8-letter words containing ent
- charente — a department of W central France, in Poitou-Charentes region. Capital: Angoulême. Pop: 341 275 (2003 est). Area: 5972 sq km (2329 sq miles)
- chimkent — city in SC Kazakhstan, north of Tashkent: pop. 439,000
- clemente — Roberto Walker [roh-bair-toh] /roʊˈbɛər toʊ/ (Show IPA), 1934–72, U.S. baseball player, born in Puerto Rico.
- clementi — Muzio [moo-tsyaw] /ˈmu tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1752–1832, Italian pianist and composer in England.
- cliental — a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- cloyment — satiety
- coagment — (obsolete) To join together.
- cogently — convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling.
- coherent — If something is coherent, it is well planned, so that it is clear and sensible and all its parts go well with each other.
- coinvent — to invent jointly
- comments — Plural form of comment.
- consents — Plural form of consent.
- contents — everything that is inside a container
- convents — Plural form of convent.
- coparent — a fellow parent
- coregent — a joint regent
- cornrent — a rent for agricultural land that is paid in corn rather than money
- cotentin — a peninsula in Normandy, N France, extending into the English Channel.
- covalent — the number of electron pairs that an atom can share with other atoms.
- coventry — a city in central England, in Coventry unitary authority, West Midlands: devastated in World War II; modern cathedral (1954–62); industrial centre, esp for motor vehicles; two universities (1965, 1992). Pop: 303 475 (2001)
- crescent — A crescent is a curved shape that is wider in the middle than at its ends, like the shape of the moon during its first and last quarters. It is the most important symbol of the Islamic faith.
- cressent — Charles. 1685–1768, French cabinetmaker, noted esp for his marquetry using coloured woods
- currents — Plural form of current.
- daventry — a town in central England, in Northamptonshire: light industries, site of an important international radio transmitter. Pop: 21 731 (2001)
- decadent — If you say that a person or society is decadent, you think that they have low moral standards and are interested mainly in pleasure.
- decedent — a deceased person
- decenter — to cause to undergo a shift away from what has been its traditional center, focus, orientation, or emphasis
- decently — conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech.
- decentre — to take away a temporary support from
- deferent — (esp of a bodily nerve, vessel, or duct) conveying an impulse, fluid, etc, outwards, down, or away; efferent
- defluent — running downwards
- deligent — Archaic spelling of diligent.
- demented — Someone who is demented has a severe mental illness, especially Alzheimer's disease.
- dementia — Dementia is a serious illness of the mind.
- dementis — an official denial by a government of actions, aims, etc., ascribed to it.
- dementor — Evil and fearsome creature.
- dentally — in relation to the teeth
- dentaria — a genus of plant within the family Brassicaceae, in some systems of classification considered identical with the genus Cardimime
- dentated — having teeth
- dentelle — an ornamentation worked on a book, resembling lace
- dentexes — Plural form of dentex.
- denticle — a small tooth or toothlike part, such as any of the placoid scales of sharks
- dentinal — the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
- dentists — Plural form of dentist.
- dentural — of or relating to dentures
- dentures — Dentures are artificial teeth worn by people who no longer have all their own teeth.
- deponent — (of a verb, esp in Latin) having the inflectional endings of a passive verb but the meaning of an active verb
- descents — Plural form of descent.
- desinent — (obsolete) Ending; forming an end; lowermost.
- deventer — an industrial city in the E Netherlands, in Overijssel province, on the River IJssel: medieval intellectual centre; early centre of Dutch printing. Pop: 88 000 (2003 est)