Associations to the word «Ness»

Wiktionary

NESS, proper noun. (Irish mythology) An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa.
NESS, proper noun. Loch Ness
NESS, noun. (geography) A promontory; a cape or headland. (frequently used as a suffix in placenames)

Dictionary definition

NESS, noun. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne