| ACCORDANT | • accordant adj. In agreement; agreeing. • ACCORDANT adj. agreeing; consonant. |
| APPENDANT | • appendant adj. Attached as an appendage. • appendant adj. Annexed; concomitant. • appendant adj. (Law) Appended by prescription, that is, a personal usage for a considerable time; said of a thing of… |
| ASCENDANT | • ascendant adj. Rising, moving upward. • ascendant adj. Surpassing or controlling. • ascendant n. Being in control; superiority, or commanding influence; ascendancy. |
| ATTENDANT | • attendant n. One who attends; one who works with or watches over something. • attendant n. A servant or valet. • attendant n. (Chiefly archaic) A visitor or caller. |
| CONFIDANT | • confidant n. A person in whom one can confide or share one’s secrets: a friend. • CONFIDANT n. (French) a (male) person confided in or entrusted with secrets, esp. in love affairs, also CONFIDENT. |
| CORRODANT | • corrodant adj. (Rare) corrodent, corrosive. • corrodant n. (Rare) A corrosive agent; a corrodent. • CORRODANT n. a corrosive agent, also CORRODENT. |
| DEFENDANT | • defendant adj. Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive, defending. • defendant n. (Law) In civil proceedings, the party responding to the complaint; one who is sued and called upon to… • defendant n. (Law) In criminal proceedings, the accused. |
| DEMANDANT | • demandant n. One who demands; the plaintiff in a real action; any plaintiff. • DEMANDANT n. one who demands; a plaintiff. |
| DEPENDANT | • dependant adj. Obsolete spelling of dependent. • dependant adj. Misspelling of dependent. • dependant n. (Britain) A person who depends on another for support, particularly financial support (= US dependent). |
| EXTENDANT | • extendant adj. (Heraldry) displayed. • EXTENDANT adj. displaced. |
| INTENDANT | • intendant n. (UK) The administrator of an opera house or theater. • intendant n. (Dated) One who has the charge, direction, or management of some public business; a superintendent. • intendant n. A governor in various specific contexts, including certain South American countries, and historically… |
| REDUNDANT | • redundant adj. Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary, no longer needed. • redundant adj. (Of words, writing, etc) Repetitive or needlessly wordy. • redundant adj. (Chiefly Britain, New Zealand, Australia) Dismissed from employment because no longer needed. |
| REGARDANT | • regardant adj. (Heraldry, of an animal) With the head turned toward the back of the body. • regardant adj. Watchful, attentive; contemplative. • REGARDANT adj. in heraldry, in profile and looking to rear. |
| RETARDANT | • retardant adj. (Often in combination) Serving to impede (slow down) the action of something. • retardant n. (Often in combination) Something that serves to retard (slow down) the action of something. • RETARDANT n. something that retards e.g. the spread of fire. |
| TREPIDANT | • trepidant adj. (Rare) Trembling with fear or emotion. • trepidant adj. (Medicine, archaic) Marked by trembling or tremor. • TREPIDANT adj. in a state of alarmed agitation. |