ness
Turns adjectives nominal
A ness is a headland or promontory—a point of land jutting into water.
The term survives mainly in place names along British and Scandinavian coasts: Inverness, Skegness, Dungeness.
Outside geographic names, the word is rarely encountered in modern usage.
Coastal land jutting seaward
- promontoryElevated land jutting waterward
- capeShouldered sleeveless wrap
- peninsulaLand almost encircled by water
- pointExact location or meaning
bluff · cliff · Inverness · Dungeness · Scottish · coastal · landmark · outcrop
State of lacking companions
- emptinessAbsence of substance
- stillnessComplete lack of motion
- opennessQuality of being accessible
- quicknessState of being fast
roughness · baldness · flatness · meanness · neatness · plainness · tallness · likeness
Quality of being nonphysical
- concretenessQuality of being solid
- formationCreation or arrangement
- derivationSource or origin tracing
- nominalizationConverting words to nouns
productivity · morpheme · ending · attachment · conversion · statehood
headland
Coastal land jutting seaward
- promontoryElevated land jutting waterward
- capeShouldered sleeveless wrap
- peninsulaLand almost encircled by water
point · bluff · cliff · Inverness · Dungeness · Scottish · coastal · landmark · outcrop · projection
loneliness
State of lacking companions
quickness · roughness · baldness · flatness · meanness · neatness · plainness · tallness · likeness · brightness
abstractness
Quality of being nonphysical
- concretenessQuality of being solid
- formationCreation or arrangement
- derivationSource or origin tracing
nominalization · productivity · morpheme · ending · attachment · conversion · statehood