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n. Absorptiveness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Abstinence. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being accumbent or reclining. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Cf. F. acescence. See Acescent. ] The quality of being acescent; the process of acetous fermentation; a moderate degree of sourness. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state or quality of being adherent; adherence. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which adheres. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } [ Cf. LL. adjacentia. ] 1. The state or attribute of being adjacent or contiguous; contiguity; the attribute of being so near as to be touching; as, the adjacency of lands or buildings.
Syn. -- contiguousness [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is adjacent. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being adolescent; youthfulness. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } [ OF. advertence, avertence, LL. advertentia, fr. L. advertens. See Advertent. ] The act of adverting, of the quality of being advertent; attention; notice; regard; heedfulness. [ 1913 Webster ]

To this difference it is right that advertence should be had in regulating taxation. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Affluence. [ Obs. ] Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Agencies [ agentia, fr. L. agens, agentis: cf. F. agence. See Agent. ] 1. The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality. [ 1913 Webster ]

The superintendence and agency of Providence in the natural world. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of another. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The place of business of an agent. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An organization or business that provides some service, primarily for other organizations; as, an advertising agency. [ PJC ]

5. An administrative division of a government; as, a state welfare agency; a motor vehicle agency; the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). [ PJC ]

Syn. -- Action; operation; efficiency; management. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A tendency to become alkaline; or the state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominant. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Attractive power; attractiveness. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. mixed feelings or emotions; uncertainty or vacillation in making a choice. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. (Psychol.) the simultaneous existence within a person of both positive and negative feelings toward another person or action, or toward an object (as of attraction and revulsion), resulting in internal conflict. [ PJC ]

n. The state or condition of being antecedent; priority. Fothherby. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Appearance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Apparentness; state of being apparent. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The position of being heir apparent. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. State of being appendant; appendance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Appetencies [ L. appetentia, fr. appetere to strive after, long for. See Appetite. ] 1. Fixed and strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving; an eager appetite. [ 1913 Webster ]

They had a strong appetency for reading. Merivale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically: An instinctive inclination or propensity in animals to perform certain actions, as in the young to suck, in aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim; the tendency of an organized body to seek what satisfies the wants of its organism. [ 1913 Webster ]

These lacteals have mouths, and by animal selection or appetency the absorb such part of the fluid as is agreeable to their palate. E. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Natural tendency; affinity; attraction; -- used of inanimate objects. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Heat. [ R. ] Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Warmth of passion or affection; ardor; vehemence; eagerness; as, the ardency of love or zeal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Governing or controlling influence; the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; domination; power. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

An undisputed ascendency. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Custom has an ascendency over the understanding. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Control; authority; influence; sway; dominion; prevalence; domination; dominance; ascendance; ascendence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of rising. [ 1913 Webster ]

The . . . assurgency of the spirit through the body. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being astringent; the power of contracting the parts of the body; that quality in medicines or other substances which causes contraction of the organic textures; as, the astringency of tannin. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The quality of being belligerent. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. the act or state of being engaged in war or a warlike conflict; warfare.
Syn. -- hostilities. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. an aggressively hostile or warlike attitude or nature; a readiness to fight or offend, with little or no provocation. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. (Chem.) The quality of being bivalent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Descent of related families; distinction between the members of a family according to their ages. [ 1913 Webster ]

Marks of cadency (Her.), bearings indicating the position of the bearer as older or younger son, or as a descendant of an older or younger son. See Difference (Her.). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. caecutire to be blind, fr. caecus blind. ] Partial blindness, or a tendency to blindness. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Tendency toward the center. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of surrounding or encompassing. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Clemencies [ L. clementia, fr. clemens mild, calm. ] 1. Disposition to forgive and spare, as offenders; mildness of temper; gentleness; tenderness; mercy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Great clemency and tender zeal toward their subjects. Stowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

They had applied for the royal clemency. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Mildness or softness of the elements; as, the clemency of the season.

Syn. -- Mildness; tenderness; indulgence; lenity; mercy; gentleness; compassion; kindness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being a client. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Agency in common; joint agency or agent. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Joint efficiency; cooperation. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Cogent. ] The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction; conclusiveness; force. [ 1913 Webster ]

An antecedent argument of extreme cogency. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ L. cohaerentia: cf. F. cohérence. ] 1. A sticking or cleaving together; union of parts of the same body; cohesion. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Connection or dependence, proceeding from the subordination of the parts of a thing to one principle or purpose, as in the parts of a discourse, or of a system of philosophy; a logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts; consecutiveness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Coherence of discourse, and a direct tendency of all the parts of it to the argument in hand, are most eminently to be found in him. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. the state of cohering.
Syn. -- cohesion, cohesiveness. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Coincidence. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Cf. F. compétence, from L. competentia agreement. ] 1. The state of being competent; fitness; ability; adequacy; power. [ 1913 Webster ]

The loan demonstrates, in regard to instrumental resources, the competency of this kingdom to the assertion of the common cause. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

To make them act zealously is not in the competence of law. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Property or means sufficient for the necessaries and conveniences of life; sufficiency without excess. [ 1913 Webster ]

Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense,
Lie in three words -- health, peace, and competence. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Superfluity comes sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) (a) Legal capacity or qualifications; fitness; as, the competency of a witness or of a evidence. (b) Right or authority; legal power or capacity to take cognizance of a cause; as, the competence of a judge or court. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually, especially possession of the skill and knowledge required (for a task). [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

{ , n. [ LL. complacentia: cf. F. complaisance. See Complacent, and cf. Complaisance. ] 1. Calm contentment; satisfaction; gratification. [ 1913 Webster ]

The inward complacence we find in acting reasonably and virtuously. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacency, if they discover none of the like in themselves. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The cause of pleasure or joy. “O thou, my sole complacence.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The manifestation of contentment or satisfaction; good nature; kindness; civility; affability. [ 1913 Webster ]

Complacency, and truth, and manly sweetness,
Dwell ever on his tongue, and smooth his thoughts. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

With mean complacence ne'er betray your trust. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Deduction from premises; inference; conclusion. [ Obs. ] Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Concurrence. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Cf. F. condescendance. ] Condescension. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Congruence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Congruency of lines. (Geom.) See Complex of lines, under Complex, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ L. con- + nascentia birth, fr. nascens, p. pr. of nasci to be born. ] 1. The common birth of two or more at the same tome; production of two or more together. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is born or produced with another. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of growing together. [ Obs. ] Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Connivance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Cf. F. consistance. ] 1. The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Water, being divided, maketh many circles, till it restore itself to the natural consistence. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

We are as water, weak, and of no consistence. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

The same form, substance, and consistency. T. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A degree of firmness, density, viscosity, or spissitude; a measure of the ability to hold together when manipulated.
Syn. -- body. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let the expressed juices be boiled into the consistence of a sirup. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which stands together as a united whole; a combination. [ 1913 Webster ]

The church of God, as meaning the whole consistence of orders and members. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency. [ 1913 Webster ]

His friendship is of a noble make and a lasting consistency. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Agreement or harmony of all parts of a complex thing among themselves, or of the same thing with itself at different times; the harmony of conduct with profession; congruity; correspondence; as, the consistency of laws, regulations, or judicial decisions; consistency of opinions; consistency of conduct or of character. [ 1913 Webster ]

That consistency of behavior whereby he inflexibly pursues those measures which appear the most just. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Consistency, thou art a jewel. Popular Saying. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Constituencies A body of constituents, as the body of citizens or voters in a representative district. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ F. continence, L. continentia. See Continent, and cf. Countenance. ] 1. Self-restraint; self-command. [ 1913 Webster ]

He knew what to say; he knew also, when to leave off, -- a continence which is practiced by few writers. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The restraint which a person imposes upon his desires and passions; the act or power of refraining from indulgence of the sexual appetite, esp. from unlawful indulgence; sometimes, moderation in sexual indulgence. [ 1913 Webster ]

If they [ the unmarried and widows ] have not continency, let them marry. 1 Cor. vii. 9 (Rev. Ver. ). [ 1913 Webster ]

Chastity is either abstinence or continence: abstinence is that of virgins or widows; continence, that of married persons. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Uninterrupted course; continuity. [ Obs. ] Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Contingencies /plu>. [ Cf. F. contingence. ] 1. Union or connection; the state of touching or contact. “Point of contingency.” J. Gregory. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quality or state of being contingent or casual; the possibility of coming to pass. [ 1913 Webster ]

Aristotle says we are not to build certain rules on the contingency of human actions. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An event which may or may not occur; that which is possible or probable; a fortuitous event; a chance. [ 1913 Webster ]

The remarkable position of the queen rendering her death a most important contingency. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An adjunct or accessory. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Law) A certain possible event that may or may not happen, by which, when happening, some particular title may be affected.

Syn. -- Casualty; accident; chance. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ L. convalescentia: cf. F. convalescence. ] The recovery of heath and strength after disease; the state of a body renewing its vigor after sickness or weakness; the time between the subsidence of a disease and complete restoration to health. [ 1913 Webster ]