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Definitions: Pertinent |
PertinentAdjective1. 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: PertinentSynonyms: apposite (adj), appropriate (adj), apt (adj), to the point(p) (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms 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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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. |
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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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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. | |
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 92.76% | 269 | 17,948 |
| Noun (singular) | 7.24% | 21 | 76,261 |
| Total | 100.00% | 290 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "pertinent": be pertinent to ♦ pertinent remark ♦ pertinent to. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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 |
pertinent | 16 |
communiques department navy pertinent release | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 pertinente (appurtenant, apropos, relevant), pertences (belongings, paraphrase, things), justeza (adequacy, pertinency, precision, props). (various references) pertinent (apposite), oportun (advisable, apposite, apropos, convenient, fortunate, opportune, purposeful, relevant, seasonable, timely, towardly), legat (bound, coherent, coherently, connected, inwrought, related, relevant). (various references) 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) značajan (consequential, grand, important, major, meaningful, momentous, notable, significant, significative, weighty), važan (consequential, imperative, important, material, momentous, serious, weighty). (various references) pertinente (applicable, apropos, relevant). (various references) tillämplig (applicable). (various references) 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) 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) 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 14, Verse 11 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Elabon de thn ippon pasan thn sodomwn kai gomorraV kai panta ta brwmata autwn kai aphlqon |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Tulerunt autem omnem substantiam Sodomorum et Gomorrae et universa quae ad cibum pertinent et abierunt |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Þa 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 English | 1395 | Wyclif | Forsothe thei token al the substaunce of Sodom and of Gomor, and alle thingis that parteyneden to mete, and yeden awey; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And they toke all the goodes of Sodome and Gomorra and all their vitalles ad went their waye. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their provisions, and went their way. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And 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. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 14, Verse 11 |
| Cebuano | Ug gikuha nila ang tanan nga bahandi sa Sodoma ug sa Gomorra, ug ang tanan nila nga mga kalan-on, ug nanglakaw sila. |
| Croatian | Pobjednici pokupe sve blago po Sodomi i Gomori i svu hranu pa odu. |
| Danish | Så tog Fjenden alt Godset i Sodoma og Gomorra og alle Levnedsmidlerne og drog bort; |
| Dutch | En zij namen al de have van Sodom en Gomorra, en al hun spijze, en trokken weg. |
| Finnish | Ja he ottivat Sodomasta ja Gomorrasta kaiken tavaran ja kaikki ruokavarat ja menivät matkaansa. |
| French | Les vainqueurs enlevèrent toutes les richesses de Sodome et de Gomorrhe, et toutes leurs provisions; et ils s`en allèrent. |
| German | Da nahmen sie alle Habe zu Sodom und Gomorra und alle Speise und zogen davon. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Keempat raja yang menang, merampas segala-galanya di Sodom dan Gomora, termasuk bahan makanan, lalu pergi. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka dirampas oranglah akan segala harta benda yang di Sodom dan Gomorah serta segala perbekalannyapun, lalu pergi. |
| Italian | Gli invasori presero tutti i beni di Sodoma e Gomorra e tutti i loro viveri e se ne andarono. |
| Maori | Na murua ana e ratou nga taonga katoa o Horoma, o Komora, me a ratou kai katoa, a haere ana. |
| Norwegian | Så tok de alt godset i Sodoma og Gomorra og all deres mat og drog bort. |
| Portuguese | Tomaram, então, todos os bens de Sodoma e de Gomorra com todo o seu mantimento, e se foram. |
| Rumanian | Biruitorii au luat toate bogqyiile Sodomei wi Gomorei, wi toate merindele lor, wi au plecat. |
| Spanish | Los enemigos tomaron todos los bienes de Sodoma y de Gomorra, y todos sus alimentos, y se fueron. |
| Swedish | Så 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. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "pertinent": pertinently. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "pertinent": impertinent. (additional references) | |
Words containing "pertinent": impertinently. (additional references) | |
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"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). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "pertinent" (pronounced per"tununt) |
| 8 | p er" t u n u n t | impertinent. |
| 6 | -t u n u n t | abstinent, continent, incontinent, subcontinent. |
| 5 | -u n u n t | consonant, contaminant, covenant, determinant, dissonant, dominant, eminent, immanent, imminent, permanent, predominant, preeminent, prominent, recombinant, resonant, ruminant, semipermanent. |
| 4 | -n u n t | complainant, component, exponent, indignant, lieutenant, malignant, opponent, pennant, pregnant, proponent, remnant, repugnant, stagnant, tenant. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, 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. | ||
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. | |
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