6-letter words containing o, n, t
- locant — (organic chemistry) That part of the name of a compound (often a letter or number) that describes the position of an atom, residue or functional group e.g. the 2 in hexan-2-one.
- loment — a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
- lonest — being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied: a lone traveler.
- lotion — Pharmacology. a liquid, usually aqueous or sometimes alcoholic preparation containing insoluble material in the form of a suspension or emulsion, intended for external application without rubbing, in such skin conditions as itching, infection, allergy, pain, or the like.
- lytton — Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-, 1st Baron Lytton of Knebworth [neb-wert] /ˈnɛb wərt/ (Show IPA), 1803–73, English novelist, dramatist, and politician.
- manito — (among the Algonquian Indians) a supernatural being that controls nature; a spirit, deity, or object that possesses supernatural power.
- matron — a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- melton — a heavily fulled cloth, often of wool, tightly constructed and finished with a smooth face concealing the weave, used for overcoats, hunting jackets, etc.
- menton — a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean: winter resort.
- mentor — (in the Odyssey) a loyal adviser of Odysseus entrusted with the care and education of Telemachus.
- mentos — Plural form of mento.
- merton — Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- metron — Measure (poetic).
- milton — John, 1608–74, English poet.
- minton — fine-quality porcelain ware produced in Stoke-on-Trent since 1793
- molten — a past participle of melt1 .
- moment — an indefinitely short period of time; instant: I'll be with you in a moment.
- monact — the spicule of a sponge that has a single-spiked structure
- monest — (obsolete) To warn; to admonish; to advise.
- moneta — Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- moneth — Obsolete spelling of month.
- mongst — amongst.
- monist — Philosophy. (in metaphysics) any of various theories holding that there is only one basic substance or principle as the ground of reality, or that reality consists of a single element. Compare dualism (def 2), pluralism (def 1a). (in epistemology) a theory that the object and datum of cognition are identical. Compare pluralism (def 1b).
- monnet — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1888–1979, French economist: originator of the European Common Market.
- monstr — (language) A term graph rewriting language from Manchester University(?), designed to be easily implementable on distributed architectures and featuring limited synchronisation facilities.
- montem — a former money-raising practice for the benefit of the senior college at Eton school, whereby pupils dressed up in fancy dress and walked to a hill near Slough and asked for donations from anyone they saw on the way there
- montes — Plural form of mons.
- montez — Lola (Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert) 1818?–61, British dancer, born in Ireland: gained notoriety as mistress of Franz Liszt, Alexandre Dumas père, and Louis I of Bavaria (1786–1868).
- months — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- montre — An organ stop, usually the open diapason, having its pipes
- morton — Jelly Roll (Ferdinand Morton) 1885–1941, U.S. jazz pianist, composer, and band leader.
- motion — the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- motown — Detroit, Michigan: a nickname.
- mounts — A backing or setting on which a photograph, gem, or work of art is set for display.
- mounty — (obsolete) The rise of a hawk, after prey.
- moutan — a variety of Asian tree peony, Paeonia suffruticosa, having large, colourful flowers
- mouton — sheepskin that has been processed to resemble another fur, especially seal or beaver.
- movant — (legal) The party who moves for the judge to rule in favor of a motion.
- movent — (obsolete) Moving; that moves; that is being moved.
- mutton — em (def 2).
- naboth — the owner of a vineyard coveted by Ahab, slain by the scheming of Jezebel so that Ahab could secure the vineyard. I Kings 21.
- naruto — A type of kamaboko.
- nation — Carry or Carrie (Amelia Moore) 1846–1911, U.S. temperance leader.
- natron — a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- nekton — the aggregate of actively swimming aquatic organisms in a body of water, able to move independently of water currents.
- nestor — the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- nethou — Pic de [French peek duh] /French pik də/ (Show IPA) a mountain in NE Spain: highest peak of the Pyrenees. 11,165 feet (3400 meters).
- newton — Sir Isaac, 1642–1727, English philosopher and mathematician: formulator of the law of gravitation.
- nilote — a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- nitro- — Nitro- combines with nouns to form other nouns referring to things which contain nitrogen and oxygen.