Countable Nouns Ending in SS and Containing N

This list gathers 234 English countable nouns ending in SS and containing N, such as Business, Witness, Illness, Kindness, Weakness, Consciousness and Princess. Use the sorting controls below to organize entries by length, or consult our noun grammar guide to review singular and plural count rules.

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Starts with A
9 words
agribusiness
anschluss
adventuress
alikeness
ancestress
anchoress
administratress
avengeress
albiness
Starts with B
14 words
business
baroness
benchpress
blunderbuss
bandpass
benefactress
bentgrass
beastliness
bunchgrass
baronetess
bonnilass
brennschluss
bonilass
britoness
Starts with C
23 words
congress
consciousness
countess
craziness
canvass
conductress
contrabass
canoness
chieftainess
citizeness
cottongrass
concertmistress
centauress
cofoundress
conqueress
canarygrass
championess
cogongrass
conspiratress
cockneyess
confessoress
chandleress
coadventuress
Starts with D
8 words
deaconess
demoness
disagreeableness
dragoness
dauphiness
divineress
disenchantress
dislikeness
Starts with E
6 words
eyewitness
enchantress
earwitness
exterminatress
emancipatress
executioneress
Starts with F
9 words
foolishness
fondness
fastness
foundress
feloness
fingerglass
fornicatress
fenceress
fascinatress
Starts with G
6 words
governess
grossness
gneiss
giantess
groundmass
goneness
Starts with H
8 words
harness
holiness
highness
huntress
handpass
handglass
handpress
hardinggrass
Starts with I
24 words
illness
ingress
inverness
impoliteness
incorrectness
instructress
inexactness
indiscreetness
improperness
incongruousness
inventress
inheritress
infraclass
incross
inhabitress
instress
interpretress
indelicateness
intercross
inquisitress
infelicitousness
initiatress
interlocutress
interpretess
Starts with J
3 words
janitress
jointress
jointuress
Starts with K
2 words
kindness
kindliness
Starts with L
7 words
likeness
lioness
landmass
lewdness
lemongrass
laundress
likeliness
Starts with M
10 words
madness
meanness
microbusiness
marchioness
minidress
mightiness
millionairess
manageress
monitress
ministress
Starts with N
11 words
nastiness
nightdress
naughtiness
ness
nonbusiness
nonsuccess
needlegrass
nutgrass
nabobess
nonclass
negotiatress
Starts with O
5 words
oddness
offhandedness
oblateness
overkindness
offendress
Starts with P
15 words
princess
politeness
pettiness
patroness
preposterousness
pythoness
pantheress
progenitress
pennycress
paintress
panderess
pantdress
presidentess
precentress
pingrass
Starts with Q
2 words
queerness
quaintness
Starts with R
3 words
roughness
rudeness
ringtoss
Starts with S
24 words
sickness
sadness
sweetness
strangeness
sundress
silliness
shrewdness
songstress
sunglass
subtleness
sandglass
snowboardcross
straitness
sultaness
shamaness
saintess
sovereigness
singeress
singstress
spinstress
sandgrass
scorpiongrass
sinneress
stonebass
Starts with T
5 words
thickness
thoughtlessness
titaness
tyranness
tarantass
Starts with U
20 words
unhappiness
unfairness
ugliness
underpass
underclass
unpleasantness
unevenness
unkindness
unrighteousness
underdress
uncleanness
underboss
unsoundness
unseemliness
unlikeness
unkindliness
uncertainness
unsharpness
unsuccess
unpoliteness
Starts with V
6 words
vastness
villainess
vileness
viscountess
vindicatress
vaticinatress
Starts with W
9 words
witness
weakness
wilderness
wickedness
weirdness
wineglass
winepress
windlass
wintercress

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