10-letter words containing ant
- cantalever — any rigid structural member projecting from a vertical support, especially one in which the projection is great in relation to the depth, so that the upper part is in tension and the lower part in compression.
- cantaloupe — A cantaloupe is a type of melon.
- cantatrice — a female singer, esp a professional soloist
- canteloube — (Marie) Joseph (French ʒozɛf). 1879–1957, French composer, best known for his Chants d'Auvergne (1923–30)
- canterbury — a late 18th-century low wooden stand with partitions for holding cutlery and plates: often mounted on casters
- cantilenas — Plural form of cantilena.
- cantilever — A cantilever is a long piece of metal or wood used in a structure such as a bridge. One end is fastened to something and the other end is used to support part of the structure.
- cantillate — to chant (passages of the Hebrew Scriptures) according to the traditional Jewish melody
- cantonized — canton (def 7).
- cantonment — A cantonment is a group of buildings or a camp where soldiers live.
- cantor set — the set obtained from the closed interval from 0 to 1 by removing the middle third from the interval, then the middle third from each of the two remaining sets, and continuing the process indefinitely.
- capitulant — a person who capitulates
- cavalcanti — Guido (ˈɡwiːdo). ?1255–1300, Italian poet, noted for his love poems
- celebrants — Plural form of celebrant.
- chanteuses — Plural form of chanteuse.
- claudicant — (medicine) limping.
- coadjutant — cooperating
- coadjuvant — Cooperating.
- coagulants — Plural form of coagulant.
- codominant — (of genes) having both alleles expressed equally in the phenotype of the organism
- coelacanth — a primitive marine bony fish of the genus Latimeria (subclass Crossopterygii), having fleshy limblike pectoral fins and occurring off the coast of E Africa: thought to be extinct until a living specimen was discovered in 1938
- cohabitant — a person living together with another or others
- colliquant — capable of liquefaction or dissolution
- comandante — commandant.
- combatants — a nation engaged in active fighting with enemy forces.
- commandant — A commandant is an army officer in charge of a particular place or group of people.
- compearant — a person who appears in court
- complicant — (of the elytra of a beetle) overlapping
- concordant — being in agreement: harmonious
- conductant — Able to conduct (e.g. conduct electrical current); conductive.
- cone plant — any dwarf succulent of the genus Conophytum, native to southern Africa.
- confessant — a person who makes a confession
- confidante — Someone's confidante is a woman who they are able to discuss their private problems with.
- confidants — a close friend or associate to whom secrets are confided or with whom private matters and problems are discussed.
- conformant — In accordance with a set of specifications.
- congregant — Congregants are members of a congregation.
- conservant — having the quality of conserving or preserving
- consistant — Misspelling of consistent.
- consonants — Phonetics. (in English articulation) a speech sound produced by occluding with or without releasing (p, b; t, d; k, g), diverting (m, n, ng), or obstructing (f, v; s, z, etc.) the flow of air from the lungs (opposed to vowel). (in a syllable) any sound other than the sound of greatest sonority in the syllable, as b, r, and g in brig (opposed to sonant). Compare vowel (def 1b). (in linguistic function) a concept empirically determined as a phonological element in structural contrast with vowel, as the b of be, the w of we, the y, s, and t of yeast, etc.
- conspirant — planning a crime or harmful act in secret
- constantan — an alloy of copper (60 per cent) and nickel (40 per cent). It has a high resistivity that does not vary significantly with temperature and is used in resistors and, with copper, in thermocouples
- constantia — a region of the Cape Peninsula
- constantly — not changing or varying; uniform; regular; invariable: All conditions during the three experiments were constant.
- consultant — A consultant is an experienced doctor with a high position, who specializes in one area of medicine.
- contactant — any substance that might induce an allergy by coming in contact with the skin or a mucous membrane.
- containant — (archaic) A container.
- contestant — A contestant in a competition or quiz is a person who takes part in it.
- continuant — a speech sound, such as (l), (r), (f), or (s), in which the closure of the vocal tract is incomplete, allowing the continuous passage of the breath
- conversant — If you are conversant with something, you are familiar with it and able to deal with it.
- convulsant — producing convulsions