Acronyc :: Acronyc (a.) Alt. of Acronycha.

Acronycally :: Acronycally (adv.) In an acronycal manner as rising at the setting of the sun, and vice versa..

Acronychal :: Acronychal (a.) Rising at sunset and setting at sunrise, as a star; -- opposed to cosmical..

Acronyctous :: Acronyctous (a.) Acronycal.

Barony :: Barony (n.) The fee or domain of a baron; the lordship, dignity, or rank of a baron..

Barony :: Barony (n.) In Ireland, a territorial division, corresponding nearly to the English hundred, and supposed to have been originally the district of a native chief. There are 252 of these baronies. In Scotland, an extensive freehold. It may be held by a commoner..

Crony :: Crony (n.) A crone.

Crony :: Crony (n.) An intimate companion; a familiar fren.

Drony :: Drony (a.) Like a drone; sluggish; lazy.

Heterochrony :: Heterochrony (n.) In evolution, a deviation from the typical sequence in the formation of organs or parts..

Heteronym :: Heteronym (n.) That which is heteronymous; a thing having a different name or designation from some other thing; -- opposed to homonym.

Heteronymous :: Heteronymous (a.) Having different names or designations; standing in opposite relations.

Hieronymite :: Hieronymite (n.) See Jeronymite.

Irony :: Irony (a.) Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles..

Irony :: Irony (a.) Resembling iron taste, hardness, or other physical property..

Irony :: Irony (n.) Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.

Irony :: Irony (n.) A sort of humor, ridicule, or light sarcasm, which adopts a mode of speech the meaning of which is contrary to the literal sense of the words..

Jeronymite :: Jeronymite (n.) One belonging of the mediaeval religious orders called Hermits of St. Jerome.

Matronymic :: Matronymic (n.) See Metronymic.

Metronymic :: Metronymic (a.) Derived from the name of one's mother, or other female ancestor; as, a metronymic name or appellation. -- A metronymic appellation..

Paronychia :: Paronychia (n.) A whitlow, or felon..

Paronym :: Paronym (n.) A paronymous word.

Paronymous :: Paronymous (a.) Having the same derivation; allied radically; conjugate; -- said of certain words, as man, mankind, manhood, etc..

Paronymous :: Paronymous (a.) Having a similar sound, but different orthography and different meaning; -- said of certain words, as al/ and awl; hair and hare, etc..

Paronymy :: Paronymy (n.) The quality of being paronymous; also, the use of paronymous words..

Patronymic :: Patronymic (a.) Derived from ancestors; as, a patronymic denomination..

Patronymic :: Patronymic (n.) A modification of the father's name borne by the son; a name derived from that of a parent or ancestor; as, Pelides, the son of Peleus; Johnson, the son of John; Macdonald, the son of Donald; Paulowitz, the son of Paul; also, the surname of a family; the family name..

Patronymical :: Patronymical (a.) Same as Patronymic.

Ronyon :: Ronyon (n.) A mangy or scabby creature.

Saffrony :: Saffrony (a.) Having a color somewhat like saffron; yellowish.

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