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Definition: Ambient |
AmbientAdjective1. Completely enveloping; "the ambient air"; "ambient sound"; "the ambient temperature". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ambient" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | Surrounding; especially, of or pertaining to the environment about a flying aircraft or other body but undisturbed or unaffected by it, as in ambient air, or ambient temperature. (references) |
Energy | The surrounding atmosphere; encompassing on allsides; the environment surrounding a body but undisturbed or unaffected by it. (references) |
Health | Surrounding (for example, ambient air). (references) |
Mining | A. The environment surrounding a body but undisturbed or unaffected by it b. Encompassing on all sides; thus, ambient air is the air surroundin. (references) |
Space | The condition of atmosphere existing around the engine, such as pressure or temperature. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Ambient music is a loosely defined musical genre that incorporates elements of a number of different styles - including jazz, electronica, new age, modern classical music and even noise. It is chiefly identifiable as having an overarching atmospheric context.
The Cover of Brian Eno's Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks, widely considered one of the best ambient releases.
History
The term was first coined by Brian Eno in the late 1970s to refer to music that would envelop the listener without drawing attention to itself. Hence, Brian Eno is considered the father of ambient music. Sometimes associated with elevator music and Muzak, it is more often similar to mood music or an ambient background in movie and radio sound effects. Often listeners will forget they are listening to ambient music, which is one of the biggest attractions of the genre. It can be any musical style, including jazz, electronica and modern classical music.
Retrospectively, some of the works of the 20th century French composer Erik Satie, today best known for his Trois Gymnopédies suite, can be regarded as predecessors of modern ambient music. The invention of the first electronic instrument, the theremin in the early 20th century is also considered an important influence on the later development of ambient music. Similarly some of the works of the French composer Edgar Varèse, who used the theremin extensively in his music can also be viewed as predecessors of ambient music.
Although purely Ambient music is traditionally beatless, a lot of modern Ambient electronica (sometimes referred to as Ambient techno or Ambient Dub) has reconciled rhythm with the dreamy, meandering reverb of the first wave of Ambient music. With the birth of a new wave of electronic music in the late 1980s, ambient saw a resurgence in the works of artists like The Orb, Aphex Twin and the Irresistible Force.
Ambient electronica
Ambient electronica is the current most popular form of the genre and began in its modern form in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Early works from the 1970s by Kraftwerk, Jean-Michel Jarre and Vangelis have greatly influenced the genre. Other earlier artists such as Ray Lynch and Mannheim Steamroller, both of which were considered at the time, the 1980s, to be "New Age" also influenced the growth of ambient electronica.
Artists considered to be part of the inception of the late 1980s, early 1990s ambient electronica movement included Aphex Twin, The Orb, Moby and William Orbit. Other prominent artists that make ambient electronic music include Air, Biosphere and Bill Laswell. Initially an underground movement, ambient electronica continued to rise in popularity until its less obscure status in the early 2000s.
Some types of ambient electronica:
Conventional
This most closely reflects typical electronic dance music. This combines a conventional techno beat (trance, drum and bass, etc) with a soothing electronic sound such as heard on Voodoo Child's (aka Moby) "The End of Everything" album.
Beatless
Beatless ambient electronica has no overt drum machine or explicit drum sound-driven beat, but maintains rhythm through repetition of some sort of sound as exemplified on Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works Volume II.
Soundscape
No overt repetition of a sound or sound phrases is clear. This kind of ambient electronica is for some listeners, the least accessible. Some examples include Radiohead's track "Treefingers" from the Kid A album, some of the work of Japanese musician Nobukazu Takemura, and IDM artist Hrvatski's album "Playthroughs" (recorded under his real name, Keith Fullerton Whitman).
Nature
The music is composed from samples and recordings of naturally occurring sounds. Sometimes these samples can be treated to make them more instrument-like. The samples may be arranged in repetitive ways to form a conventional musical structure or may be random and unfocussed. Sometimes the sound is mixed with urban or "found" sounds. Examples include much of Biosphere's Substrata, Mira Calix's insect music and Chris Watson's Weather Report.
Sound
- Guaka's GTRSHV
See also
- List of ambient artists
- Intelligent dance music (IDM)
- glitch
External links and references
- David Toop Ocean of Sound: aethertalk, ambient sound and imaginary worlds (1995) Serpent's Tail ISBN 1-85242-382-X ISBN 1852427434
- Factory Of The Green Light, a simple example of ambient music
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ambient music."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
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| amb. | English | Ambient | Engineering & Technology |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Circumjacence | Adjective: circumjacent, circumambient, circumfluent; ambient; surrounding; Verb: circumferential, suburban. |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Figure 30. High pressure bottle devised by Prince Albert I of Monaco in 1890. The manometer was set in place after the bottle's return from the deep ocean in order to measure the pressure of the water sample. This bottle was used for collecting water samples at depth and returning them to the surface at the ambient water pressure at the depth of the sample. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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| "Tate_sun" by Daniel Mohorovic Commentary: "Sun in tate modern, london... it's fantastic, there's a very special ambient..." | "Saturday Night Jazz" by Lynn Cummings Commentary: "Retro microphone, dark ambient background." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | Mysterious texture created by arpeggiated harpsichord and synthesized ambient sounds. | | Synthesized ambient music with computer tones. |
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Health | Some long-term sequelae include a variety of movement disorders, seizures, headaches, ambient visual deficits, and sleep disorders. (references) | |
Business | It also undertakes shielding effectiveness testing to US MIL-STD-285 and site ambient electromagnetic survey. (references) | |
At Mae Moh, the power plant with the worst case of air pollution emission in Thailand, there are 15 ambient AQ monitoring stations. (references) | ||
It will still be a while yet before technical transfer to local governments reach the level needed for them to be capable of operating and maintaining their own ambient AQ monitoring stations. (references) | ||
Economic History | Philippines | In the case of monitoring and analytical equipment for ambient sources, 100 percent of the equipment supplied is imported. (references) |
Philippines | The Asian Development Bank funded project (USD 298 million) Metro Manila Air Quality Improvement Project (MMAQIP) will procure most of its ambient air monitoring equipment this year. (references) | |
Philippines | Philippine engineering firms and equipment distributors remain hopeful that the market will improve as we implement the new Clean Air Act and as we put in place the ambient air quality monitoring stations and the motor vehicle inspection systems (MVIS) as part of the Metro Manila Air Quality Improvement Project. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Ambient" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 87.27% of the time. "Ambient" is used about 110 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 87.27% | 96 | 33,456 |
| Noun (singular) | 10% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.73% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 110 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | Ambient PLC |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "ambient": ambient air ♦ ambient noise ♦ ambient radiation ♦ ambient temperature ♦ ambient thermostatic switch ♦ ambient wind velocity. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "ambient": ambient-dance, ambient-style. | |
Ending with "ambient": higher-than-ambient. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "ambient"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i ambientit. (various references) | |
Arabic | محيط ب. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | околен (circuitous, indirect, roundabout), обкръжаващ (circumjacent), заобикалящ. (various references) | |
Chinese | 四周. (various references) | |
Czech | okolní (circumjacent, neighboring, surrounding). (various references) | |
Danish | antikvælningsventil (anti-suffocation valDF a valve incorporated in an oxygen system whereby the user may inhale ambient air, should the oxygen supply fail or be disconnected. In some systems such a valve is essential to avoid suffocation if the wearer is unable to remove the mask from his face), uforstyrret vindhastighed (ambient wind velocity, free stream wind velocity, free-air wind speed, undisturbed flow), svovdioxidkoncentration i omgivelserne (SO2 concentration in ambient air, sulfur dioxide concentration in ambient air, sulphur dioxide concentration in ambient air), svovdioxidkoncentration i atmosfæren (SO2 concentration in ambient air, sulfur dioxide concentration in ambient air, sulphur dioxide concentration in ambient air), stoejniveau (ambient noise, surrounding noise), stoej i omgivelserne (ambient noise, surrounding noise), Stirling-motoren eller varmluftmotoren drives af en arbejdsgas,helium,der opvarmes af en udvendig braender og afkoeles igen af en koeler ventileret med den omgivende luft (in the Stirling engine the working liquid is helium, is heated by an external burner, then re-cooled by means of a cooler ventilated by the ambient air, which remains in its gaseous state), omgivende stoej (ambient noise, surrounding noise), omgivende larm (ambient noise, surrounding noise), for at undgaa enhver mellemliggende passivering paa grund af luftens indvirkning, maa salpetersyrepassivering udfoeres umiddelbart efter aktivering (nitric acid passivation should immediately succeed activation, to prevent any intermediate Passivation by the ambient air), farlige i henhold til dette direktiv er følgende stoffer og præparater::meget brandfarlige:stoffer og præparater,der-ved normal temperatur og uden energitilførsel kan udvikle varme og derefter antændes ved luftens påvirkning-i fast form let kan an (evolve highly flammable gases in dangerous quantities, in contact with water or damp air, or-liquid substances and preparations having a very low flash-point, or-solid substances and preparations which may readily catch fire after brief contact with a source of ignition and which continue to burn or to be consumed after removal of the source of ignition, or-substances and preparations which, the following are dangerous within the meaning of this Directive::highly flammable substances and preparations:-substances and preparations which may become hot and finally catch fire in contact with air at ambient temperature without any application of), baggrundsstråling (ambient radiation, background radiation), baggrundsstoej (ambient noise, grass, surrounding noise). (various references) | |
Dutch | achtergrondstraling (ambient radiation, background radiation), vrije windsnelheid (ambient wind velocity, free stream wind velocity, free-air wind speed, undisturbed flow), onverstoorde stroming (ambient wind velocity, free stream wind velocity, free-air wind speed, undisturbed flow), ongestoorde windsnelheid (ambient wind velocity, free stream wind velocity, free-air wind speed, undisturbed flow), omgevingsstraling (ambient radiation, background radiation), omgevingsruis (ambient noise, surrounding noise), omgevingslawaai (ambient noise, surrounding noise), nuleffect-straling (ambient radiation, background radiation), gevaarlijk in de zin van deze richtlijn zijn de volgende stoffen en preparaten::licht ontvlambare:-stoffen en preparaten die bij normale temperatuur aan de lucht blootgesteld,zonder toevoer van energie,in temperatuur kunnen stijgen en tenslotte kunnen o (evolve highly flammable gases in dangerous quantities, in contact with water or damp air, or-liquid substances and preparations having a very low flash-point, or-solid substances and preparations which may readily catch fire after brief contact with a source of ignition and which continue to burn or to be consumed after removal of the source of ignition, or-substances and preparations which, the following are dangerous within the meaning of this Directive::highly flammable substances and preparations:-substances and preparations which may become hot and finally catch fire in contact with air at ambient temperature without any application of), de Stirlingmotor - heteluchtmotor of heetgasmotor - wordt gedreven door een werkgas, helium, dat in gasvormige toestand blijft. Het werkgas wordt door een uitwendige verhitter verwarmd en vervolgens met een door de buitenlucht geventileerde koeler afgekoe (in the Stirling engine the working liquid is helium, is heated by an external burner, then re-cooled by means of a cooler ventilated by the ambient air, which remains in its gaseous state), de passivering met salpeterzuur moet ommiddellijk op de activering volgen, opdat tussendoor geen passivering aan de lucht plaats vindt (nitric acid passivation should immediately succeed activation, to prevent any intermediate Passivation by the ambient air), concentratie van zwaveldioxide in de omgevingslucht (SO2 concentration in ambient air, sulfur dioxide concentration in ambient air, sulphur dioxide concentration in ambient air). (various references) | |
Finnish | ympäristömelu (ambient noise, surrounding noise), ulkoilman rikkidioksidipitoisuus (SO2 concentration in ambient air, sulfur dioxide concentration in ambient air, sulphur dioxide concentration in ambient air), taustasäteily (ambient radiation, background radiation), tässä direktiivissä tarkoitetussa merkityksessä "vaarallisia" ovat seuraavat aineet ja valmisteet:sellaiset helposti syttyvät aineet ja valmisteet:-jotka voivat kuumentua ja lopulta syttyä ilmassa ympäristön lämpötilassa ilman,että energiaa lis (evolve highly flammable gases in dangerous quantities, in contact with water or damp air, or-liquid substances and preparations having a very low flash-point, or-solid substances and preparations which may readily catch fire after brief contact with a source of ignition and which continue to burn or to be consumed after removal of the source of ignition, or-substances and preparations which, the following are "dangerous" within the meaning of this Directive::highly flammable substances and preparations:-substances and preparations which may become hot and finally catch fire in contact with air at ambient temperature without any application of), ilmanpäästöventtiili (anti-suffocation valDF a valve incorporated in an oxygen system whereby the user may inhale ambient air, should the oxygen supply fail or be disconnected. In some systems such a valve is essential to avoid suffocation if the wearer is unable to remove the mask from his face), häiriötön tuulen nopeus (ambient wind velocity, free stream wind velocity, free-air wind speed, undisturbed flow). (various references) | |
French | ambiant. (various references) | |
German | Umgebungs- (ambient temperature), umgebend (encompassing, girdling, surrounding). (various references) | |
Greek | περιβάλλων (surrounding). (various references) | |
Hungarian | környezõ (circumambient, surrounding), környező, körülvevő (encircling, surrounding). (various references) | |
Italian | ambientale (environmental), circostante (surrounding). (various references) | |
Korean | 주위 (surroundings). (various references) | |
Manx | chemmalagh. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ambientay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | ambiente (ambience, atmosphere, climate, entourage, environs, medium, surrounding, surroundings). (various references) | |
Romanian | ambiant (encompassing, surrounding), înconjurãtor (circumambient, surrounding). (various references) | |
Russian | окружающий (circumambient, circumjacent). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | okolni (adjacent). (various references) | |
Spanish | ambiente (ambience, atmosphere, aura, background, circumjacent, climate, environment, home, milieu, surroundings). (various references) | |
Swedish | omgivande (environment). (various references) | |
Turkish | ortam (ambiance, ambience, ambit, aroma, atmosphere, atmospheric, environment, medium, occasion, stage), çevreleyen (circumambient, surrounding), çevre (adjacencies, ambiance, ambience, ambit, atmosphere, circle, circumference, climate, compass, contour, domain, ecological, entourage, environment, environmental, girth, milieu, neighborhood, neighbourhood, perimeter, periphery, precinct, precincts, premises, purlieus, radius, region, society, sphere, surroundings, vicinity). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | що оточує з усіх боків. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | bao quanh (surrounding), ở xung quanh (circumjacent). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ambient": ambients. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "ambient": circumambient. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ambient": circumambiently. (additional references) | |
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"Ambient" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abient, abiet, ablent, ambiani, ambiant, ambientali, ambiente, ambienti, Ambion, amilent, amment, anbient, antient, anvient, Cambien, embient, lambient, Sambetn. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ambient" (pronounced a"mbēunt) |
| 4 | -ē u n t | affiant, defoliant, deviant, disobedient, expedient, incipient, ingredient, invariant, lenient, luxuriant, miscreant, nutrient, obedient, percipient, prescient, prurient, radiant, recipient, salient, subservient, variant. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-m-n-t" | |
-1 letter: batmen, binate, etamin, inmate, tamein. | |
-2 letters: ambit, ament, amine, anime, entia, matin, meant, menta, minae, tenia, tinea. | |
-3 letters: abet, amen, amie, amin, ante, anti, bait, bane, bani, bate, beam, bean, beat, bema, bent, beta, bima, bine, bint, bite, emit, etna, iamb, item, mabe, main, mane, mate, mean, meat, meta, mien, mina, mine, mint. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-m-n-t" | |
+1 letter: ambients, bailment. | |
+2 letters: abominate, bailments, bombinate, brominate, timberman, tribesman. | |
+3 letters: abominated, abominates, abridgment, ambitioned, ambivalent, banishment, bombinated, bombinates, brominated, brominates, disbarment, embattling, habiliment, inimitable, obtainment, outbeaming, submediant, tambourine, terminable, terminably, timberland. | |
+4 letters: abolishment, abridgement, abridgments, absenteeism, amblygonite, amenability, arbitrament, banishments, combinative, disablement, disbandment, disbarments, drumbeating, embarkation, embrocation, habiliments, implantable, indomitable, inestimable, inestimably, mandibulate, mentionable, obtainments, recombinant, submediants, subterminal, tambourines, timberlands, uncombative. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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