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Answer for the clue "The quality of being noxious ", 11 letters:
noisomeness

Word definitions for noisomeness in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Noisome \Noi"some\, a. [For noysome, fr. noy for annoy. See Annoy .] Noxious to health; hurtful; mischievous; unwholesome; insalubrious; destructive; as, noisome effluvia. ``Noisome pestilence.'' --Ps. xci. 3. Offensive to the smell or other senses; ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state or quality of being noisome.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of being noxious [syn: harmfulness , noxiousness ]

Usage examples of noisomeness.

We, personally, would much liefer be biding back at our Eagle Palace with our Empress and children than riding long, dusty, weary miles every day, then laying our sore, tired body down in the discomfort and reeking, fetid noisomeness of a military camp every night.