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Answer for the clue "A healthy reddish complexion ", 9 letters:
ruddiness

Word definitions for ruddiness in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ruddiness \Rud"di*ness\, n. The quality or state of being ruddy; as, the ruddiness of the cheeks or the sky.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The property of being ruddy.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a healthy reddish complexion [syn: rosiness ]

Usage examples of ruddiness.

Roman, eyes large, black, and sparkling, and a ruddiness in his cheeks that was the more a grace, for his complexion was of the brownest, not of that dusky dun colour which excludes the idea of freshness, but of that clear, olive gloss which, glowing with life, dazzles perhaps less than fairness, and yet pleases more, when it pleases at all.

But one day he found two significant words on one page: rubeola and ruddiness.