8-letter words that end in nt
- dedicant — a person who devotes or dedicates
- deferent — (esp of a bodily nerve, vessel, or duct) conveying an impulse, fluid, etc, outwards, down, or away; efferent
- defluent — running downwards
- deligent — Archaic spelling of diligent.
- demitint — (arts) That part of a painting, engraving, etc. which is neither in full darkness nor full light.
- deponent — (of a verb, esp in Latin) having the inflectional endings of a passive verb but the meaning of an active verb
- depurant — purifying
- desinent — (obsolete) Ending; forming an end; lowermost.
- dewpoint — temperature at which water vapour in the air becomes saturated and water droplets begin to form
- dilatant — dilating; expanding.
- diligent — constant in effort to accomplish something; attentive and persistent in doing anything: a diligent student.
- dilutant — A diluting agent; a diluent, or thinner.
- dirigent — directing
- diriment — causing to become wholly void; nullifying.
- discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- disjoint — to separate or disconnect the joints or joinings of.
- dismount — to get off or alight from a horse, bicycle, etc.
- displant — to dislodge.
- divalent — having a valence of two, as the ferrous ion, Fe ++ .
- dividant — (obsolete) different; distinct.
- divident — (obsolete) dividend; share.
- document — a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
- dominant — ruling, governing, or controlling; having or exerting authority or influence: dominant in the chain of command.
- dormient — sleeping; dormant.
- downbent — Bent downward.
- dry rent — rent seck.
- drypoint — a technique of engraving, especially on copper, in which a sharp-pointed needle is used for producing furrows having a burr that is often retained in order to produce a print characterized by soft, velvety black lines.
- dudevant — Madame Amandine Lucile Aurore [French a-mahn-deen ly-seel oh-rawr] /French a mɑ̃ˈdin lüˈsil oʊˈrɔr/ (Show IPA), Sand, George.
- easement — Law. a right held by one property owner to make use of the land of another for a limited purpose, as right of passage.
- efferent — conveying or conducting away from an organ or part (opposed to afferent).
- effluent — flowing out or forth.
- eggplant — a plant, Solanum melongena esculentum, of the nightshade family, cultivated for its edible, dark-purple or occasionally white or yellow fruit.
- elephant — A heavy plant-eating mammal with a prehensile trunk, long curved ivory tusks, and large ears, native to Africa and southern Asia. It is the largest living land animal.
- eloquent — Fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing.
- emergent — An emergent property.
- emigrant — A person who leaves their own country in order to settle permanently in another.
- emulgent — medication that stimulates the flow of bile
- en avant — forward; onward; ahead
- enchaunt — Obsolete form of enchant.
- endpoint — The final stage of a period or process.
- endurant — Capable of enduring fatigue, pain, hunger, etc.
- equitant — (of a leaf) having its base folded and partly enclosing the leaf next above it, as in an iris.
- erumpent — Bursting forth or through a surface.
- esculent — Fit to be eaten; edible.
- esurient — Hungry or greedy.
- evacuant — A medicine that induces some kind of bodily discharge, such as an emetic, a sudorific, or especially a laxative.
- evolvent — an involute curve
- excitant — able to excite or stimulate
- excubant — keeping watch; on guard
- exhalant — Exhaling (emitting a fluid).