contumacy | (noun) willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order; can result in a finding of contempt of court | - |
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(noun) obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority | - |
dichromacy | (noun) a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision) | Synonyms: dichromasy, dichromatism, dichromatopsia, dichromia |
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diplomacy | (noun) subtly skillful handling of a situation | Synonyms: delicacy, discreetness, finesse |
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(noun) wisdom in the management of public affairs | Synonyms: statecraft, statesmanship |
(noun) negotiation between nations | Synonyms: diplomatic negotiations |
illegitimacy | (noun) unlawfulness by virtue of not being authorized by or in accordance with law | - |
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(noun) the status of being born to parents who were not married | Synonyms: bar sinister, bastardy |
inanimacy | (noun) (linguistics) The characteristic of a noun, in some languages, that is dependent on its unliving or non-sentient nature; this characteristic affects grammatical features (it can modify verbs used with the noun, affect the noun's declension etc). | - |
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intimacy | (noun) close or warm friendship | Synonyms: closeness, familiarity |
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(noun) a feeling of being intimate and belonging together | Synonyms: closeness |
(noun) a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship | Synonyms: affair, affaire, amour, involvement, liaison |
legitimacy | (noun) lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law | - |
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(noun) undisputed credibility | Synonyms: authenticity, genuineness |
monochromacy | (noun) complete color blindness; colors can be differentiated only on the basis of brightness | Synonyms: monochromasy, monochromatic vision, monochromatism, monochromia |
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pharmacy | (noun) a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold | Synonyms: apothecary's shop, chemist's, chemist's shop, drugstore |
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(noun) the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines | Synonyms: pharmaceutics |
primacy | (noun) the state of being first in importance | - |
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supremacy | (noun) power to dominate or defeat | Synonyms: domination, mastery |
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trichromacy | (noun) the normal ability to see colors | Synonyms: chromatic vision, color vision |
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ultimacy | (noun) the state or degree of being ultimate; the final or most extreme in degree or size or time or distance | Synonyms: ultimateness |
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