6-letter words containing n, t
- covent — (obsolete) convent.
- crants — a garland or wreath carried in front of a maiden's bier
- craton — a stable part of the earth's continental crust or lithosphere that has not been deformed significantly for many millions, even hundreds of millions, of years
- creant — creating or creative; formative
- cretan — of or relating to Crete or its inhabitants
- cretin — If you call someone a cretin, you think they are very stupid.
- criant — garish; loud
- cronet — the coronet of a horse's hoof or the hair which grows over this area
- cronut — A pastry which combines characteristics of a croissant and a doughnut.
- croton — any shrub or tree of the chiefly tropical euphorbiaceous genus Croton, esp C. tiglium, the seeds of which yield croton oil
- cteno- — ctenoid scales, teeth, etc.
- curtin — John Joseph. 1885–1945, Australian statesman; prime minister of Australia (1941–45)
- cut in — If you cut in on someone, you interrupt them when they are speaking.
- cut-in — Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity: We will insert a cut-in of the letter as she reads it.
- cutins — Plural form of cutin.
- cygnet — A cygnet is a young swan.
- dainty — If you describe a movement, person, or object as dainty, you mean that they are small, delicate, and pretty.
- dalton — John. 1766–1844, English chemist and physicist, who formulated the modern form of the atomic theory and the law of partial pressures for gases. He also gave the first accurate description of colour blindness, from which he suffered
- damnit — (especially, southern US) misspelling of dammit.
- dangit — Dang it; used to express irritation or disappointment.
- danite — of the Hebrew tribe of Dan
- danton — Georges Jacques (ʒɔrʒ ʒɑk). 1759–94, French revolutionary leader: a founder member of the Committee of Public Safety (1793) and minister of justice (1792–94). He was overthrown by Robespierre and guillotined
- dating — Dating agencies or services are for people who are trying to find a girlfriend or boyfriend.
- dation — (rare, legal) The act of giving, granting or conferring (e.g. an office) but not liberal as a donation or gift.
- datong — a city in N Shanxi province, in NE China.
- daunts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of daunt.
- dayton — an industrial city in SW Ohio: aviation research centre. Pop: 161 696 (2003 est)
- decant — If you decant a liquid into another container, you put it into another container.
- decent — Decent is used to describe something which is considered to be of an acceptable standard or quality.
- decnet — A proprietary network protocol designed by Digital Equipment Corporation. The functionality of each Phase of the implementation, such as Phase IV and Phase V, is different.
- delint — /dee-lint/ To modify code to remove problems detected when linting. Confusingly, this process is also referred to as "linting" code.
- dement — to deteriorate mentally, esp because of old age
- dennet — a one-horse, two-wheeled light carriage, fashionable in the 19th century
- denote — If one thing denotes another, it is a sign or indication of it.
- dental — pronounced or articulated with the tip of the tongue touching the backs of the upper teeth, as for t in French tout
- dented — having a surface containing a hollow or dip
- dentel — Alternative form of dentil.
- dentes — plural of dens.
- dentex — a large active predatory sparid fish, Dentex dentex, of Mediterranean and E Atlantic waters, having long sharp teeth and powerful jaws
- denti- — indicating a tooth
- dentil — one of a set of small square or rectangular blocks evenly spaced to form an ornamental row, usually under a classical cornice on a building, piece of furniture, etc
- dentin — the hard, dense, calcareous tissue forming the body of a tooth, under the enamel and surrounding the pulp canal
- dento- — denti-
- denton — a town in NW England, in Tameside unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 26 866 (2001)
- dentro — (demoscene, rare) A production that is classified somewhere between a demo and an intro.
- destin — Obsolete form of destiny.
- detain — When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.
- detent — the locking piece of a mechanism, often spring-loaded to check the movement of a wheel in one direction only
- detenu — prisoner
- detune — to change the pitch of (a stringed instrument), whether for musical or maintenance purposes