| applicant | (noun) a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission | Synonyms: applier |
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| arccosecant | (noun) the angle that has a cosecant equal to a given number | Synonyms: arc cosecant, inverse cosecant |
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| arcsecant | (noun) the inverse function of the secant; the angle that has a secant equal to a given number | Synonyms: arc secant, arcsec, inverse secant |
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| cant | (noun) two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees | Synonyms: bevel, chamfer |
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| (noun) a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) | Synonyms: argot, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular |
| (noun) stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition | Synonyms: buzzword |
| (noun) insincere talk about religion or morals | Synonyms: pious platitude |
| (noun) a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force | Synonyms: bank, camber |
| communicant | (noun) a person entitled to receive Communion | - |
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| cosecant | (noun) ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle | Synonyms: cosec |
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| descant | (noun) a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody | Synonyms: discant |
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| desiccant | (noun) a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture) | Synonyms: drier, drying agent, siccative |
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| discant | (noun) a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody | Synonyms: descant |
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| indicant | (noun) a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time | Synonyms: index, index number, indicator |
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| (noun) something that serves to indicate or suggest | Synonyms: indication |
| intoxicant | (noun) a drug that can produce a state of intoxication | - |
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| (noun) a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent | Synonyms: alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant |
| lubricant | (noun) a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery | Synonyms: lube, lubricating substance, lubricator |
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| mendicant | (noun) a pauper who lives by begging | Synonyms: beggar |
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| (noun) a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms | Synonyms: friar |
| secant | (noun) ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle | Synonyms: sec |
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| (noun) a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points | - |
| supplicant | (noun) one praying humbly for something | Synonyms: petitioner, requester, suppliant |
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| (noun) someone who prays to God | Synonyms: prayer |
| toxicant | (noun) any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism | Synonyms: poison, poisonous substance |
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| vesicant | (noun) a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas) | Synonyms: vesicatory |
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