| ATTENT | • attent adj. (Archaic) Attentive, heedful; intent. • attent n. (Obsolete) Attention. • ATTENT n. (Spenser) attention. |
| DETENT | • detent n. That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch (stopping mechanism), pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork… • detent v. The action of creating a detent mechanism to lock or unlock movement. • DETENT n. any stop or catch in a machine which prevents a motion until released, e.g. on a crossbow. |
| EXTENT | • extent n. A range of values or locations. • extent n. The space, area, volume, etc., to which something extends. • extent n. (Computing) A contiguous area of storage in a file system. |
| INTENT | • intent n. Something that is intended. • intent n. (Law) The state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence. • intent adj. Firmly fixed or concentrated on something. |
| LATENT | • latent adj. Existing or present but concealed or inactive. • latent adj. (Pathology, of a virus) remaining in an inactive or hidden phase; dormant. • latent adj. (Biology) lying dormant or hidden until circumstances are suitable for development or manifestation. |
| OSTENT | • ostent v. (Transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To make an ambitious display of; to exhibit or show boastingly; to ostentate. • ostent n. (Archaic, rare) A display, an exhibition; an appearance, a manifestation. • ostent n. A boastful, ostentatious display or exhibition. |
| PATENT | • patent n. (Law). • patent n. (By extension) A product in respect of which a patent (sense 1.2.2) has been obtained. • patent n. (Uncountable) Short for patent leather (“a varnished, high-gloss leather typically used for accessories… |
| POTENT | • potent adj. Possessing strength. • potent adj. Powerfully effective. • potent adj. Having a sharp or offensive taste. |
| STENTS | • stents n. Plural of stent. • stents v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stent. • STENT v. (Scots) to stint. |
| TENTED | • tented v. Simple past tense and past participle of tent. • tented adj. Covered with tents. • TENT v. to cover with a tent. |
| TENTER | • tenter n. A framework upon which cloth is stretched and dried. • tenter n. One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman. • tenter n. (Engineering) A kind of governor, or regulating device. |
| TENTHS | • tenths n. Plural of tenth. • TENTH n. one of ten equal parts. |
| TENTIE | • TENTIE adj. watchful, also TENTY. |
| UNTENT | • untent v. (Transitive) To bring out of a tent. • UNTENT v. to remove from a tent. |