10-letter words containing nt
- adulterant — a substance or ingredient that adulterates
- advantaged — A person or place that is advantaged is in a better social or financial position than other people or places.
- advantages — A condition or circumstance that puts one in a favorable or superior position.
- adventitia — the outermost covering of an organ or part, esp the outer coat of a blood vessel
- adventured — Simple past tense and past participle of adventure.
- adventurer — An adventurer is a person who enjoys going to new, unusual, and exciting places.
- adventures — Plural form of adventure.
- advisement — consultation; deliberation
- affeerment — the act of deciding upon or settling penalties or fines
- afferently — in a manner moving to the centre or inwards
- affluently — in an abundant or wealthy manner
- affronting — a personally offensive act or word; deliberate act or display of disrespect; intentional slight; insult: an affront to the king.
- affrontive — characterized by a propensity to cause offence
- agapanthus — a liliaceous plant, Agapanthus africanus, of southern Africa, having rounded clusters of blue or white funnel-shaped flowers
- agent noun — a noun denoting the doer of an action, as editor or jogger.
- agony aunt — An agony aunt is a person who writes a column in a newspaper or magazine in which they reply to readers who have written to them for advice on their personal problems.
- agreements — Plural form of agreement.
- aha moment — an instant at which the solution to a problem becomes clear
- air-intake — an opening in an aircraft through which air is drawn, esp for the engines
- alightment — a descent or dismount, normally from a mode of transport
- alignments — Plural form of alignment.
- alimentary — of or relating to nutrition
- all'antica — in the manner of the ancients.
- allegement — (archaic) Allegation.
- allignment — Archaic form of alignment.
- allotments — Plural form of allotment.
- allurement — fascination; charm.
- almucantar — a circle on the celestial sphere parallel to the horizontal plane
- altisonant — having an impressive sound
- altitonant — sounding loudly from high above
- amantadine — an antiviral drug used in the treatment of some types of influenza and to reduce some of the symptoms of Parkinson's disease
- amaranthus — Any of the genus Amaranthus; an amaranth.
- amarantine — amaranthine
- amazements — Plural form of amazement.
- amazon ant — any of several small reddish ants of the genus Polyergus, esp P. rufescens, that enslave the young of other ant species
- ambivalent — If you say that someone is ambivalent about something, they seem to be uncertain whether they really want it, or whether they really approve of it.
- ambushment — an act or instance of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise: The highwaymen waited in ambush near the road.
- ameliorant — a thing that ameliorates
- amendments — the act of amending or the state of being amended.
- amercement — to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- amianthoid — a fine variety of asbestos, with delicate, flexible filaments.
- amusements — Plural form of amusement.
- angwantibo — a rare gold-coloured prosimian primate of tropical Africa, Arctocebus calabarensis, having digits that are specialized as a pair of pincers for climbing: family Lorisidae (lorises)
- annuitants — Plural form of annuitant.
- anointment — to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- anorexiant — a substance, as a drug, for causing loss of appetite.
- anovulants — Plural form of anovulant.
- ant-thrush — any of several antbirds, especially of the genus Formicarius.
- antagonise — to make hostile or unfriendly; make an enemy or antagonist of: His speech antagonized many voters.
- antagonism — Antagonism between people is hatred or dislike between them. Antagonisms are instances of this.