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scentlessness

scentlessness noun: the state or condition of being scentless.

Noun

scentlessness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being scentless.
    • It must be, I think, that Nature has endowed the young of ground-nesting birds with a scentlessness which is a form of negative protection from their enemies - if one may use such a definition.1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary On The Plains, page 221

Origin of scentlessness

From scentless + -ness.

Questions about scentlessness

What does scentlessness mean?
Scentlessness means the state or condition of being scentless.
What part of speech is scentlessness?
Scentlessness is a noun.

Words near scentlessness in the dictionary

  1. scenting
  2. scenting out
  3. scentingly
  4. scentings
  5. scentless
  6. scentlessness
  7. scentmaker
  8. scentmakers
  9. scentproof
  10. scents
  11. scents out

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