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Definitions: Pertinent

Pertinent

Adjective

1. Having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand; "a list of articles pertinent to the discussion"; "remarks that were to the point".

2. Being of striking appropriateness and pertinence; "the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images"; "an apt reply".

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

Date "pertinent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Etymology: Pertinent \Per"ti*nent\, adjective. [Latin expression pertinens, -entis, present participle of pertinere: compare to the French expression pertinent. See Pertain.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms: Pertinent

Synonyms: apposite (adj), appropriate (adj), apt (adj), to the point(p) (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Pertinent

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

Agreement

Apt, apposite, pertinent, pat; to the point, to the purpose; happy, felicitous, germane, ad rem, in point, on point, directly on point, bearing upon, applicable, relevant, admissible.

Irrelation

Not comparable, incommensurable, heterogeneous; unconformable. irrelevant, inapplicable; not pertinent, not to the, purpose; impertinent, inapposite, beside the mark, a propos de bottes; aside from the purpose, away from the purpose, foreign to the purpose, beside the purpose, beside the question, beside the transaction, beside the point; misplaced; (intrusive); traveling out of the record.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Pertinent

English words defined with "pertinent": apply, aproposBreviloquenceextraneousgo forholdimmaterial, impertinent, IrrelavantPertinacy, pertinentlyto the pointUncircumstandtial. (references)
Specialty definitions using "pertinent": Ableitungsbauwerk, abstract clerk, abstract maker, abstract searcher, abstract writer, ACCOUNTANT, PROPERTY, advertising clerk, airport-control operator, AIR-TRAFFIC-CONTROL SPECIALIST, TOWER, allowable bearing value, Animal Studies, APPEALS REFEREE, application-entity, appointment clerk, APPRAISER, REAL ESTATE, ARTILLERY OR NAVAL GUNFIRE OBSERVERcargo manifest, CIVIL-SERVICE CLERK, clerk, travel reservations, clinical counselo, CLINICAL THERAPIST, COMMANDER, POLICE RESERVES, control-tower-radio operator, court abstractordirector, advertising, due diligenceEMPLOYMENT INTERVIEWER, Expert Testimonyfair market value, false drop, false retrievals, FIELD ARTILLERY OPERATIONS SPECIALIST, FLIGHT OPERATIONS SPECIALIST, flight-control-tower operator, form perceptionINFANTRY OPERATIONS SPECIALIST, information-motivated trades, Internet Experiment Note, INVESTMENT ANALYSTLEGAL SECRETARY, liaison officer, linear transducer, locality mapMANAGER, ADVERTISING, MANAGER, OFFICE, MARINE-CARGO SURVEYOR, Medical Records, Medical Records, Problem-Oriented, MIB VariableNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, national insurance officer, National Practitioner Data Bank, NURSE, OFFICEocean manifestparafoveal vision, personnel interviewer, placement interviewer, POWER-TRANSMISSION ENGINEER, predictive controlreal-estate agent, reception clerk, recruitment clerk, rehabilitation officer, RESERVATION CLERK, RESPIRATORY THERAPIST, REVENUE AGENT, REVIEWING OFFICER, DRIVER'S LICENSESALES AGENT, REAL ESTATE, SALES CORRESPONDENT, sales promotion director, securities-research analyst, service officer, SEWER-LINE REPAIRER, TELE-GROUT, social worker, clinical, social worker, health services, SOCIAL WORKER, MEDICAL, social worker, mental, SOCIAL WORKER, PSYCHIATRIC, solicitor, city or state, STATISTICAL CLERK, ADVERTISINGticker tape printer, title abstractor, travel clerk, TRBunderwriting analyst, UNDERWRITING CLERK, united states attorney, United States Travel And Tourism AdministrationVerzweigungsbauwerk, veterans' claims representative, VETERANS CONTACT REPRESENTATIVE, veterans' counselor, veterans' service officer, vicinity mapWEIGHT GUESSER. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Pertinent" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (firm, peremptory, resolute), French (apposite, pertinent, relevant, suitable), Latin (concerns, extend, pertain to, reach, relate to), Romanian (apposite, pertinent).

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Commercial Usage: Pertinent

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Guide to Statistical Methods and to the Pertinent Literature: Literatur Zur Angewandten Statistik (reference)

  • Clinical Neuromythology and Other Arguments and Essays, Pertinent and Impertinent (reference)

  • Ferrari brochures and sales literature : a source book : a collection of all known brochures and sales literature from 1946 to (1967) published or made available by the Ferrari factory, reproduced in facsimile, with English translations and pertinent comm (reference)

  • Pertinent Concepts In Computer Graphics (reference)

  • Pertinent Concepts: Proceedings (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Use in Literature: Pertinent

TitleAuthorQuote

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

But I could no longer sit and look into the fire, and the pertinent words of a poet recurred to me with new force.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Pertinent

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Additional pertinent data may be available from multiphasic screening results. (references)

The consensus panel prepared a draft report summarizing the evidence pertinent to the key issues regarding optimal calcium intake. (references)

Transfusion of enough platelets to correct the bleeding time to the normal range is logical, but there are few, if any, pertinent studies. (references)

Business

This behavior may be particularly pertinent to HCPs focusing on providing subspecialty services. (references)

A notable problem in the production of building materials is insufficient compliance with pertinent standards. (references)

Both must be done in accordance with pertinent provisions of the Government Procurement Law and the Law of Audit. (references)

Children

Ghana

The GNCC also has administered training programs for law enforcement and judicial officials around the country to familiarize them with the Children's Act and other pertinent child labor legislation. (references)

Civil Liberties

Ukraine

They may preach, administer religious ordinances, or practice other canonical activities "only in those religious organizations which invited them to Ukraine and with official approval of the governmental body that registered the statutes and the articles of the pertinent religious organization." However, in practice the Government has not used the law to greatly limit the activity of nonnative religious organizations. (references)

Economic History

Eritrea

The size, location, terms and conditions of allocation of land and water is determined by the pertinent Eritrean laws and regulations, and particularly by the Land Proclamation. (references)

Trade

Argentina

However, certain types of goods may only be imported into Argentina with a permit from the pertinent authority, such us as explosives, arms and ammunition, certain foodstuffs, including artificial sweeteners, pharmaceutical products, and most recently electrical appliances. (references)

Brazil

Instructions, directions, cautions, labels, brochures, and pertinent information about the products must be translated into Portuguese. (references)

Chile

Those specific regulations are mostly pertinent to the seismic endurance of new constructions. (references)

Worker Rights

Mauritania

Unlike in the previous year, the Government did not conduct any efforts such as the 2000 campaign to publicize the rights of children, including pertinent labor regulations and the objective of universal education. (references)

Chile

They are also entitled to all pertinent financial information from the company for the last 2 years. (references)

Madagascar

Such firms are required to follow all pertinent labor laws and regulations, including minimum wage laws; however, the Government allegedly does not enforce its labor laws adequately in the EPZ's due to inadequate resources. (references)

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

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Spoken Usage: Pertinent

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Michael Nader

Oh my goodness gracious. I'm not himming and hawing. I'm trying to formulate something that's pertinent at the moment. What happened is, you know, as I succumbed to this relapse, I started ending up in just different clubs.

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

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Usage Frequency: Pertinent

"Pertinent" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 92.76% of the time. "Pertinent" is used about 290 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)92.76%26917,948
Noun (singular)7.24%2176,261
                    Total100.00%290N/A

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

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Expressions: Pertinent

Expressions using "pertinent": be pertinent to pertinent remark pertinent to. Additional references.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Pertinent

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

  pertinent

16

  communiques department navy pertinent release

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

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Modern Translations: Pertinent

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

Albanian

  

përkatës (corresponding, due, relative, respective), me vend (apposite, appositely, apt, happy, Pat, proper, reasonable, right, seemly, suitable, to the point, welcome), i lidhur me çështjen. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏وثيق الصلة بالموضوع (relevant). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

уместен (advisable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, felicitous, germane, good, happy, neat, opportune, poignant, pointful, proper, relevant, timely, to the point, well timed, well-judged), отнасящ се (conversant, relative). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

恰当. (various references)

   

Czech

  

případný (appropriate, felicitous, incidental, opportune, prospective). (various references)

   

Danish

  

relevant svar (pertinent answer, relevant reply), afvejet indikationsstilling (pertinent indication), afvejet indikation (pertinent indication). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

osuva (appropriate, apt, to the point), asiallinen (businesslike, down-to-earth, matter-of fact, matter-of-fact), asiaankuuluva (appropriate, due, relevant). (various references)

   

French

  

pertinent, à propos de. (various references)

   

German

  

sachdienlich (pertinently, relevant, relevantly, useful), angemessen (adequate, appropriate, apropos, becoming, befit, commensurate, commensurately, condign, congruous, congruously, fair, fitly, moderate, proportionate, proportionately, reasonable, satisfactory, seemly, suitable, suitably, toward, worthily). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σχετικόσ (comparative, germane, relational, relative, relevant, respective), αρμόζων (becoming, befitting, fit, fitting, proper), αρμόδιοσ (able, apposite, competent, meet, qualified, suitable). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

עניני (actual, businesslike, forthright, matter of course, objective, practical, relevant). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

találó (apposite, appropriate, apt, effective, felicitous, incisive, neat), vonatkozó (across the board, concerning, mercurial, related, relative, respecting), tartozó (belonging, incumbent, irrelevant, owing, phenomenal, sikh, textual), illő (appropriate, becoming, decent, felicitous, fit, respectable, right, seemly, sisterly), helyénvaló (anomalous, apposite, appropriate, impertinent, legitimate, proper, right), alkalomszerű (opportune, seemly, suitable to the occasion). (various references)

   

Italian

  

pertinente (relative, relevant), relativo (comparative, relational, relative, relatively, relevant), attinente (appurtenant, associate, relevant). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

適切 (adequate, appropriate, relevance), 好個 (excellent, fine). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

こうこ (anxiety, excellent, finance corporation, fine, for ever, from ancient times, historic, looking back, love of antiquities, the public, the world, unprecedented, worry), てきせつ (adequate, appropriate, relevance). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

타당한 (relevant). (various references)

   

Manx

  

bentynagh (tactile, tangent). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ertinentpay

   

Portuguese

  

pertinente (appurtenant, apropos, relevant), pertences (belongings, paraphrase, things), justeza (adequacy, pertinency, precision, props). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

pertinent (apposite), oportun (advisable, apposite, apropos, convenient, fortunate, opportune, purposeful, relevant, seasonable, timely, towardly), legat (bound, coherent, coherently, connected, inwrought, related, relevant). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

уместный (apposite, apropos, felicitous, germane, in place, pointful, relevant), подходящий (apposite, appropriate, appropriative, apt, assorted, congenial, congruous, convenient, correct, eligible, favorable, favourable, felicitous, fit, germane, in point, likely, opportune, pointful, propitious, suitable, suited, well-becoming, well-matched), имеющий отношение. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

značajan (consequential, grand, important, major, meaningful, momentous, notable, significant, significative, weighty), važan (consequential, imperative, important, material, momentous, serious, weighty). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

pertinente (applicable, apropos, relevant). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

tillämplig (applicable). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yerinde (answerable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, befitting, calculated, condign, conformable, expedient, felicitous, fit, fitted, grandiloquent, in, in one's stead, in place, just, legitimate, on the premises, opportune, Pat, pointed, pro-, proper, pursuant, rightful, snappy, sound, suitable, valid, well, well-judged), uygun (acceptable, accommodating, adaptable, adequate, advisable, agreeable, allowable, answerable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, befitting, calculated, comely, commensurate, comparative, compatible, concordant, conformable, congenial, congruent, congruous, consistent, convenient, cool, correct, decent, done, due, eligible, enjoyable, equal, expedient, fair, fair enough, favorable, favourable, felicitous, fine, fit, fitted, fitting, for, in place, keen, likely, lovely, made to order, matching, meet, nice, opportune, permitting, pleasant, proper, propitious, proportional, prosperous, pursuant, relevant, ripe, seasonable, seemly, Square, suitable, suited, tailormade, up to, well, well-matched), münasip (agreeable, apposite, congruous, decorous, meet, Pat, proper, suitable, tailormade), ilgili (about, anent, companion, concerned, connected, curious, germane, in regard to, interested, involved, related, relative). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

відповідний (accordant, adequate, agreeable, answerable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, coincident, coincidental, commensurate, concordant, conformable, congruent, congruous, consistent, correspondent, corresponding, fit, homologous, mutual, proper, relational, relative, respective, suitable, worthy), доречний (apposite, appropriate, appurtenant, apropos, apt, felicitous, opportune, relevant, well timed). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

thích hợp (advisable, applicable, apposite, apropos, becoming, befitting, compatible, congenial, congruous, congurent, fitting, meet, met, properly, suitable), thích đáng (adequate, apposite, appropriate, aptly, due, duly, proper). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Pertinent

LanguageDateSourceGenesis Chapter 14, Verse 11
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintElabon de thn ippon pasan thn sodomwn kai gomorraV kai panta ta brwmata autwn kai aphlqon
Latin405VulgateTulerunt autem omnem substantiam Sodomorum et Gomorrae et universa quae ad cibum pertinent et abierunt
Old English990West SaxonÞa namon þa [feowran] sigefæstan cyningas sona on þam burgum Sodoma ond Gomorra ða god þe hi ðær fundon, [ond eac ðone mete. Ond hi forleton þa byrig.]
Middle English1395WyclifForsothe thei token al the substaunce of Sodom and of Gomor, and alle thingis that parteyneden to mete, and yeden awey;
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd they toke all the goodes of Sodome and Gomorra and all their vitalles ad went their waye.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their provisions, and went their way.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd the four kings took all the goods and food from Sodom and Gomorrah and went on their way.

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

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Matched Bible Translations: Pertinent

LanguageGenesis Chapter 14, Verse 11
CebuanoUg gikuha nila ang tanan nga bahandi sa Sodoma ug sa Gomorra, ug ang tanan nila nga mga kalan-on, ug nanglakaw sila.
CroatianPobjednici pokupe sve blago po Sodomi i Gomori i svu hranu pa odu.
DanishSå tog Fjenden alt Godset i Sodoma og Gomorra og alle Levnedsmidlerne og drog bort;
DutchEn zij namen al de have van Sodom en Gomorra, en al hun spijze, en trokken weg.
FinnishJa he ottivat Sodomasta ja Gomorrasta kaiken tavaran ja kaikki ruokavarat ja menivät matkaansa.
FrenchLes vainqueurs enlevèrent toutes les richesses de Sodome et de Gomorrhe, et toutes leurs provisions; et ils s`en allèrent.
GermanDa nahmen sie alle Habe zu Sodom und Gomorra und alle Speise und zogen davon.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariKeempat raja yang menang, merampas segala-galanya di Sodom dan Gomora, termasuk bahan makanan, lalu pergi.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka dirampas oranglah akan segala harta benda yang di Sodom dan Gomorah serta segala perbekalannyapun, lalu pergi.
ItalianGli invasori presero tutti i beni di Sodoma e Gomorra e tutti i loro viveri e se ne andarono.
MaoriNa murua ana e ratou nga taonga katoa o Horoma, o Komora, me a ratou kai katoa, a haere ana.
NorwegianSå tok de alt godset i Sodoma og Gomorra og all deres mat og drog bort.
PortugueseTomaram, então, todos os bens de Sodoma e de Gomorra com todo o seu mantimento, e se foram.   
RumanianBiruitorii au luat toate bogqyiile Sodomei wi Gomorei, wi toate merindele lor, wi au plecat.
SpanishLos enemigos tomaron todos los bienes de Sodoma y de Gomorra, y todos sus alimentos, y se fueron.
SwedishSå togo de allt gods som fanns i Sodom och Gomorra, och alla livsmedel där, och tågade bort;

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

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Derivations & Misspellings: Pertinent

Derivations

Words beginning with "pertinent": pertinently. (additional references)

Words ending with "pertinent": impertinent. (additional references)

Words containing "pertinent": impertinently. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Pertinent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Partanen, partement, partient, pentimento, Perdonnet, perient, perinent, perminent, pertainent, pertanent, pertenent, pertient, pertiment, pertinant, pertinens, pertinet, pertinetn, pertitent, pertnient, portamenti, Portinatx, portinent. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "Pertinent"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "pertinent" (pronounced per"tununt)
8p er" t u n u n timpertinent.
6-t u n u n tabstinent, continent, incontinent, subcontinent.
5-u n u n tconsonant, contaminant, covenant, determinant, dissonant, dominant, eminent, immanent, imminent, permanent, predominant, preeminent, prominent, recombinant, resonant, ruminant, semipermanent.
4-n u n tcomplainant, component, exponent, indignant, lieutenant, malignant, opponent, pennant, pregnant, proponent, remnant, repugnant, stagnant, tenant.
3-u n tabandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, 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, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, 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, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complaisant, complement, compliant, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contentment, contestant, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, 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, 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, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, 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, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immigrant, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, 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, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, 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, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, percipient, persistent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, pronouncement, propellant, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, 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: Pertinent

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-i-n-n-p-r-t-t"

-1 letter: penitent, renitent.

-2 letters: interne, nettier, pettier, tentier.

-3 letters: entire, intent, intern, netter, penner, petite, petter, pinene, pinner, pterin, rennet, repent, repine, retine, retint, tenner, tenpin, tenter, tentie, tinner, tinter, triene.

-4 letters: enter, inept, inert, inner, inter, niter, nitre, penne, penni, peter, petit, petti, preen, print, renin, rente, repin, retie, ripen, tenet, terne, titer, titre.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-i-n-n-p-r-t-t"
 

+1 letter: turpentine.

 

+2 letters: impertinent, penetrating, penetration, pertinently, presentient, septentrion, spinnerette, turpentined, turpentines.

 

+3 letters: intercepting, interception, interplanted, interpreting, penetrations, penitentiary, presentation, presentiment, repatterning, septentrions, spinnerettes.

 

+4 letters: impertinently, interceptions, nonpersistent, penetratingly, presentations, presentiments, reappointment, septentrional, stepparenting, uninterrupted, unpretentious.

 

+5 letters: antidepressant, counterpointed, interdependent, interpellating, interpellation, interpenetrate, interplanetary, interpretation, nontherapeutic, penitentiaries, pentobarbitone, predestinating, predestination, presentational, presentimental, pretermination, reappointments, reinterpreting, representation, stepparentings, supercontinent, superintendent, superintensity, transparentize.

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

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Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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