(Ancient Greece) One of the deputies from the confederated states of Ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters.
anaglyphic
anaglyphic
adj
Relating to anaglyphs.
noun
Work with chased or embossed relief.
anaglyptic
anaglyptic
adj
Of or pertaining to anaglyptics or to an anaglyph
anaptychus
anaptychus
noun
(paleontology) One of a pair of shelly plates found in some cephalopods, such as the ammonites.
anaptyctic
anaptyctic
adj
(phonology) Of or pertaining to anaptyxis; of a vowel having been inserted into a word.
ancylopoda
angiocarpy
anoxyscope
antipapacy
antipapacy
noun
antipapism; the office or reign of an antipope
antiphysic
antroscopy
antroscopy
noun
An antroscopic examination
apocryphon
apocyneous
apocyneous
adj
Relating to, or resembling, the dogbanes of the genus Apocynum.
appellancy
appellancy
noun
Capability of appeal.
appendancy
appendancy
noun
Alternative form of appendance
appendency
appendency
noun
(obsolete) Something that is appendant.
(obsolete) State of being appendant.
applicancy
applicancy
noun
(dated) applicability
bankruptcy
bankruptcy
noun
(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
baryphonic
brachypnea
camphylene
caperingly
caperingly
adv
in a capering manner
capernoity
capnomancy
capnomancy
noun
Divination by interpreting smoke rising from a fire. A form of pyromancy.
catchpenny
catchpenny
noun
A cheap item designed to attract purchasers of other goods.
A publication, etc. intended to make money, with no particular merit otherwise.
chapellany
chapellany
noun
A chapel within the jurisdiction of a church; a subordinate ecclesiastical foundation.
chaplaincy
chaplaincy
noun
A building, for example on a university campus, catering to people's religious needs.
The role or position of a chaplain.
chaplainry
chaplainry
noun
A chaplaincy.
chrysophan
chrysophan
noun
Archaic form of chrysophane.
cineplasty
companying
companying
verb
present participle of company
compliancy
compliancy
noun
The condition of being compliant; compliance, complaisance
conspiracy
conspiracy
noun
(by ellipsis) A conspiracy theory; a hypothesis alleging conspiracy.
(law) An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future.
(linguistics) A situation in which different phonological or grammatical rules lead to similar or related outcomes.
A group of lemurs.
A group of ravens.
The act of two or more persons, called conspirators, working secretly to obtain some goal, usually understood with negative connotations.
verb
(rare, proscribed) To conspire.
cooperancy
coparenary
copartnery
copartnery
noun
The state of being copartners in any undertaking.
coryphaena
crampingly
crampingly
adv
So as to cramp or confine.
crapulency
cryptonema
cyanopathy
cyanopathy
noun
(medicine) A disease in which the surface of the body turns blue, usually arising from a malformation of the heart, which causes an imperfect arterialization of the blood.
cyanophile
cyanophile
noun
Alternative form of cyanophil
cyanophose
cyanospiza
cyaphenine
cynipoidea
cynography
cynomorpha
cynophobia
cynophobia
noun
An irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines.
cyprinidae
dependancy
dependancy
noun
Archaic form of dependency.
desynaptic
desynaptic
adj
Relating to desynapsis.
epionychia
escapingly
expectancy
expectancy
noun
(law) Future interest as to possession or enjoyment
(obsolete) Something expected or awaited.
Expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something.
The state of being expected.
glyptician
hippomancy
hippomancy
noun
Divination by the interpretation of the appearance and behaviour of horses. Their neighing and stamping are particularly noted.
hyperclean
hyperclean
Adjective
Exceptionally clean.
hypnaceous
hypnaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Hypnaceae of mosses.
hypnagogic
hypnagogic
adj
That accompanies falling asleep; especially, pertaining to the semi-conscious period immediately preceding sleep.
That induces sleep; soporific, somniferous.
hypocrinia
hyponastic
hyponastic
adj
(botany) Exhibiting a downward convexity caused by unequal growth.
impatiency
impatiency
noun
(obsolete) Impatience.
impeccancy
impeccancy
noun
The quality of being sinless.
importancy
importancy
noun
(obsolete) That which is important.
(obsolete) importance; significance
incapacity
incapacity
noun
Legal disqualification.
The lack of a capacity; an inability.
inculpably
inculpably
adv
In an inculpable way; blamelessly.
insapiency
naphthylic
narcolepsy
narcolepsy
noun
(pathology) A disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep, often brief, sometimes accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations
necropathy
necrophagy
necrophagy
noun
The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh
nonopacity
nonopacity
noun
Lack of opacity; the state or condition of being nonopaque.
nonpliancy
nontypical
nontypical
adj
Not typical
nyctalopia
nyctalopia
noun
(medicine) The inability to see clearly in dim light; night blindness
nyctalopic
nyctalopic
adj
(medicine) Unable to see clearly in low light; night-blind; suffering from nyctalopia.
oncography
opacifying
opacifying
verb
present participle of opacify
ophiomancy
ophiomancy
noun
Divination by serpents, as for example by their manner of eating or by their coils.
oppugnancy
oppugnancy
noun
The act of oppugning; opposition; resistance
overcanopy
overcanopy
verb
(transitive) To form a canopy over.
pachymenia
pachymenic
pachyodont
pachyodont
adj
(zoology) Having hinge teeth with large obscure tubercules with corresponding pits on the opposite valve.
(zoology) Having thick teeth.
noun
(zoology) An organism with teeth of this kind.
paedonymic
panegyrica
panegyrics
panegyrics
noun
plural of panegyric
pangyrical
panpsychic
panpsychic
adj
Of or relating to panpsychism.
paracymene
paracymene
Noun
cymene
parchingly
parchingly
adv
So as to parch or dry out.
parchmenty
parchmenty
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of parchment.
parenchyma
parenchyma
noun
(anatomy) The functional tissue of an organ as distinguished from the connective and supporting tissue.
(botany) The cellular tissue, typically soft and succulent, found chiefly in the softer parts of leaves, pulp of fruits, bark and pith of stems, etc.
(zoology) Cellular tissue lying between the body wall and the organs of invertebrate animals lacking a coelom, such as flatworms.
parenchyme
paronychia
paronychia
noun
(medicine) An infection under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail.
patrocliny
patrocliny
noun
The quality of being patroclinous.
patronymic
patronymic
adj
(by extension) Derived from one's ancestors.
Derived from one's father.
noun
(by extension) A name acquired from one's father's, grandfather's or earlier (male) ancestor's first name. Some cultures use a patronymic where other cultures use a surname or family name; other cultures (like Russia) use both a patronymic and a surname.
A name acquired from one's father.
pedanticly
pedanticly
adv
Obsolete form of pedantically.
penetrancy
penetrancy
noun
The quality or state of being penetrant; penetrance.
pentadecyl
pentadecyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₁₅H₃₁, formally derived from pentadecane by the loss of a hydrogen atom
pentaptych
pentaptych
noun
A picture, or combination of pictures, consisting of a centrepiece and double folding doors or wings, as for an altarpiece.
permanency
permanency
noun
(countable) A person or thing permanently in residence.
The state or quality of permanence.
pessomancy
pessomancy
noun
Divination using pebbles.
phlyctaena
phlyctaena
noun
Alternative form of phlyctena
phlyctenae
phlyctenae
noun
plural of phlyctena
phonically
phonically
adv
In accordance with the principles of phonics.
Phonetically; in a manner related to the sound of a word rather than its spelling.
physicians
physicians
noun
plural of physician
picayunish
picayunish
adj
Petty; paltry; mean.
piccaninny
piccaninny
noun
Alternative form of pickaninny
pickaninny
pickaninny
adj
(now rare) Little, small.
noun
(colloquial, now offensive, ethnic slur) A black child.
pinacocyte
pinacocyte
noun
(biology) Any of a group of flattened polygonal cells that together make up the pinacoderm in the dermal epithelium of sponges.
pinacyanol
placentary
placentary
adj
Relating to the placenta.
noun
(botany) The projecting line or ridge formed by the union of several placentas.
platycodon
playacting
playacting
noun
Alternative form of play-acting.
verb
present participle of playact
polyactine
polyactine
noun
The ray of a polyactinal sponge
polyandric
polyandric
adj
Pertaining to, or characterized by, polyandry; mating with several males.
polyaxonic
polybranch
polycarpon
polycletan
ponderancy
pornocracy
pornocracy
name
(Roman Catholicism, historical, sometimes capitalized) The period of the papacy known as the saeculum obscūrum (Latin for “dark age”), and also as the “Rule of the Harlots”, which began with the installation of Pope Sergius III in 904 and lasted for sixty years until the death of Pope John XII in 964, during which time the popes were strongly influenced by the Theophylacti, a powerful and corrupt aristocratic family.
noun
(derogatory) A societal culture dominated by pornography.
(derogatory, often figuratively) A government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons.
portcrayon
portcrayon
noun
Obsolete form of porte-crayon.
postulancy
postulancy
noun
The role or status of a postulant.
prancingly
prancingly
adv
In a prancing manner.
precynical
prevalency
prevalency
noun
prevalence
prevenancy
prevenancy
noun
(obsolete) The act of anticipating another's wishes, desires, etc., by way of favour or courtesy; obligingness.
prevoyance
proanarchy
psychoanal
punctually
punctually
adv
(archaic) Precisely; exactly; minutely.
In a punctual manner; on time.
purveyance
purveyance
noun
(Britain, historical) The prerogative of the Crown to static separation of duty with goods and services for royal use.
The act of purveying.
pycninidia
pyoctanine
pyocyanase
pyracantha
pyracantha
noun
A firethorn, any of the genus Pyracantha of thorny evergreen large shrubs.
pyrenocarp
pyromancer
pyromancer
noun
(fantasy) One who has a magical ability to conjure or control fire.
One who performs pyromancy
pyromaniac
pyromaniac
noun
A person experiencing pyromania.
pyromantic
pyromantic
adj
Of or relating to pyromancy.
noun
A practitioner of pyromancy.
pythonical
repugnancy
repugnancy
noun
(archaic) Resistance, fighting back.
The quality of being repugnant: (logical) opposition, contradiction, incompatibility.
The quality of being repugnant: offensiveness, repulsion.
saponacity
saponacity
noun
The quality or state of being saponaceous.
scampingly
scampingly
adv
Dated form of skimpingly.
scrapingly
scrapingly
adv
With a scraping sound or motion.
screenplay
screenplay
noun
(authorship, cinematography) A script for a movie or a television show.