-ant, -ants
(Latin: a suffix; a person who, the thing which; people who, things which)
Protestant
1. A member or adherent of any denomination of the Western Christian church that rejects papal authority and some fundamental Roman Catholic doctrines, and who believes in the justification by faith.
2. Any Western Christian who is not an adherent of a Catholic, Anglican, or Eastern Church.
2. An adherent of any of those Christian bodies that separated from the Church of Rome during the Reformation, or of any group descended from them.
2. Any Western Christian who is not an adherent of a Catholic, Anglican, or Eastern Church.
2. An adherent of any of those Christian bodies that separated from the Church of Rome during the Reformation, or of any group descended from them.
puerperant
In the act of childbearing.
pugilant
Boxing, fighting.
quadrant
radiant
radicant
recant
1. To formally reject or to disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure.
2. To deny believing in something or to withdraw something previously said.
3. To make a formal retraction or disavowal of a previously held statement or belief.
4. Etymology: from about 1535, from Latin recantare, "to recall, to revoke"; from re-, "back" + cantare, "to sing, to chant".
2. To deny believing in something or to withdraw something previously said.
3. To make a formal retraction or disavowal of a previously held statement or belief.
4. Etymology: from about 1535, from Latin recantare, "to recall, to revoke"; from re-, "back" + cantare, "to sing, to chant".
A loan-translation of Greek palinoidein, "recant", from palin, "back" + oeidein, "to sing".
recreant
1. Disloyal to a cause or duty; someone who is disloyal or deserts a cause; a coward; a quitter; fainthearted, dastardly, or “yellow”.
2. Originally, "surrendering oneself (to an adversary)."
2. Originally, "surrendering oneself (to an adversary)."
reductant
A reducing agent.
A substance capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance as it is oxidized; used in photography to lessen the density of a negative or print by oxidizing some of the slackened silver.
redundant
1. The use of more words than required to express an idea.
2. Having a word with the same meaning as another word used elsewhere in a written passage without a rhetorical purpose.
3. In excess of what is required or sufficient.
4. Exceeding what is necessary or natural; superfluous.
2. Having a word with the same meaning as another word used elsewhere in a written passage without a rhetorical purpose.
3. In excess of what is required or sufficient.
4. Exceeding what is necessary or natural; superfluous.
refrigerant
1. Cooling or freezing.
2. In medicine, reducing fever.
2. In medicine, reducing fever.
regnant
relaxant
1. A drug that reduces tension and strain, particularly in muscles.
2. Causing something such as a muscle to become less tense.
2. Causing something such as a muscle to become less tense.
relevant (adjective)
1. A reference to something that has been directly connected with and important to what is being discussed or considered: "The relevant ideas and observations that were written in the book have been an inspiration for many people."
2. Relating to a subject in an appropriate way: "She was asked if she has had any relevant experience that coud be applied to the job that she is seeking."
2. Relating to a subject in an appropriate way: "She was asked if she has had any relevant experience that coud be applied to the job that she is seeking."
reluctant
1. Unwilling to become involved: "The boys were reluctant to socialize with the new student."
2. Not eager: "They were reluctant to help the drunk."
3. Unwillingness to do something which is contrary to one's custom.
4. Not very willing to do something and therefore slow to do it.
2. Not eager: "They were reluctant to help the drunk."
3. Unwillingness to do something which is contrary to one's custom.
4. Not very willing to do something and therefore slow to do it.
