Words that rhyme with sejant

n 1: an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect; "their research uncovered new disease agents" 2: a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations 3: a substance that exerts some force or effect 4: a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission [syn: agent, factor, broker] 5: any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau [syn: agent, federal agent] 6: the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause [syn: agentive role, agent]

adj 1: steadfast in devotion (especially to your lawful monarch or government); "it is impossible to be allegiant to two opposing forces"

adj 1: of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver; "silvery hair" [syn: argent, silver, silvery, silverish] n 1: a metal tincture used in heraldry to give a silvery appearance

adj 1: sour or bitter in taste [syn: acerb, acerbic, astringent] 2: tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue; "astringent cosmetic lotions" [ant: nonastringent] n 1: a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals [syn: astringent, astringent drug, styptic]

adj 1: powerfully persuasive; "a cogent argument"; "a telling presentation"; "a weighty argument" [syn: cogent, telling, weighty]

adj 1: following or accompanying as a consequence; "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"; "attendant circumstances"; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable" [syn: attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequent]

adj 1: possible but not certain to occur; "they had to plan for contingent expenses" 2: determined by conditions or circumstances that follow; "arms sales contingent on the approval of congress" [syn: contingent, contingent on(p), contingent upon(p), dependent on(p), dependant on(p), dependent upon(p), dependant upon(p), depending on(p)] 3: uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances; "the results of confession were not contingent, they were certain"- George Eliot n 1: a gathering of persons representative of some larger group; "each nation sent a contingent of athletes to the Olympics" 2: a temporary military unit; "the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent" [syn: contingent, detail]

adj 1: tending to come together from different directions [ant: divergent, diverging]

n 1: ratio of the adjacent to the opposite side of a right- angled triangle [syn: cotangent, cotan]

adj 1: guilty of a misdeed; "delinquent minors" 2: failing in what duty requires; "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"; "neglectful of his duties"; "remiss of you not to pay your bills" [syn: derelict, delinquent, neglectful, remiss] 3: past due; not paid at the scheduled time; "an overdue installment"; "a delinquent account" [syn: delinquent, overdue] n 1: a young offender [syn: delinquent, juvenile delinquent]

adj 1: quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness; "a diligent (or patient) worker"; "with persevering (or patient) industry she revived the failing business" [syn: diligent, persevering] 2: characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks; "a diligent detective investigates all clues"; "a diligent search of the files" [ant: negligent]

adj 1: diverging from another or from a standard; "a divergent opinion" 2: tending to move apart in different directions [syn: divergent, diverging] [ant: convergent]

adj 1: radiating or as if radiating light; "the beaming sun"; "the effulgent daffodils"; "a radiant sunrise"; "a refulgent sunset" [syn: beaming, beamy, effulgent, radiant, refulgent]

adj 1: expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech" [syn: eloquent, facile, fluent, silver, silver- tongued, smooth-spoken]

adj 1: occurring unexpectedly and requiring urgent action; "emergent repair of an aorta" 2: coming into existence; "an emergent republic" [syn: emergent, emerging]

adj 1: demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need" [syn: clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant] 2: requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more exigent over his pronunciation" [syn: exigent, exacting]

adj 1: coming at short intervals or habitually; "a frequent guest"; "frequent complaints" [ant: infrequent] 2: frequently encountered; "a frequent (or common) error is using the transitive verb `lay' for the intransitive `lie'"; v 1: do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of [syn: patronize, patronise, shop, shop at, buy at, frequent, sponsor] [ant: boycott] 2: be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; "She haunts the ballet" [syn: frequent, haunt]

adj 1: shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the glaring sun" [syn: blazing, blinding, dazzling, fulgent, glaring, glary]

adj 1: lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying" [syn: grandiloquent, magniloquent, tall] 2: puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek [syn: grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous]

adj 1: lacking worth or importance; "his work seems trivial and inconsequential"; "the quite inconsequent fellow was managed like a puppet" [syn: inconsequent, inconsequential]

adj 1: poor enough to need help from others [syn: destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken]

adj 1: characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone ; "indulgent grandparents" [ant: nonindulgent, strict] 2: tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "too soft on the children"; "they are soft on crime" [syn: indulgent, lenient, soft] 3: being favorably inclined; "an indulgent attitude"

adj 1: not frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals; "infrequent outbursts of temper" [ant: frequent]

adj 1: in opposition to a civil authority or government [syn: insurgent, seditious, subversive] n 1: a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) [syn: insurgent, insurrectionist, freedom fighter, rebel] 2: a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment [syn: guerrilla, guerilla, irregular, insurgent]

adj 1: having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree; "is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question" [ant: stupid, unintelligent] 2: possessing sound knowledge; "well-informed readers" [syn: intelligent, well-informed] 3: exercising or showing good judgment; "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision" [syn: healthy, intelligent, levelheaded, level-headed, sound] 4: endowed with the capacity to reason [syn: intelligent, reasoning(a), thinking(a)]

adj 1: impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill; "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency" [syn: adamant, adamantine, inexorable, intransigent]

adj 1: lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying" [syn: grandiloquent, magniloquent, tall]

n 1: a businessperson engaged in retail trade [syn: merchant, merchandiser]

adj 1: characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern; "negligent parents"; "negligent of detail"; "negligent in his correspondence" [ant: diligent]

n 1: someone who sells newspapers [syn: newsagent, newsdealer, newsvendor, newsstand operator]

adj 1: excessively indulgent

n 1: an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes [syn: pageant, pageantry] 2: a rich and spectacular ceremony [syn: pageant, pageantry]

adj 1: loud and resounding; "plangent bells"; "the plangent minority"

adj 1: strong and sharp;"the pungent taste of radishes"; "the acrid smell of burning rubber" [syn: pungent, acrid] 2: capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire" [syn: barbed, biting, nipping, pungent, mordacious]

adj 1: radiating or as if radiating light; "the beaming sun"; "the effulgent daffodils"; "a radiant sunrise"; "a refulgent sunset" [syn: beaming, beamy, effulgent, radiant, refulgent]

adj 1: acting or functioning as a regent or ruler; "prince- regent" n 1: members of a governing board [syn: regent, trustee] 2: someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch

adj 1: rising again as to new life and vigor; "resurgent nationalism" [syn: resurgent, renascent]

adj 1: in regular succession without gaps; "serial concerts" [syn: consecutive, sequent, sequential, serial, successive] 2: following or accompanying as a consequence; "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"; "attendant circumstances"; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable" [syn: attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequent]

n 1: any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal 2: a lawman with the rank of sergeant [syn: police sergeant, sergeant] 3: an English barrister of the highest rank [syn: serjeant-at- law, serjeant, sergeant-at-law, sergeant]

adj 1: demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; "rigorous discipline"; "tight security"; "stringent safety measures" [syn: rigorous, stringent, tight]

adj 1: following in time or order; "subsequent developments" [ant: antecedent]

n 1: a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point 2: ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle [syn: tangent, tan]

adj 1: having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect; "searching insights"; "trenchant criticism" [syn: searching, trenchant] 2: characterized by or full of force and vigor; "a hard-hitting expose"; "a trenchant argument" [syn: hard-hitting, trenchant] 3: clearly or sharply defined to the mind; "clear-cut evidence of tampering"; "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest"; "trenchant distinctions between right and wrong" [syn: clear-cut, distinct, trenchant]

adj 1: lacking intelligence; "a dull job with lazy and unintelligent co-workers" [syn: unintelligent, stupid] [ant: intelligent]

adj 1: compelling immediate action; "too pressing to permit of longer delay"; "the urgent words `Hurry! Hurry!'"; "bridges in urgent need of repair" [syn: pressing, urgent]

n 1: an English barrister of the highest rank [syn: serjeant- at-law, serjeant, sergeant-at-law, sergeant]