10-letter words containing nt
- dentifrice — any substance, esp paste or powder, for use in cleaning the teeth
- dentiphone — (dated) An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve; an audiphone.
- denturists — Plural form of denturist.
- denudement — the condition of being denuded
- deodorants — Plural form of deodorant.
- deodourant — Rare spelling of deodorant.
- deontology — the branch of ethics dealing with duty, moral obligation, and moral commitment
- depantsing — to remove the trousers from, as a joke or punishment.
- department — A department is one of the sections in an organization such as a government, business, or university. A department is also one of the sections in a large shop.
- dependants — relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc.
- dependents — Plural form of dependent.
- deployment — The deployment of troops, resources, or equipment is the organization and positioning of them so that they are ready for quick action.
- deportment — Your deportment is the way you behave, especially the way you walk and move.
- depressant — able to diminish or reduce nervous or functional activity
- derailment — A derailment is an accident in which a train comes off the track on which it is running.
- derivement — (obsolete) That which is derived; deduction; inference.
- descendant — Someone's descendants are the people in later generations who are related to them.
- descendent — coming or going downwards; descending
- describent — (geometry) A generatrix.
- desiccants — Plural form of desiccant.
- designment — designation, design
- desirement — (nonstandard) something that is desired, but not absolutely required.
- désorienté — having lost one's bearings; confused
- despondent — If you are despondent, you are very unhappy because you have been experiencing difficulties that you think you will not be able to overcome.
- detachment — Detachment is the feeling that you have of not being personally involved in something or of having no emotional interest in it.
- detainment — to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- detentions — Plural form of detention.
- detergents — Plural form of detergent.
- determents — to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding: The large dog deterred trespassers.
- deterrents — Plural form of deterrent.
- detriments — Plural form of detriment.
- devotement — The state of being devoted, or set apart by a vow.
- devourment — the act of devouring
- diamantane — (chemistry) A diamondoid consisting of two face-fused cages.
- diamantina — an intermittent river in E Australia, flowing S to Lake Eyre. 560 miles (900 km) long.
- diamantine — of or resembling diamonds
- dianthuses — Plural form of dianthus.
- dicynodont — any of various extinct Triassic mammal-like reptiles having a single pair of tusklike teeth
- differents — Plural form of different.
- dilettante — a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement, especially in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler.
- dilettanti — a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement, especially in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler.
- diligently — industriously
- dimplement — the state of being dimpled
- diophantus — 3rd century ad, Greek mathematician, noted for his treatise on the theory of numbers, Arithmetica
- diphyodont — having two successive sets of teeth, as most mammals.
- diplobiont — an organism that has both haploid and diploid individuals in its life cycle
- disappoint — to fail to fulfill the expectations or wishes of: His gross ingratitude disappointed us.
- disbarment — to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.
- disconsent — a lack of consent
- discontent — not content; dissatisfied; discontented.