| ORIENT | • orient prop.n. Usually preceded by the: alternative letter-case form of Orient (“a region or a part of the world to… • orient n. The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east. • orient n. (Obsolete) A pearl originating from the Indian region, reputed to be of great brilliance; (by extension)… |
| APERIENT | • aperient adj. Having a gentle laxative effect. • aperient n. A laxative, either in the form of a medicine or a food such as asparagus or hops, which has the effect… • APERIENT n. a laxative. |
| ESURIENT | • esurient adj. (Formal, now often humorous) Very greedy or hungry; ravenous; (figuratively) avid, eager. • esurient n. One who is greedy or hungry. • ESURIENT adj. hungry, greedy. |
| HAURIENT | • haurient adj. Alternative spelling of hauriant. • HAURIENT adj. in heraldry, with head up, as rising to the surface to breathe, also HAURIANT. |
| HIRRIENT | • hirrient adj. (Phonology) Having a strongly trilled sound, like that of a cat purring. • HIRRIENT n. a roughly trilled sound. |
| NUTRIENT | • nutrient n. A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue. • nutrient adj. Providing nourishment. • NUTRIENT n. a nourishing substance. |
| PRURIENT | • prurient adj. Uneasy with desire; itching; especially, having a lascivious anxiety or propensity; lustful. • prurient adj. Arousing or appealing to sexual desire. • prurient adj. Curious, especially inappropriately so. |
| REORIENT | • reorient v. (Transitive, intransitive) To orient again; to make or become oriented after dislocation or disorientation. • reorient adj. (Obsolete) Arising again. • REORIENT v. to acquaint oneself again. |
| DISORIENT | • disorient v. To cause to lose orientation or direction. • disorient v. To confuse or befuddle. • DISORIENT v. to confuse as to direction. |
| MISORIENT | • misorient v. To orient badly or wrongly. • MISORIENT v. to orient in a wrong direction. |
| ABITURIENT | • abiturient n. Alternative form of Abiturient. • Abiturient n. A pupil / student in the German education system who is taking, or who has taken and passed, the Abitur. • ABITURIENT n. a pupil leaving school for university. |
| INNUTRIENT | • INNUTRIENT adj. not nutrient. |
| PARTURIENT | • parturient adj. In labour, about to give birth, or having recently given birth. • parturient adj. (By extension) About to create a new product, or float a new idea. • parturient adj. Of, related to, or caused by childbirth. |
| SCATURIENT | • scaturient adj. Abundant; overflowing. • SCATURIENT adj. flowing out; gushing. |
| UNEXPERIENT | • unexperient adj. (Obsolete) inexperienced. • UNEXPERIENT adj. (Shakespeare) inexperienced. |
| MACRONUTRIENT | • macronutrient n. Any of the elements required in large amounts by all living things. • MACRONUTRIENT n. a chemical element (as nitrogen, phosphorus, or potassium) of which relatively large quantities are essential to the growth and health of a plant. |
| MICRONUTRIENT | • micronutrient n. A mineral, vitamin or other substance that is essential, even in very small quantities, for growth or metabolism. • MICRONUTRIENT n. a nutritive substance required in minute quantities by a living organism. |
| PHYTONUTRIENT | • phytonutrient n. Any substance, of plant origin, that provides nutrition; a phytochemical. |
| SUPERNUTRIENT | • supernutrient n. Any nutrient supposed to confer remarkable health benefits. • SUPERNUTRIENT n. an exceptionally good nutrient. |
| INQUISITURIENT | • inquisiturient adj. Inquisitorial. • INQUISITURIENT adj. (Milton) eager to act as an inquisitor. |