8-letter words that end in ess
- caginess — cautious, wary, or shrewd: a cagey reply to the probing question.
- cakiness — the state of being cakey
- calfless — (of a cow) having no calves
- calmness — without rough motion; still or nearly still: a calm sea.
- campness — the quality of being camp
- canoness — a woman belonging to any one of several religious orders and living under a rule but not under a vow
- careless — If you are careless, you do not pay enough attention to what you are doing, and so you make mistakes, or cause harm or damage.
- cashless — Cashless payments are made using cards or electronic methods rather than physical money.
- cateress — a female caterer
- chadless — (of a keypunch) not producing chads
- chapless — lacking a lower jaw
- chicness — the condition of being stylish or elegant
- chiefess — a chief who is female
- chinless — having a receding chin
- clanless — a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor: the Mackenzie clan.
- clawless — Having no claws.
- clerkess — a female office clerk
- cloyless — not cloying
- clueless — If you describe someone as clueless, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they do not know anything about a particular subject or that they are incapable of doing a particular thing properly.
- coalless — without coal
- coatless — without a coat or coat of arms
- codeless — lacking a code
- coldness — having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day.
- combless — without a comb
- compress — When you compress something or when it compresses, it is pressed or squeezed so that it takes up less space.
- congress — Congress is the elected group of politicians that is responsible for making the law in the United States. It consists of two parts: the House of Representatives and the Senate.
- cookless — without a cook
- coolness — moderately cold; neither warm nor cold: a rather cool evening.
- cordless — A cordless telephone or piece of electric equipment is operated by a battery fitted inside it and is not connected to the electricity mains.
- coreless — the central part of a fleshy fruit, containing the seeds.
- cosiness — (chiefly, British) The state or quality of being cosy.
- costless — the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything: the high cost of a good meal.
- countess — A countess is a woman who has the same rank as a count or earl, or who is married to a count or earl.
- coxiness — the quality of being coxy
- coziness — snugly warm and comfortable: a cozy little house.
- crewless — with no crew
- cropless — without a crop or crops
- cuffless — having no cuff or cuffs
- curbless — with no curb or restraint
- cureless — a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- curtness — rudely brief in speech or abrupt in manner.
- cuteness — attractive, especially in a dainty way; pleasingly pretty: a cute child; a cute little apartment.
- daftness — senseless, stupid, or foolish.
- dampness — Dampness is moisture in the air, or on the surface of something.
- dankness — unpleasantly moist or humid; damp and, often, chilly: a dank cellar.
- darkness — the state or quality of being dark: The room was in total darkness.
- dateless — likely to remain fashionable, relevant, or interesting regardless of age; timeless
- deadness — The state of not being alive. Having the property of lifelessness, as if dead.
- deafness — partially or wholly lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing; unable to hear.
- dearness — beloved or loved: a dear friend.