ency: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of ency
- frequency«Word Popularity Bar5/5
frequency
- noun the number of occurrences within a given time period
oftenness; frequence.
- the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second
- the frequency of his seizures increased as he grew older
- noun the ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations
relative frequency.
- noun the number of occurrences within a given time period
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agency
- noun an administrative unit of government
office; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency.
- the Central Intelligence Agency
- the Census Bureau
- Office of Management and Budget
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- noun a business that serves other businesses
- noun an administrative unit of government
- efficiency5/5
efficiency
- noun the ratio of the output to the input of any system
- noun skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort
- she did the work with great efficiency
- noun the ratio of the output to the input of any system
- tendency5/5
tendency
- noun an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
disposition; inclination.
- he had an inclination to give up too easily
- a tendency to be too strict
- noun an inclination to do something
propensity; leaning.
- he felt leanings toward frivolity
- noun an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
- emergency5/5
emergency
- noun a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
pinch; exigency.
- he never knew what to do in an emergency
- noun a state in which martial law applies
- the governor declared a state of emergency
- noun a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
- currency5/5
currency
- noun the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used
- noun general acceptance or use
- the currency of ideas
- noun the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used
- deficiency5/5
deficiency
- noun the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
lack; want.
- there is a serious lack of insight into the problem
- water is the critical deficiency in desert regions
- for want of a nail the shoe was lost
- noun lack of an adequate quantity or number
insufficiency; inadequacy.
- the inadequacy of unemployment benefits
- noun the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
- consistency5/5
consistency
- noun the property of holding together and retaining its shape
body; consistence; eubstance.
- wool has more body than rayon
- when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake
- noun a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
consistence.
- noun the property of holding together and retaining its shape
- presidency5/5
presidency
- noun the tenure of a president
presidential term; administration.
- things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration
- noun the office and function of president
presidentship.
- Andrew Jackson expanded the power of the presidency beyond what was customary before his time
- noun the tenure of a president
- dependency5/5
dependency
- noun the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
dependance; dependence.
- noun being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
dependance; addiction; habituation; dependence.
- noun the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
- transparency5/5
transparency
- noun permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation
transparence.
- noun the quality of being clear and transparent
transparence; transparentness.
- noun permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation
- contingency4/5
contingency
- noun a possible event or occurrence or result
eventuality; contingence.
- noun the state of being contingent on something
- noun a possible event or occurrence or result
- urgency4/5
urgency
- noun the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
- noun pressing importance requiring speedy action
- the urgency of his need
- noun the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
- proficiency4/5
proficiency
- noun the quality of having great facility and competence
- noun skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity
technique.
- practice greatly improves proficiency
- noun the quality of having great facility and competence
- competency4/5
competency
- noun the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
competence.
- noun the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
- delinquency4/5
delinquency
- noun nonpayment of a debt when due
- noun a tendency to be negligent and uncaring
dereliction; willful neglect.
- he inherited his delinquency from his father
- his derelictions were not really intended as crimes
- his adolescent protest consisted of willful neglect of all his responsibilities
- noun nonpayment of a debt when due
- constituency4/5
constituency
- noun the body of voters who elect a representative for their area
- noun the body of voters who elect a representative for their area
- potency4/5
potency
- noun the power or right to give orders or make decisions
authority; say-so; authorisation; dominance; authorization.
- he has the authority to issue warrants
- deputies are given authorization to make arrests
- a place of potency in the state
- noun capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects
strength; effectiveness.
- the toxin's potency
- the strength of the drinks
- noun the power or right to give orders or make decisions
- latency4/5
latency
- noun (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head
rotational latency.
- noun the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it
reaction time; latent period; response time.
- noun (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head
- sufficiency4/5
sufficiency
- noun sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations
- her father questioned the young suitor's sufficiency
- noun an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
enough.
- enough is as good as a feast
- there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country
- noun sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations
- inconsistency4/5
inconsistency
- noun the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
incompatibility; mutual exclusiveness; repugnance.
- noun the quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts
- noun the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
- insufficiency4/5
insufficiency
- noun a lack of competence
inadequacy.
- pointed out the insufficiencies in my report
- juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents
- noun (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally
- noun a lack of competence
- excellency4/5
excellency
- noun an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels
excellence.
- a center of manufacturing excellence
- the use of herbs is one of the excellencies of French cuisine
- noun a title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or governors); usually preceded by `Your' or `His' or `Her'
- Your Excellency
- noun an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels
- fluency4/5
fluency
- noun powerful and effective language
eloquence; smoothness.
- his eloquence attracted a large congregation
- fluency in spoken and written English is essential
- his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police
- noun skillfulness in speaking or writing
- noun powerful and effective language
- immunodeficiency4/5
immunodeficiency
- noun immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced
- noun immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced
- residency4/5
residency
- noun the act of dwelling in a place
residence; abidance.
- noun the position of physician who is receiving special training in a hospital (usually after completing an internship)
- noun the act of dwelling in a place
- decency4/5
decency
- noun the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality
- noun the quality of being polite and respectable
- noun the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality
- insolvency4/5
insolvency
- noun the lack of financial resources
- noun the lack of financial resources
- inefficiency4/5
inefficiency
- noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency
- noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency
- insurgency4/5
insurgency
- noun an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict
insurgence.
- noun an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict
- complacency3/5
complacency
- noun the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
complacence; self-complacency; self-satisfaction.
- his complacency was absolutely disgusting
- noun the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
- expediency3/5
expediency
- noun the quality of being suited to the end in view
expedience.
- noun the quality of being suited to the end in view
- regency3/5
regency
- noun the period of time during which a regent governs
- noun the period from 1811-1820 when the Prince of Wales was regent during George III's periods of insanity
- noun the period of time during which a regent governs
- clemency3/5
clemency
- noun good weather with comfortable temperatures
mildness.
- noun leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
mercy; mercifulness.
- he threw himself on the mercy of the court
- noun good weather with comfortable temperatures
- concurrency3/5
concurrency
- noun agreement of results or opinions
concurrence.
- noun acting together, as agents or circumstances or events
concurrence.
- noun agreement of results or opinions
- interagency3/5
interagency
Intermediate agency.
- solvency3/5
solvency
- noun the ability to meet maturing obligations as they come due
- noun the ability to meet maturing obligations as they come due
- patency3/5
patency
- noun the openness (lack of obstruction) of a bodily passage or duct
- noun the property of being easy to see and understand
obviousness; noticeability; noticeableness.
- noun the openness (lack of obstruction) of a bodily passage or duct
- resiliency3/5
resiliency
- noun an occurrence of rebounding or springing back
resilience.
- noun the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit
resilience.
- noun an occurrence of rebounding or springing back
- despondency3/5
despondency
- noun feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
disconsolateness; heartsickness; despondence.
- noun feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
- leniency3/5
leniency
- noun mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
mildness; lenience; lenity.
- noun a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
lenience; indulgence.
- too much indulgence spoils a child
- noun mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
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- adjacency3/5
adjacency
- noun the attribute of being so near as to be touching
contiguity; contiguousness.
- noun the attribute of being so near as to be touching
- counterinsurgency3/5
counterinsurgency
- noun actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
pacification.
- noun actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
- indecency3/5
indecency
- noun the quality of being indecent
- noun an indecent or improper act
impropriety.
- noun the quality of being indecent
- permanency3/5
permanency
- noun the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration
permanence.
- noun the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration
- equivalency2/5
equivalency
Same as Equivalence .
- interdependency2/5
interdependency
- noun a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)
mutuality; interdependence.
- noun a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)
- stringency2/5
stringency
- noun a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
tightness.
- noun conscientious attention to rules and details
strictness.
- noun a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
- exigency2/5
exigency
- noun a pressing or urgent situation
- the health-care exigency
- noun a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
pinch; emergency.
- he never knew what to do in an emergency
- noun a pressing or urgent situation
- ascendency2/5
ascendency
- noun the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
control; ascendance; ascendancy; ascendence; dominance.
- her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her
- noun the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
- incumbency2/5
incumbency
- noun the term during which some position is held
term of office; tenure.
- noun a duty that is incumbent upon you
- noun the term during which some position is held
- montmorency2/5
- recency2/5
recency
- noun a time immediately before the present
recentness.
- noun the property of having happened or appeared not long ago
recentness.
- noun a time immediately before the present
- valency2/5
valency
- noun the phenomenon of forming chemical bonds
- noun (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate
valence.
- noun the phenomenon of forming chemical bonds
- pendency2/5
pendency
The quality or state of being pendent or suspended.
- saliency2/5
saliency
- noun the state of being salient
strikingness; salience.
- noun the state of being salient
- cogency2/5
cogency
- noun persuasive relevance
- noun the quality of being valid and rigorous
rigor; rigour; validity.
- noun persuasive relevance
- coherency2/5
coherency
- noun the state of cohering or sticking together
cohesion; cohesiveness; coherence.
- noun logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts
coherence.
- noun the state of cohering or sticking together
- persistency2/5
persistency
- noun persistent determination
perseverance; tenaciousness; doggedness; tenacity; pertinacity; persistence.
- noun persistent determination
- incompetency2/5
incompetency
- noun lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications
incompetence.
- noun lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications
- independency2/5
independency
- noun freedom from control or influence of another or others
independence.
- noun freedom from control or influence of another or others
- translucency2/5
translucency
- noun the quality of allowing light to pass diffusely
semitransparency; translucence.
- noun the quality of allowing light to pass diffusely
- congruency2/5
- tangency2/5
tangency
- noun the state of being tangent; having contact at a single point or along a line without crossing
- noun (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact
contact.
- they forget to solder the contacts
- noun the state of being tangent; having contact at a single point or along a line without crossing
- selfsufficiency2/5
- impotency2/5
impotency
- noun the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
powerlessness; impotence.
- noun an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate
impotence.
- noun the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
- superintendency2/5
superintendency
The act of superintending; superintendence. Boyle.
- infrequency2/5
infrequency
- noun noteworthy scarcity
rareness; rarity.
- noun noteworthy scarcity
- pungency2/5
pungency
- noun wit having a sharp and caustic quality
bite.
- he commented with typical pungency
- the bite of satire
- noun a strong odor or taste property
bite; sharpness; raciness.
- the pungency of mustard
- the sulfurous bite of garlic
- the sharpness of strange spices
- the raciness of the wine
- noun wit having a sharp and caustic quality
- belligerency2/5
belligerency
- noun hostile or warlike attitude or nature
belligerence.
- noun fighting; acts of overt warfare
hostilities.
- the outbreak of hostilities
- noun hostile or warlike attitude or nature
- codependency2/5
codependency
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- recumbency2/5
recumbency
Recumbence.
- intermittency2/5
intermittency
- noun the quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping
intermittence.
- noun the quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping
- fervency2/5
fervency
- noun feelings of great warmth and intensity
fervor; fervidness; fire; ardor; fervour; ardour.
- he spoke with great ardor
- noun feelings of great warmth and intensity
- eurocurrency2/5
eurocurrency
- noun currency of the major financial and industrial countries held in those countries for the purpose of lending and borrowing
- noun currency of the major financial and industrial countries held in those countries for the purpose of lending and borrowing
- innocency2/5
innocency
- noun an innocent quality or thing or act
- the innocencies of childhood
- noun an innocent quality or thing or act
- radiolucency2/5
radiolucency
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- subserviency2/5
subserviency
The quality or state of being subservient; instrumental fitness or use; hence, willingness to serve another's purposes; in a derogatory sense, servility. The body wherein appears much fitness, use, and subserviency to infinite functions. Bentley.
There is a regular subordination and subserviency among all the parts to beneficial ends. Cheyne.
- absorbency2/5
absorbency
- noun the property of being absorbent
- noun the property of being absorbent
- multifrequency2/5
- inclemency2/5
inclemency
- noun weather unsuitable for outdoor activities
bad weather; inclementness.
- noun excessive sternness
harshness; stiffness; severity; severeness; rigor; rigorousness; rigour; hardness; rigourousness.
- severity of character
- the harshness of his punishment was inhuman
- the rigors of boot camp
- noun weather unsuitable for outdoor activities
- stridency2/5
stridency
- noun having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound
stridence; shrillness.
- noun having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound
- nonemergency2/5
- repellency1/5
repellency
The principle of repulsion; the quality or capacity of repelling; repulsion.
- multiagency1/5
- conveniency1/5
conveniency
The state or quality of being convenient; fitness or suitableness, as of place, time, etc.; propriety. Let's futher think of this; Weigh what convenience both of time and means May fit us to our shape. Shak.
With all brief and plain conveniency, Let me have judgment. Shak.
- astringency1/5
astringency
- noun a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker
astringence.
- noun the ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids
stypsis.
- noun a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker
- lucency1/5
lucency
The quality of being lucent.
- disfluency1/5
disfluency
- noun lack of skillfulness in speaking or writing
- noun lack of skillfulness in speaking or writing
- transiency1/5
transiency
- noun an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
transience; transitoriness.
- noun an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
- subjacency1/5
- precedency1/5
precedency
- noun status established in order of importance or urgency
priority; precedence.
- ...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals
- national independence takes priority over class struggle
- noun preceding in time
antecedency; precedence; anteriority; priority; antecedence.
- noun status established in order of importance or urgency
- eigenfrequency1/5
- detergency1/5
detergency
- noun detergent quality; the quality of having cleansing power
detergence.
- noun detergent quality; the quality of having cleansing power
- transcendency1/5
transcendency
- noun a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience
transcendence.
- noun the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits
transcendence; superiority.
- noun a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience
- recipiency1/5
recipiency
The quality or state of being recipient; a receiving; reception; receptiveness.
- indigency1/5
indigency
Indigence. New indigencies founded upon new desires. South.
- inconveniency1/5
inconveniency
Inconvenience.
- subagency1/5
subagency
A subordinate agency.
- totipotency1/5
totipotency
- noun the ability of a cell to give rise to unlike cells and so to develop a new organism or part
totipotence.
- animal cells lose their totipotency at an early stage in embryonic development
- noun the ability of a cell to give rise to unlike cells and so to develop a new organism or part
- inexpediency1/5
inexpediency
- noun the quality of being unsuited to the end in view
inexpedience.
- noun the quality of being unsuited to the end in view
- incoherency1/5
incoherency
- noun lack of cohesion or clarity or organization
incoherence.
- noun nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible
unintelligibility; incoherence.
- noun lack of cohesion or clarity or organization
- inherency1/5
inherency
- noun the state of inhering; the state of being a fixed characteristic
inherence.
- the inherence of polysemy in human language
- noun the state of inhering; the state of being a fixed characteristic
- incipiency1/5
incipiency
- noun beginning to exist or to be apparent
incipience.
- he placed the incipience of democratic faith at around 1850
- it is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency
- noun beginning to exist or to be apparent
- inadvertency1/5
inadvertency
- noun the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities
unmindfulness; heedlessness; inadvertence.
- noun the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities
- corpulency1/5
corpulency
- noun more than average fatness
obesity; fleshiness.
- noun more than average fatness
- prepotency1/5
prepotency
- noun the state of being predominant over others
predominance; predomination.
- noun the state of being predominant over others
- nonagency1/5
- covalency1/5
covalency
- noun valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound; the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share
covalence.
- noun valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound; the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share
- divergency1/5
divergency
- noun an infinite series that has no limit
divergence.
- noun the act of moving away in different direction from a common point
divergence.
- an angle is formed by the divergence of two straight lines
- noun an infinite series that has no limit
- indifferency1/5
indifferency
Absence of interest in, or influence from, anything; unconcernedness; equilibrium; indifferentism; indifference. Gladstone.To give ourselves to a detestable indifferency or neutrality in this cause. Fuller.
Moral liberty . . . does not, after all, consist in a power of indifferency, or in a power of choosing without regard to motives. Hazlitt.
- pertinency1/5
pertinency
- noun relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand
pertinence; applicability.
- noun relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand
- sentiency1/5
sentiency
- noun the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
sensory faculty; sentience; sensation; sense.
- in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing
- noun the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
- eminency1/5
eminency
State of being eminent; eminence. "Eminency of estate." Tillotson.
- apparency1/5
apparency
- noun the property of being apparent
apparentness.
- noun the property of being apparent
- opponency1/5
opponency
The act of opening an academical disputation; the proposition of objections to a tenet, as an exercise for a degree. Eng. Todd.
- ardency1/5
ardency
Heat. R. Sir T. Herbert.
- multivalency1/5
multivalency
- noun (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two
polyvalency; polyvalence; multivalence.
- noun (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two
- correspondency1/5
correspondency
Same as Correspondence , 3.The correspondencies of types and antitypes . . . may be very reasonable confirmations. S. Clarke.
- multicurrency1/5
- vicegerency1/5
vicegerency
The office of a vicegerent. South.
- convergency1/5
convergency
- noun the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit
convergence.
- noun the act of converging (coming closer)
convergence; converging.
- noun the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit
- surgency1/5
surgency
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- incontinency1/5
incontinency
- noun involuntary urination or defecation
incontinence.
- noun involuntary urination or defecation
- insistency1/5
insistency
- noun the state of demanding notice or attention
press; pressure; imperativeness; insistence.
- the insistence of their hunger
- the press of business matters
- noun the act of insisting on something
insistence.
- insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position
- noun the state of demanding notice or attention
- continency1/5
continency
- noun the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters
continence.
- noun the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters
- appetency1/5
appetency
- noun a feeling of craving something
appetite; appetence.
- an appetite for life
- the object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as possible"- Granville Hicks
- noun a feeling of craving something
- gyrofrequency1/5
- idempotency1/5
- prevalency1/5
prevalency
See Prevalence .
- vehemency1/5
vehemency
Vehemence. R.The vehemency of your affection. Shak.
- flatulency1/5
flatulency
- noun a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal
gas; flatulence.
- noun a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal
- impermanency1/5
impermanency
- noun the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations
impermanence.
- noun the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations
- omnipotency1/5
omnipotency
The state of being omnipotent; almighty power; hence, one who is omnipotent; the Deity. Will Omnipotence neglect to save The suffering virtue of the wise and brave? Pope.
- imminency1/5
imminency
- noun the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon
imminentness; forthcomingness; impendence; imminence; impendency.
- noun the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon
- pruriency1/5
pruriency
- noun feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
lasciviousness; lubricity; prurience; carnality.
- noun feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
- cadency1/5
cadency
- noun a recurrent rhythmical series
cadence.
- noun a recurrent rhythmical series
- polyvalency1/5
polyvalency
- noun (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two
multivalency; polyvalence; multivalence.
- noun (toxicology) the state of being capable of counteracting more than one toxin or antigen or kind of microorganism
polyvalence.
- noun (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two
- coregency1/5
- nontransparency1/5
- sistency1/5
sistency
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- sequency1/5
sequency
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- nonfluency1/5
Suffixes of ency
- encyclopedia«Word Popularity Bar4/5
encyclopedia
- noun a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
cyclopedia; encyclopaedia; cyclopaedia.
- noun a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
- encyclopaedia3/5
encyclopaedia
- noun a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
cyclopedia; encyclopedia; cyclopaedia.
- noun a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
- encyclopedic3/5
encyclopedic
- adjective satellite broad in scope or content
encyclopaedic.
- encyclopedic knowledge
- adjective satellite broad in scope or content
- encyclopedias3/5
encyclopedia
- noun a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
cyclopedia; encyclopaedia; cyclopaedia.
- noun a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
- encyclical3/5
encyclical
- noun a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world
encyclical letter.
- adjective satellite intended for wide distribution
- an encyclical letter
- noun a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world
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encyclopaedic
- adjective satellite broad in scope or content
encyclopedic.
- encyclopedic knowledge
- adjective satellite broad in scope or content
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encyclical
- noun a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world
encyclical letter.
- adjective satellite intended for wide distribution
- an encyclical letter
- noun a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world
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encyclopaedia
- noun a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
cyclopedia; encyclopedia; cyclopaedia.
- noun a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
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encysted
- adjective enclosed in (or as if in) a cyst
- adjective enclosed in (or as if in) a cyst
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encyclopedist
- noun a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
encyclopaedist.
- noun a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
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encyclopedist
- noun a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
encyclopaedist.
- noun a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
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encycl
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encyclopaedist
- noun a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
encyclopedist.
- noun a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
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encyc
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encyst
To inclose in a cyst.
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encystment
(Biol.) A process which, among some of the lower forms of life, precedes reproduction by budding, fission, spore formation, etc. ✍ The animal (a) first contracts its body to a globular mass (b) and then secretes a transparent cyst (c), after which the mass divides into two or more parts (as in d e), each of which attains freedom by the bursting of the cyst, and becomes an individual animal.
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encyclopædia
The circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge; esp., a work in which the various branches of science or art are discussed separately, and usually in alphabetical order; a cyclopedia.
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encyclopaedist
- noun a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
encyclopedist.
- noun a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
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encyclia
- noun large genus of epiphytic and lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas and West Indies; formerly included in genus Epidendrum
genus Encyclia.
- noun large genus of epiphytic and lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas and West Indies; formerly included in genus Epidendrum
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encyclopedism
- noun profound scholarly knowledge
eruditeness; encyclopaedism; learnedness; learning; erudition; scholarship.
- noun profound scholarly knowledge
Derived words of ency
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phencyclidine
- noun a drug used as an anesthetic by veterinarians; illicitly taken (originally in the form of powder or `dust') for its effects as a hallucinogen
angel dust; PCP; phencyclidine hydrochloride.
- noun a drug used as an anesthetic by veterinarians; illicitly taken (originally in the form of powder or `dust') for its effects as a hallucinogen
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