Countable Nouns Ending in SS and Containing TE

This list gathers 47 English countable nouns ending in SS and containing TE, such as Hostess, Politeness, Countess, Stewardess, Priestess, Masterclass and Unrighteousness. 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
2 words
adulteress
advocatess
Starts with B
2 words
baronetess
bittercress
Starts with C
5 words
countess
chieftess
cohostess
cateress
citess
Starts with E
1 words
exterminatress
Starts with F
1 words
fruiteress
Starts with G
1 words
giantess
Starts with H
3 words
hostess
hermitess
hucksteress
Starts with I
6 words
impoliteness
interpretress
indelicateness
intercross
interlocutress
interpretess
Starts with L
1 words
letterpress
Starts with M
1 words
masterclass
Starts with O
1 words
oblateness
Starts with P
9 words
politeness
priestess
prophetess
poetess
protectress
preposterousness
prelatess
porteress
presidentess
Starts with Q
1 words
quartermistress
Starts with S
4 words
stewardess
sweaterdress
saintess
sonneteeress
Starts with T
2 words
temptress
testcross
Starts with U
2 words
unrighteousness
unpoliteness
Starts with V
2 words
viscountess
varletess
Starts with W
3 words
waterglass
wintercress
writeress

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