8-letter words that end in ant
- exhalant — Exhaling (emitting a fluid).
- exigeant — exacting
- existant — Misspelling of existent.
- expirant — a person who expires
- exsecant — a trigonometric function related to the secant function
- exultant — Triumphantly happy.
- faineant — Also, faineant [fey-nee-uh nt] /ˈfeɪ ni ənt/ (Show IPA). idle; indolent.
- figurant — a ballet dancer who does not perform solo.
- fire ant — any of several omnivorous ants, as the migrant Solenopsis geminata originating in tropical and subtropical South America, having a sting that produces a burning sensation.
- flagrant — shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring: a flagrant error.
- flippant — frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.
- floatant — a substance used in fly-fishing to help dry flies to float
- fragrant — having a pleasant scent or aroma; sweet-smelling; sweet-scented: a fragrant rose.
- frappant — striking; vivid
- fumigant — any volatile or volatilizable chemical compound used as a disinfectant or pesticide.
- galavant — to wander about, seeking pleasure or diversion; gad.
- galivant — Alt form gallivant.
- generant — something that generates
- grievant — a person who submits a complaint for arbitration.
- guardant — (of an animal) depicted full-faced but with the body seen from the side: a lion guardant.
- habitant — an inhabitant.
- hauriant — (of a fish) represented as erect, with the head upward: a dolphin hauriant.
- hebetant — causing dullness
- hesitant — hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined.
- ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- immanant — (linear algebra) A function or property of a matrix, defined as a generalization of the concepts of determinant and permanent.
- incitant — Inciting; stimulating.
- indicant — something that indicates; indicator.
- inerrant — free from error; infallible.
- inhalant — a medicine, allergen, or other substance that is inhaled.
- insulant — an insulating material, as used in building trades.
- insurant — a person who takes out an insurance policy.
- inundant — flooding or overflowing.
- irrigant — (surgery) irrigating agent.
- irritant — tending to cause irritation; irritating.
- isoquant — (economics) A line of equal or constant economic production on a graph, chart or map.
- jazerant — a coat of armour composed of metal plates sewn onto cloth
- jubilant — showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant: the cheers of the jubilant victors; the jubilant climax of his symphony.
- l'enfant — ˈPierre Charles (ˈpjɛʀ ʃaʀl) ; pyer shȧrlˈ) 1754-1825; Fr. engineer & architect who served in the Am. Revolutionary army & drew up plans for Washington, D.C.
- lacerant — painfully distressing; harrowing
- latitant — (archaic) Lying hid; concealed; latent.
- libelant — a person who libels, or institutes suit.
- litigant — a person engaged in a lawsuit.
- luminant — That illuminates; luminous.
- medicant — a healing substance; medicine; remedy.
- merchant — a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
- militant — vigorously active and aggressive, especially in support of a cause: militant reformers.
- misplant — to plant badly or wrongly
- mitigant — Tending to mitigate.
- mountant — an adhesive used for mounting pictures