| ANTISTRESS | • antistress adj. Countering stress. • anti-stress adj. Alternative spelling of antistress. • ANTISTRESS adj. designed to prevent stress. |
| CLOISTRESS | • cloistress n. (Obsolete) A nun. • CLOISTRESS n. (Shakespeare) a nun. |
| CONCERTMISTRESS | • concertmistress n. (Music, US) A female concertmaster. • CONCERTMISTRESS n. the first violinist in an orchestra. |
| DISTRESS | • distress n. Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature. • distress n. A cause of such discomfort. • distress n. Serious danger. |
| HEADMISTRESS | • headmistress n. (Chiefly Britain) A female school principal. • HEADMISTRESS n. a woman heading the staff of a private school. |
| HOUSEMISTRESS | • housemistress n. Female housemaster. • HOUSEMISTRESS n. the female head of a (boarding-)house, esp. in connection with a public school. |
| MINISTRESS | • ministress n. (Archaic) A woman who ministers. • MINISTRESS n. a woman who ministers. |
| MISTRESS | • mistress n. A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership. • mistress n. A female teacher. • mistress n. The other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations. |
| POSTMISTRESS | • postmistress n. A female postmaster. • POSTMISTRESS n. a woman who is a postmaster. |
| QUARTERMISTRESS | • quartermistress n. A female quartermaster. • QUARTERMISTRESS n. a female quartermaster. |
| SCHOOLMISTRESS | • schoolmistress n. A woman in charge of a school. • SCHOOLMISTRESS n. a female schoolmaster. |
| SURMISTRESS | • SURMISTRESS n. a female surmaster, the second master or deputy head in a school. |
| TASKMISTRESS | • taskmistress n. A woman who assigns tasks; a female overseer. • TASKMISTRESS n. a woman who is a taskmaster. |
| TOASTMISTRESS | • toastmistress n. A female toastmaster. • TOASTMISTRESS n. a woman who acts as toastmaster. |
| WHOREMISTRESS | • whoremistress n. (Derogatory) A woman who runs a brothel, or hires out prostitutes; a madam. • WHOREMISTRESS n. (archaic) a woman who runs a brothel. |
| WORKMISTRESS | • workmistress n. (Archaic) A female workmaster. • WORKMISTRESS n. an expert (female) worker or craftsperson, overseer or employer. |