-ant, -ants

(Latin: a suffix; a person who, the thing which; people who, things which)

funambulant (s) (noun), funambulants (pl)
A rope-walker.
habitant
hiant (adjective), more hiant, most hiant
1. Referring to something that is gaping or open: "Joe went to the medical clinic so a doctor could treat his laceration or hiant wound which was bleeding and needed immediate emergency treatment."
2. Etymology: from Latin hians and hiare, "to gape or to open wide">
hydrant
1. An upright pipe with a spout, nozzle, or other outlet, usually in the street, for drawing water from a main or service pipe; especially, for fighting fires.
2. A faucet for drawing water from a pipe.
ignorant
1. Lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
2. Lacking knowledge or information as to a particular subject or fact: "He is ignorant of quantum physics, as most of us are.
3. Uninformed; unaware.
4. A result of or showing a lack of knowledge or training: "He made such an ignorant statement that no one had any confidence in anything that he said."
illuminant (s) (noun), illuminants (pl)
Anything that produces or gives off a beam: The flashlight which the hiker carried was the illuminant which made it possible for the hikers to find their campground after it became dark.
immigrant (s) (noun), immigrants (pl)
1. A newcomer to a territory who has settled there.
2. Someone who leaves one country to live permanently in another one.
3. A plant or animal that establishes itself in an area where it previously did not exist.
incessantly
1. Relating to continuing something without pausing or not interrupting a process or procedure.
2. In an incessant manner; not ceasing or stopping.
incogitant (adjective), more incogitant, most incogitant
1. Thoughtless; unthinking; characterized by want of thought; inconsiderate: It was very incognisant of Jane to throw the chewing gum wrappings out of the car window and therefore pollute the environment.
2. Referring to a person who does not posses the mental ability of thinking or acting: Since little Timmy was only 2 years old, his incognisant behavior towards his older brother could be excused.
Not thinking what a person is doing.
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inerrant (adjective) (not comparable)
Infallible and containing no mistakes: Sharon's inerrant article about the city's financial situation was well received by her newspaper editor.
informant (s), informants (pl) (nouns)
inhabitant
inhalant
1. Inhaling; serving for inhalation; concerned with inhalation.
2. A medicine, allergen, or other substance that is inhaled.
3. Any volatile substance, as nitrous oxide, butyl nitrite, toluene, gasoline, or paint thinner, capable of being inhaled, sometimes abused for its intoxicating effect.
4. An apparatus used for inhaling; a medicinal preparation for inhalation.
innatant
Swimming or floating in or upon some liquid.
intendant
A director, manager of a public business, superintendant, etc.; term applied to certain foreign officials, as to the supervisors of any of certain districts in Spanish America.