| ANCIENTLY | • anciently adv. In the manner of very long ago. As the ancients did. • anciently adv. Done long ago. • ANCIENT adv. very old, also ANTIENT. |
| ANCIENTRY | • ancientry n. (Archaic) The quality or fact of being ancient or very old. • ancientry n. (Archaic) Old-fashioned style, elaborate ceremony. • ancientry n. (Archaic) Elderly people, elders, ancients (collectively). |
| ASYNDETIC | • asyndetic adj. (Grammar) Not connected by a conjunction. • asyndetic adj. (Psychiatry) Relating to asyndesis. • ASYNDETIC adj. not connected by conjunctions, as in 'I came, I saw, I conquered'. |
| CABINETRY | • cabinetry n. The craft of making high-quality wooden furniture; cabinetmaking. • cabinetry n. High-quality wooden furniture; cabinetwork. • CABINETRY n. cabinetwork. |
| CERTAINLY | • certainly adv. In a way which is certain; with certainty. • certainly adv. Without doubt, surely. • certainly adv. An emphatic affirmative answer; of course. |
| CERTAINTY | • certainty n. The state of being certain. • certainty n. An instance of being certain. • certainty n. A fact or truth unquestionably established. |
| CEYLANITE | • ceylanite n. (Mineralogy) A dingy blue or greyish-black variety of spinel. • CEYLANITE n. a mineral, pleonaste, a dark-green to black variety of spinel, also CEYLONITE. |
| CYSTIDEAN | • cystidean n. (Zoology, obsolete) Any of the Cystidea, a class of extinct echinoderms now known as the Cystoidea. • cystidean n. (Zoology) A stage in the development of many crinoids after the free-swimming larva attaches to a surface… • CYSTIDEAN n. a cystoid, an extinct echinoderm. |
| CYTOPENIA | • cytopenia n. (Cytology) A reduction in the number of blood cells for any of several reasons. • CYTOPENIA n. a deficiency of one or more types of blood cell. |
| ENZYMATIC | • enzymatic adj. Of, relating to, or caused by enzymes. • ENZYMATIC adj. of or like an enzyme, also ENZYMIC. |
| EXCITANCY | • excitancy n. Propensity to excite or stimulate. • EXCITANCY n. the property of being an excitant. |
| HESITANCY | • hesitancy n. A pausing or halting before beginning a task, often as a result of some fear or uncertainty about the outcome. • HESITANCY n. wavering, doubt, also HESITANCE. |
| INEXACTLY | • inexactly adv. In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately. • INEXACT adv. not exact or precise. |
| INSECTARY | • insectary n. A place for keeping living insects. • INSECTARY n. a place for keeping living insects, also INSECTARIUM. |
| INTESTACY | • intestacy n. (Law) The state of being intestate, or of dying without having made a valid will. • INTESTACY n. the condition or fact of dying without having made a will. |
| ITINERACY | • itineracy n. Alternative spelling of itinerancy. • ITINERACY n. making journeys from place to place, also ITINERANCY. |
| MENDACITY | • mendacity n. (Uncountable) The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty. • mendacity n. (Countable) A deceit, falsehood, or lie. • MENDACITY n. given to lying, esp. habitually. |
| SYNDICATE | • syndicate n. A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common… • syndicate n. The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a body or council of syndics. • syndicate v. (Intransitive) To become a syndicate. |
| THYLACINE | • thylacine n. The carnivorous marsupial Thylacinus cynocephalus which was native to Tasmania, now extinct. • THYLACINE n. the Tasmanian wolf. |