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-Ment
- - A suffix denoting that which does a thing; an act or process; the result of an act or process; state or condition; as, aliment, that which nourishes, ornament, increment; fragment, piece broken, segment; abridgment, act of abridging, imprisonment, movement, adjournment; amazement, state of being amazed, astonishment.
Agent
- noun - a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
- a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
- a substance that exerts some force or effect
- an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect; "their research uncovered new disease agents"
- any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau
- the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
Ament
- noun - (Botany) another name for catkin, also called: amentum.
- a cylindrical spikelike inflorescence
Anent
- - beside
- Concerning, about.
- Over against; as, he lives anent the church.
Avant
- - The front of an army. [Obs.] See Van.
Biont
- noun - a discrete unit of living matter
Blent
- - Mingled; mixed; blended; also, polluted; stained.
Blunt
- adjective - characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation"
- devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline"
- having a broad or rounded end; "thick marks made by a blunt pencil"
- make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"
- make less intense; "blunted emotions"
- make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"
- make less sharp; "blunt the knives"
- make numb or insensitive; "The shock
Brant
- noun - small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward