cant: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of cant
- significant«Word Popularity Bar5/5
significant
- adjective important in effect or meaning
important.
- a significant change in tax laws
- a significant change in the Constitution
- a significant contribution
- significant details
- statistically significant
- adjective satellite fairly large
substantial.
- won by a substantial margin
- adjective important in effect or meaning
- applicant5/5
applicant
- noun a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission
applier.
- noun a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission
- insignificant4/5
insignificant
- adjective satellite not worthy of notice
undistinguished.
- adjective satellite signifying nothing
- insignificant sounds
- adjective satellite not worthy of notice
- scant4/5
scant
- verb work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
skimp.
- verb limit in quality or quantity
skimp.
- verb work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
- vacant4/5
vacant
- adjective satellite void of thought or knowledge
- a vacant mind
- adjective satellite without an occupant or incumbent
- the throne is never vacant
- adjective satellite void of thought or knowledge
- lubricant3/5
lubricant
- noun a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery
lube; lubricating substance; lubricator.
- noun a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery
- mendicant3/5
mendicant
- noun a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
friar.
- noun a pauper who lives by begging
beggar.
- noun a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
- decant2/5
decant
- verb pour out
pour; pour out.
- the sommelier decanted the wines
- verb pour out
- descant2/5
descant
- noun a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
discant.
- verb sing in descant
- noun a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
- supplicant2/5
supplicant
- noun someone who prays to God
prayer.
- noun one praying humbly for something
requester; petitioner; suppliant.
- a suppliant for her favors
- noun someone who prays to God
- recant2/5
recant
- verb formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
retract; resile; abjure; forswear.
- He retracted his earlier statements about his religion
- She abjured her beliefs
- verb formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
- toxicant2/5
toxicant
- noun any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism
poisonous substance; poison.
- adjective satellite having the qualities or effects of a poison
poisonous.
- noun any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism
- desiccant2/5
desiccant
- noun a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)
siccative; drying agent; drier.
- noun a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)
- intoxicant2/5
intoxicant
- noun a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
alcoholic beverage; alcohol; alcoholic drink; inebriant.
- alcohol (or drink) ruined him
- noun a drug that can produce a state of intoxication
- noun a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
- nonsignificant2/5
nonsignificant
- adjective attributable to chance
- adjective attributable to chance
- secant2/5
secant
- noun a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points
- noun ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
sec.
- noun a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points
- communicant2/5
communicant
- noun a person entitled to receive Communion
- noun a person entitled to receive Communion
- indicant1/5
indicant
- noun something that serves to indicate or suggest
indication.
- an indication of foul play
- indications of strain
- symptoms are the prime indicants of disease
- noun a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time
index number; index; indicator.
- noun something that serves to indicate or suggest
- discant1/5
discant
- noun a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
descant.
- noun a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
- vesicant1/5
vesicant
- noun a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas)
vesicatory.
- adjective satellite causing blisters
vesicatory.
- noun a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas)
- tradescant1/5
tradescant
- noun English botanist who was one of the first to collect specimens of plants (1570-1638)
John Tradescant.
- noun English botanist who was one of the first to collect specimens of plants (1570-1638)
- coruscant1/5
coruscant
- adjective satellite having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
glittery; fulgid; glistering; scintillant; sparkly; aglitter; glinting; scintillating; glittering.
- bugle beads all aglitter
- glinting eyes
- glinting water
- his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent
- shop window full of glittering Christmas trees
- glittery costume jewelry
- scintillant mica
- the scintillating stars
- a dress with sparkly sequins
- `glistering' is an archaic term
- adjective satellite having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
- peccant1/5
peccant
- adjective satellite liable to sin
peccable.
- a frail and peccable mortal"- Sir Walter Scott
- adjective satellite liable to sin
- cosecant1/5
cosecant
- noun ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle
cosec.
- noun ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle
- fabricant1/5
fabricant
One who fabricates; a manufacturer. Simmonds.
- replicant1/5
replicant
One who replies.
- implicant1/5
implicant
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- signficant1/5
- dedicant1/5
dedicant
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- alicant1/5
alicant
A kind of wine, formerly much esteemed; -- said to have been made near Alicant, in Spain. J. Fletcher.
Suffixes of cant
- canton«Word Popularity Bar4/5
canton
- noun a small administrative division of a country
- noun a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port
Kwangchow; Guangzhou; Kuangchou.
- noun a small administrative division of a country
- canterbury4/5
canterbury
A city in England, giving its name various articles. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury (primate of all England), and contains the shrine of Thomas à Becket, to which pilgrimages were formerly made.
- canter3/5
canter
- noun a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop
lope.
- verb ride at a canter
- The men cantered away
- noun a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop
- cantons3/5
canton
- noun a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port
Kwangchow; Guangzhou; Kuangchou.
- noun a small administrative division of a country
- noun a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port
- cantor3/5
cantor
- noun the musical director of a choir
choirmaster; precentor.
- noun the official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos
hazan.
- noun the musical director of a choir
- canto3/5
canto
- noun the highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music
- noun a major division of a long poem
- noun the highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music
- cantilever3/5
cantilever
- noun projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only
- verb project as a cantilever
- noun projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only
- cantos3/5
canto
- noun the highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music
- noun a major division of a long poem
- noun the highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music
- canteen3/5
canteen
- noun a flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers
- noun sells food and personal items to personnel at an institution or school or camp etc.
- noun a flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers
- cantonese3/5
cantonese
- noun the dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China
Cantonese dialect; Yue dialect; Yue.
- noun the dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China
- canted2/5
canted
- adjective satellite departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
atilt; leaning; tilted; tipped.
- the leaning tower of Pisa
- the headstones were tilted
- verb heel over
tilt; cant; slant; cant over; pitch.
- The tower is tilting
- The ceiling is slanting
- adjective satellite departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
- canting2/5
cant
- noun stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
buzzword.
- noun a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
camber; bank.
- noun stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
- cantered2/5
canter
- noun a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop
lope.
- verb ride at a canter
- The men cantered away
- noun a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop
- cantering2/5
cantering
- adjective riding at a gait between a trot and a gallop
- the cantering soldiers
- verb ride at a canter
canter.
- The men cantered away
- adjective riding at a gait between a trot and a gallop
- cantabile2/5
cantabile
- adjective satellite smooth and flowing
singing.
- adjective satellite smooth and flowing
- cantle2/5
cantle
- noun the back of a saddle seat
- noun the back of a saddle seat
- cantonment2/5
cantonment
- noun temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
encampment; bivouac; camp.
- wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling
- noun temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
- cantilevered2/5
cantilever
- noun projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only
- verb project as a cantilever
- noun projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only
- cantilevers2/5
cantilever
- noun projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only
- verb project as a cantilever
- noun projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only
- cantonments2/5
cantonment
- noun temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
encampment; bivouac; camp.
- wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling
- noun temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
- cantors2/5
cantor
- noun the musical director of a choir
choirmaster; precentor.
- noun the official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos
hazan.
- noun the musical director of a choir
- cantata2/5
cantata
- noun a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text
oratorio.
- noun a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text
- canteens2/5
canteen
- noun a flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers
- noun sells food and personal items to personnel at an institution or school or camp etc.
- noun a flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers
- cantankerous2/5
cantankerous
- adjective satellite stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
bloody-minded.
- unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator
- adjective satellite having a difficult and contrary disposition
crotchety; ornery.
- a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers
- adjective satellite stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
- canticle2/5
canticle
- noun a hymn derived from the Bible
- noun a hymn derived from the Bible
- cantatas2/5
cantata
- noun a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text
oratorio.
- noun a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text
- canticles2/5
canticle
- noun a hymn derived from the Bible
- noun a hymn derived from the Bible
- canthus2/5
canthus
- noun either of the corners of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet
- noun either of the corners of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet
- canty2/5
canty
- adjective satellite lively and brisk
- adjective satellite lively and brisk
- cantaloupe2/5
cantaloupe
- noun a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh
cantaloupe vine; Cucumis melo cantalupensis; cantaloup vine; cantaloup.
- noun the fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh
cantaloup.
- noun a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh
- cantonal2/5
cantonal
- adjective of or relating to a canton
- adjective of or relating to a canton
- cantina2/5
cantina
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- cantrell2/5
cantrell
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- cantar2/5
cantar
A weight used in southern Europe and East for heavy articles. It varies in different localities; thus, at Rome it is nearly 75 pounds, in Sardinia nearly 94 pounds, in Cairo it is 95 pounds, in Syria about 503 pounds.
- cantus2/5
cantus
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- cantu2/5
cantu
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- canthal2/5
canthal
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- cants1/5
cant
- noun stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
buzzword.
- noun a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
camber; bank.
- noun stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
- canters1/5
canter
- noun a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop
lope.
- verb ride at a canter
- The men cantered away
- noun a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop
- cantillation1/5
cantillation
- noun liturgical chanting
- noun liturgical chanting
- cantoned1/5
canton
- noun a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port
Kwangchow; Guangzhou; Kuangchou.
- noun a small administrative division of a country
- noun a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port
- cantilevering1/5
cantilever
- noun projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only
- verb project as a cantilever
- noun projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only
- canthi1/5
canthus
- noun either of the corners of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet
- noun either of the corners of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet
- cantharellus1/5
cantharellus
- noun a well-known genus of fungus; has funnel-shaped fruiting body; includes the chanterelles
genus Cantharellus.
- noun a well-known genus of fungus; has funnel-shaped fruiting body; includes the chanterelles
- cantaloupes1/5
cantaloupe
- noun a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh
cantaloupe vine; Cucumis melo cantalupensis; cantaloup vine; cantaloup.
- noun the fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh
cantaloup.
- noun a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh
- cantabrian1/5
cantabrian
Of or pertaining to Cantabria on the Bay of Biscay in Spain.
- cantinas1/5
cantinas
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- cantab1/5
cantab
A Cantabrigian. Colloq. Sir W. Scott.
- cantare1/5
cantare
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- cantorum1/5
cantorum
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- cantilena1/5
cantilena
(Mus.) See Cantabile .
- cantharides1/5
cantharides
See cantharis .
- cantando1/5
- canticum1/5
- cantharidin1/5
cantharidin
(Chem.) The active principe of the cantharis, or Spanish fly, a volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in four-sided prisms.
- cantal1/5
cantal
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- cantorial1/5
- cantharis1/5
cantharis
(Zoöl.) A beetle ( Lytta, ∨ Cantharis, vesicatoria ), having an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister beetle, of the apothecary; -- also calledSpanish fly . Many other species ofLytta , used for the same purpose, take the same name. SeeBlister beetle , underBlister . The plural form in usually applied to the dried insects used in medicine.
- cantate1/5
- canthaxanthin1/5
- cantrip1/5
cantrip
A charm; an incantation; a shell; a trick; adroit mischief. Written also Scot.cantraip .
- canthotomy1/5
- cantel1/5
- cantino1/5
- cantine1/5
cantine
See Canteen .
- cantatrice1/5
cantatrice
(Mus.) A female professional singer.
- cantico1/5
cantico
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- cantiga1/5
cantiga
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- cantara1/5
cantara
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- canthoplasty1/5
canthoplasty
(Surg.) The operation of forming a new canthus, when one has been destroyed by injury or disease.
- cantoria1/5
cantoria
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- cantholysis1/5
cantholysis
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- cantref1/5
cantref
A district comprising a hundred villages, as in Wales. Written also kantry .
- cantankerousness1/5
cantankerousness
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- cantonization1/5
- cantharus1/5
- cantabrica1/5
cantabrica
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- cantrips1/5
cantrip
A charm; an incantation; a shell; a trick; adroit mischief. Written also Scot.cantraip .
Derived words of cant
- applicants«Word Popularity Bar5/5
applicant
- noun a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission
applier.
- noun a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission
- significantly5/5
significantly
- adverb in a statistically significant way
- the two groups differed significantly
- adverb in a significant manner
- our budget will be significantly affected by these new cuts
- adverb in a statistically significant way
- mercantile4/5
mercantile
- adjective of or relating to the economic system of mercantilism
- mercantile theories
- mercantile system
- adjective satellite profit oriented
moneymaking; mercenary.
- a commercial book
- preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan
- a mercenary enterprise
- a moneymaking business
- adjective of or relating to the economic system of mercantilism
- incantations3/5
incantation
- noun a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect
conjuration.
- noun a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect
- incantation3/5
incantation
- noun a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect
conjuration.
- noun a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect
- scanty3/5
scanty
- noun short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
pantie; panty; step-in.
- adjective satellite lacking in amplitude or quantity
spare; bare.
- a bare livelihood
- a scanty harvest
- a spare diet
- noun short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
- lubricants3/5
lubricant
- noun a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery
lube; lubricating substance; lubricator.
- noun a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery
- decanted2/5
decant
- verb pour out
pour; pour out.
- the sommelier decanted the wines
- verb pour out
- decanting2/5
decant
- verb pour out
pour; pour out.
- the sommelier decanted the wines
- verb pour out
- mercantilism2/5
mercantilism
- noun an economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests
mercantile system.
- noun transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
commerce; commercialism.
- noun an economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests
- decanter2/5
decanter
- noun a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water
carafe.
- noun a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water
- decanters2/5
decanter
- noun a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water
carafe.
- noun a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water
- toxicants2/5
toxicant
- noun any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism
poisonous substance; poison.
- adjective satellite having the qualities or effects of a poison
poisonous.
- noun any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism
- mendicants2/5
mendicant
- noun a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
friar.
- noun a pauper who lives by begging
beggar.
- noun a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
- intoxicants2/5
intoxicant
- noun a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
alcoholic beverage; alcohol; alcoholic drink; inebriant.
- alcohol (or drink) ruined him
- noun a drug that can produce a state of intoxication
- noun a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
- recanted2/5
recant
- verb formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
retract; resile; abjure; forswear.
- He retracted his earlier statements about his religion
- She abjured her beliefs
- verb formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
- supplicants2/5
supplicant
- noun someone who prays to God
prayer.
- noun one praying humbly for something
requester; petitioner; suppliant.
- a suppliant for her favors
- noun someone who prays to God
- scantily2/5
scantily
- adverb in a sparse or scanty way
barely.
- a barely furnished room
- adverb in a sparse or scanty way
- communicants2/5
communicant
- noun a person entitled to receive Communion
- noun a person entitled to receive Communion
- acanthus2/5
acanthus
- noun any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves and spikes or white or purplish flowers; native to Mediterranean region but widely cultivated
- noun any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves and spikes or white or purplish flowers; native to Mediterranean region but widely cultivated
- recantation2/5
recantation
- noun a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
retraction; abjuration.
- noun a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
- vacantly2/5
vacantly
- adverb in a vacant manner
- she was staring vacantly into the room
- adverb in a vacant manner
- acanthosis2/5
acanthosis
- noun an abnormal but benign thickening of the prickle-cell layer of the skin (as in psoriasis)
- noun an abnormal but benign thickening of the prickle-cell layer of the skin (as in psoriasis)
- insignificantly2/5
insignificantly
- adverb in an insignificant manner
- some people living insignificantly among us
- adverb not to a significant degree or amount
- Our budget will only be insignificantly affected by these new cuts
- adverb in an insignificant manner
- mercantilist2/5
mercantilist
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- alicante2/5
- alcantara2/5
- incantatory2/5
incantatory
Dealing by enchantment; magical. Sir T. Browne.
- descanted1/5
descant
- noun a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
discant.
- verb sing in descant
- noun a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
- descanting1/5
descant
- noun a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
discant.
- verb sing in descant
- noun a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
- descants1/5
descant
- noun a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
discant.
- verb sing in descant
- noun a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
- indicants1/5
indicant
- noun something that serves to indicate or suggest
indication.
- an indication of foul play
- indications of strain
- symptoms are the prime indicants of disease
- noun a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time
index number; index; indicator.
- noun something that serves to indicate or suggest
- scanted1/5
scant
- verb work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
skimp.
- verb limit in quality or quantity
skimp.
- verb work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
- tocantins1/5
tocantins
- noun a river in eastern Brazil that flows generally north to the Para River
Tocantins River.
- noun a river in eastern Brazil that flows generally north to the Para River
- decantation1/5
decantation
- noun the act of gently pouring off a clear liquor (as from its original bottle) without disturbing the lees
- noun the act of gently pouring off a clear liquor (as from its original bottle) without disturbing the lees
- scantiness1/5
scantiness
- noun the quality of being meager
leanness; exiguity; meagreness; scantness; poorness; meagerness.
- an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot
- noun the quality of being meager
- recanting1/5
recant
- verb formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
retract; resile; abjure; forswear.
- He retracted his earlier statements about his religion
- She abjured her beliefs
- verb formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
- scantling1/5
scantling
- noun an upright in house framing
stud.
- noun an upright in house framing
- scantiest1/5
scanty
- noun short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
pantie; panty; step-in.
- adjective satellite lacking in amplitude or quantity
spare; bare.
- a bare livelihood
- a scanty harvest
- a spare diet
- noun short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
- scantlings1/5
scantling
- noun an upright in house framing
stud.
- noun an upright in house framing
- scantier1/5
scanty
- noun short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
pantie; panty; step-in.
- adjective satellite lacking in amplitude or quantity
spare; bare.
- a bare livelihood
- a scanty harvest
- a spare diet
- noun short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
- recants1/5
recant
- verb formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
retract; resile; abjure; forswear.
- He retracted his earlier statements about his religion
- She abjured her beliefs
- verb formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
- desiccants1/5
desiccant
- noun a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)
siccative; drying agent; drier.
- noun a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)
- pithecanthropus1/5
pithecanthropus
- noun former genus of primitive apelike men now Homo erectus
genus Pithecanthropus; Pithecanthropus erectus.
- noun former genus of primitive apelike men now Homo erectus
- recantations1/5
recantation
- noun a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
retraction; abjuration.
- noun a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
- acanthocephala1/5
acanthocephala
(Zoöl.) A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines.
- secants1/5
secant
- noun a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points
- noun ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
sec.
- noun a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points
- epicanthus1/5
epicanthus
- noun a vertical fold of skin over the nasal canthus; normal for Mongolian peoples; sometimes occurs in Down's syndrome
epicanthic fold.
- noun a vertical fold of skin over the nasal canthus; normal for Mongolian peoples; sometimes occurs in Down's syndrome
- acanthocephalans1/5
acanthocephalan
- noun any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines
spiny-headed worm.
- noun any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines
- acanthocephalan1/5
acanthocephalan
- noun any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines
spiny-headed worm.
- noun any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines
- lycanthropy1/5
lycanthropy
- noun (folklore) the magical ability of a person to assume the characteristics of a wolf
- noun (folklore) the magical ability of a person to assume the characteristics of a wolf
- tragacanth1/5
tragacanth
- noun a gum used in pharmacy, adhesives, and textile printing
- noun a gum used in pharmacy, adhesives, and textile printing
- tradescantia1/5
tradescantia
(Bot.) A genus including spiderwort and Wandering Jew.
- pyracantha1/5
pyracantha
- noun any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries
fire thorn; pyracanth; firethorn.
- noun any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries
- vesicants1/5
vesicant
- noun a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas)
vesicatory.
- adjective satellite causing blisters
vesicatory.
- noun a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas)
- acantholysis1/5
acantholysis
- noun a breakdown of a cell layer in the epidermis (as in pemphigus)
- noun a breakdown of a cell layer in the epidermis (as in pemphigus)
- acanthocytosis1/5
acanthocytosis
- noun the presence of acanthocytes in the blood stream (as in abetalipoproteinemia)
- noun the presence of acanthocytes in the blood stream (as in abetalipoproteinemia)
- acanthurus1/5
acanthurus
- noun type genus of the Acanthuridae: doctorfishes
genus Acanthurus.
- noun type genus of the Acanthuridae: doctorfishes
- pomacanthus1/5
pomacanthus
- noun angelfishes
genus Pomacanthus.
- noun angelfishes
- acanthuridae1/5
acanthuridae
- noun surgeonfishes
family Acanthuridae.
- noun surgeonfishes
- coelacanth1/5
coelacanth
- noun fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa
Latimeria chalumnae.
- noun fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa
- keratoacanthoma1/5
keratoacanthoma
- noun skin tumor that grows rapidly (especially in older people) and resembles a carcinoma but does not spread; it usually disappears spontaneously, often leaving a scar
- noun skin tumor that grows rapidly (especially in older people) and resembles a carcinoma but does not spread; it usually disappears spontaneously, often leaving a scar
- acanthaceae1/5
acanthaceae
- noun widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales
acanthus family; family Acanthaceae.
- noun widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales
- coelacanths1/5
coelacanth
- noun fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa
Latimeria chalumnae.
- noun fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa
- leucanthemum1/5
leucanthemum
- noun comprises plants often included in the genus Chrysanthemum
genus Leucanthemum.
- noun comprises plants often included in the genus Chrysanthemum
- lycanthrope1/5
lycanthrope
- noun a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again
wolfman; loup-garou; werewolf.
- noun a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again
- acanthotic1/5
acanthotic
- adjective of or relating to or having acanthosis
- adjective of or relating to or having acanthosis
- lycanthropes1/5
lycanthrope
- noun a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again
wolfman; loup-garou; werewolf.
- noun a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again
- calycanthus1/5
calycanthus
- noun a magnoliid dicot genus of the family Calycanthaceae including: allspice
genus Calycanthus.
- noun a magnoliid dicot genus of the family Calycanthaceae including: allspice
- mercantilists1/5
- miscanthus1/5
- implicants1/5
- picante1/5
picante
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- vacante1/5
vacant
- adjective satellite void of thought or knowledge
- a vacant mind
- adjective satellite without an occupant or incumbent
- the throne is never vacant
- adjective satellite void of thought or knowledge
- epicanthic1/5
epicanthic
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- scantly1/5
scant
- verb work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
skimp.
- verb limit in quality or quantity
skimp.
- verb work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
- fabricants1/5
fabricant
One who fabricates; a manufacturer. Simmonds.
- mercantilistic1/5
mercantilistic
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- acanthias1/5
acanthias
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- triacanthos1/5
triacanthos
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- nonsignificantly1/5
nonsignificant
- adjective attributable to chance
- adjective attributable to chance
- vacantia1/5
- discantus1/5
- oxyacantha1/5
oxyacantha
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- lycanthropic1/5
lycanthropic
Pertaining to lycanthropy.
- dedicants1/5
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