(Ancient Greece) One of the deputies from the confederated states of Ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters.
camphylene
capnomancy
capnomancy
noun
Divination by interpreting smoke rising from a fire. A form of pyromancy.
chimneypot
chimneypot
noun
Alternative form of chimney pot
companying
companying
verb
present participle of company
competency
competency
noun
(law) Meeting specified qualifications to perform.
(linguistics) Implicit knowledge of a language’s structure.
(obsolete) A sufficient supply (of).
(obsolete) A sustainable income.
The ability to perform some task; competence.
compliancy
compliancy
noun
The condition of being compliant; compliance, complaisance
componency
componency
noun
The property of being a component or having components.
crampingly
crampingly
adv
So as to cramp or confine.
cryptonema
cymbopogon
cymophenol
cymophenol
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of carvacrol
cynomorpha
eponychium
eponychium
noun
(anatomy) The thickened layer of skin adjoining fingernails and toenails, particularly at the base of the nail.
(zoology, veterinary medicine) The protective capsule that surrounds the hoof of foetuses and neonates of hoofed animals, which disappears soon after birth, but remnants of which remain as part of the permanent hoof.
hippomancy
hippomancy
noun
Divination by the interpretation of the appearance and behaviour of horses. Their neighing and stamping are particularly noted.
hypernomic
impatiency
impatiency
noun
(obsolete) Impatience.
impeccancy
impeccancy
noun
The quality of being sinless.
impendency
impendency
noun
That which impends.
The state of impending.
importancy
importancy
noun
(obsolete) That which is important.
(obsolete) importance; significance
imprudency
imprudency
noun
(obsolete) The fact or quality of being imprudent; rashness.
(obsolete, countable) An imprudent act.
miscopying
miscopying
verb
present participle of miscopy
olympionic
ophiomancy
ophiomancy
noun
Divination by serpents, as for example by their manner of eating or by their coils.
pachymenia
pachymenic
paedonymic
paracymene
paracymene
Noun
cymene
parchmenty
parchmenty
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of parchment.
parenchyma
parenchyma
noun
(anatomy) The functional tissue of an organ as distinguished from the connective and supporting tissue.
(botany) The cellular tissue, typically soft and succulent, found chiefly in the softer parts of leaves, pulp of fruits, bark and pith of stems, etc.
(zoology) Cellular tissue lying between the body wall and the organs of invertebrate animals lacking a coelom, such as flatworms.
parenchyme
patronymic
patronymic
adj
(by extension) Derived from one's ancestors.
Derived from one's father.
noun
(by extension) A name acquired from one's father's, grandfather's or earlier (male) ancestor's first name. Some cultures use a patronymic where other cultures use a surname or family name; other cultures (like Russia) use both a patronymic and a surname.
A name acquired from one's father.
permanency
permanency
noun
(countable) A person or thing permanently in residence.
The state or quality of permanence.
pessomancy
pessomancy
noun
Divination using pebbles.
philhymnic
poecilonym
poecilonym
noun
Almost a synonym: a word that means almost the same thing as another.
polyonymic
polyonymic
adj
Relating to polyonym
proeconomy
prominency
prominency
noun
Prominence.
psychonomy
psychonomy
noun
(dated) The psychology of human behaviour.
pycnometer
pycnometer
noun
(physics, metrology) A vessel of precisely known volume used by weighing to determine the specific gravity or relative density of a liquid.
pyrognomic
pyrognomic
adj
(archaic) thermoluminescent
pyromancer
pyromancer
noun
(fantasy) One who has a magical ability to conjure or control fire.
One who performs pyromancy
pyromaniac
pyromaniac
noun
A person experiencing pyromania.
pyromantic
pyromantic
adj
Of or relating to pyromancy.
noun
A practitioner of pyromancy.
pyronomics
pyronomics
noun
(obsolete, mid-19th century) The science of heat; thermodynamics.
scampingly
scampingly
adv
Dated form of skimpingly.
spodomancy
spodomancy
noun
Divination by means of ashes.
subcompany
subcompany
noun
A company forming part of a larger company.
syncarpium
syncarpium
noun
(botany) A syncarp.
toponymics
toponymics
noun
The study of toponyms.
tympanitic
tympanitic
adj
(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or affected with, tympanites.