| AMPHICTYON | • amphictyon n. (Ancient Greece) One of the deputies from the confederated states of Ancient Greece to a congress or… • AMPHICTYON n. (historical) a delegate to a council of an amphictyony, a group of states sharing common shrine (e.g. the Greek states sharing Delphi). |
| CAPNOMANCY | • capnomancy n. Divination by interpreting smoke rising from a fire. A form of pyromancy. • CAPNOMANCY n. divination by means of smoke. |
| COMPANYING | • companying v. Present participle of company. • COMPANY v. to associate with. |
| COMPLIANCY | • compliancy n. The condition of being compliant; compliance, complaisance. • COMPLIANCY n. the state of being compliant, also COMPLIANCE. |
| COPAYMENTS | • copayments n. Plural of copayment. • COPAYMENT n. a joint payment. |
| CYMOPHANES | • cymophanes n. Plural of cymophane. • CYMOPHANE n. cat's-eye, a variety of chrysoberyl with wavy opalescence. |
| HYPERMANIC | • hypermanic adj. Relating to, or exhibiting, hypermania. • HYPERMANIC adj. suffering from hypermania, an extreme form of mania. |
| HYPOMANICS | • hypomanics n. Plural of hypomanic. • HYPOMANIC n. one afflicted with hypomania. |
| IMPECCANCY | • impeccancy n. The quality of being sinless. • IMPECCANCY n. sinlessness. |
| IMPORTANCY | • importancy n. (Obsolete) importance; significance. • importancy n. (Obsolete) That which is important. • IMPORTANCY n. (obsolete) importance, also IMPORTANCE. |
| PARAMOUNCY | • PARAMOUNCY n. the state of being paramount, also PARAMOUNTCY. |
| PARCHMENTY | • parchmenty adj. Resembling or characteristic of parchment. • PARCHMENTY adj. like parchment. |
| PARENCHYMA | • parenchyma n. (Anatomy) The functional tissue of an organ as distinguished from the connective and supporting tissue. • parenchyma n. (Botany) The cellular tissue, typically soft and succulent, found chiefly in the softer parts of leaves… • parenchyma n. (Zoology) Cellular tissue lying between the body wall and the organs of invertebrate animals lacking… |
| PATRONYMIC | • patronymic adj. Derived from one’s father. • patronymic adj. (By extension) Derived from one’s ancestors. • patronymic n. A name acquired from one’s father. |
| PERMANENCY | • permanency n. The state or quality of permanence. • permanency n. (Countable) A person or thing permanently in residence. • PERMANENCY n. the state of being permanent, also PERMANENCE. |
| PYROMANCER | • pyromancer n. One who performs pyromancy. • pyromancer n. (Fantasy) One who has a magical ability to conjure or control fire. • PYROMANCER n. one who engages in pyromancy, divination by the use of fire. |
| PYROMANIAC | • pyromaniac n. A person experiencing pyromania. • PYROMANIAC n. a sufferer from pyromania, an obsessive urge to set fire to things. |
| PYROMANTIC | • pyromantic adj. Of or relating to pyromancy. • pyromantic n. A practitioner of pyromancy. • PYROMANTIC adj. of or pertaining to pyromancy. |
| SPODOMANCY | • spodomancy n. Divination by means of ashes. • SPODOMANCY n. divination by means of ashes. |
| TYMPANITIC | • tympanitic adj. (Medicine) Of, pertaining to, or affected with, tympanites. • TYMPANITIC adj. pertaining to, or affected with, tympanites. |