| ALTERANT | • alterant n. Something that causes alteration, that alters. • alterant adj. Altering; gradually changing. • ALTERANT n. something that alters the state of something. |
| ALTERNAT | • alternat n. The custom, among diplomats, of rotation in precedence among representatives of equal rank, sometimes… • ALTERNAT n. (French) a way of determining diplomatic precedence by lot. |
| ANTLIATE | • ANTLIATE adj. pertaining to the antlia. |
| ATLANTES | • atlantes n. Plural of atlas. • ATLAS n. a book of maps. |
| BLATTANT | • BLATTANT adj. (Spenser) offensively obvious, also BLATANT. |
| DILATANT | • dilatant adj. Tending to dilate, or causing dilation. • dilatant adj. (Physics) Exhibiting dilatancy. • dilatant n. A dilator. |
| FLOATANT | • floatant adj. (Heraldry) Alternative form of flotant. • floatant n. (Fishing) A chemical agent applied to a fly to make it float on the water. • FLOATANT n. something which makes things float. |
| LATITANT | • latitant adj. (Archaic) Lying hidden; concealed; latent. • LATITANT adj. lurking; lying in wait. |
| NATALITY | • natality n. (Demography) The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000… • natality n. (Philosophy) The human ability to create new ideas, institutions and frameworks out of nothing. • NATALITY n. birthrate, the ratio of the number of births in a period to the size of the population. |
| NATANTLY | • natantly adv. In a floating manner; swimmingly. • NATANT adv. floating in water, as the leaves of water lilies, or submersed, as those of many aquatic plants. |
| OCTANTAL | • octantal adj. Relating to an octant. • OCTANTAL adj. relating to an octant. |
| PANTALET | • pantalet n. One of the legs of the loose drawers formerly worn by children and women; especially the lower part… • PANTALET n. long underpants trimmed with ruffles. |
| SALTANTS | • SALTANT n. a mutated form of an organism suddenly developed. |
| TALAUNTS | • TALAUNT n. (Spenser) a talon, also TALANT, TALON. |
| TANTALIC | • tantalic adj. (Chemistry) Containing pentavalent tantalum. • Tantalic adj. Of or relating to the mythological Tantalus. • TANTALIC adj. of or containing tantalum, esp. in a higher valency. |
| TANTALUM | • tantalum n. A chemical element (symbol Ta) with atomic number 73: a rare, hard, blue-gray, lustrous transition metal… • TANTALUM n. an acid-resistant metallic element, useful for electronic and surgical parts. |
| TANTALUS | • tantalus n. A stork of the genus Mycteria (formerly Tantalus), especially the American wood stork, Mycteria americana. • tantalus n. A stand in which to lock up drink decanters while keeping them visible. • tantalus n. Something of an evasive or retreating nature, something consistently out of reach; a tantalising thing. |
| TARLATAN | • tarlatan n. A thin muslin with an open weave, once used for ballgowns etc. • TARLATAN n. (French) a thin, stiffly-starched, open-weave muslin, also TARLETAN. |
| TARLETAN | • tarletan n. Alternative form of tarlatan. • TARLETAN n. (French) a thin, stiffly-starched, open-weave muslin, also TARLATAN. |