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Definition: Inherent |
InherentAdjective1. Existing as an essential constituent or characteristic; "the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity"; "a constitutional inability to tell the truth". 2. Present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development. 3. In the nature of something though not readily apparent; "shortcomings inherent in our approach"; "an underlying meaning". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "inherent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
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Post & Telecom | Value of a measure determined when maintenance and operational conditions are assumed to be ideal. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: InherentSynonyms: built-in (adj), congenital (adj), constitutional (adj), implicit in(p) (adj), inborn (adj), inbuilt (adj), innate (adj), integral (adj), underlying (adj). (additional references) |
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Affections | Inborn, inbred, ingrained; deep-rooted, ineffaceable, inveterate; pathoscopic; congenital, dyed in the wool, implanted by nature, inherent, in the grain. |
Intrinsicality | Adjective: derived from within, subjective; intrinsic, intrinsical; fundamental, normal; implanted, inherent, essential, natural; innate, inborn, inbred, ingrained, inwrought; coeval with birth, genetous, haematobious, syngenic; radical, incarnate, thoroughbred, hereditary, inherited, immanent; congenital, congenite; connate, running in the blood; ingenerate, ingenite; indigenous; in the grain; Noun: bred in the bone, instinctive; inward, internal; to the manner born; virtual. |
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Screenplays | Come see the violence inherent in the system! (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.) I am Graveheart of planet rock and I have come to you young prince because of an inherent danger known as the Beast Planet. (Shadow Raiders; writing credit: Christy Marx; Katherine Lawrence) If I have a religion, I guess my religion is my belief in the inherent good of all people and having faith in that belief. (Stingray; writing credit: Gary DeVore; Jimmy Huston) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Detail view of tops of upstream arch barrels. Photograph by Jack E. Boucher, Summer 1971. (Reproduction Number: HAER, UTAH,18-SALCI,22-5) The development of the multiple-arch reinforced concrete dam by engineer John S. Eastwood took advantage of the inherent characteristics of an ancient building form to greatly reduce the needed mass of dams. Inclined, reinforced concrete barrel vaults transfer the weight of the impounded water to the ground through a series of buttresses. The downward pressure actually increases the stability of the dam by pressing it against its foundation, making it an ideal design for poor foundation conditions. Eastwood built similar dams throughout the world. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Benjamin Haydon | There surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil. |
Thomas Jefferson | Nothing then is unchangeable but the inherent and inalienable rights of man. |
William Lloyd Garrison | Wherever there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in the being, whatever may be the sex or the complexion. |
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Miranda v. Arizona | 1966 | Unless adequate preventive measures are taken to dispel the compulsion inherent in custodial surroundings, no statement obtained from the defendant can truly be the product of his free choice. (reference) |
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Health | This variability is due to differences in terminology and the inherent heterogeneity of the population. (references) | |
As biological products, blood and blood products are likely always to carry an inherent risk of infectious agents. (references) | ||
Because of inherent problems, as well as its effects on triglycerides, alcohol use to raise HDL-C is not recommended. (references) | ||
Business | However, this method has some inherent deficiencies. (references) | |
This government was severely handicapped and eventually doomed by economic problems and the inherent weakness of the Weimar state. (references) | ||
One of the problems inherent in Mexican companies is that they have poor security controls since they tend to rely on their ISPs for security control. (references) | ||
Economic History | Belgium | The inherent validity of the design or model is not examined. (references) |
Turkey | They also make tax evasion difficult because of their inherent control mechanisms and paperwork requirements. (references) | |
Bolivia | Given the possible complications inherent in land delivery, air cargo transport may prove to be preferable even for heavy items. (references) | |
Political Economy | West Bank | The PC and the Chairman of the Executive Authority assumed power in January 1996, elections that saw voter turnout surpass 80% in most areas, a figure that attests to the strong grassroots tradition of democratic political participation inherent in Palestinian society. (references) |
Women | Philippines | NGO's argue that the Government first should address the abuses of dislocation and homelessness in order to address effectively the problem of women's exposure to the structural violence inherent in prostitution. (references) |
Worker Rights | Moldova | The GFTU's continuing role in managing the state insurance system and its retention of former official union headquarters and vacation facilities provide an inherent advantage over other groups who might wish to form a union. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | INNATE, adj. Natural, inherent -- as innate ideas, that is to say, ideas that we are born with, having had them previously imparted to us. The doctrine of innate ideas is one of the most admirable faiths of philosophy, being itself an innate idea and therefore inaccessible to disproof, though Locke foolishly supposed himself to have given it "a black eye." Among innate ideas may be mentioned the belief in one's ability to conduct a newspaper, in the greatness of one's country, in the superiority of one's civilization, in the importance of one's personal affairs and in the interesting nature of one's diseases. |
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Al Hunt | Bob, alas, you did not go for our bait to get into a new fight with David Obey, but I think the tension between Mitch Daniels and the appropriators on Capitol Hill is inherent, it's going to continue, and it's because of those big tax cuts. |
Dennis Miller | You're a zealot if you can't see the blinding irony inherent in using force to convince other people that your belief about the unknowable is more accurate than their belief in the unknowable. |
Mitch Daniels | I have a lot of regard for all of the Appropriations leadership. There's some inherent tension between their job as they see it and my assignment from the president. And I'll do my best to keep things as civil as the president insists that we keep them. |
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James Madison | 1809-1817 | Already have the gallant exploits of our naval heroes proved to the world our inherent capacity to maintain our rights on one element. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | To inherent embarrassments have been added others resulting from the course of our legislation concerning it. |
Franklin Pierce | 1853-1857 | Whether the elements of inherent force in the Republic have kept pace with its unparalleled progression in territory, population, and wealth has been the subject of earnest thought and discussion on both sides of the ocean. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | This measure provides farmers with an important new program tool for sharing the economic risks that are inherent to agriculture. |
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| "Inherent" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Inherent" is used about 1,316 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 1,316 | 6,030 |
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Expressions using "inherent": inherent aptitude ♦ inherent regulation ♦ inherent reliability ♦ inherent stability. Additional references. | |
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| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
hazard inherent | 14 |
inherent risk | 8 |
ethical inherent issue stress workplace | 6 |
inherent power | 6 |
inherent | 4 |
inherent evil | 3 |
inherent vice | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "inherent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i qenësishëm, i pandarë (inseverable, irresolvable, undivided, unseparated, unshared). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فطري (congenital, connate, fungoid, fungous, fungus, habitual, inborn, inbred, indigenous, innate, native, natural, primitive, radical), كامن (concealed, hidden, implicit, latent, potential), ملازم (attendant, collateral, immanent, innate, inseparable, lieutenant), متضمن في صلب, متأصل (aborigines, deep rooted, deep-seated, ingrained, inveterate), صلبي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | свойствен (congenial, habitual, immanent, intrinsic, peculiar, proper, specific), вроден (congenital, connate, connatural, elemental, glandular, inborn, inbred, indigenous, innate, native, natural, radical, temperamental, unconditioned, untaught, untutored), присъщ (immanent, incidental, indigenous, innate, intrinsic, native, natural, proper, radical, resident). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 固有 (inhere, Inhered, Inhering, INNATE). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | inherentní, vrozený (congenital, connate, connatural, inborn, inbred, innate, native), vlastní (intrinsic, intrinsical, own, particular, peculiar, personal, proper, respective, underlying, whole). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | intrinsic (intrinsic), naturlig (natural). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | inherent. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | چسبنده (Adhesive, Gooey, Gummy, Innate, Sticky, Tenacious), ذاتی (Autochthonous, Congenital, Connate, Inborn, Indigenous, Innate, Intrinsic, Intuitive, Inward, Natural, Substantial), اصلی (Arch, Basic, Cardinal, Elementary, Essential, Fundametal, Genuine, Germinal, Head, Immanent, Ingrown, Initial, Innate, Intrinsic, Main, Net, Original, Primary, Prime, Primordial, Principal, Seminal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | luontainen (innate, natural). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | inhérent (intrinsic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | innewohnend (immanent), inhärent (intrinsic), anhaftend (adherent, adhesive, inherently, inhering), angeboren (congenital, congenitally, congentital, connate, inborn, inbred, inbuilt, inherently, innate, native, temperamentally, untaught). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | έμφυτοσ (immanent, inborn, inbred, innate, instinctive, native, natural), σύμφυτοσ (congenital), συμφυήσ (coalescent), ενυπάρχων (immanent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | טבוע (drowned, sinking, submergence, sunken), עוץ (inserted, stucked). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | velejáró (accompanying, attached, attendant, collateral, concomitant, connotation), lényeges (concrete, constitutive, essential, integral, intrinsic, intrinsical, primordial, quintessential, relevant, significant, substantial, substantive), bennerejlõ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | berpautan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | inerente (incident). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 遺伝 (heredity), "得 , 本然 (disposition, inborn, innate, natural, nature), 先天的 (a priori, congenital, hereditary, inborn, innate), 先天 (innate), 固有 (characteristic, eigen-, peculiar, tradition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しょうとく (eulogy, making another's virtues well known, public praise), ほ"ぜ" (Amida Buddha's original vow, disposition, inborn, innate, long-cherished desire, natural, nature, regular dinner, suddenly), ほ"ね" (disposition, inborn, innate, natural, nature, thisyear), せいとく (imperial virtue, splendid virtue), せ"て"てき (a priori, congenital, hereditary, inborn, innate), せ"て" (gyration, innate, revolution, rotation, whirling), いで" (heredity), "ゆう (characteristic, eigen-, peculiar, tradition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 한. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | 'sy ghooghys, dooie (complement, endemic, full-blooded, good-natured, inborn, kind, natural, patriotic, species, true-born, vernacular), dooghyssagh (ancestral, congenital, heritable, idiomatic, inborn, instinctive, native, natural, unforced, vernacular). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | iboende, medfødt (inborn, innate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inherentay inerente (inborn, ingrain, intrinsic). (various references) intrinsec (intrinsic), inseparabil (inseparable, inseparably), inerent (inevitable, innate, resident), propriu (adequate, appropriate, fitting, intrinsic, own, peculiar, personal, proper, resident, salient, suitable), înnãscut (born, connate, connatural, inborn, inbred, innate, native, original). (various references) присущий (immanent, natural, proper, resident). (various references) inherentan, nerazdvojiv (bound up with, indivisible). (various references) inherente (intrinsic). (various references) medfödd (congenital, connate, connatural, constitutional, inate, inborn, inbred, indigenous, innate, native, untaught). (various references) ซึ่งมีอยู่เป็นปกติวิสัย. (various references) yaradılıştan (congenitally), doğuştan olan (connate, connatural, given, innate, unconditioned, untaught), doğasında olan (connatural), doğal (artless, connatural, easy, free, inartificial, inborn, inbred, indigenous, ingenuous, innate, native, natural, spontaneous, unaffected, unschooled, unsophisticated, unstudied), özünde olan. (various references) властивий (appropriate, built in, congenial, facultative, immanent, incident, incidental, innate, native, proper, resident), невід'"мний (inalienable, indefeasible, integral, integrant, necessary), природжений (born, congenial, congenital, connate, habitual, inborn, inbred, ingrain, ingrained, ingrown, innate, native, natural, organic, original, true born, unschooled). (various references) vốn gắn liền với (incident), vốn có, cố hữu vốn thuộc về. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | naturalem, naturali, naturalibus, naturalis. (various references) |
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Words beginning with "inherent": inherently. (additional references) | |
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"Inherent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ihherent, inerent, inernet, inerrent, inharent, inhearent, inheirent, inherant, inherint, inhrent, inhwerent, innerant, innercent, inrernet, interent. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "inherent" (pronounced i'nhi"runt or i'nhe"runt) |
| 6 | -h i" r u n t | adherent, coherent, incoherent. |
| 4 | -r u n t | aberrant, abhorrent, apparent, arrant, celebrant, Courant, declarant, deterrent, emigrant, entrant, errant, flagrant, fragrant, grandparent, hydrant, immigrant, indifferent, migrant, parent, quadrant, recalcitrant, registrant, seafront, torrent, transparent, tyrant, vagrant, vibrant, warrant. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, abatement, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrogant, 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, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, 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, 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, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, 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, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, harassment, hesitant, ignorant, immanent, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, 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, 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, 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, pursuant, puzzlement, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, 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, 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, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vigilant, violent, virulent, wonderment. |
| 5 | -e" r u n t | aberrant, apparent, declarant, errant, parent, transparent. |
| 4 | -r u n t | abhorrent, adherent, arrant, celebrant, coherent, Courant, deterrent, emigrant, entrant, flagrant, fragrant, grandparent, hydrant, immigrant, incoherent, indifferent, migrant, quadrant, recalcitrant, registrant, seafront, torrent, tyrant, vagrant, vibrant, warrant. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, abatement, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrogant, 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, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, 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, 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, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, 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, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, harassment, hesitant, ignorant, immanent, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, 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, 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, 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, pursuant, puzzlement, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, 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, 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, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vigilant, violent, virulent, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-h-i-n-n-r-t" | |
-1 letter: interne, neither, therein, thinner. | |
-2 letters: either, entire, herein, hinter, inhere, intern, nether, rennet, retine, tenner, theine, tinner, triene. | |
-3 letters: enter, ether, inert, inner, inter, ither, ninth, niter, nitre, renin, rente, retie, terne, thein, their, there, thine, three, treen, trine. | |
-4 letters: erne, heir, hent, here, hern, hint, hire, nene, nine, nite, rein, rent, rete, rite. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-h-i-n-n-r-t" | |
+1 letter: threonine. | |
+2 letters: enrichment, heartening, incoherent, inherently, intrenched, intrenches, rhinestone, threonines. | |
+3 letters: antiheroine, enrichments, entrenching, enwreathing, inheritance, interchange, interethnic, retrenching, rhinestoned, rhinestones, threatening, untethering. | |
+4 letters: antiheroines, disenchanter, encipherment, enshrinement, ethnocentric, freethinking, hearteningly, heartrending, heterodyning, hyperintense, hypertension, incoherently, inheritances, interchained, interchanged, interchanger, interchanges, interchannel, intermeshing, neurasthenia, neurasthenic, nitromethane, reenthroning, retightening, technetronic, thorninesses, trenchancies, unchristened. | |
+5 letters: disenchanters, disheartening, encipherments, enshrinements, ethnocentrism, freethinkings, hypertensions, interchangers, neurasthenias, neurasthenics, nitromethanes, nonhereditary, norethindrone, phenmetrazine, rechristening, replenishment, strengthening, threateningly, unearthliness, unthreatening. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Spoken 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Bibliography |
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