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1,077 words match “ONY”

NONYLENIC a.
Of, pertaining to, related to, or designating, nonylene or its compounds; as, nonylenic acid.
NONYLIC a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, nonyl or its compounds; as, nonylic acid.
OBDIPLOSTEMONY n.
The condition of being obdiplostemonous.
ORGANONYMY n.
The designation or nomenclature of organs. B. G. Wilder.
ORTHOPHONY n.
The art of correct articulation; voice training.
OXYPHONY n.
Acuteness or shrillness of voice.
PAEONY n.
See Peony.
PARONYCHIA n.
A whitlow, or felon. Quincy.
PARONYM n.
A paronymous word. [Written also paronyme.]
PARONYMOUS a. 2 definitions
Having the same derivation; allied radically; conjugate; -- said of certain words, as man, mankind, manhood, etc.
PARONYMY n.
The quality of being paronymous; also, the use of paronymous words.
PARSIMONY n.
oney; -- generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness. Bacon. Awful parsimony presided generally at the table. Thackeray.
PATRIMONY n. 2 definitions
m one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any ancestor. "'Reave the orphan of his patrimony." Shak.
PATRONYMIC a. 2 definitions
Derived from ancestors; as, a patronymic denomination.
PATRONYMICAL a.
Same as Patronymic.
PEONY n.
rest are perennial herbs with showy flowers, often double in cultivation. [Written also pæony, and piony.]
PERIPNEUMONIA; PERIPNEUMONY n.
Pneumonia. (Obsoles.)
PHOTOPHONY n.
The art or practice of using the photophone.
PHTHISIPNEUMONIA; PHTHISIPNEUMONY n.
Pulmonary consumption.
PHYSIOGONY n.
The birth of nature. [R.] Coleridge.
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