respirant
/ˈrɛspɪr(ə)nt/adjective
That breathes or respires. Now chiefly (of a gas or gases): used in or produced by respiratory gas exchange.
noun
1A respirable substance; (originally) a food or substrate of cellular aerobic respiration; (later) a gas, especially air.
2A person who or thing which breathes or respires.
Origin
Late 16th century (in an earlier sense). From classical Latin respīrant-, respīrāns, present participle of respīrāre respire.
- tablebook
- table carpet
- table center
- table centerpiece
- table centre
- table centrepiece
- table-chair
- table clamp
- tablecloth
- tableclothed
- tableclothing
- tableclothy
- table couch
- table cover
- table-coverer
- table crumb
- table cut
- table cutter
- table damask
- table dance
- table dancer
- table dancing
- table decker
- table desk
- table d'hôte