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Showing words for MORDANT using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Mordant

dormant, mordant

6 Letter Words for Mordant

antdom, matron, ortman, random, rodman, tomand

5 Letter Words for Mordant

adorn, amort, andor, damon, donar, donat, drant, drona, manor, manto, maron, monad, morat, morta, nardo, nomad, norma, orant, radon, ramon, roman, rotan, tardo, toman, toran, torma, troad, trona

4 Letter Words for Mordant

adon, ador, amdt, amon, amor, arno, atmo, atom, damn, dant, darn, dart, dato, doat, domn, dona, dont, dora, dorm, dorn, dort, dram, drat, mado, mand, mano, mant, mard, maro, mart, mdnt, moan, moat, mona, mont, mora, mord, morn, mort, mota, mrna, nard, nato, natr, noma, norm, nota, oman, orad, oran, ordn, orna, rand, rant, rato, road, roam, roan, roma, rond, ront, rota, tarn, taro, toad, toda, torn, trad, tram, trna, trod, tron

3 Letter Words for Mordant

adm, ado, amt, and, ant, aor, ard, arm, arn, art, atm, dam, dan, dao, dar, dat, dna, doa, dom, don, dor, dot, mad, man, mao, mar, mat, mna, moa, mod, mon, mor, mot, mrd, mtd, mtn, nad, nam, nar, nat, noa, nod, nom, nor, not, oad, oam, oar, oat, oda, ona, ont, ora, ord, ort, rad, ram, ran, rat, rna, rnd, rod, rom, ron, rot, tad, tam, tan, tao, tar, tdr, toa, tod, tom, ton, tor, tra, trm

Definitions for Mordant

[1] sharply caustic or sarcastic, as wit or a speaker; biting.
[2] burning; corrosive.
[3] having the property of fixing colors, as in dyeing.
[4] a substance used in dyeing to fix the coloring matter, especially a metallic compound, as an oxide or hydroxide, that combines with the organic dye and forms an insoluble colored compound or lake in the fiber.
[5] an adhesive substance for binding gold or silver leaf to a surface.
[6] an acid or other corrosive substance used in etching to eat out the lines, areas, etc.
[7] Music . mordent.
[8] to impregnate or treat with a mordant.
[9] a melodic embellishment consisting of a rapid alternation of a principal tone with the tone a half or a whole step below it, called single or short when the auxiliary tone occurs once and double or long when this occurs twice or more.
[10] inverted mordent.
[11] sarcastic or caustic
[12] having the properties of a mordant
[13] pungent
[14] a substance used before the application of a dye, possessing the ability to fix colours in textiles, leather, etc See also lake 2 (def. 1)
[15] an acid or other corrosive fluid used to etch lines on a printing plate
[16] (tr) to treat (a fabric, yarn, etc) with a mordant
[17] music a melodic ornament consisting of the rapid alternation of a note with a note one degree lower than it Also called: lower mordent

Words related to Mordant

biting, caustic, scathing, acerbic, sardonic, sharp, cutting, acid, bitter, mean, cynical, disparaging, disrespectful, poignant, pointed, acerb

Words nearby Mordant

morcellation, morcellation operation, morcha, mordacious, mordancy, mordant, mordant rouge, mordecai, mordent, mordida, mordovian autonomous republic

Origin of Mordant

ent1800–10; < German < Italian mordente biting < Latin mordent-, stem of mordēns, present participle of mordēre to bite; see -ent

Other words from Mordant

mor·dant·ly , adverb
un·mor·dant , adjective
un·mor·dant·ly , adverb

Word origin for Mordant

entC19: from German, from Italian mordente, from mordere to bite

Synonyms for Mordant

acerbic, biting, caustic, sardonic, scathing, acid, bitter, cutting, mean, sharp, acerb, cynical, disparaging, disrespectful, poignant, pointed