| ASCENDANCY | • ascendancy n. Supremacy; dominant control; the quality of being in the ascendant. • ascendancy n. (Historical, Ireland, sometimes capitalized) A class of Protestant landowners and professionals that… • ascendancy n. (Ecology) A quantitative attribute of an ecosystem, defined as a function of the ecosystem’s trophic… |
| ASCENDENCY | • ascendency n. Alternative spelling of ascendancy. • ASCENDENCY n. the state of being ascendent, also ASCENDANCE, ASCENDANCY, ASCENDENCE. |
| CANONICITY | • canonicity n. The degree to which something is canonical. • CANONICITY n. the state of being canonical. |
| CAPNOMANCY | • capnomancy n. Divination by interpreting smoke rising from a fire. A form of pyromancy. • CAPNOMANCY n. divination by means of smoke. |
| CATCHPENNY | • catchpenny n. A cheap item designed to attract purchasers of other goods. • catchpenny n. A publication, etc. intended to make money, with no particular merit otherwise. • CATCHPENNY n. a worthless thing made only for profit. |
| CONNIVANCY | • connivancy n. (Obsolete) connivance. • CONNIVANCY n. the act of conniving, also CONNIVANCE. |
| CONSONANCY | • consonancy n. (Obsolete) Congruity; consistency. • CONSONANCY n. a state of accord or agreement, also CONSONANCE. |
| CONVEYANCE | • conveyance n. An act or instance of conveying. • conveyance n. A means of transporting, especially a vehicle. • conveyance n. (Law) An instrument transferring title of an object from one person or group of persons to another. |
| CYANOGENIC | • cyanogenic adj. Alternative form of cyanogenetic. • CYANOGENIC adj. of or like a cyanogen, a compound of carbon and nitrogen, forming a colourless poisonous gas with an almond-like odour. |
| INCESSANCY | • incessancy n. The quality of being incessant; unceasingness. • INCESSANCY n. the quality of being incessant. |
| MENDICANCY | • mendicancy n. The act or state of being a mendicant. • MENDICANCY n. the practice of begging, also MENDICITY. |
| NECROMANCY | • necromancy n. Divination involving the dead or death. • necromancy n. Loosely, any sorcery or witchcraft, especially involving death or the dead, particularly sorcery involving… • necromancy n. (Internet) Synonym of necroposting. |
| TRENCHANCY | • trenchancy n. The quality of being trenchant. • trenchancy n. Irony or bitterness of tone. • TRENCHANCY n. the quality of being trenchant. |
| VANCOMYCIN | • vancomycin n. (Pharmacology) A glycopeptide antibiotic C66H75Cl2N9O24 produced by the actinomycete Amycolaptosis orientalis… • VANCOMYCIN n. an antibiotic drug obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces orientalis, used against bacteria that are resistant to other antibiotics. |