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Definition: -ENCY |
-ENCY1. A noun suffix having much the same meaning as -ence, but more commonly signifying the quality or state; as, emergency, efficiency. See -ancy. |
| Words rhyming with "-ENCY" (pronounced '-en*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, Autocracy, Axinomancy, Bankruptcy, Baronetcy, Belomancy, Benignancy, Bibliomancy, Bivalency, Blatancy, Botanomancy, Brevetcy, Brillancy, Buoyancy, Bureaucracy, Cadency, Candidacy, Capnomancy, Captaincy, Cartomancy, Catoptromancy, Cecutiency, Celibacy, Centripetency, Ceromancy, Chaomancy, Chaplaincy, Chartomancy, Chiromancy, Circumambiency, Clemency, Cleromancy, Cliency, Coadjuvancy, Coagency, Coefficacy, Coefficiency, Cogency, Coincibency, Colluctancy, Colonelcy, Commorancy, Compliancy, Complicacy, Concludency, Concordancy, Concubinacy, Concurrency, Congeneracy, Congruency, Connivency, Conservancy, Conspiracy, Constancy, Constituency, Contingency, Contumacy, Conversancy, Cornetcy, Correspondency, Coscinomancy, Couchancy, Crystallomancy, Curacy, Currency, Dactyliomancy, Dactylomancy, Dancy, Daphnomancy, Decency, Decipiency, Deficiency, Degeneracy, Delegacy, Delicacy, Delinquency, Deliracy, Delirancy, Delitescency, Demency, Democracy, Demonocracy, Dependency, Depopulacy, Despiciency, Despondency, Detergency, Determinacy, Diffidency, Diligency, Diplomacy, Disappendency, Disconsolacy, Discumbency, Disfancy, Disobediency, Displacency, Dissonancy, Distancy, Docimacy, Dormancy, Doulocracy, Dubitancy, Durancy, Effeminacy, Efficacy, Efflorescency, Effluency, Electro-thermancy, Emergency, Eminency, Enoptomancy, Ensigncy, Episcopacy, Equipendency, Equitancy, Equivalency, Equivocacy, Errancy, Esnecy, Excellency, Excrescency, Exigency, Existency, Exsiliency, Extacy, Extancy, Extravagancy, Extuberancy, Exuberancy, Fallacy, Fallency, Farcy, Feculency, Fermacy, fervency, Flagrancy, fleecy, flippancy, fluency, frequency, Fritinancy, Fugacy, Fulgency, Gastromancy, Geomancy, Gerontocracy, Gramercy, Gunocracy, Gynecocracy, Gyneocracy, Gynocracy, Gyromancy, Habiitancy, Hagiocracy, Haruspicy, hesitancy, Heterocercy, Hierocracy, Hieromancy, Homocercy, hydromancy, Ichthyomancy, icy, Idiocracy, idiocy, Idiotcy, illegitimacy, illiteracy, Imitancy, immediacy, Immoderacy, Immoderancy, Impatiency, Impeccancy, impenitency, Impertinency, Impolicy, Importancy, Importunacy, Impudency, inaccuracy, inadequacy, Incalescency, incessancy, Incidency, inclemency, Inconsideracy, inconsistency, inconstancy, Inconveniency, incumbency, indecency, Indeficiency, indelicacy, independency, Indifferency, Indigency, Indistancy, Indolency, Indulgency, inefficacy, inefficiency, inerrancy, INFANCY, Inmacy, Innitency, Innocency, Inordinacy, Insignificancy, Insitency, Insolency, insolvency, instancy, insufficiency, Intelligency, Intemperancy, Intendancy, Interagency, interdependency, Interluency, Intermediacy, Interregency, Intestacy, INTIMACY, Intolerancy, intricacy, Inveteracy, Inviolacy, Irregeneracy, Irrelavancy, Itineracy, Itinerancy, Jactancy, Jesuitocracy, Joyancy, juicy, Kakistocracy, Lasciviency, latency, Latitancy, Lecanomancy, legacy, legitimacy, Leucophlegmacy, Liegiancy, lieutenancy, Liquescency, literacy, lithomancy, Lucency, lunacy, Luxuriancy, Macilency, magistracy, Maledicency, -mancy, Manutenency, mediacy, mendicancy, mercy, Meteoromancy, Metopomancy, militancy, Ministracy, Mispolicy, Mobocracy, monocracy, Mordicancy, Mugiency, Myomancy, Nascency, Necromancy, Neocracy, Nomancy, Nomocracy, Nonproficiency, Nonsolvency, normalcy, Obduracy, Obeisancy, Observancy, Obstancy, Obstetricy, Obstinacy, Occupancy, Ochlocracy, Omnipresency, Omnisciency, Omphalomancy, Oneiromancy, onomancy, Onomomancy, Onychomancy, Ophiomancy, Opponency, Oppugnancy, Optimacy, Opulency, Oriency, Ornithomancy, Orphancy, Oscillancy, Oscitancy, pancy, Pantisocracy, Papacy, Parturiency, Patency, Peccancy, Pedantocracy, Pedomancy, Pegomancy, Pendency, Penitency, Pernancy, Perspicacy, Pervicacy, Pharmacy, Piquancy, piracy, Plangency, Plantocracy, Pliancy, Plutocracy, Poignancy, Polycracy, Polypharmacy, Populacy, Potency, Potentacy, Predisponency, Predominancy, Preexistency, Prefulgency, Pregnancy, Prejudicacy, Prelacy, Preoccupancy, Prepotency, Presidency, Prevalency, Prevenancy, Primacy, Privacy, Probacy, Procuracy, Profligacy, Prolificacy, Propendency, Prophecy. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-n-y" | |
-1 letter: yen. | |
-2 letters: en, ne, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-n-y" | |
+1 letter: coney, yince. | |
+2 letters: agency, carney, coneys, convey, cygnet, cymene, encyst, hyenic, nicely, nicety, synced, wincey. | |
+3 letters: ardency, cadency, cannery, carneys, cayenne, century, chantey, chimney, chutney, cindery, cleanly, cockney, cogency, condyle, conveys, coyness, cryogen, cyanate, cyanide, cyanine, cyanite, cyclone, cygnets, cymenes, cystein, cystine, decency, ecdyson, economy, encrypt, encysts, enzymic, errancy, fluency, glycine, gynecia, gynecic, hackney, hyaenic, joyance, larceny, latency, lucency, lyncean, lynched, lyncher, lynches, monoecy, nectary, patency, potency, pudency, recency, regency, scenery, stenchy, synched, syncope, tenancy, urgency, valency, winceys, wryneck. | |
+4 letters: abeyance, abeyancy, aglycone, ancestry, anyplace, benzylic, buoyance, calycine, catenary, cayenned, cayennes, centaury, ceremony, chancery, chanteys, chevying, chimneys, chutneys, cinerary, clemency, clownery, coagency, cockneys, coenzyme, cogently, condyles, convexly, conveyed, conveyer, conveyor, convoyed, cooeying, cornetcy, cravenly, crayoned, cryogens, cryogeny, currency, cyanates, cyanided, cyanides, cyanines, cyanites, cyanogen, cyanosed, cyanoses, cyclamen, cyclones, cylinder, cymogene, cynosure, cysteine, cysteins, cystines, cytidine, cytogeny, cytokine, cytosine, deaconry, decaying, decenary, decently, decoying, decrying, deviancy, dysgenic, dyspneic, ecdysone, ecdysons, elegancy, eminency, enactory, encrypts, encyclic, encysted, endarchy, ensigncy, eponymic, exigency, feminacy, fervency, geomancy, glycerin, glycines, glycogen, gonocyte, gynaecea, gynaecia, gynecium, gynecoid, gynoecia, hackneys, hygienic, hyoscine, jerrycan, joyances, keypunch, knackery, lambency, leniency, lucently, lycopene, lynchers, monocyte, mycelian, myelinic, myogenic, nascency, necropsy, neomycin, numeracy, opulency, oxygenic, peccancy, pendency, phenylic, picayune, polyenic, princely, pungency, pycnoses, pyogenic, recently, reconvey, regnancy, saliency, sapiency, secantly, secondly, secundly, sequency, snickery, solvency, sycamine, syenitic, syncline, syncopes, syndetic, synectic, synergic, tangency, tenacity, tendency, turgency, uncloyed, uncomely, unicycle, verdancy, vicenary, wrynecks, yachtmen. | |
+5 letters: aberrancy, abeyances, acetylene, adjacency, affluency, aglycones, anciently, ancientry, annoyance, appetency, archenemy, asyndetic, baronetcy, buoyances, cabinetry, cageyness, carpentry, casefying, centenary, centrally, certainly, certainty, chandlery, chicanery, citizenly, citizenry, clemently, clergyman, clergymen, cockneyfy, coenocyte, coenzymes, cognately, coherency, colonelcy, concisely, connately, contumely, convexity, conveyers, conveying, conveyors, copayment, cotyledon, covalency, coynesses, cranberry, cryogenic, currently, cyanamide, cyanogens, cyberpunk, cyclamens, cyclopean, cylinders, cymogenes, cymophane, cynosures, cyphering, cysteines, cytidines, cytokines, cytosines, decadency, descrying, ecdysones, embryonic, emergency, encrypted, encyclics, encysting, endoscopy, entelechy, enzymatic, ethnicity, ethylenic, exultancy, fecundity, frenchify, frequency, genically, genotypic, glycerine, glycerins, glycogens, gonocytes, gynaeceum, gynaecium, gynoecium, hackneyed, hesitancy, honeycomb, hygienics, hyoscines, immanency, imminency, impotency, indecency, inerrancy, inexactly, innocency, insectary, intercity, intestacy, jerrycans, jockeying, lackeying, lychnises, lycopenes, lysogenic, machinery, mendacity, mendicity, mercenary, metonymic, monocytes, necessary, necessity, necrology, neomycins, obscenely, obscenity, pachytene, panegyric, parcenary, peccantly, pecuniary, pentarchy, petulancy, phenocopy, picayunes, plangency, polygenic, pregnancy, pruriency, pyrogenic, pyroxenic, reconveys, recopying, recusancy, recycling, relevancy, renitency, residency, reticency, secondary, sergeancy, sincerely, sincerity, stridency, subagency, sycamines, synclines, syncopate, syncretic, syndicate, syngeneic, synthetic, thylacine, uncleanly, unicycles, virulency, yachtsmen. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)2D 45 4E 43 59 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)00101101 01000101 01001110 01000011 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)- E N C Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)002D 0045 004E 0043 0059 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)1539483759 |
| 1. Definition 2. Rhymes 3. Anagrams 4. Orthography | 5. Bibliography |
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