| ACCURACY | • accuracy n. The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness. • accuracy n. Exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; degree of conformity of a measure to a true or standard value. • ACCURACY n. exactness. |
| ADEQUACY | • adequacy n. The quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs. • ADEQUACY n. the state of sufficiency. |
| ADVOCACY | • advocacy n. The profession of an advocate. • advocacy n. The act of arguing in favour of, or supporting someone or something. • advocacy n. The practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard. |
| APOSTACY | • apostacy n. Archaic form of apostasy. • APOSTACY n. abandonment of one's faith or beliefs, also APOSTASY. |
| CELIBACY | • celibacy n. Abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried. • celibacy n. (By extension) Abstinence from sexual relations. • CELIBACY n. abstention from sexual intercourse. |
| DELEGACY | • delegacy n. The position or state of being a delegate. • delegacy n. A collection of delegates. • DELEGACY n. the act of delegating. |
| DELICACY | • delicacy n. The quality of being delicate. • delicacy n. Something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting… • delicacy n. Fineness or elegance of construction or appearance. |
| EFFICACY | • efficacy n. Ability to produce a desired effect under ideal testing conditions. • efficacy n. Degree of ability to produce a desired effect; effectiveness. • EFFICACY n. effectiveness. |
| FEDERACY | • federacy n. A form of government where one or several substate units enjoy considerably more independence than the majority. • FEDERACY n. confederacy. |
| FEMINACY | • feminacy n. (Archaic) effeminacy. • FEMINACY n. the state of being a female. |
| INTIMACY | • intimacy n. (Uncountable, countable) Feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness towards someone else, not necessarily… • intimacy n. (Countable) Intimate relationship. • intimacy n. (Countable, especially plural) Intimate detail, (item of) intimate information. |
| ISOCRACY | • isocracy n. A form of government where all citizens have equal political power. • ISOCRACY n. a form of government. |
| ISOSTACY | • ISOSTACY n. the state of balance in the earth's crust, also ISOSTASY. |
| LITERACY | • literacy n. The ability to read and write. • literacy n. The ability to understand and evaluate something. • LITERACY n. the ability to read and write. |
| NUMERACY | • numeracy n. The quality of being numerate; numerical skill. • NUMERACY n. the state of understanding basic mathematics. |
| OBDURACY | • obduracy n. The state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible. • OBDURACY n. the quality of hardness of heart. |
| PHARMACY | • pharmacy n. (Countable) A place where prescription drugs are sold or dispensed. • pharmacy n. (Uncountable) The science of medicinal substances, inclusive of pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry… • pharmacy n. (Uncountable) The role or occupation of a pharmacist. |
| RETIRACY | • retiracy n. (US, dated, chiefly humorous) retirement. • RETIRACY n. seclusion. |
| ULTIMACY | • ultimacy n. The condition of being ultimate. • ULTIMACY n. the state of being ultimate. |