7 Letter Words for Salient
anilest, eastlin, elastin, entails, nailset, salient, saltine, slainte, staniel, tenails
6 Letter Words for Salient
aliens, elains, elints, enlist, entail, inlets, lanset, latens, latins, lianes, lineas, listen, neslia, sainte, saline, salite, salten, saltie, satine, seitan, silane, silent, slinte, stalin, stelai, stenia, tansel, tenail, tenias, tineal, tineas, tinsel, tisane
5 Letter Words for Salient
aisle, alien, aliet, alist, alite, altin, anile, anils, anise, anlet, antes, antis, astel, elain, elans, elint, elsin, enlit, ental, entia, entsi, etnas, inlet, insea, inset, intel, islet, istle, laeti, laine, lanes, lants, laten, latin, leans, least, leats, lenis, lenti, liane, liens, liest, linea, lines, lints, litas, lites, nails, nates, neals, neats, neist, nelis, saine, saint, salet, sanit, satin, senal, senit, senti, setal, siena, sient, silen, sinal, slain, slait, slane, slant, slate, slent, sline, slite, snail, snite, stail, stain, stale, stane, steal, stean, steil, stein, stela, stile, stine, tails, tains, taise, tales, talis, teals, teils, telia, tenai, tenia, tenla, tesla, tiens, tiles, tinea, tines, tsine
4 Letter Words for Salient
aiel, aile, ails, aine, ains, aint, aits, alen, ales, alin, alts, anes, anet, anil, anis, ansi, ante, anti, ants, asin, ates, atis, atle, atli, eans, east, eats, eila, elan, elts, etas, etna, ilea, inst, inta, intl, isle, isnt, ital, itas, itel, laen, laet, lain, lait, lane, lant, lase, last, late, lati, lats, lean, leas, leat, leis, lena, lens, lent, lest, lets, lias, lien, lies, lina, line, lins, lint, list, lite, lits, nael, nail, nais, nale, nasi, nast, natl, nats, neal, neat, nest, neti, nets, nies, nile, nils, nist, nits, sail, sain, sale, salt, sane, sant, sate, sati, seal, sean, seat, seil, seit, selt, sena, sent, seta, sial, sian, sien, sila, sile, silt, sina, sine, sita, site, slat, slit, snit, sten, stie, tael, taen, tail, tain, tais, tale, tali, tane, tans, teal, tean, teas, teil, tela, teli, tels, tens, tien, ties, tile, tils, tine, tins, tsia
3 Letter Words for Salient
aes, ail, ain, ais, ait, ale, aln, als, alt, ane, ans, ant, ase, asl, ast, ate, ean, eas, eat, ela, eli, els, elt, enl, ens, est, eta, ile, ins, int, ise, isl, isn, ist, ita, its, lai, lan, las, lat, lea, lei, les, let, lie, lin, lis, lit, lst, nae, nas, nat, nea, nei, net, nie, nil, nis, nit, sai, sal, san, sat, sea, sei, sel, sen, set, sie, sil, sin, sit, sla, sle, slt, sta, tai, tal, tan, tas, tea, tel, ten, tes, tie, til, tin, tis, tln, tsi
Definitions for Salient
[1] prominent or conspicuous: salient traits.
[2] projecting or pointing outward: a salient angle.
[3] leaping or jumping: a salient animal.
[4] Heraldry . (of a beast) represented as leaping: a lion salient.
[5] a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
[6] Physical Geography . a landform that extends out beyond its surroundings, as a spur projecting from the side of a mountain. Compare reentrant(def 4) .
[7] prominent, conspicuous, or striking a salient feature
[8] (esp in fortifications) projecting outwards at an angle of less than 180° Compare re-entrant (def. 1)
[9] geometry (of an angle) pointing outwards from a polygon and hence less than 180° Compare re-entrant (def. 2)
[10] (esp of animals) leaping
[11] military a projection of the forward line into enemy-held territory
[12] a salient angle
Words related to Salient
arresting, pertinent, conspicuous, weighty, signal, notable, jutting, striking, famous, impressive, intrusive, marked, moving, obtrusive, obvious, outstanding, projecting, prominent, pronounced, remarkable
Words nearby Salient
salicylic, salicylic acid, salicylism, salience, saliency, salient, salientian, salieri, saliferous, salifiable, salify
Origin of Salient
1555–65; < Latin salient- (stem of saliēns, present participle of salīre to spring, jump), equivalent to sali- verb stem + -ent- -ent
Other words from Salient
sa·li·ent·ly , adverb
un·sa·li·ent , adjective
un·sa·li·ent·ly , adverb
Word origin for Salient
C16: from Latin salīre to leap
Synonyms for Salient
arresting, conspicuous, pertinent, weighty, jutting, notable, signal, striking, arrestive, famous, impressive, intrusive, marked, moving, obtrusive, obvious, outstanding, projecting, prominent, pronounced, protruding, remarkable, significant
