| ARDENCY | • ardency n. The quality of being ardent. • ARDENCY n. a burning quality; (figuratively) warmth of feeling or desire, ardour. |
| CADENCY | • cadency n. Alternative form of cadence. • cadency n. (Heraldry) Any systematic way of distinguishing similar coats of arms belonging to members of the same family. • CADENCY n. the status of a younger branch of a family. |
| CINDERY | • cindery adj. Covered in cinders. • CINDERY adj. having the nature of cinders. |
| CONDYLE | • condyle n. (Anatomy) A smooth prominence on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone. • CONDYLE n. a protuberance on a bone. |
| CYANIDE | • cyanide n. (Chemistry, countable) Any compound containing the -C≡N group or the CN− anion. • cyanide n. (Uncountable) Sodium or potassium cyanide, used in the extraction of gold and silver or as a poison. • cyanide n. (Uncountable) Hydrogen cyanide, or cyanide gas, a poisonous gas. |
| CYANIDS | • cyanids n. Plural of cyanid. • CYANID n. a direct compound of cyanogen with a metal. |
| DECENCY | • decency n. The quality of being decent; propriety. • decency n. That which is proper or becoming. • DECENCY n. the state of being decent. |
| DICLINY | • dicliny n. (Botany) cross-pollination in which the flowers are either staminate (male) or pistillate (female). • DICLINY n. the state of having two stamens and pistils, also DICLINISM. |
| DOWNCRY | • DOWNCRY v. to denigrate or disparage. |
| DUNCERY | • duncery n. Mental dullness; stupidity. • DUNCERY n. stupidity. |
| DYNAMIC | • dynamic adj. Changing; active; in motion. • dynamic adj. Powerful; energetic. • dynamic adj. Able to change and adapt. |
| ECDYSON | • ecdyson n. Alternative form of ecdysone. • ECDYSON n. an insect hormone, also ECDYSONE. |
| LYNCHED | • lynched v. Simple past tense and past participle of lynch. • LYNCH v. to judge and put to death without legal sanction. |
| PUDENCY | • pudency n. (Obsolete) Modesty. • PUDENCY n. (Shakespeare) modesty, shamefacedness. |
| SYNCHED | • synched v. Simple past tense and past participle of synch. • SYNCH v. to cause to operate in unison, also SYNC. |
| SYNDICS | • syndics n. Plural of syndic. • SYNDIC n. a business agent. |
| SYNODIC | • synodic adj. Of, related to or produced by a synod; synodal. • synodic adj. (Astronomy) Of or pertaining to the conjunction of two or more heavenly bodies. • SYNODIC adj. enacted or made by or at a synod, also SYNODICAL. |