7-letter words containing nt
- lepanto — Greek Návpaktos. a seaport in W Greece, on the Lepanto Strait: Turkish sea power destroyed here 1571.
- levants — Plural form of levant.
- 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.
- lintels — Plural form of lintel.
- linters — the short fibres stripped from ginned cotton seeds
- linties — Plural form of lintie.
- linting — the process of making lint
- lintols — a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
- 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.
- lunting — a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- magenta — a town in N Italy, W of Milan: the French and Sardinians defeated the Austrians here 1859.
- mahants — Plural form of mahant.
- maintop — a platform at the head of the lower mainmast.
- manhunt — an intensive search for a criminal, suspect, escaped convict, etc., as by law enforcement agencies.
- 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.
- mantapa — a porch or vestibule of a Brahman temple.
- mantaro — a river in central Peru, flowing SE to the Apurímac River. About 360 miles (580 km) long.
- manteau — a mantle or cloak, especially one worn by women.
- manteca — a town in central California.
- manteel — a cloak, shawl or covering
- mantels — Plural form of mantel.
- mantids — Plural form of mantid.
- mantled — Simple past tense and past participle of mantle.
- mantles — Plural form of mantle.
- mantlet — mantelet (def 2).
- mantova — a city in E Lombardy, in N Italy: birthplace of Vergil.
- mantram — Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- mantrap — an outdoor trap set for humans, as to snare poachers or trespassers.
- mantras — Plural form of mantra.
- mantric — Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- mantuan — a city in E Lombardy, in N Italy: birthplace of Vergil.
- mantuas — Plural form of mantua.
- maranta — any of several tropical American plants of the genus Maranta, including arrowroot and several species cultivated as ornamentals for their variegated foliage.
- margent — margin.
- mediant — the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.
- 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.
- meranti — wood from any of several Malaysian trees of the dipterocarpaceous genus Shorea
- migrant — migrating, especially of people; migratory.
- mingent — Discharging urine.
- mintage — the act or process of minting.
- minters — Plural form of minter.