8-letter words that end in ant
- naissant — (of a charge, especially an animal) issuing from the middle of an ordinary, especially a fess.
- nauseant — producing nausea.
- norplant — a contraceptive implant for women surgically inserted under the skin of the upper arm so as to release progesterone or various other steroid hormones gradually over a period of several years
- obeisant — a movement of the body expressing deep respect or deferential courtesy, as before a superior; a bow, curtsy, or other similar gesture.
- obligant — a person who promises or is obliged to pay a sum or carry out a task
- occupant — a person, family, group, or organization that lives in, occupies, or has quarters or space in or on something: the occupant of a taxicab; the occupants of the building.
- olefiant — producing or forming oil, most commonly ethylene
- oliphant — Margaret Wilson, 1828–97, Scottish novelist.
- oppilant — blocking, hindering, or obstructing
- ordinant — a line parallel to the y-axis or a distance of one point from the x-axis
- oscitant — yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- osculant — united by certain common characteristics.
- ouessant — French name of Ushant.
- ozenfant — Amédée [a-mey-dey] /a meɪˈdeɪ/ (Show IPA), 1886–1966, French painter and writer, in the U.S. after 1938.
- paravant — first; pre-eminently
- penchant — a strong inclination, taste, or liking for something: a penchant for outdoor sports.
- perceant — piercing; penetrating
- permeant — permeating; pervading.
- petulant — sulky or irritable
- pheasant — any of numerous large, usually long-tailed, Old World gallinaceous birds of the family Phasianidae, widely introduced.
- pieplant — the edible rhubarb, Rheum rhabarbarum.
- plainant — a plaintiff
- pleasant — pleasing, agreeable, or enjoyable; giving pleasure: pleasant news.
- poignant — keenly distressing to the feelings: poignant regret.
- pregnant — convincing; cogent: a pregnant argument.
- preplant — occurring before planting
- proppant — (in oil extraction) a material used in hydraulic rock fracturing in order to keep the fissures open and thereby aid extraction
- puissant — powerful; mighty; potent.
- pursuant — proceeding after; following (usually followed by to): Pursuant to his studies he took a job in an office.
- quadrant — a quarter of a circle; an arc of 90°.
- questant — a person who quests
- quintant — a sextant having an arc equal to one fifth of a circle.
- radicant — rooting from the stem, as ivy.
- reactant — a person or thing that reacts.
- recreant — cowardly or craven.
- recusant — refusing to submit, comply, etc.
- regulant — a substance, as a chemical, used to control or regulate: herbicides and fungicides as regulants for plant growth.
- relaxant — of, relating to, or causing a relaxation.
- relevant — bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand; pertinent: a relevant remark.
- resonant — resounding or echoing, as sounds: the resonant thundering of cannons being fired.
- retirant — retiree.
- revenant — a person who returns.
- roborant — strengthening.
- ruminant — any even-toed, hoofed mammal of the suborder Ruminantia, being comprised of cloven-hoofed, cud-chewing quadrupeds, and including, besides domestic cattle, bison, buffalo, deer, antelopes, giraffes, camels, and chevrotains.
- rutilant — glowing or glittering with ruddy or golden light.
- saturant — something that causes saturation.
- segreant — (of a griffin) rampant.
- semblant — semblance
- sergeant — Ancient Eboracum. a city in North Yorkshire, in NE England, on the Ouse: the capital of Roman Britain; cathedral.
- serjeant — a noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal.