| BRETESSES | • bretesses n. Plural of bretesse. • BRETESSE n. a wooden tower used in mediaeval siege operations, also BRATTICE, BRATTISH, BRETASCHE, BRETTICE. |
| COHOSTESS | • cohostess n. A female cohost. • cohostess v. (Rare) Of a woman: To act as a joint host. • COHOSTESS n. a joint hostess. |
| CONTESSAS | • contessas n. Plural of contessa. • CONTESSA n. (Italian) an Italian countess. |
| HERMITESS | • hermitess n. A female hermit. • HERMITESS n. a female hermit. |
| HOSTESSED | • hostessed v. Simple past tense and past participle of hostess. • HOSTESS v. to act as a woman who entertains socially. |
| HOSTESSES | • hostesses n. Plural of hostess. • HOSTESS v. to act as a woman who entertains socially. |
| POETESSES | • poetesses n. Plural of poetess. • POETESS n. a female poet, also POETRESSE. |
| POLITESSE | • politesse n. Civility, politeness, courtesy or gallantry; or an instance of this. • POLITESSE n. (French) courteous formality, politeness. |
| PORTESSES | • portesses n. Plural of portess. • PORTESS n. (historical) a portable breviary, also PORTAS, PORTEOUS, PORTESSE, PORTHORS, PORTHOS, PORTHOUSE, PORTOUS. |
| PRELATESS | • prelatess n. (Archaic) A female prelate. • prelatess n. (Archaic) The wife of a prelate. • PRELATESS n. a female prelate. |
| PRIESTESS | • priestess n. A woman with religious duties and responsibilities in certain non-Christian religions. • priestess n. (Religious slur, uncommon) A female Christian priest or minister, typically in a Protestant, Old Catholic… • priestess n. (Colloquial, obsolete) A priest’s wife. |
| TESSELATE | • tesselate v. Alternative spelling of tessellate. • TESSELATE v. to cover with small tiles, also TESSELLATE. |
| TESSELLAE | • tessellae n. Plural of tessella. • TESSELLA n. (Latin) a small tessera, a square block of marble, glass, tile, etc., used in mosaic. |
| TESSELLAR | • tessellar adj. Alternative form of tesselar. • TESSELLAR adj. like a tessella, a small tessera, a token or ticket. |
| TESSERACT | • tesseract n. (Mathematics, geometry) The four-dimensional analogue of a cube; a 4D polytope bounded by eight cubes… • tesseract n. (Science fiction) Any of various fictional mechanisms that explain extradimensional, superluminal, or… • TESSERACT n. a figure of a cube within a cube. |
| TESSITURA | • tessitura n. (Music) The most acceptable and comfortable vocal range for a singer or musical instrument; the range… • TESSITURA n. (Italian) the ordinary range of pitch of a voice or vocal piece of music. |
| TESSITURE | • tessiture n. Plural of tessitura. • TESSITURA n. (Italian) the ordinary range of pitch of a voice or vocal piece of music. |
| TRISTESSE | • tristesse n. (Literary) sadness. • TRISTESSE n. (French) melancholy. |
| VARLETESS | • varletess n. A female varlet. • VARLETESS n. a female varlet. |