Countable Nouns That End in SS
Explore 668 verified English countable nouns ending with the suffix -SS, including Business, Pass, Class, Miss, Process, Address and Press. Useful for ESL grammar practice, determiner usage, and plural spelling and rhyming patterns, 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 A24 words
address
access
ass
actress
abyss
abscess
albatross
agribusiness
abbess
anschluss
authoress
adulteress
adventuress
archduchess
alikeness
ambassadress
airmass
ancestress
autocross
anchoress
aviatress
airmiss
administratress
advocatress
Starts with B24 words
business
boss
bass
brass
bypass
badass
biomass
buttress
baroness
burgess
benchpress
buss
blunderbuss
bandpass
benefactress
battledress
backpass
bentgrass
bromegrass
beastliness
bugloss
boardercross
bunchgrass
baronetess
Starts with C24 words
class
cross
congress
consciousness
chess
compress
cypress
cuss
carcass
caress
countess
craziness
crisscross
canvass
crabgrass
cutlass
cress
cess
cyclocross
cuirass
conductress
contrabass
canoness
cheatgrass
Starts with D24 words
dress
distress
duchess
dumbass
diss
deaconess
doss
demoness
disagreeableness
demigoddess
doctoress
dragoness
directress
dauphiness
dictatress
druidess
deergrass
deviless
doctress
detractress
doggess
dess
discipless
divineress
Starts with E24 words
express
excess
empress
eyewitness
enchantress
egress
edelweiss
ess
eyeglass
eelgrass
electoress
electress
embroideress
embassadress
earwitness
eggmass
eldress
executress
editress
esquiress
emulatress
exterminatress
emancipatress
exactress
Starts with F24 words
fortress
fuss
floss
foolishness
fondness
fastness
fess
foss
foundress
feloness
feathergrass
fingerglass
fisheress
farmeress
fass
fillmass
fevergrass
fruiteress
favoress
ferroglass
fishgrass
fornicatress
fenceress
fairgrass
Starts with G21 words
glass
grass
guess
gross
goddess
gloss
governess
gauss
grossness
gneiss
giantess
glamourpuss
gyrocompass
goosegrass
gallowglass
groundmass
galloglass
goneness
gress
galleass
gaoleress
Starts with H24 words
harness
hostess
hiss
holiness
highness
hourglass
heiress
huntress
headdress
headmistress
hoss
hardass
hass
housedress
hotpress
huss
hammerless
heritress
housemistress
handpass
handglass
handpress
hermitess
hairgrass
Starts with I24 words
illness
impress
ingress
inverness
impoliteness
incorrectness
instructress
inexactness
indiscreetness
improperness
incongruousness
inventress
isogloss
inheritress
infraclass
idolatress
incross
inhabitress
instress
interpretress
indelicateness
intercross
inquisitress
infelicitousness
Starts with J9 words
jackass
jess
joss
jiveass
janitress
jointress
jointuress
jailoress
jaileress
Starts with K10 words
kiss
kindness
kindliness
keypress
kvass
koumiss
kilogauss
kermess
kavass
kaross
Starts with L16 words
loss
likeness
lass
lipgloss
lioness
landmass
lewdness
lemongrass
letterpress
laundress
likeliness
leopardess
lectress
legislatress
lymegrass
lopgrass
Starts with M24 words
miss
mass
mess
madness
mattress
mistress
moss
masterclass
motocross
meanness
marquess
morass
maxidress
muss
microbusiness
murderess
marchioness
minidress
mightiness
millionairess
mayoress
misaddress
mishegoss
manageress
Starts with N11 words
nastiness
nightdress
naughtiness
ness
nonbusiness
nonsuccess
needlegrass
nutgrass
nabobess
nonclass
negotiatress
Starts with O16 words
overpass
oddness
overdress
ogress
overstress
overclass
orchardgrass
outcross
offhandedness
oblateness
outpass
oratress
overpress
overkindness
offendress
ostleress
Starts with P24 words
pass
process
press
progress
princess
piss
politeness
puss
priestess
pettiness
prophetess
prioress
patroness
proprietress
poetess
priss
postmistress
poss
procuress
protectress
peeress
preposterousness
pythoness
portress
Starts with Q4 words
queerness
quaintness
quackgrass
quartermistress
Starts with R17 words
recess
roughness
rudeness
regress
russ
ringtoss
ryegrass
rallycross
repass
rockcress
regloss
ribgrass
ricegrass
rectress
rivaless
rotgrass
rectoress
Starts with S24 words
success
stress
swiss
sickness
sadness
sweetness
stewardess
strangeness
sorceress
sundress
subclass
seamstress
silliness
strapless
smartass
seagrass
seductress
shrewdness
seabass
songstress
spyglass
sourpuss
subprocess
supercross
Starts with T24 words
thickness
toss
trespass
truss
tigress
temptress
thoughtlessness
tress
tallgrass
tightass
turfgrass
timepass
traitress
titaness
tass
traitoress
tailoress
taskmistress
toastmistress
tyranness
testcross
trass
tutoress
topcross
Starts with U24 words
unhappiness
unfairness
ugliness
underpass
underclass
unpleasantness
unevenness
unkindness
unrighteousness
underdress
uncleanness
underboss
unsoundness
unseemliness
unlikeness
unkindliness
uncertainness
unsharpness
unsuccess
usheress
unpoliteness
uptoss
usuress
upholstress
Starts with V14 words
vastness
villainess
vileness
viscountess
victress
votaress
victoress
visitress
vowess
vicaress
vassaless
vindicatress
varletess
vaticinatress
Starts with W24 words
witness
weakness
wireless
wilderness
waitress
wickedness
weirdness
wuss
wiseass
wineglass
winepress
wheatgrass
windlass
wardress
waterglass
wiregrass
warrioress
watchglass
weatherglass
wintercress
witchgrass
writeress
whiss
whitlowgrass
Starts with Z
1 words zebrass