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Definitions: Resistant |
ResistantAdjective1. Relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection). 2. Incapable of being affected; "resistant to persuasion". 3. Disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority. 4. Incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "resistant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1878. (references) |
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Medicine | The cell may. . . for some. . . reason, have no receptors for that virus. It is said to be --, no particle of that virus can enter such a cell. Source: European Union. (references) |
Statistics | A statistic is resistant if its value does not change substantially when an arbitrary change, no matter how large, is made in any small part of the data. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: ResistantSynonyms: immune (adj), insubordinate (adj), repellent (adj), resistive (adj). (additional references) |
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Opposition | In hostile array, front to front, with crossed bayonets, at daggers drawn; up in arms; resistant. |
Resistance | Adjective: resisting;Verb: resistive, resistant; refractory; (disobedient); recalcitrant, renitent; up in arms. |
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 | Shown is a culture medium and the hands of a technician. In this recombinant DNA technology, the thymidine kinase gene of herpes simplex virus is being cloned in bacteria. Those bacteria that have incorporated the gene are no longer resistant to the antibiotic tetracycline. By growing the bacteria on media that includes tetracycline, the colonies that don't grow are selected (circled in slide). These bacteria have incorporated the gene that is being studied.Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | Scanning Electron Micrograph of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci.Credit: CDC. |
 | Resistant Gonorrhea ALERT!.Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ||
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Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | After a while the faces of the watching men lost their bemused perplexity and became hard and angry and resistant. |
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Health | Reducing the development of resistant strains. (references) | |
Resistant bacteria are no longer killed by the antibiotic. (references) | ||
Prevalence of strains resistant to multiple classes of drugs is increasing. (references) | ||
Business | Equipment and systems purchased include active and passive technology, including safes, armored doors and burglar resistant windows and electronic protection devices. (references) | |
When considering the competitive situation, it should also be kept in mind that there are products that offer advantages similar or those of GMOs, for example, a non-GM but herbicide resistant "STS-soy" made by DuPont. (references) | ||
The Chinese government has included chemical fiber carpets resistant to corrosion, fire, wear, mold contamination and static electricity, on their list of items that either are unavailable in China in large enough quantities or high enough quality. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Most of those returning from Europe were unable to return to their prewar homes in the RS. Much of Croat-controlled Herzegovina and towns in eastern RS remained resistant to minority returns, although efforts by hard-line Croats to resettle returning refugees and consolidate the results of ethnic cleansings have ceased for the most part. (references) |
Economic History | Burma | The state bureaucracy is resistant to change and slow to make decisions. (references) |
Russia | There is an even greater demand for shape retentive (strike resistant) polystyrene, foam-polystyrene insulation sandwich panels, and polypropylene. (references) | |
Political Economy | Luxembourg | On international trade issues, Luxembourg follows the EU consensus - although the government is resistant to changes that may undermine the country's profitable off-shore banking industry, which represented 18 percent of foreign exchange earnings and 47% of all tax revenues in 1999, and its bank secrecy laws. (references) |
Trade | Finland | In mid-1996 the Finnish government's inter-ministerial licensing authority began, within the EU, selectively to oppose American company applications for commercialization of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) such as insect resistant corn. (references) |
Travel | Latvia | According to the World Health Organization, tuberculosis is a significant problem in Latvia, with 9% of all cases being multi-drug resistant. (references) |
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| "Resistant" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.71% of the time. "Resistant" is used about 689 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) | 99.71% | 687 | 9,654 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.29% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 689 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "resistant": acid resistant ♦ antibiotic resistant marker gene ♦ fade resistant ♦ fire resistant ♦ fire resistant board ♦ fire resistant paper ♦ heat resistant ♦ impact resistant ♦ pathogen resistant to antibiotics ♦ repellent resistant ♦ resistant to ♦ resistant to light ♦ rust resistant ♦ sound resistant screens ♦ vitamin D resistant rickets. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "resistant": resistant-reader. | |
Ending with "resistant": child-resistant, disease-resistant, heat-resistant, insect-resistant, pesticide-resistant, phylloxera-resistant, puromycin-resistant, rot-resistant, rust-resistant, slip-resistant, stain-resistant, treatment-resistant, water-resistant, weather-resistant, wind-resistant. | |
Containing "resistant": autoclave-resistant factor, heat-resistant glass, ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes, ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus, ketosis-resistant diabetes, ketosis-resistant diabetes mellitus, penicillinase-resistant antibiotic, penicillin-resistant bacteria. | |
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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. |
| Language | Translations for "resistant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i qëndrueshëm (abiding, consistent, constant, durable, enduring, evergreen, fast, firm, Hardy, indissoluble, lasting, lingering, perdurable, permanent, persistent, settled, stabilized, stable, steady, surefooted, unalterable, unswerving), i fortë (able bodied, adamant, adamantine, brawny, cast iron, cogent, decuman, Doughty, durable, endurable, enduring, fast, fierce, firm, flinty, forceful, Hale, hard, Hardy, heavy duty, high pitched, intense, intensive, keen, lancinating, nervous, oaky, potent, powerful, red blooded, refractory, robust, rocky, rough, rugged, screamy, serviceable, sharp, smart, solid, sound, spanking, stable, staunch, steely, stentorian, stiff, stout, strong, sturdy, swashing, swingeing, tenable, tenacious, tough, two-fisted, vehement, vigorous, violent, virile, virulent, well-built, well-set). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مقاوم (adversary, opponent, opposer, reluctant, renitent, unwilling), متمرد (disobedient, disorderly, insubordinate, insurgent, insurrectionary, mutinous, rebel, rebellious, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, turbulent), معارض (antagonist, contrary, dissenting, in opposition to, objecting, opposed, opposite, reluctant, unfavorable, unfavourable, unwilling), صلب (adamant, aguish, callosity, callous, cast iron, concrete, consolidate, corneous, cross oneself, crucifixion, crucify, cruel, firm, harden, horny, inflexible, loin, metallic, out and out, persistent, ramrod, rigid, robust, sear, solid, solidary, stabile, stark, stiff, stiffen, stubborn, temper, tenacious, tough, unkind, unyielding), صامد (durable, fireproof, immovable, patient, proof, recusant, staunch), المقاوم (resistor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | съпротивяващ се, съпротивляващ се човек (resister), съпротивителен (resistance), устойчив (firm, persevering, rigid, settled, stable, staunch, steadfast, steady, sure footed, unswerving), човек който се бори (resister), противник (adversary, antagonist, dissenter, enemy, opponent, opposer, resister), издръжлив (enduring, hard bitten, patient, proof, reliable, seaworthy, spunky, stout, strong, tough). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 抗性. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | odolný (durable, immune, resilient, tough), kladoucí odpor, imunní (immune). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | resistent. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | resistent (immune). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پایدار (Constant, Fast, Indissoluble, Inexhaustible, Permanent, Stanch, Undying, Unfailing, Unflinching), مقاوم (Adamant, Refractory, Resister). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | robusti (robust), resistentti, vaikeasti hajoava. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | résistant. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | widerstandsfähig (fast, Hardy, imperishable, robust, tolerant, tough), resistent. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μη βιοαποικοδομήσιμα υλικά, αντέχων (proof), αντικρούων (contester, impugner, rebutter, traverser), ανθιστάμενοσ, ανθεκτικόσ (durable, resilient, tough). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | עמי" בפ י. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ellenálló (confront, repellent, resister, stand up to, stubborn, tenacious, withstand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | resistente (hard-wearing, Hardy, proof, refractory, strong, tough). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 耐性 (resistance, tolerance, tolerant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | たいしょく (corrosion-resistant, faded colour, fading, gluttony, retirement), たいし" (confrontation, person of high rank or income, resistant to earthquakes), たいかりょく (fire resistant), たいか" (bodily sensation, broad overview, cold-resistant, encyclopedia, general survey, retirement from office, serious illness, travails). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 항하" (Resisted, Withstood). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | jeenagh (impermeable, rinsing, staunch, waterproof), aahassooagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | esistantray resistente (adamant, durable goods, firm, lasting effects, proof, robust, solid, strong, sturdy, tough, wakeless, wiry). (various references) rezistent (enduring, fast, hard, Hardy, immune, lasting, patient, stout, strong, tough), puternic (acute, ardent, authoritative, biting, catchy, drastic, exquisite, fierce, flush, forceful, forcible, forcibly, great, hard, heavily, heavy, high, important, intense, intensely, intensive, leonine, loud, lusty, marrowy, mighty, muscular, nervous, nervy, pithy, potent, powerful, pronounced, robust, rough, rude, searching, severe, sinewy, solid, stark, stout, strapping, strong, tough, towering, vigorous, violent, virulent), ferm (decidedly, firm, fixed, hard, hard bitten, inflexible, resolute, resolved, set, stable, staunch, steadfast, steady, sturdy, tight, unbending, unfaltering, unflinching, unshaken, unswerving, unwavering, unyielding), de împotrivire, dârz (adamant, audacious, daring, gamy, saucy, steadfast, stout, stoutly, strong-minded, stubborn, unflinching), care se împotriveşte (reluctant), care rezistã. (various references) стойкий (doughty, fast, firm, hard bitten, hardbitten, lasting, persistent, staunch, steadfast, stout, stouthearted, stout-hearted, sturdy, true-blue, uncompromising, unyielding), сопротивляющийся (reluctant). (various references) rezistentan, otporan. (various references) resistente (endurable, Hardy, proof, resilient, rugged, tough). (various references) resistent, resistant (resistent), motståndskraftig (proof, tough), beständig (constant, perpetual, persistent, steady). (various references) karşı koyan (counteractive, defier, deprecating), dirençli (robust, stubborn), dayanıklı (cast iron, consolidated, durable, enduring, fast, firm, for hard wear, gritty, hard, Hardy, heavy duty, impervious, impregnable, indestructible, invulnerable, keeping, lasting, long lasting, nonperishable, patient, proof, refractory, resistant to, resolute, runproof, sedulous, serviceable, sturdy, substantial, substantive, supportable, tough, unfading, wiry). (various references) стійкий (dyed in the wool, fast, hard bitten, perseverant, persevering, persistent, resolved, rigid, steady, stout hearted, sturdy, vertebrate), що чинить опір. (various references) kháng cự, chống cự, có sức bền, bền (close, durable, stable, strong, tenacious), đề kháng có sức chịu đựng. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | lentus. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "resistant": resistants. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "resistant": nonresistant, unresistant. (additional references) | |
Words containing "resistant": nonresistants. (additional references) | |
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"Resistant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ersistent, presistant, Ravissant, resistate, resistens, resistent, resitant. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "resistant" (pronounced ruzi"stunt or rēzi"stunt) |
| 7 | -z i" s t u n t | existent, nonexistent. |
| 6 | -i" s t u n t | assistant, consistent, distant, inconsistent, insistent, persistent. |
| 5 | -s t u n t | constant, contestant, decongestant, extant, instant, protestant. |
| 4 | -t u n t | accountant, adjutant, blatant, combatant, competent, concomitant, consultant, disinfectant, exorbitant, expectant, exultant, hesitant, important, impotent, inadvertent, incompetent, inhabitant, intermittent, irritant, latent, militant, mutant, noncombatant, omnipotent, patent, penitent, pollutant, potent, reluctant, repentant, resultant, surfactant, unimportant, unrepentant. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, 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, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consonant, constituent, containment, contaminant, contentment, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insolent, insolvent, installment, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, nascent, negligent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, pennant, percipient, permanent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, postponement, postretirement, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, 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, unpleasant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
| 7 | -z i" s t u n t | existent, nonexistent. |
| 6 | -i" s t u n t | assistant, consistent, distant, inconsistent, insistent, persistent. |
| 5 | -s t u n t | constant, contestant, decongestant, extant, instant, protestant. |
| 4 | -t u n t | accountant, adjutant, blatant, combatant, competent, concomitant, consultant, disinfectant, exorbitant, expectant, exultant, hesitant, important, impotent, inadvertent, incompetent, inhabitant, intermittent, irritant, latent, militant, mutant, noncombatant, omnipotent, patent, penitent, pollutant, potent, reluctant, repentant, resultant, surfactant, unimportant, unrepentant. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, 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, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consonant, constituent, containment, contaminant, contentment, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insolent, insolvent, installment, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, nascent, negligent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, pennant, percipient, permanent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, postponement, postretirement, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, 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, unpleasant, 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 | |
Direct Anagrams: straitens. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-n-r-s-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: antsiest, artiness, artistes, artsiest, instates, intreats, nastiest, nitrates, retsinas, satinets, stainers, stearins, stinters, straiten, striates, tartness, tertians, titaness, transits. | |
-2 letters: anestri, antsier, arsines, artiest, artiste, artists, attires, entasis, estrins, inserts, instars, instate, intreat, iratest, iterant, nastier, nasties, natters, nattier, nitrate, ratines, ratites, rattens, retains, retinas, retints, retsina, santirs, satinet, satires, sestina, sinters. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-n-r-s-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: antistress, brattiness, reinstates, resistants, restraints, stationers, sterilants, straitness, tanistries, tearstains, transients. | |
+2 letters: antistories, astringents, centralists, interstates, martensites, monetarists, neutralists, registrants, retransmits, scatterings, smatterings, straightens, throatiness, tristearins, unresistant. | |
+3 letters: adventurists, airtightness, anorthosites, antirealists, antistrophes, antitrusters, brattinesses, clarinetists, creationists, dissertating, dissertation, forestations, heartstrings, intercostals, interstrains, interstrands, literateness, mistranslate, nonresistant, orientalists, paternalists, restorations, stationeries, straightness, straitnesses, superstation, transections, transmitters, transvestism, transvestite, unrestraints. | |
| 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. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 73 69 73 74 61 6E 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . ... .. ... - .- -. - |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01110011 01101001 01110011 01110100 01100001 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e s i s t a n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0073 0069 0073 0074 0061 006E 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)527185758586678086 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Translations: Ancient 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Orthography 18. Bibliography |
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