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Bivalency
Bivalency Biv"a*len*cy, n. (Chem.)
The quality of being bivalent.
Corpulency
Corpulence Cor"pu*lence (k?r"p?-lens), Corpulency
Cor"pu*len*cy (k?r"p?-len-s?), n. [L. corpulentia: cf. F.
corpulence.]
1. Excessive fatness; fleshiness; obesity.
2. Thickness; density; compactness. [Obs.]
The heaviness and corpulency of water requiring a
great force to divide it. --Ray.
EquivalencyEquivalency E*quiv"a*len*cy, n.
Same as Equivalence. ExcellencyExcellency Ex"cel*len*cy, n.; pl. Excellencies.
1. Excellence; virtue; dignity; worth; superiority.
His excellency is over Israel. --Ps. lxviii.
34.
Extinguish in men the sense of their own excellency.
--Hooker.
2. A title of honor given to certain high dignitaries, esp.
to viceroys, ministers, and ambassadors, to English
colonial governors, etc. It was formerly sometimes given
to kings and princes. Fallency
Fallency Fal"len*cy, n. [LL. fallentia, L. fallens p. pr of
fallere.]
An exception. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
Feculency
Feculency Fec"u*len*cy, n.
Feculence.
Flatlency
Flatulence Flat"u*lence, Flatlency Flat"*len*cy, n. [Cf. F.
flatulence.]
The state or quality of being flatulent.
Fraudulency
Fraudulence Fraud"u*lence (?; 135), Fraudulency
Fraud"u*len*cy, n. [L. fraudulentia.]
The quality of being fraudulent; deliberate deceit;
trickishness. --Hooker.
Imprevalency
Imprevalence Im*prev"a*lence, Imprevalency Im*prev"a*len*cy,
n.
Want of prevalence. [Obs.]
Indolency
Indolency In"do*len*cy, n.
Indolence. [Obs.] --Holland.
Insolency
Insolency In"so*len*cy, n.
Insolence. [R.] --Evelyn.
MacilencyMacilency Mac"i*len*cy, n. [See Macilent.]
Leanness. [Obs.] --Sandys. OpulencyOpulency Op"u*len*cy, n.
See Opulence. --Shak. Precellency
Precellence Pre*cel"lence, Precellency Pre*cel"len*cy, n.
[L. praecellentia, from praecellens, p. pr. of praecellere to
excel, surpass: cf. OF. precellence.]
Excellence; superiority. [Obs.] --Sheldon.
Prepollency
Prepollence Pre*pol"lence, Prepollency Pre*pol"len*cy, n.
[L. praepollentia.]
The quality or state of being prepollent; superiority of
power; predominance; prevalence. [R.] --Coventry.
PrevalencyPrevalency Prev"a*len*cy, n.
See Prevalence. Purulency
Purrulence Pur"ru*lence, Purulency Pu"ru*len*cy, n. [L.
purulentia: cf. F. purulence.] (Med.)
The quality or state of being purulent; the generation of
pus; also, the pus itself. --Arbuthnot.
Redolency
Redolence Red"o*lence (r?d"?*lens), Redolency Red"o*len*cy
(-len*s?), n.
The quality of being redolent; sweetness of scent; pleasant
odor; fragrance.
Repellency
Repellence Re*pel"lence (-lens), Repellency Re*pel"len*cy
(-len-s?), n.
The principle of repulsion; the quality or capacity of
repelling; repulsion.
Sanguinolency
Sanguinolency San*guin"o*len*cy, n.
The state of being sanguinolent, or bloody.
Self-repellency
Self-repellency Self`-re*pel"len*cy, n.
The quality or state of being self-repelling.
Somnolency
Somnolence Som"no*lence, Somnolency Som"no*len*cy, n. [L.
somnolentia: cf. F. somnolence.]
Sleepiness; drowsiness; inclination to sleep.
SucculencySucculence Suc"cu*lence, Succulency Suc"cu*len*cy, n. [See
Succulent.]
The quality or condition of being succulent; juiciness; as,
the succulence of a peach. Temulency
Temulence Tem"u*lence, Temulency Tem"u*len*cy, n. [L.
temulentia.]
Intoxication; inebriation; drunkenness. [R.] ``Their
temulency.' --Jer. Taylor.
Transcalency
Transcalency Trans*ca"len*cy, n.
The quality or state of being transcalent.
Truculency
Truculence Tru"cu*lence, Truculency Tru"cu*len*cy, n. [L.
truculentia.]
The quality or state of being truculent; savageness of
manners; ferociousness.
Turbulency
Turbulency Tur"bu*len*cy, n.
Turbulence.
What a tale of terror now its turbulency tells! --Poe.
ValencyValency Val"en*cy, n.; pl. Valencies. (Chem.)
(a) See Valence.
(b) A unit of combining power; a so-called bond of affinity. VinolencyVinolency Vin"o*len*cy, n. [L. vinolentina. See Vinolent.]
Drunkennes. [Obs.] Virulency
Virulence Vir"u*lence, Virulency Vir"u*len*cy, n. [Cf. F.
virulence, L. virulentia an offensive odor, a stench.]
1. The quality or state of being virulent or venomous;
poisonousness; malignancy.
2. Extreme bitterness or malignity of disposition. ``Refuted
without satirical virulency.' --Barrow.
The virulence of one declaimer, or the profundities
and sublimities of the other. --I. Taylor.
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