| PUNGENT | • pungent adj. Having a strong odor that stings the nose, said especially of acidic or spicy substances. • pungent adj. Having a strong taste that stings the tongue, said especially of hot (spicy) food, which has a strong… • pungent adj. (Figurative) Stinging; acerbic. |
| RINGENT | • ringent adj. Having the semblance of lips parted wide, such as may be observed in certain flowers. • RINGENT adj. having gaping liplike parts such as the shells of certain bivalves. |
| TANGENT | • tangent n. (Differential geometry) A straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there. • tangent n. (Mathematics) A function of an angle that gives the ratio of the sine to the cosine, in either the real… • tangent n. A topic nearly unrelated to the main topic, but having a point in common with it. |
| PLANGENT | • plangent adj. Having a loud, mournful sound. • plangent adj. (Rare) Beating, dashing, as waves. • PLANGENT adj. having an expressive esp. plaintive quality. |
| COTANGENT | • cotangent n. (Trigonometry) In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the tangent of an angle. Symbols: cot, ctg, or ctn. • COTANGENT n. the tangent of the complement of an arc or angle. |
| IMPINGENT | • impingent adj. Striking against or upon. • IMPINGENT adj. striking against or upon. |
| STRINGENT | • stringent adj. Strict; binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe. • STRINGENT adj. tight, binding, rigorous. |
| ARCTANGENT | • arctangent n. (Trigonometry) Any of several single-valued or multivalued functions that are inverses of the tangent… • ARCTANGENT n. a geometrical ratio. |
| ASTRINGENT | • astringent n. A substance which draws tissue together, thus restricting the flow of blood. • astringent adj. Extremely sour, bitter. • astringent adj. Sharp, caustic, severe. |
| CONTINGENT | • contingent n. An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future. • contingent n. That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share. • contingent n. (Military) A quota of troops. |
| REFRINGENT | • refringent adj. That refracts; refractive. • REFRINGENT adj. pertaining to, or possessing, refringency. |
| SUBTANGENT | • subtangent n. (Geometry) The part of the axis contained between the ordinate and tangent drawn to the same point in a curve. • SUBTANGENT n. the part of the axis contained between the ordinate and tangent drawn to the same point in a curve. |
| RESTRINGENT | • restringent adj. (Obsolete) astringent; styptic. • restringent n. (Obsolete) A restringent medicine. • RESTRINGENT n. an astringent. |
| BIREFRINGENT | • birefringent adj. Of or pertaining to birefringence. • birefringent adj. Having two refractive indices (depending on orientation). • BIREFRINGENT adj. relating to birefringence. |
| CONSTRINGENT | • constringent adj. Having the quality of contracting, binding, or compressing. • CONSTRINGENT adj. tending to constringe. |
| RETROMINGENT | • retromingent n. (Obsolete) An animal that urinates backwards, such as the camel, hippo or raccoon. • retromingent adj. (Not comparable) That urinates backwards; also used of such urination. • retromingent adj. Cowardly. |
| NONCONTINGENT | • noncontingent adj. Not contingent. • NONCONTINGENT adj. not contingent. |