9-letter words that end in ss
- humorless — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- hunteress — Obsolete form of huntress.
- huskiness — big and strong; burly.
- idealless — Devoid of ideals.
- idealness — a conception of something in its perfection.
- inaneness — the state of being inane
- inaptness — Quality of being inapt.
- incompass — Archaic form of encompass.
- ineptness — without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit: He is inept at mechanical tasks. She is inept at dealing with people.
- inertness — having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active): inert matter.
- insuccess — (archaic) Lack of success.
- inverness — Also called Invernessshire [in-ver-nes-sheer, -sher] /ˌɪn vərˈnɛs ʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in NW Scotland.
- irateness — The state of being irate.
- isinglass — a pure, transparent or translucent form of gelatin, obtained from the air bladders of certain fish, especially the sturgeon: used in glue and jellies and as a clarifying agent.
- issueless — the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution: the issue of food and blankets to flood victims.
- itar tass — a news agency serving Russia, eastern Europe, and central Asia, created in 1992 to replace the former Soviet news agency Tass
- itchiness — having or causing an itching sensation.
- jadedness — dulled or satiated by overindulgence: a jaded appetite.
- jaileress — a female jailer
- janitress — a woman who is a janitor.
- jazziness — The state, quality or property of being jazzy.
- jemminess — neatness or smartness
- jerkiness — characterized by jerks or sudden starts; spasmodic.
- jointless — without a joint; lacking a joint.
- jointness — The state or quality of being joint.
- jointress — a woman on whom a jointure has been settled.
- jolliness — in good spirits; lively; merry: In a moment he was as jolly as ever.
- jowliness — the feature of having large jowls or a prominent jaw
- judgeless — a public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law; a magistrate charged with the administration of justice.
- juiceless — Without juice or sap.
- juiciness — The state of being juicy.
- jump pass — a pass in which a player leaps into the air and throws the ball to a teammate before returning to the ground.
- jumpiness — The state of being jumpy.
- junkiness — the quality or state of being littered with junk
- kelp bass — a sea bass, Paralabrax clathratus, of southern California coastal waters, valued as a food and game fish.
- kilogauss — a unit of magnetic induction, equal to 1000 gauss. Abbreviation: kG.
- kinkiness — full of kinks; closely twisted: a kinky wire.
- knifeless — without a knife
- knockless — (of an engine, bearing, or fuel) producing no knocking sound
- knotgrass — A common Eurasian plant of the dock family, with jointed creeping stems and small pink flowers. It is a serious weed in some areas.
- kookiness — The state of being kooky.
- land mass — geography: area of land
- land-mass — a part of the continental crust above sea level having a distinct identity, as a continent or large island.
- lankiness — The state or condition of being lanky.
- largeness — of more than average size, quantity, degree, etc.; exceeding that which is common to a kind or class; big; great: a large house; a large number; in large measure; to a large extent.
- larkiness — the quality or characteristic of being larky
- laundress — a woman whose work is the washing and ironing of clothes, linens, etc.
- leafiness — The state or condition of being leafy.
- leakiness — The property of being leaky.
- leaveless — (obsolete) leafless.