8-letter words that end in nt
- octodont — (zoology) Of or pertaining to the Octodontidae, a family of rodents including the degu (Octodon degus) and 12 other South American species.
- offprint — Also called separate. a reprint of an article that originally appeared as part of a larger publication.
- ointment — a soft, unctuous preparation, often medicated, for application to the skin; unguent.
- olefiant — producing or forming oil, most commonly ethylene
- oliphant — Margaret Wilson, 1828–97, Scottish novelist.
- oppilant — blocking, hindering, or obstructing
- opponent — a person who is on an opposing side in a game, contest, controversy, or the like; adversary.
- ordinant — a line parallel to the y-axis or a distance of one point from the x-axis
- oreodont — any of various extinct North American artiodactyls of the families Merycoidodontidae or Agriochoeridae, widespread from the late Eocene through early Miocene epochs.
- ornament — an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part: architectural ornaments.
- orpiment — a mineral, arsenic trisulfide, As 2 S 3 , found usually in soft, yellow, foliated masses, used as a pigment.
- oscitant — yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- osculant — united by certain common characteristics.
- ouessant — French name of Ushant.
- outcount — (transitive) To surpass in counting; to count higher than.
- outpaint — to exceed in painting
- outpoint — to excel in number of points, as in a competition or contest.
- outspent — worn-out; exhausted.
- outstunt — to outdo in performing stunts
- outvaunt — to outdo in boasting
- overhent — to overtake
- overhunt — to hunt in an unsustainable manner
- ozenfant — Amédée [a-mey-dey] /a meɪˈdeɪ/ (Show IPA), 1886–1966, French painter and writer, in the U.S. after 1938.
- parament — a decoration for a room, as a tapestry.
- paravant — first; pre-eminently
- paravent — a screen against a draft or the wind.
- patulent — patulous
- pavement — a paved road, highway, etc.
- pediment — (in classical architecture) a low gable, typically triangular with a horizontal cornice and raking cornices, surmounting a colonnade, an end wall, or a major division of a façade.
- penchant — a strong inclination, taste, or liking for something: a penchant for outdoor sports.
- penitent — feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed to atonement and amendment; repentant; contrite.
- penpoint — the point or writing end of a pen, especially a small, tapering, metallic device having a split tip for drawing up ink and for writing; nib.
- per cent — Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- 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.
- piedmont — a plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains, including parts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama.
- pieplant — the edible rhubarb, Rheum rhabarbarum.
- pinpoint — the point of a pin.
- plainant — a plaintiff
- plangent — resounding loudly, especially with a plaintive sound, as a bell.
- 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
- preprint — an advance printing, usually of a portion of a book or of an article in a periodical.
- proppant — (in oil extraction) a material used in hydraulic rock fracturing in order to keep the fissures open and thereby aid extraction
- prurient — having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc.
- puissant — powerful; mighty; potent.