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16-letter words that end in nt

  • income statement — an accounting of income and expenses that indicates a firm's net profit or loss over a certain period of time, usually one year.
  • informed consent — a patient's consent to a medical or surgical procedure or to participation in a clinical study after being properly advised of the relevant medical facts and the risks involved.
  • insect repellent — chemical that deters insects
  • interappointment — Between appointments.
  • interest payment — a payment of interest on a loan or mortgage
  • inverse cosecant — arc cosecant.
  • inverted mordent — a melodic embellishment consisting of a rapid alternation of a principal tone with an auxiliary tone one degree above it.
  • investment grant — a direct subsidy made by a government to a business in order to enable it to make further investment
  • irminger current — a branch of the North Atlantic Current, flowing N past the W coast of Iceland and then W.
  • it's no accident — You begin a sentence with 'it's no accident' if you want to suggest that something was done deliberately or has a logical explanation, although it might give the impression of having happened by chance.
  • labour agreement — a contract between workers and managers setting out working conditions, wages, etc
  • labrador current — a cold ocean current flowing southwards off the coast of Labrador and meeting the warm Gulf Stream, causing dense fogs off the coast of Newfoundland
  • lagrangian point — one of five points in the orbital plane of two bodies orbiting about their common center of gravity at which another body of small mass can be in equilibrium.
  • landed immigrant — foreigner: permanent resident
  • latter-day saint — a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
  • lattice constant — a parameter, either a measure of length or angle, that defines the size and shape of the unit cell of a crystal lattice.
  • leaf-cutting ant — any of several tropical American ants of the genus Atta that cut and chew bits of leaves and flowers into a mash that they use to cultivate a fungus garden.
  • legal department — the department that deals with legal matters
  • letter of intent — a letter indicating that the writer has the serious intention of doing something, such as signing a contract in the circumstances specified. It does not constitute either a promise or a contract
  • lever escapement — an escapement in which a pivoted lever, made to oscillate by the escape wheel, engages a balance staff and causes it to oscillate.
  • lightbulb moment — a moment of sudden inspiration, revelation, or recognition
  • lighthouse point — a city in NW Florida.
  • little black ant — a widely distributed ant, Monomorium minimum, sometimes a household pest.
  • local government — the administration of the civic affairs of a city, town, or district by its inhabitants rather than by the state or country at large.
  • logical constant — one of the connectives of a given system of formal logic, esp those of the sentential calculus, not, and, or, and if … then …
  • lump sum payment — money: one-off payment
  • macroenvironment — (biology) The large-scale and long-term environment and conditions that affect an organism.
  • make a complaint — If a guest makes a complaint, they express their dissatisfaction with something.
  • malapportionment — (of a state or other political unit) poorly apportioned, especially divided, organized, or structured in a manner that prevents large sections of a population from having equitable representation in a legislative body.
  • merchant account — A merchant account is a type of bank account that allows a company to accept credit cards.
  • microconstituent — a microscopically small constituent of a metal or alloy.
  • microenvironment — the environment of a small area or of a particular organism; microhabitat.
  • money of account — a monetary denomination used in reckoning, especially one not issued as a coin, as the U.S. mill.
  • moral rearmament — a worldwide movement initiated by Frank Buchman in 1938 as a successor to the Oxford Group, and maintaining that the practice of high morality in public and private life is the key to world betterment. Abbreviation: MRA.
  • mortgage payment — instalment paid on a housebuyer's loan
  • needs assessment — (systems)   A systematic process to acquire an accurate, thorough picture of a system's strengths and weaknesses, in order to improve it and meet existing and future challenges.
  • neurodevelopment — The development of the nervous system during the life of an organism.
  • nucleating agent — a substance used to seed clouds to control rainfall and fog formation
  • numbered account — a bank account whose owner is identified by a number for the purpose of preserving anonymity.
  • organ transplant — an operation in which an organ is transplanted from a donor
  • over-nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
  • pairs tournament — an event in a sport such as tennis or darts open to pairs of competitors
  • panama hat plant — jipijapa (sense 1)
  • panama-hat plant — jipijapa (def 1).
  • percentage point — difference: one per cent
  • peter stuyvesant — Peter, 1592–1672, Dutch colonial administrator in the Americas: last governor of New Netherlands 1646–64.
  • photoluminescent — luminescence induced by the absorption of infrared radiation, visible light, or ultraviolet radiation.
  • pincers movement — a military maneuver in which both flanks of an enemy force are attacked with the aim of attaining complete encirclement.
  • platoon sergeant — the senior noncommissioned officer in a platoon, equivalent to sergeant first class.
  • policy statement — a declaration of the plans and intentions of an organization or government
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