Countable Nouns Ending in ESS and Containing E

Explore 433 verified English countable nouns ending in ESS and containing E, including Business, Process, Address, Press, Access, Success and Dress. Browse these count nouns with singular and plural forms below, or review singular and plural count rules in our noun grammar guide.

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Starts with A
24 words
address
access
actress
abscess
agribusiness
abbess
authoress
adulteress
adventuress
archduchess
alikeness
ambassadress
ancestress
anchoress
aviatress
administratress
advocatress
arbitress
archeress
auditress
adulatress
advocatess
avengeress
albiness
Starts with B
18 words
business
buttress
baroness
burgess
benchpress
benefactress
battledress
beastliness
baronetess
bittercress
baldcypress
bishopess
brokeress
burgheress
britoness
broideress
buggess
buildress
Starts with C
24 words
congress
consciousness
chess
compress
cypress
caress
countess
craziness
cress
cess
conductress
canoness
chieftess
chieftainess
citizeness
coatdress
creatress
chiefess
chappess
cherkess
coheiress
concertmistress
cheesepress
centauress
Starts with D
24 words
dress
distress
duchess
deaconess
demoness
disagreeableness
demigoddess
doctoress
dragoness
directress
dauphiness
dictatress
druidess
deviless
doctress
detractress
doggess
dess
discipless
divineress
disenchantress
desertress
dislikeness
devouress
Starts with E
22 words
express
excess
empress
eyewitness
enchantress
egress
ess
electoress
electress
embroideress
embassadress
earwitness
eldress
executress
editress
esquiress
emulatress
exterminatress
emancipatress
exactress
expositress
executioneress
Starts with F
18 words
fortress
foolishness
fondness
fastness
fess
foundress
feloness
fisheress
farmeress
fruiteress
favoress
fornicatress
fenceress
fostress
factoress
fascinatress
fellowess
fabricatress
Starts with G
8 words
guess
goddess
governess
grossness
giantess
goneness
gress
gaoleress
Starts with H
20 words
harness
hostess
holiness
highness
heiress
huntress
headdress
headmistress
housedress
hotpress
hammerless
heritress
housemistress
handpress
hermitess
hyperstress
hypostress
huckstress
herdess
hucksteress
Starts with I
23 words
illness
impress
ingress
inverness
impoliteness
incorrectness
instructress
inexactness
indiscreetness
improperness
incongruousness
inventress
inheritress
idolatress
inhabitress
instress
interpretress
indelicateness
inquisitress
infelicitousness
initiatress
interlocutress
interpretess
Starts with J
6 words
jess
janitress
jointress
jointuress
jailoress
jaileress
Starts with K
4 words
kindness
kindliness
keypress
kermess
Starts with L
9 words
likeness
lioness
lewdness
letterpress
laundress
likeliness
leopardess
lectress
legislatress
Starts with M
21 words
mess
madness
mattress
mistress
meanness
marquess
maxidress
microbusiness
murderess
marchioness
minidress
mightiness
millionairess
mayoress
misaddress
manageress
misguess
monitress
ministress
malefactress
mediatress
Starts with N
8 words
nastiness
nightdress
naughtiness
ness
nonbusiness
nonsuccess
nabobess
negotiatress
Starts with O
11 words
oddness
overdress
ogress
overstress
offhandedness
oblateness
oratress
overpress
overkindness
offendress
ostleress
Starts with P
24 words
process
press
progress
princess
politeness
priestess
pettiness
prophetess
prioress
patroness
proprietress
poetess
postmistress
procuress
protectress
peeress
preposterousness
pythoness
portress
pantheress
poetress
preceptress
progenitress
pennycress
Starts with Q
3 words
queerness
quaintness
quartermistress
Starts with R
8 words
recess
roughness
rudeness
regress
rockcress
rectress
rivaless
rectoress
Starts with S
24 words
success
stress
sickness
sadness
sweetness
stewardess
strangeness
sorceress
sundress
seamstress
silliness
strapless
seductress
shrewdness
songstress
subprocess
schoolmistress
shirtdress
sculptress
shepherdess
seeress
slipdress
subtleness
sweaterdress
Starts with T
15 words
thickness
tigress
temptress
thoughtlessness
tress
traitress
titaness
traitoress
tailoress
taskmistress
toastmistress
tyranness
tutoress
tutress
tapstress
Starts with U
20 words
unhappiness
unfairness
ugliness
unpleasantness
unevenness
unkindness
unrighteousness
underdress
uncleanness
unsoundness
unseemliness
unlikeness
unkindliness
uncertainness
unsharpness
unsuccess
usheress
unpoliteness
usuress
upholstress
Starts with V
14 words
vastness
villainess
vileness
viscountess
victress
votaress
victoress
visitress
vowess
vicaress
vassaless
vindicatress
varletess
vaticinatress
Starts with W
14 words
witness
weakness
wireless
wilderness
waitress
wickedness
weirdness
winepress
wardress
warrioress
wintercress
writeress
whoremistress
workmistress

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