OBSTANCY

  

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OBSTANCY

Definition: OBSTANCY

OBSTANCY

Noun

1. Opposition; impediment; obstruction.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Obstancy \Ob"stan*cy\, noun. [Latin expression obstantia, from obstans, present participle of obstare. See Obstacle.]. (Websters 1913)


Rhyming with "OBSTANCY"

Words rhyming with "OBSTANCY" (pronounced 'Ob"stan*cy'): Abbacy, Abeyancy, Abhorrency, Absorbency, Abstinency, Acceptancy, Accordancy, Accountancy, Accumbency, Accuracy, Acquiescency, Acritochromacy, Adequacy, Adherency, Adjutancy, Adolescency, Advocacy, Aeromancy, Affluency, Agency, Aldermancy, Alectoromancy, Alectryomancy, Aleuromancy, Alliciency, Alomancy, Al-phitomancy, Alternacy, -ancy, Antecedency, Anthracomancy, Anthropomancy, Apparency, Appellancy, Appetency, Applicancy, Archiepiscopacy, Ardency, ARISTOCRACY, Arithmancy, Arithmomancy, Arrogancy, Aruspicy, Ascendency, Assurgency, Astragalomancy, Astringency, Athermancy, Attendancy, Austromancy. (additional references)

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Anagrams: OBSTANCY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-c-n-o-s-t-y"

-2 letters: astony, bacons, bancos, batons, botany, cantos, cotans, cytons, octans, scanty.

-3 letters: antsy, ascot, atony, bacon, banco, banty, baton, boast, boats, botas, canso, canst, canto, cants, canty, coast, coats, costa, cotan, cyano, cyans, cyton, nasty, octan, sabot, santo, scant, stony, tacos, tansy.

-4 letters: abos, abys, acts, ants, bans, bast, bats, bays, boas, boat, bony.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-c-n-o-s-t-y"
 

+1 letter: corybants, obstinacy.

 

+2 letters: corybantes.

 

+3 letters: subcontrary.

 

+4 letters: antiboycotts, constabulary, cybernations.

 

+5 letters: antiobscenity, bisectionally, cytomembranes, incontestably, insociability, syllabication, unsociability.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: OBSTANCY


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4F 42 53 54 41 4E 43 59

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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