6-letter words containing ent
- latent — present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential: latent ability.
- lenten — of, relating to, or suitable for Lent.
- lentic — pertaining to or living in still water.
- lentil — a plant, Lens culinaris, of the legume family, having flattened, biconvex seeds used as food.
- lentor — Slowness, sluggishness.
- loment — a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
- lucent — shining.
- mental — of or relating to the chin.
- mentat — (language) (After the human computers in Frank Herbert's SF classic, "Dune") An object-oriented distributed language developed at the University of Virginia some time before Dec 1987. Mentat is an extension of C++ and is portable to a variety of MIMD architectures. By 1994 Mentat was available for Sun-3, Sun-4, iPSC/2 with plans for Mach, iPSC860, RS/6000 and Iris. The language is now (May 1998) supported in a new project, Legion. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- mentee — a person who is guided by a mentor.
- mentes — (in the Odyssey) a captain of the Taphians. Athena assumed his form when she urged Telemachus to search for Odysseus.
- mentha — (botany) Any of the mint genus Mentha, mints and similar species.
- 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.
- mentum — Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- moment — an indefinitely short period of time; instant: I'll be with you in a moment.
- movent — (obsolete) Moving; that moves; that is being moved.
- niente — (especially as a direction) with a soft sound or tone gradually fading to nothing.
- nocent — harmful; injurious.
- obento — bento.
- omenta — a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- orient — the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- ostent — Appearance; air; mien.
- parent — a father or a mother.
- patent — the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- penta- — five
- pentad — a period of five years.
- pentel — a ballpoint pen with free-flowing ink in the manner of a felt-tip pen
- pentyl — containing a pentyl group; amyl.
- piment — wine flavoured with spices and honey
- plenty — a full or abundant supply or amount: There is plenty of time.
- ponent — the west
- potent — (of a cross) having a crosspiece at the extremity of each arm: a cross potent.
- pudent — lacking in ostentation or humble
- recent — of late occurrence, appearance, or origin; lately happening, done, made, etc.: recent events; a recent trip.
- regent — a person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
- relent — to soften in feeling, temper, or determination; become more mild, compassionate, or forgiving.
- rental — an amount received or paid as rent.
- renter — a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
- renton — a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- repent — to feel sorry, self-reproachful, or contrite for past conduct; regret or be conscience-stricken about a past action, attitude, etc. (often followed by of): He repented after his thoughtless act.
- rerent — to rent again
- resent — to send again.
- rident — laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- rodent — belonging or pertaining to the gnawing or nibbling mammals of the order Rodentia, including the mice, squirrels, beavers, etc.
- scient — an old word meaning scientific
- sclent — to move or lie on a slant.
- sedent — seated or inactive
- sentry — a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.