-ancy

(Latin: a suffix; quality, state of; process, degree, action of)





abundancy
Plentiful, or the opposite of scarcity.
brilliancy
1. A quality that outshines the usual.
2. Splendor; glitter; great brightness.
buoyancy
constancy
continuancy
expectancy
hesitancy
1. Having a certain degree of unwillingness to do something.
2. An involuntary delay or an inability in starting something.
obstinancy
relevancy
vacancy, vacancies
1. The state of being vacant; emptiness.
2. A vacant, empty, or unoccupied place; such as, unoccupied lodgings or offices: "This apartment building still has no vacancies."
3. An office, position, or tenancy that is unfilled or unoccupied.
4. A gap; an opening; a breach.
5. An unoccupied position or office: "There is no vacancy on the Supreme Court."
6. A lack of thought or intelligence; vacuity: "She had a look of utter vacancy."
7. Mental inactivity or lack of thought or intelligence.
8. In a crystal, an imperfection resulting from an unoccupied lattice position. an office, position, or tenancy that is unfilled or unoccupied

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