceless — free from vices.
- victress — a woman who is victorious.
- viewless — giving no view: a viewless window.
- vildness — vileness
- vileness — wretchedly bad: a vile humor.
- voidness — Law. having no legal force or effect; not legally binding or enforceable.
- votaress — a woman who is a votary.
- voteless — lacking or without a vote.
- wageless — Often, wages. money that is paid or received for work or services, as by the hour, day, or week. Compare living wage, minimum wage.
- waitress — a woman who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
- wakeless — (of sleep) sound; deep: He lay in wakeless sleep.
- walkless — (baseball) Without a walk.
- wantless — (archaic) Having no want; abundant; fruitful.
- wardress — a woman who is a warder.
- wareless — careless
- wariness — the state or quality of being wary.
- warmness — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
- wartless — Without warts.
- wattless — using no power
- waveless — Free from waves.
- waviness — curving alternately in opposite directions; undulating: a wavy course; wavy hair.
- waxiness — The quality of being waxy.
- weakness — the state or quality of being weak; lack of strength, firmness, vigor, or the like; feebleness.
- weedless — Lacking weeds.
- wellness — the quality or state of being healthy in body and mind, especially as the result of deliberate effort.
- whatness — (philosophy) Essence; quiddity.
- whipless — without a whip
- wickless — a bundle or loose twist or braid of soft threads, or a woven strip or tube, as of cotton or asbestos, which in a candle, lamp, oil stove, cigarette lighter, or the like, serves to draw up the melted tallow or wax or the oil or other flammable liquid to be burned.
- wideness — The state or quality of being wide.
- wifeless — Having no wife; unmarried or celibate.
- wildness — living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated: a wild animal; wild geese.
- wiliness — full of, marked by, or proceeding from wiles; crafty; cunning.
- windless — without wind; calm: a windless summer afternoon.