7-letter words containing ent
- gentian — any of several plants of the genera Gentiana, Gentianella, and Gentianopsis, having usually blue, or sometimes yellow, white, or red, flowers, as the fringed gentian of North America, or Gentiana lutea, of Europe. Compare gentian family.
- gentile — of or relating to any people not Jewish.
- gentled — Simple past tense and past participle of gentle.
- gentler — kindly; amiable: a gentle manner.
- gentles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gentle.
- godsent — sent by God or as if by God: a godsent rain.
- greenth — The state or quality of being green; verdure.
- henting — Present participle of hent.
- hentoff — Nat(han Irving) born 1925, U.S. writer and critic.
- horrent — bristling; standing erect like bristles.
- hutment — an encampment of huts.
- identic — identical.
- iminent — Misspelling of imminent.
- incents — to give incentives to: The government should incentivize the private sector to create jobs.
- indents — Plural form of indent.
- innuent — (obsolete) Conveying a hint; significant.
- intents — Plural form of intent.
- invents — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of invent.
- kentish — of or relating to Kent or its people.
- kentuck — Kentucky.
- khojent — a town in Tajikistan on the Syr Darya River: one of the oldest towns in central Asia; textile industries. Pop: 146 000 (2005 est)
- lambent — running or moving lightly over a surface: lambent tongues of flame.
- laments — to feel or express sorrow or regret for: to lament his absence.
- lenient — agreeably tolerant; permissive; indulgent: He tended to be lenient toward the children. More lenient laws encouraged greater freedom of expression.
- lentigo — a freckle or other pigmented spot.
- lentils — Plural form of lentil.
- lentisk — mastic (def 1).
- lentoid — having the shape of a biconvex lens.
- lentous — viscid or viscous
- licente — permitted or allowed
- liement — (fencing) An action in which one fencer forces the opponent\u2019s blade into the diagonally opposite line, (that is, from high line to low line on the opposite side, or vice versa) by taking it with the guard and forte of his own blade.
- lisente — plural of sente.
- loments — Plural form of loment.
- lorentz — Hendrik Antoon [hen-drik ahn-tohn] /ˈhɛn drɪk ˈɑn toʊn/ (Show IPA), 1853–1928, Dutch physicist: Nobel Prize 1902.
- lorient — a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- magenta — a town in N Italy, W of Milan: the French and Sardinians defeated the Austrians here 1859.
- manrent — (historical) A contract, usually military and between Scottish clans, in which a weaker man or clan pledged to serve, in return for protection, a stronger lord or clan.
- margent — margin.
- memento — an object or item that serves to remind one of a person, past event, etc.; keepsake; souvenir.
- mentees — Plural form of mentee.
- menthol — Also called hexahydrothymol, peppermint camphor. Chemistry, Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline, slightly water-soluble alcohol, C 1 0 H 2 0 O, obtained from peppermint oil or synthesized: used chiefly in perfumes, confections, cigarettes, and liqueurs and in medicine for colds and nasal disorders for its cooling effect on mucous membranes.
- mention — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
- mentors — Plural form of mentor.
- mentula — A penis.
- mingent — Discharging urine.
- missent — to send or forward, especially mail, to a wrong place or person.
- mittent — (obsolete) Sending forth; emitting.
- momenta — force or speed of movement; impetus, as of a physical object or course of events: The car gained momentum going downhill. Her career lost momentum after two unsuccessful films.
- momento — memento.
- moments — Plural form of moment.