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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Move 5102550100250500 Items per Page Your Query of 'ant' Resulted in 446 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 25 Definitions -ant Derived Terms:  very many      Full Definition of -ant African elephant noun  Either of two species of elephant, Loxodonta africana or Loxodonta cyclotis, found in Africa is the smaller of the two types and its tusks are made of cartilage like finger nails.      Full Definition of African elephant abdicant noun  One who abdicates. - smart, Smart Translations:  adjective  abdicating, Abdicating; renouncing; -- followed by of. Quotations Monks of their orders. - Whitlock Etymology: Latin abdicans, present participle of abdicare.      Full Definition of abdicant aberrant noun  A person or object that is aberrant. adjective  Wandering; straying from the right way. (biology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal. Quotations The more any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated - Darwin Deviating from morality. Translations:  French: aberrant Italian: aberrante Spanish: aberrante Etymology: Latin aberrans, -rantis, present participle of aberrare. See Aberr.      Full Definition of aberrant abeyant adjective  Being in a state of abeyance.      Full Definition of abeyant abirritant noun  (medicine) A medicine that diminishes irritation.      Full Definition of abirritant abradant noun  A material used for grinding, as emery, sand, powdered glass, etc. Etymology: Derivative of abrade      Full Definition of abradant absonant adjective  Discordant; contrary; -- opposed to consonant. Quotations Absonant to nature. - Quarles Etymology: Latin ab + sonans, past preterite of sonare to sound.      Full Definition of absonant abundant adjective  Fully sufficient; plentiful; in copious supply; in great quantity; richly supplied -- followed by in, rarely by with. Quotations Abundant in goodness and truth. Exodus, 34:6 Translations:  Dutch: overvloedig, rijkelijk voorhanden French: abondant German: reichlich vorhanden Italian: abbondante Spanish: abundante Etymology: Old English (h)abundant, aboundant, French abondant, from Latin abudans, present participle of abundare. See Abound      Full Definition of abundant accelerant noun  a substance that accelerates the development of a fire; especially some petroleum product used to spread an act of arson      Full Definition of accelerant acceptant noun  An accepter adjective  accepting; receiving. Etymology: Derivative of accept      Full Definition of acceptant accomptant noun  (obsolete): accountant.      Full Definition of accomptant accordant adjective  Agreeing; consonant; harmonious; corresponding; conformable; -- followed by with or to. Quotations Strictly with true morality. - Darwin And now his voice to the string. - Coldsmith Etymology: Old French acordant, French accordant      Full Definition of accordant accountant noun  One who renders account; one accountable. A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s) One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts. One who's profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another. The records are usually but not always financial records. Translations:  Dutch: boekhouder German: Buchhalter/Buchhalterin / adjective  (obsolete) Accountable - Shakespeare Etymology: Compare French accomptant, Old French acontant, present participle      Full Definition of accountant accusant noun  (obsolete) An accuser. Translations:  French: accusateur, plaignant Etymology: Latin accusans, present participle of accusare : compare French accusant      Full Definition of accusant acquaintant noun  (rare) An acquaintance. Etymology: Compare French acointant, present participle      Full Definition of acquaintant adamant noun  a rock or mineral imagined by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness an embodiment of impregnable hardness lodestone; magnet adjective  resistant to reason; determined; inflexible; unshakeable; unyielding Etymology: From adamantem, accusative singular form of adamas "hard as steel", from Ancient Greek < (polytonic, á) (adamas) "invincible", from (polytonic, á-) (a-) "not" + (polytonic, ) (damazo) "I tame".      Full Definition of adamant adjutant noun  Military: A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs An assistant. A member of the Leptoptilos genus of African storks, also known as marabou. Translations:  German: Marabu (trans-mid) (trans-bottom) adjective (no (compar) or (superl)) The noun used as a modifier (e.g. adjutant officer). Etymology: From Latin adjutare, frequentative of adjuvare to assist. First English use recorded in 17th century. Or from Latin adiuvans, adiuvÄns, present participle of adiuvare, adiuvÄre, from iuvare, iuvÄre, to help.      Full Definition of adjutant adjuvant noun (plural adjuvants) A thing which aids or assists; an auxiliary. One who helps or facilitates; an assistant. (Medicine) An additive (as in a drug) that aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient. (Medicine) Something (as in a method) that enhances the effectiveness of a medical treatment. (Immunology) A substance enhancing the immune response to an antigen. adjective  The noun used as a modifier. Etymology: From Latin adjuvÄns, present participle of adjuvÄre, from juvÄre, to help. First English use recorded in 17th century.      Full Definition of adjuvant adorant adjective  (poetic) adore, Adoring.      Full Definition of adorant adulterant noun  That which adulterates; or reduces the purity of.      Full Definition of adulterant affiant noun  a person who swears to the veracity of something the individual whose statement is contained in an affidavit.      Full Definition of affiant agglutinant noun  Any viscous substance which causes agglutination adjective  Uniting, as glue; causing, or tending to cause, adhesion.      Full Definition of agglutinant Move 5102550100250500 Items per Page  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550100250500 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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