10-letter words that end in nt
- assortment — An assortment is a group of similar things that are of different sizes or colours or have different qualities.
- assythment — the recompense or redress made for wrongs or damage committed
- astringent — An astringent is a liquid that you put on your skin to make it less oily or to make cuts stop bleeding.
- at present — A situation that exists at present exists now, although it may change.
- attachment — If you have an attachment to someone or something, you are fond of them or loyal to them.
- attainment — The attainment of an aim is the achieving of it.
- attendment — a circumstance or situation resulting as a consequence of something else
- attirement — dress; attire.
- attonement — Misspelling of atonement.
- attornment — (feudal legal) The consent of a tenant to the transfer of his relationship to his landlord to another person.
- attractant — a substance that attracts, esp a chemical (sex attractant) produced by an insect and attracting insects of the same species
- attunement — an attuning or act of making harmonious
- au courant — up-to-date, esp in knowledge of current affairs
- avengement — (rare) The inflicting of retributive punishment; satisfaction taken.
- avertiment — an advertisement
- avouchment — The act of avouching.
- babblement — (obsolete) babble.
- bafflement — Bafflement is the state of being baffled.
- balbutient — stuttering, stammering
- ball joint — a mechanical ball-and-socket joint, esp. one used in the steering linkage of certain automotive vehicles to connect the tie rod to either of the wheels that turn
- banishment — Banishment is the act of banishing someone or the state of being banished.
- batteilant — fighting; combatant
- battlement — a parapet or wall with indentations or embrasures, originally for shooting through
- beachfront — A beachfront house, café, shop, or hotel is situated on or by a beach.
- bead plant — a creeping plant, Nertera granadensis, of New Zealand and South America, having leathery leaves and orange-colored, transparent berries.
- bemusement — Bemusement is the feeling that you have when you are puzzled or confused by something.
- beneficent — A beneficent person or thing helps people or results in something good.
- benevolent — If you describe a person in authority as benevolent, you mean that they are kind and fair.
- benumbment — the act of benumbing
- bestowment — to present as a gift; give; confer (usually followed by on or upon): The trophy was bestowed upon the winner.
- betterment — The betterment of something is the act or process of improving its standard or status.
- bioreagent — a reagent of biological origin, such as an enzyme
- bittorrent — a file transfer protocol which enables users to upload and download large files on the internet in the form of software, games, film, video, music, etc, from other users rather than from a central server
- blue giant — any of the large, bright stars having surface temperatures of about 20,000 K and diameters that are often ten times that of the sun.
- blue point — a Siamese cat having a light-colored body and darker, bluish-gray points.
- body count — the number of people killed
- bon vivant — a person who enjoys luxuries, esp good food and drink
- breakfront — (of a bookcase, bureau, etc) having a slightly projecting central section
- breakpoint — an instruction inserted by a debug program causing a return to the debug program
- brown bent — a common grass, Agrostis canina, of North America, used for lawns and putting greens because its blades can be clipped very short without injury to the plant.
- brownprint — a process of photographic reproduction using a mixture of iron and silver salts to produce a white image on a sepia ground.
- butt joint — a joint between two plates, planks, bars, sections, etc, when the components are butted together and do not overlap or interlock. The joint may be strapped with jointing plates laid across it or welded (butt weld)
- cajolement — The act of cajoling or the state of being cajoled.
- calcitrant — Stubborn; refractory.
- candescent — glowing or starting to glow with heat
- cantonment — A cantonment is a group of buildings or a camp where soldiers live.
- capitulant — a person who capitulates
- caulescent — having a stem clearly visible above the ground
- cerf, vint — Vint Cerf
- checkpoint — A checkpoint is a place where traffic is stopped so that it can be checked.