(sociology, philosophy, psychology) The capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices.
A department or other administrative unit of a government; also, the office or headquarters of, or the district administered by such unit of government.
A medium through which power is exerted or an end is achieved.
An establishment engaged in doing business for another; also, the place of business or the district of such an agency.
The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power.
The office or function of an agent; also, the relationship between a principal and that person's agent.
agynic
alcyon
alcyon
noun
Alternative form of halcyon
ancoly
ancony
ancony
noun
A piece of malleable iron that is wrought into the shape of a flat bar, about three feet long, with a square rough unwrought knob on each end.
andryc
annecy
bacony
bacony
adj
Resembling bacon, especially in flavor
cagney
cairny
cairny
adj
Of a landscape, having many cairns or rocky outcrops.
calyon
calyon
noun
flint or pebble stone, used in building walls, etc.
canary
canary
noun
(Australia, informal) A yellow sticker of unroadworthiness.
(computing) A change that is tested by being rolled out first to a subset of machines or users before rolling out to all.
(computing) A value placed in memory such that it will be the first data corrupted by a buffer overflow, allowing the program to identify and recover from it.
(countable, uncountable) A light, sweet, white wine from the Canary Islands.
(informal) A female singer, soprano, a coloratura singer.
(slang) A (usually yellow) capsule of the short-acting barbiturate pentobarbital/pentobarbitone (Nembutal).
(slang) An informer or snitch; a squealer.
A light, slightly greenish, yellow colour.
A lively dance, possibly of Spanish origin (also called canaries).
A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands.
Any of various small birds of different countries, most of which are largely yellow in colour.
Any test subject, especially an inadvertent or unwilling one. (From the mining practice of using canaries to detect dangerous gases.)
verb
(computing) to test a software change by rolling out to a small set of machines or users before making it available to all.
(intransitive) to dance nimbly (as in the canary dance)
(slang) to inform or snitch, to betray secrets, especially about illegal activities.
candyh
candys
canopy
canopy
noun
A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.
Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.
In a parachute, the cloth that fills with air and thus limits the falling speed.
In an airplane, the transparent cockpit cover.
The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.
verb
(intransitive) To go through the canopy of a forest on a zipline.
(transitive) To cover with or as if with a canopy.
canroy
canyon
canyon
noun
A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.
carlyn
carnay
carney
carney
noun
Alternative form of carny
cawney
cayman
cayman
noun
Alternative spelling of caiman
chancy
chancy
adj
(dated, colloquial) Lucky; bringing good luck.
Subject to chance; random.
Uncertain; risky; hazardous.
chaney
chaney
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname.
chanty
chanty
noun
Alternative spelling of shanty (“song”)
chenay
clancy
clancy
noun
An overflow or spillage.
clayen
clayen
adj
Of clay; made of clay.
clyman
conway
conway
Proper noun
Former English name of Conwy in North Wales.
derived from the city or its river.
name transferred from the surname.
A city in Arkansas, USA
A city in South Carolina, USA
conyza
craney
cranky
cranky
adj
(archaic) Full of spirit; spirited.
(obsolete) Weak, unwell.
(of a machine, etc.) Not in good working condition.
Grouchy, grumpy, irritable; easily upset.
Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar.
Synonym of crank (“of a ship: liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast”)
cranny
cranny
noun
A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.
A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc.
verb
(intransitive) To break into, or become full of, crannies.
(intransitive) To haunt or enter by crannies.
crayne
crayon
crayon
noun
(dated) A crayon drawing, or a drawing with colored lines.
(dated) A pencil of carbon used in producing electric light.
A colored pencil, a colouring pencil
A stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To draw with a crayon.
cyanea
cyanee
cyanic
cyanic
adj
(botany, of a flower) Containing an anthocyanin
(chemistry) Of cyanogen or its derivatives
azure-blue
cyanid
cyanid
noun
Archaic form of cyanide.
cyanin
cyanin
noun
Alternative form of cyanine
cyanol
cyanol
noun
Any of several blue dyes.
cyanus
cykana
cynara
cyndia
cynera
cynias
cyrano
cyrena
dauncy
dauncy
adj
(US, regional) Sick; delicate.
dicyan
drancy
francy
glycan
glycan
noun
(cabrohydrate) Any polysaccharide or oligosaccharide, especially one that is part of a glycoprotein or glycolipid.
hyrcan
jaclyn
jaclyn
Proper noun
name, one of the 20th-century spelling variants of Jacqueline.
knacky
knacky
adj
(UK, dialect) Having a knack; cunning; crafty.
lancey
lunacy
lunacy
noun
Something deeply misguided.
a cyclical mental disease, apparently linked to the lunar phases
insanity implying legal irresponsibility.
lyance
lycaon
lycian
lycian
Proper noun
An extinct Indo-European language in the Anatolian group.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of ancient Lycia.
Adjective
Of, or relating to Lycia, or its people, language or culture.
mcnary
nancey
nyctea
nyroca
onycha
onycha
noun
(obsolete) The precious stone onyx.
(obsolete) the operculum of kinds of strombus or muricid, smoked as an ingredient in the Mosaic incense and pre-modern medicine
prancy
prancy
adj
Of an animal, especially a horse, tending to prance.
pycnia
pycnia
noun
plural of pycnium
riancy
riancy
noun
gaiety; mirth; cheer
sauncy
scanty
scanty
adj
Somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent.