6-letter words containing e, n, a, t
- endart — (obsolete, rare) To throw or shoot out like a dart.
- enfant — a French child
- enrapt — Fascinated; enthralled.
- ensate — shaped like a sword
- entail — A settlement of the inheritance of property over a number of generations so that it remains within a family or other group.
- entame — to make tame
- entrap — Catch (someone or something) in or as in a trap.
- equant — (of a crystal or particle) having its different diameters approximately equal, so as to be roughly cubic or spherical in shape.
- errant — Erring or straying from the proper course or standards.
- etalon — A device consisting of two reflecting plates for producing interfering light beams.
- ethane — A colorless, odorless, flammable gas that is a constituent of petroleum and natural gas. It is the second member of the alkane series.
- exaton — A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many quintillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
- extant — (especially of a document) still in existence; surviving.
- fanjet — Also called turbofan. a jet engine having a large impeller that takes in air, which is used partly for the combustion of fuel and partly as exhaust.
- farnet — A non-profit corporation, established in 1987, whose mission is to advance the use of computer networks to improve research and education.
- fasten — to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- fatten — to make fat.
- gannet — any large, web-footed, seabird of the family Sulidae, having a sharply pointed bill, long wings, and a wedge-shaped tail, noted for its plunging dives for fish.
- garnet — Henry Highland, 1815–82, U.S. clergyman and abolitionist.
- gerant — The manager or acting partner of a company, joint-stock association, etc.
- gretna — a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- hantle — a sizeable amount
- hapten — a substance having a single antigenic determinant that can react with a previously existing antibody but cannot stimulate more antibody production unless combined with other molecules; a partial antigen.
- harten — (obsolete) To hearten; to encourage; to incite.
- hasten — to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry: to hasten to a place.
- hathen — Eye dialect of heathen.
- havent — (informal, nonstandard) Alternative form of haven't.
- hentai — noting or pertaining to a subgenre of Japanese manga, anime, computer games, etc., characterized by explicit sexual themes and imagery.
- hetian — Hotan.
- hetman — the title assumed by the chief of Ukrainian Cossacks of the Dnieper River region, with headquarters at Zaporozhe.
- ingate — gate1 (def 15).
- inmate — a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- innate — existing in one from birth; inborn; native: innate musical talent.
- intake — the place or opening at which a fluid is taken into a channel, pipe, etc.
- jacent — Lying at length.
- kasten — Plural form of kast.
- keaton — Buster (Joseph Francis Keaton) 1895–1966, U.S. film comedian and director.
- kentia — Any palm tree in the genus Howea.
- kinate — Alternative form of quinate.
- labent — Sliding; gliding.
- lament — to feel or express sorrow or regret for: to lament his absence.
- lanate — woolly; covered with something resembling wool.
- lancet — a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- lateen — pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- latent — present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential: latent ability.
- lathen — made of lath or laths
- latten — a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- leanto — a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- learnt — a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- levant — to leave secretly or hurriedly to avoid paying debts.