9-Letter Words Containing: O,R,T,A,N,T

• having sharp differences between black and white

• of great significance or value

• important in effect or meaning

• of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis

• having authority or ascendancy or influence

• having or suggesting a consciousness of high position

• someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness)

• a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

• (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make

• a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid

• enter into a contractual arrangement

• engage by written agreement

• squeeze or press together

• be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

• become smaller or draw together

• make smaller

• compress or concentrate

• make or become more narrow or restricted

• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

• having unexpected good fortune

• supremely favored

• presaging good fortune

• the northeastern region of the United States

• the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees

• the direction corresponding to the northeastward compass point

• a location in the northeastern part of a country, region, or city

• to, toward, or in the northeast

• situated in or oriented toward the northeast

• coming from the northeast

• An athletics event in which contestants compete in swimming, cycling and running in turn.

• A former Olympic athletics event in which contestants compete in long jump, shot put, and 100-yard dash.

• Generally, a sports event in which contestant compete in a combination of three sports.