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Fluent

Definition: Fluent

Fluent

Adjective

1. Easy and graceful in shape; "a yacht with long, fluent curves".

2. Smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina"; "liquid prose".

3. Expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "fluent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Fluent

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Fluent is a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software widely employed within industry. It is based on the finite volume method.

"Fluent" was also Isaac Newton's term for a continuous function.

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Synonyms: Fluent

Synonyms: eloquent (adj), facile (adj), flowing (adj), fluid (adj), liquid (adj), silver (adj), silver-tongued (adj), smooth (adj), smooth-spoken (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Fluent

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Elegance

Graceful, easy, readable, fluent, flowing, tripping; unaffected, natural, unlabored; mellifluous; euphonious, euphemism, euphemistic; numerose, rhythmical.

Fluidity

Adjective: liquid, fluid, serous, juicy, succulent, sappy; ichorous; fluent. (flowing).

Loquacity

Fluent, voluble, glib, flippant; long tongued, long winded; (diffuse).

Number

Differential, integral, fluxion, fluent.

River

Adjective: fluent; diffluent, profluent, affluent; tidal; flowing. Verb: meandering, meandry, meandrous; fluvial, fluviatile; streamy, showery,rainy, pluvial, stillicidous;Adjective: fluent; diffluent, profluent, affluent; tidal; flowing. Verb: meandering, meandry, meandrous; fluvial, fluviatile; streamy, showery,rainy, pluvial, stillicidous; stillatitious.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Fluent

English words defined with "fluent": enviablyfluent aphasia, fluently, Fluentnessglibnessimpressive aphasia, Ineloquentreceptive aphasiasensory aphasia, slickness, sufficientlyWernicke's aphasia, wordsmith. (references)
Specialty definitions using "fluent": Adjective or AdverbCOmmon Business Oriented Languagelanguages of choice. (references)
Etymologies containing "fluent": Transfluent. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Fluent" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (emanate, fall gradually, flow, proceed from, stream), Romanian (flowing, fluent, fluently, glib, smooth).

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Modern Usage: Fluent

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Hocus-Pocus explained the situtation to Santa, who as you know, speaks fluent rabbit (Frosty the Snowman; writing credit: Romeo Muller)

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Commercial Usage: Fluent

DomainTitle

Books

  • 13 Secrets for Speaking Fluent Japanese (reference)

  • Being Fluent With Information Technology (reference)

  • BFH, a Manual for Fluent Handwriting (reference)

  • Breaking the "Sound" Barrier to Fluent Reading, Level 1 (reference)

  • Fluent Bodies: Ayurvedic Remedies for Postcolonial Imbalance (Body, Commodity, Text) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

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Sounds: Fluent

PlayCaption
Resonating; resonate; ring; ringing; liquid; qua; aqueous; swill; fluid; aqueous; flowing; fluent; in solution; juicy; liquefied; lymphatic; melted; molten; running; runny; serous; uncongealed; watery.
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Use in Literature: Fluent

TitleAuthorQuote

Sylvie and Bruno Concluded

Carroll, Lewis

At every moment the old man seemed to grow more chatty and more fluent.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Fluent

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

People with fluent aphasia have problems understanding spoken and written language. (references)

In contrast to Broca's aphasia, damage to the temporal lobe may result in a fluent aphasia that is called Wernicke's aphasia. (references)

Stuttering is characterized by repetitions of sounds and words, prolongations of sounds, and interruptions of the fluent flow of speech. (references)

Business

By law all companies establishing in Germany must have a fluent German speaker on the managing board. (references)

Most Swedes speak fluent English and cultural differences are not significant enough to be problematic. (references)

Because of the lack of restriction, easy tele-electronic communications, and fluent use of English, banking relationships with the United States and Belgium are smooth. (references)

Economic History

Germany

By law, all companies in Germany must have a fluent German speaker on the managing board. (references)

Cote D'ivoire

An agent or distributor should possess a thorough understanding of the economy and be fluent in French. (references)

Netherlands

Use of English is widespread and 73 percent of the Dutch population is fluent in one or more foreign languages. (references)

Human Rights

Sri Lanka

While Tamil-speaking judges exist at the magistrate level, only four high court judges, an appeals court judge, and a Supreme Court justice speak fluent Tamil. (references)

Indigenous People

Guatemala

The Public Defender's Office began hiring attorneys fluent in indigenous languages and assigning them to areas where they could serve as translators in addition to defending their clients. (references)

Minorities

Singapore

During 1999 there was great debate over the fact that advertisements often specify ethnicity and gender requirements or require fluent Mandarin speakers. (references)

Travel

Spain

Less than 30 percent of local managers are fluent in English. (references)

Georgia

The official language is Georgian but almost all business executives are fluent in Russian. (references)

Costa Rica

Many doctors in both the national health system and private clinics have been trained abroad and are fluent in English. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Fluent

"Fluent" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.72% of the time. "Fluent" is used about 360 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)99.72%35915,003
Noun (proper)0.28%1339,140
                    Total100.00%360N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Fluent

Expressions using "fluent": be a fluent speaker be fluent in be fluent in english fluent aphasia have a fluent pen speak fluent english. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "fluent": non-fluent.

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Frequency of Internet Expressions: Fluent

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

fluent

59

fluent reading

7

download fluent

7

fluent english

6

fluent inc

4

fluent software

4

cv entrepreneur fluent

4

entertainment fluent

3

fluent international resume

3

fluent cfd

3

fluent tutorial

3

fluent aphasia

3

fluent gambit

2

5 fluent

2

fluent reader

2

508 617 781 978 fluent german resume resume

2

fluent french

2

characteristic fluent reader

2
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Modern Translation: Fluent

Language Translations for "fluent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

i rrjedhshëm (facile, flowing, mellifluous), i paqëndrueshëm (changeable, cranky, fickle, fluid, inconsequential, inconstant, infirm, labile, mutable, non-persistent, protean, rocky, soft, tipsy, tottering, unequable, unstable, unsteady, variable, volatile, waggly, wayward), i lirshëm (easy, flowing, slack). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فصيح (eloquent, voluble, well spoken), ‏سلس (be smooth, cursive, easy, fluid, glib, liquid, voluble), ‏طلق اللسان (eloquent, glib), ‏ذرب اللسان, ‏رشيق (active, agile, airy, alert, brisk, clever, dapper, facile, fleet, fluid, graceful, lightsome, limber, lissom, lissome, lithe, lithesome, lively, merry, nimble, nippy, quick, ready, sharp, spry, svelte, swift, willowy, zippy), ‏بليغ (eloquent, significant). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

със свободни движения, свободен (at large, available, disengaged, disposable, easeful, easy, exempt, facile, familiar, fetterless, floating, footloose, free, glib, go-as-you-please, immune, independent, intestate, leisure, loose, neglige, off, open, otiose, quit, spare, tripping, unbending, unbound, unbuttoned, uncommitted, unconstrained, unforced, unreserved, unrestricted, unstudied, untenanted, untrammelled, vacant, void, wide), функция (action, attribution, function), гладък (clean, even, facile, flat, fluid, glace, level, lubricous, round, satiny, sleek, slick, smooth, unctuous, unruffled), променлива величина (inconstant, variable), променлив (baffling, changeable, choppy, erratic, fitful, fluctuating, inconsistent, inconstant, liquid, mobile, protean, shifting, undecided, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable, variant, varied, versatile, volatile), плавен (easy, flowing, fluid, graceful, light, liquid, tripping), интеграл (integral). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

流利 . (various references)

   

Czech

  

plynulý (continuous, flowing, fluid), plynný (glib). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

vloeiend, stromend. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

flua. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

فصیح (Communicative, Eloquent), سلیس (Easy, Glib, Liquid, Smooth, Versatile, Voluble), روان (Cursive, Easy, Ghost, Glib, Handy, Liquid, Psyche, Smooth, Spirit, Versatile, Voluble). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

sujuva (easy). (various references)

   

French

  

facile, avec facilité (fluently), aisé. (various references)

   

German

  

fließend (flowing, floating, fluently, fluxionary), geläufig (familiar, volubly), flüssig (fluid, liquid, fluidly, fluxional, liquidly). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εύγλωττοσ (eloquent), ευφραδήσ (glib, sleeker, voluble), άπταιστος. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

שוטף (current, flowing, rapid, swift, torrential), שגור (consignment, current, dispatch, dispatching, launching, send off, sending), רהוט (furnishing, furniture, voluble). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

gördülékeny (glib, smooth), folyékony (liquid), kecses (dainty, graceful, precious). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

fasih (eloquent, glib, quick writted), lancar (swimmingly), galir (agile, articulate, glib, nimble, spry). (various references)

   

Italian

  

fluente (flowing, glib), facile (easy, facile), spedito (quick), scorrevole (sliding), eloquente (articulate, eloquent, impassioned, significant), corrente (current, stream, flow). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

爽やか (clear, eloquent, fresh, invigorating, refreshing), ぺてん師 (crook, flowers heads of beefsteak plant, fluency, imposter, not soggy, steamy hot food, swindler, to babble, to be pleased with oneself, to brawl, to chuckle to oneself, to grumble, to murmur, to prate, to prattle, to spatter, warm), 流麗 (elegant, flowing), 流暢 (flowing). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ぺらぺら (fluency), さわやか (clear, eloquent, fresh, invigorating, refreshing), りゅうれい (elegant, flowing), りゅうちょう (flowing, nonmigratory bird). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

유창한. (various references)

   

Manx

  

glib (garrulous, glib, pert), flaaoil (articulate, circumfluent, eloquent, flowing of speech, fluid). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

flytende (fluid, liquid). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

uentflay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

fluido (flowing, liquid). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

fluid (diffluent, fluid), fluent (flowing, fluently, glib, smooth), volubil (glib, glibly, voluble), cursiv (cursive, cursively, fluently, italic, readable, running), curgãtor (diffluent, flowing, fluently, glib, round, running), curent (course, current, daily, draught, flow, fluently, flux, generally, instant, legal, popular, prevailing, prevalent, race, readily, routine, ruling, running, stream, swift, tide, trend, usual, usually). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

беглый (cursory, fugitive, passing). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

fileanta (ready of speech), siùbhlach (fleeting). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

tečan (flowing, fluid, liquid). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

fluido (fluid, flowing). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

flytande (floating, afloat, flowing, glib, pouring). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

sürükleyici (absorbing, fastmoving, un-put-downable), düzgün (clear-cut, Dandy, dandyish, formal, in good trim, ordered, regular, right, shapely, shipshape, slick, smooth, Spruce, Square, straight, trim, unruffled), akici (liquid), akıcı (diffluent, facile, fastmoving, flowing, fluid, liquid, mellifluous, runny, smooth, speaking, torrential, voluble). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

струмінь (current, jet, spout, stream, waftage, whiffle), багатослівний (circumlocutory, pleonastic, prolix, verbose, wordy), плавний (liquid, smooth, well-rounded). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

viết lưu loát uyển chuyển, trôi chảy (flowingly, glidingly, unlaboured), lưu loát (flowingly), dễ cháy (combustible, ignitable, ignitible, tindery). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

ffraeth (facetious, witty), rhugl (free, glib), llithrig (glib, slippery), hylithr. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Fluent

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

eloquens, facundus, volubilis. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Fluent

LanguageDateSourceJohn Chapter 7, Verse 38
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintO pisteuwn eiV eme kaqwV eipen h grafh potamoi ek thV koiliaV autou reusousin udatoV zwntoV
Latin405VulgateQui credit in me sicut dixit scriptura flumina de ventre eius fluent aquae vivae
Old English990West SaxonSe þe ge-lyfd on me swa þæt ge-writcwæð. libbendes wæteres flod floweð of hysinnoðe.
Middle English1395WyclifHe that bileueth in me, as the scripture seith, Floodis of quyk watir schulen flowe fro his wombe.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleHe that beleveth on me as sayeth the scripture out of his belly shall flowe ryvers of water of lyfe.
Jacobean English1611King JamesHe that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Victorian English1833WebsterHe that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Basic English1964OgdenHe who has faith in me, out of his body, as the Writings have said, will come rivers of living water.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Fluent

LanguageJohn Chapter 7, Verse 38
CebuanoSa mosalig kanako, sumala sa giingon sa kasulatan, `Gikan sa iyang kasingkasing modagayday ang mga sapa sa tubig nga buhi.`"
Croatiankoji vjeruje u mene! Kao što reèe Pismo: 'Rijeke æe žive vode poteæi iz njegove utrobe!'"
DanishDen, som tror på mig, af hans Liv skal der, som Skriften har sagt, flyde levende Vandstrømme:"
DutchDie in Mij gelooft, gelijkerwijs de Schrift zegt, stromen des levenden waters zullen uit zijn buik vloeien.
FinnishJoka uskoo minuun, hänen sisimmästään on, niinkuin Raamattu sanoo, juokseva elävän veden virrat."
FrenchCelui qui croit en moi, des fleuves d`eau vive couleront de son sein, comme dit l`Écriture.
GermanWer an mich glaubt, wie die Schrift sagt, von des Leibe werden Ströme des lebendigen Wassers fließen.
Haitian CreoleMoun ki mete konfyans yo nan mwen, y'ap wè gwo kouran dlo k'ap bay lavi koule soti nan kè yo, jan sa ekri nan Liv la.
HungarianA ki hisz én bennem, a mint az írás mondotta, élõ víznek folyamai ömlenek annak belsejébõl.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariMengenai orang yang percaya kepada-Ku, tertulis dalam Alkitab: 'Dari dalam hatinya mengalirlah aliran-aliran air yang memberi hidup.'"
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaBarangsiapa yang percaya akan Daku, seperti yang tersebut di dalam Alkitab, dari dalamnya itu akan mengalir beberapa sungai air hidup."
Italianchi crede in me; come dice la Scrittura: fiumi di acqua viva sgorgheranno dal suo seno».
MaoriKi te whakapono tetahi ki ahau, ka rite ki ta te karaipiture, ka rere mai nga wai ora i roto i tona kopu.
NorwegianDen som tror på mig, av hans liv skal det, som Skriften har sagt, rinne strømmer av levende vann.
PortugueseQuem crê em mim, como diz a Escritura, do seu interior correrão rios de água viva.   
RumanianCine crede kn Mine, din inima lui vor curge rkuri de apq vie, cum zice Scriptura.``
RussianлФП ЧЕТХЕФ Ч нЕОС, Х ФПЗП, ЛБЛ УЛБЪБОП Ч рЙУБОЙЙ, ЙЪ ЮТЕЧБ РПФЕЛХФ ТЕЛЙ ЧПДЩ ЦЙЧПК.
ShuarWinia Enentáimturna nuka ni Enentáiya entsa wa aintsan yamaram iwiaakman Súana Nú entsa jiinkittiawai."
SpanishEl que cree en mí, como dice la Escritura, ríos de agua viva correrán de su interior.
SwahiliKama yasemavyo Maandiko Matakatifu: `Anayeniamini mimi, mito ya maji yenye uzima itatiririka kutoka moyoni mwake!"`
SwedishDen som tror på mig, av hans innersta skola strömmar av levande vatten* flyta fram, såsom skriften säger."
UmaHewa to te'uki' hi rala Buku Tomoroli': hema to mepangala' hi Aku', ngkai nono-ra mo'ili wori' ue to tuwu'."

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Fluent

Derivations

Words beginning with "fluent": fluently. (additional references)

Words ending with "fluent": affluent, circumfluent, confluent, effluent, influent, mellifluent, nonaffluent, profluent, refluent, unaffluent. (additional references)

Words containing "fluent": affluently, affluents, confluents, effluents, influential, influentially, influentials, influents, mellifluently. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Fluent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eluent, flent, Flewitt, flipent, Florentio, flount, flucent, fluens, fluente, Fluents, flugent, fluient, fluit, flunt, fluten, Fuent, fuint, furent, vellucent. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Fluent"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "fluent" (pronounced fluw"unt)
6f l uw" u n tconfluent.
4-uw" u n tpursuant, truant.
3-u n tagent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Fluent

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: unfelt.

Words within the letters "e-f-l-n-t-u"

-1 letter: flute, lunet, unlet.

-2 letters: felt, flue, fuel, left, lent, lune, lunt, lute, tule, tune.

-3 letters: eft, elf, fen, fet, feu, flu, fun, let, leu, net, nut, tel, ten, tun.

-4 letters: ef, el, en, et, ne, nu, un, ut.

 Words containing the letters "e-f-l-n-t-u"
 

+1 letter: fulgent, teenful, tuneful.

 

+2 letters: affluent, effluent, eventful, feculent, flaunted, flaunter, fluently, influent, refluent.

 

+3 letters: affluents, confluent, effluents, effulgent, flatulent, flaunters, flauntier, fulgently, fulminate, genuflect, influents, plentiful, profluent, refulgent, resentful, stenchful, sulfonate, tunefully, ultrafine, unfertile, unrestful, wulfenite.

 

+4 letters: affluently, artfulness, confluents, defaulting, engulfment, eventfully, faultiness, feuilleton, fitfulness, flatulence, flatulency, flauntiest, flocculent, flounciest, fluorinate, fluoxetine, flustering, fluttering, fraudulent, frequently, fulminated, fulminates, futileness, genuflects, infibulate, insufflate, interfluve, luftmensch, neglectful, outfeeling, outflanked, snuffliest, sulfonated, sulfonates, unaffluent, uneventful, unfiltered, unfoldment, ungrateful, unifoliate, uninflated, wulfenites.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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