| actress | (noun) a female actor | - |
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| address | (noun) the ability to do or say what is appropriate for the occasion | Synonyms: savoir-faire |
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| (noun) the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball | - |
| (noun) the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience | Synonyms: speech |
| (noun) a sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described | - |
| (noun) written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location | Synonyms: destination, name and address |
| (noun) the manner of speaking to another individual | - |
| (noun) (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored | Synonyms: computer address, reference |
| (noun) the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with | - |
| adulteress | (noun) a woman adulterer | Synonyms: fornicatress, hussy, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet, trollop |
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| adventuress | (noun) a woman adventurer | - |
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| ambassadress | (noun) a woman ambassador | - |
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| ancestress | (noun) a woman ancestor | - |
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| authoress | (noun) a woman author | - |
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| aviatress | (noun) a woman aviator | Synonyms: airwoman, aviatrix |
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| balldress | (noun) a suit or dress for formal occasions | - |
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| benefactress | (noun) a woman benefactor | - |
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| bittercress | (noun) any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic | Synonyms: bitter cress |
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| buttress | (noun) a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building | Synonyms: buttressing |
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| caress | (noun) a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it) | - |
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| ciderpress | (noun) a press that is used to extract the juice from apples | - |
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| clothespress | (noun) a closet where clothes are stored | Synonyms: clothes closet |
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| coatdress | (noun) a dress that is tailored like a coat and buttons up the front | - |
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| compress | (noun) a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever) | - |
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| conductress | (noun) a woman conductor | - |
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| congress | (noun) the social act of assembling for some common purpose | Synonyms: coming together, meeting |
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| (noun) a meeting of elected or appointed representatives | - |
| (noun) a national legislative assembly | - |
| cress | (noun) pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs | - |
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| (noun) any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste | Synonyms: cress plant |
| cypress | (noun) any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones | Synonyms: cypress tree |
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| (noun) wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus | - |
| distress | (noun) the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim | Synonyms: distraint |
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| (noun) psychological suffering | Synonyms: hurt, suffering |
| (noun) extreme physical pain | - |
| (noun) a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need) | - |
| dress | (noun) a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice | Synonyms: frock |
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| (noun) clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion | Synonyms: attire, garb |
| (noun) clothing in general | Synonyms: apparel, clothes, wearing apparel |
| duress | (noun) compulsory force or threat | - |
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| egress | (noun) the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent | Synonyms: egression, emergence |
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| (noun) (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse | Synonyms: emersion |
| (noun) the becoming visible | Synonyms: emergence, issue |
| embroideress | (noun) a woman embroiderer | - |
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| empress | (noun) a woman emperor or the wife of an emperor | - |
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| enchantress | (noun) a female sorcerer or magician | Synonyms: witch |
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| (noun) a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive | Synonyms: Delilah, femme fatale, siren, temptress |
| express | (noun) rapid transport of goods | Synonyms: expressage |
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| (noun) public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops | Synonyms: limited |
| (noun) mail that is distributed by a rapid and efficient system | Synonyms: express mail |
| fornicatress | (noun) a woman adulterer | Synonyms: adulteress, hussy, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet, trollop |
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| fortress | (noun) a fortified defensive structure | Synonyms: fort |
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| foundress | (noun) a woman founder | - |
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| headdress | (noun) clothing for the head | Synonyms: headgear |
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| headmistress | (noun) a woman headmaster | - |
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| heiress | (noun) a female heir | Synonyms: inheritress, inheritrix |
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| huntress | (noun) a woman hunter | - |
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| idolatress | (noun) a woman idolater | - |
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| impress | (noun) the act of coercing someone into government service | Synonyms: impressment |
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| ingress | (noun) the act of entering | Synonyms: entering, entrance, entry, incoming |
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| (noun) (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse | Synonyms: immersion |
| inheritress | (noun) a female heir | Synonyms: heiress, inheritrix |
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| instructress | (noun) a woman instructor | - |
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| laundress | (noun) a working woman who takes in washing | Synonyms: laundrywoman, washerwoman, washwoman |
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| letterpress | (noun) printing from a plate with raised characters | Synonyms: relief printing |
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| manageress | (noun) a woman manager | - |
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| mattress | (noun) a large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed | - |
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| mayoress | (noun) a woman mayor | - |
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| (noun) the wife of a mayor | - |
| millionairess | (noun) a woman millionaire | - |
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| mistress | (noun) a woman master who directs the work of others | - |
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| (noun) an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man | Synonyms: fancy woman, kept woman |
| (noun) a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict) | Synonyms: schoolma'am, schoolmarm, schoolmistress |
| murderess | (noun) a woman murderer | - |
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| negotiatress | (noun) a woman negotiator | Synonyms: negotiatrix |
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| nightdress | (noun) lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women | Synonyms: gown, night-robe, nightgown, nightie |
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| ogress | (noun) (folklore) a female ogre | - |
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| peeress | (noun) a woman of the peerage in Britain | Synonyms: Lady, noblewoman |
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| pennycress | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Thlaspi | - |
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| postmistress | (noun) a woman postmaster | - |
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| press | (noun) the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure | Synonyms: pressing, pressure |
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| (noun) a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead | Synonyms: military press |
| (noun) any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids | Synonyms: mechanical press |
| (noun) a machine used for printing | Synonyms: printing press |
| (noun) a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes | Synonyms: closet, wardrobe |
| (noun) clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use | - |
| (noun) the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines | Synonyms: public press |
| (noun) a dense crowd of people | Synonyms: crush, jam |
| (noun) the state of demanding notice or attention | Synonyms: imperativeness, insistence, insistency, pressure |
| prioress | (noun) the superior of a group of nuns | Synonyms: abbess, mother superior |
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| procuress | (noun) a woman pimp | - |
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| progress | (noun) the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) | Synonyms: advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progression |
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| (noun) gradual improvement or growth or development | Synonyms: advancement |
| (noun) a movement forward | Synonyms: advance, progression |
| proprietress | (noun) a woman proprietor | - |
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| redress | (noun) act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil | Synonyms: remediation, remedy |
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| (noun) a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury | Synonyms: amends, damages, indemnification, indemnity, restitution |
| regress | (noun) returning to a former state | Synonyms: regression, retrogression, retroversion, reversion |
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| (noun) the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence | Synonyms: reasoning backward |
| rockcress | (noun) any of several rock-loving cresses of the genus Arabis | Synonyms: rock cress |
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| (noun) noxious cress with yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium | Synonyms: Barbarea vulgaris, rocket cress, Sisymbrium barbarea, yellow rocket |
| schoolmistress | (noun) a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict) | Synonyms: mistress, schoolma'am, schoolmarm |
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| sculptress | (noun) a woman sculptor | - |
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| seamstress | (noun) a woman who makes or mends dresses | Synonyms: modiste, needlewoman, sempstress |
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| seductress | (noun) a woman who seduces | - |
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| sempstress | (noun) a woman who makes or mends dresses | Synonyms: modiste, needlewoman, seamstress |
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| shirtdress | (noun) a dress that is tailored like a shirt and has buttons all the way down the front | - |
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| songstress | (noun) a woman songster (especially of popular songs) | - |
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| sorceress | (noun) a woman sorcerer | - |
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| stonecress | (noun) any Old World herb of the genus Aethionema; native of sunny limestone habitats | Synonyms: stone cress |
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| stress | (noun) the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) | Synonyms: accent, emphasis |
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| (noun) (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body | - |
| (noun) (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense | Synonyms: tenseness, tension |
| (noun) difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension | Synonyms: strain |
| (noun) special emphasis attached to something | Synonyms: focus |
| sundress | (noun) a light loose sleeveless summer dress with a wide neckline and thin shoulder straps that expose the arms and shoulders | - |
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| taskmistress | (noun) a woman taskmaster | - |
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| temptress | (noun) a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive | Synonyms: Delilah, enchantress, femme fatale, siren |
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| tigress | (noun) a female tiger | - |
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| traitress | (noun) female traitor | - |
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| tress | (noun) a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair | Synonyms: braid, plait, twist |
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| undress | (noun) partial or complete nakedness | - |
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| waitress | (noun) a woman waiter | - |
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| wardress | (noun) a woman warder | - |
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| watercress | (noun) cresses that grow in clear ponds and streams | - |
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| (noun) any of several water-loving cresses | - |
| winepress | (noun) a press that is used to extract the juice from grapes | - |
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