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13-letter words containing ant

  • brilliant cut — a cut for gems
  • brilliant-cut — a cut intended to enhance the brilliance of a gem with the least possible sacrifice of weight, characterized by a form resembling two pyramids set base to base, truncated so as to give a broad table and a very small culet, and having from 18 to 104 facets, 58 being typical.
  • brilliantined — treated with brilliantine
  • buck sergeant — a newly promoted sergeant
  • bull elephant — an adult male elephant
  • buoyant force — the law that a body immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force (buoyant force) equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body.
  • cafe chantant — an intimate cabaret offering sophisticated musical entertainment.
  • canthaxanthin — an orange carotenoid, C40H52O2, that is put in feed for poultry and feed for farmed salmon and trout
  • cantilevering — Present participle of cantilever.
  • canton enamel — Chinese enamelware similar to Limoges.
  • canton ginger — preserved or crystallized ginger of fine quality.
  • cantonization — the process of dividing into cantons
  • cantus firmus — an existing melody used as the basis for a new polyphonic composition
  • carpenter ant — any of a genus (Camponotus) of large ants that build nests in wooden buildings, tree trunks, etc. by gnawing out a complicated series of chambers
  • carrantuohill — a mountain in SW Republic of Ireland, in Macgillicuddy's Reeks in Kerry: the highest peak in Ireland. Height: 1041 m (3414 ft)
  • century plant — an agave, Agave americana, native to tropical America but naturalized elsewhere, having very large spiny greyish leaves and greenish flowers on a tall fleshy stalk. It blooms only once in its life, after 10 to 30 years (formerly thought to flower after a century)
  • cheiromantist — A chiromancer.
  • chiromantical — Of or pertaining to chiromancy.
  • chrysanthemum — A chrysanthemum is a large garden flower with many long, thin petals.
  • civil servant — A civil servant is a person who works in the Civil Service in Britain and some other countries, or for the local, state, or federal government in the United States.
  • clairvoyantly — In a clairvoyant way; by means of clairvoyance.
  • cns stimulant — A CNS stimulant is any substance that stimulates the central nervous system.
  • coal merchant — a person engaged in the purchase and sale of coal for profit
  • compass plant — a tall plant, Silphium laciniatum, of central North America, that has yellow flowers and lower leaves that tend to align themselves at right angles to the strongest light, esp in a north-south plane: family Asteraceae (composites)
  • complaisantly — (archaic) In a complaisant manner; obligingly.
  • concomitantly — existing or occurring with something else, often in a lesser way; accompanying; concurrent: an event and its concomitant circumstances.
  • constantine i — known as Constantine the Great. Latin name Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus. ?280–337 ad, first Christian Roman emperor (306–337): moved his capital to Byzantium, which he renamed Constantinople (330)
  • contravariant — (category theory, of a functor) which reverses composition.
  • cornfield ant — a small, brown ant, Lasius alienus, that lives in cornfields and feeds on honeydew of the corn-root aphid.
  • counteractant — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
  • crow-pheasant — a large coucal, Centropus sinensis, of Asia, having black and brown plumage and a long tail.
  • cryptoxanthin — a carotenoid pigment, C40H56O, in butter, eggs, and various plants, that can be converted into vitamin A in the body
  • currant borer — the larva of a clearwing moth, Ramosia tipuliformis, that bores into the stems of currants.
  • cushion plant — a type of low-growing plant having many closely spaced short upright shoots, typical of alpine and arctic habitats
  • death warrant — A death warrant is an official document which orders that someone is to be executed as a punishment for a crime.
  • debt covenant — A debt covenant is a number of restrictions that a borrower agrees to that are set by the lending institution.
  • decant tenant — a person who has had to leave their previous accommodation while it is being rebuilt or refurbished
  • decongestants — Plural form of decongestant.
  • deromanticize — to remove the romantic, ideal, or heroic aura from.
  • desobligeante — a type of carriage seating only one person
  • determinantal — of or relating to determinants
  • dilettanteish — Alternative form of dilettantish.
  • dilettanteism — The condition of being a dilettante; the desultory pursuit of art, science, or literature.
  • disadvantaged — lacking the normal or usual necessities and comforts of life, as proper housing, educational opportunities, job security, adequate medical care, etc.: The government extends help to disadvantaged minorities.
  • disadvantages — Plural form of disadvantage.
  • discriminants — Plural form of discriminant.
  • disenchanting — Present participle of disenchant.
  • disinfectants — Plural form of disinfectant.
  • dismantlement — to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.: to dismantle a ship; to dismantle a fortress.
  • displantation — the removal of a plantation
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