| HANT | • hant n. (Scotland, US, colloquial, chiefly AAVE) Alternative form of haunt, haint (“ghost”). • hant cont. Pronunciation spelling of hadn’t. • ha'nt n. (US, especially southern US) Alternative form of haunt, haint (“ghost”). |
| CHANT | • chant v. To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music. • chant v. To sing or intone sacred text. • chant v. To utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner, especially as a group. |
| MAHANT | • mahant n. (Hinduism) A head or chief of a monastery. • MAHANT n. (Hindi) a chief Hindu priest. |
| ENCHANT | • enchant v. To attract and delight, to charm. • enchant v. To cast a spell upon (often one that attracts or charms). • enchant v. (Role-playing games) To magically enhance or degrade an item. |
| ETCHANT | • etchant n. An acid or corrosive chemical used in etching. • ETCHANT n. an acid used in etching. |
| BACCHANT | • bacchant n. A priest of Bacchus. • bacchant n. A bacchanal; a drunken reveler. • bacchant adj. Fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing. |
| COUCHANT | • couchant adj. (Of an animal) Lying with belly down and front legs extended; crouching. • couchant adj. (Heraldry) Represented as crouching with the head raised. • COUCHANT adj. in heraldry, lying on the belly with head lifted. |
| ELEPHANT | • elephant n. A mammal of the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and two large ivory tusks jutting from the upper jaw. • elephant n. (In particular) Any member of the subfamily Elephantinae not also of the genera Mammuthus and Primelephas. • elephant n. (Figuratively) Anything huge and ponderous. |
| MERCHANT | • merchant n. A person who traffics in commodities for profit. • merchant n. The owner or operator of a retail business. • merchant n. A trading vessel; a merchantman. |
| OLIPHANT | • oliphant n. (Archaic and historical) An elephant. • oliphant n. An ancient ivory hunting-horn. • Oliphant prop.n. A surname. |
| PENCHANT | • penchant n. Taste, liking, or inclination (for). • penchant n. (Card games, uncountable) A card game resembling bezique. • penchant n. (Card games) In the game of penchant, any queen and jack of different suits held at the same time. |
| SYCOPHANT | • sycophant n. One who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favour or advantage from another; a servile flatterer. • sycophant n. One who seeks to gain through the powerful and influential. • sycophant n. (Obsolete) An informer; a talebearer. |
| TRENCHANT | • trenchant adj. (Obsolete) Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp. • trenchant adj. (Figuratively) Keen; biting; vigorously articulate and effective; severe. • TRENCHANT adj. incisive, vigorous, also TRENCHAND. |
| DISENCHANT | • disenchant v. (Transitive, of a person) To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion. • disenchant v. (Transitive, of a person) To disappoint. • disenchant v. (Transitive, of a thing) To remove a spell or magic enchantment from. |
| HIEROPHANT | • hierophant n. (Ancient Greece) An ancient Greek priest who interpreted sacred mysteries, especially the priest of… • hierophant n. An interpreter of sacred mysteries or arcane knowledge. • hierophant n. One who explains or makes a commentary. |
| PLAINCHANT | • plainchant n. Synonym of plainsong. • PLAINCHANT n. plainsong. |
| TRIUMPHANT | • triumphant adj. Celebrating victory. • TRIUMPHANT adj. victorious, conquering. |
| INTRENCHANT | • intrenchant adj. (Obsolete) Not to be gashed or marked with furrows. • INTRENCHANT adj. (Shakespeare) incapable of being cut. |
| EXTINGUISHANT | • extinguishant n. Extinguisher, especially a fire extinguisher. • extinguishant n. An extinguishing medium such as water, chemical powders, gases (CO2,Halon etc). • extinguishant adj. That serves to extinguish. |