Words containing ss

Abassi means: Alt. of Abassis

Abassis means: A silver coin of Persia, worth about twenty cents.

Abbess means: A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. See Abbey.

Abjectedness means: A very abject or low condition; abjectness.

Abjectness means: The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility.

Ableness means: Ability of body or mind; force; vigor.

Abominableness means: The quality or state of being abominable; odiousness.

Abortiveness means: The quality of being abortive.

Abruptness means: The state of being abrupt or broken; craggedness; ruggedness; steepness.

Abruptness means: Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence; as, abruptness of style or manner.

Zythum means: A kind of ancient malt beverage; a liquor made from malt and wheat.

Zythepsary means: A brewery.

Zythem means: See Zythum.

Zymotic means: Designating, or pertaining to, a certain class of diseases. See Zymotic disease, below.

Zymotic means: Of, pertaining to, or caused by, fermentation.

Zymosis means: A zymotic disease.

Zymosis means: A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed.

Zymose means: Invertin.

Zymophyte means: A bacteroid ferment.

Zymosimeter means: An instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids, and the degree of heat which they acquire in fermentation.