2-Letter Words Ending in Y

A cleansing quality or power.

Book that's full of meaning (wordplay)

Definitive book (wordplay)

Oxford, for one.

Trouble from iffy cult I'd abandoned

Strain of pig-headed male chromosome

Struggle for fellows in charge last month engaged in do-it-yourself

Prudently involved the city elders

So as to avoid attention

Prudently involved city elders

Separately; disjunctively.

ECONOMY {thrift=n}

Clearly

""A receding from each other in moving from a common center; the state of being divergent; as, an angle is made by the divergence of straight lines.as, an angle is made by the divergence of straight lines.""

DYADIC a sum of mathematical dyads

A boiling up or over; effervescence.

""Characteristic quality of a woman, such as softness, luxuriousness, delicacy, or weakness, which is unbecoming a man; womanish delicacy or softness; used reproachfully of men.""

Efficacy.

Skill fixing fence, if icy

Performance with speed and economy

Economy in production

Quality of rubber bands

Actress/screenwriter Kazan

Helen Incredible quality

Voluntarily.

EMETICAL pertaining to {emetics=n}

ENDEMIC an endemial disease

A la a siren

With allure

""Government of the church by bishops; church government by three distinct orders of ministers bishops, priests, and deacons of whom the bishops have an authority superior and of a different kind.""

The quality or state of being erectile.

ERGODIC pertaining to the recurring of any state

In an arousing manner

""ESCALATOR A stairway or incline arranged like an endless belt so that the steps or treads ascend or descend continuously, and one stepping upon it is carried up or down; -- originally a trade term, which has become the generic name for such devices. Such devices are in common use in large retail establishments such as department stores, and in public buildings having a heavy traffic of persons between adjacent floors.""

Robbie Williams' current album

Houdini's art

Robbie Williams album that got away (wordplay)

Part 3 of quote

To a marked degree.

In particular

ETHICAL a drug sold by prescription only

According to national groups.

EXACTING exact

Official title of great merit (wordplay)

Ambassador's honorific title

Ambassador's title

Tending to excite; containing excitement; excitative.

EXCITING excite

Apologetic.

Lexical toy (anagram)

Former friend admits of hearing in a strange way

EXPECT to anticipate

In the event it will disappear

Old boyfriend reportedly kissed Nancy heading off in hope

As predicted

Suitability to the circumstances

Ploy of former lover to deny epic mistake

Under the circumstances, it's convenient divorcee heard Jim met Cyndie Cook

EXPLICABLE Capable of being explicated; that may be explained or accounted for; admitting explanation.

""In an explicit manner; clearly; plainly; without disguise or reservation of meaning; not by inference or implication; as, he explicitly avows his intention. as, he explicitly avows his intention.""

FACTIOUS turbulent

""FACTUAL actual, real""

In a whimsical way

FARCICAL {absurd=adj}

FECKLESS worthless

FETCHING fetch

With confidence.

FILMIC pertaining to motion pictures

The state of being flaccid.

The state or quality of being flatulent.

FORCEFUL full of strength

Geology () Translations

In a glancing manner; transiently; incidentally; indirectly.

GOTHIC a style of printing

In a swanlike way

Like a dancer

In a gracious manner; courteously; benignantly.

The science which treats of the structure and diseases of women.

HECTICAL {hectic=adj}

In a heliacal manner.

With valor

""Divination by means of water, practiced by the ancients.""

""ICONICAL pertaining to an icon, also ICONIC""

New location on-line for image-worship

The rate in U. S. is 2.7 per cent

Inability to read

Inability to read or write

Stupid act

The quality or condition of being immaculate.

Immoderateness.

IMPECCABLE Not liable to sin; exempt from the possibility of doing wrong.

In an implacable manner.

Without words being used

Importance; significance; consequence; that which is important.

Immodesty.

Error seen in a key position of church

Lack of correctness

One's out in a cold clergyman's office

In an inactive manner.

Lack of motion

Idleness

Lack in capacity of processed cyanide ingested

Shortcoming

Lack of required skills

Lack of efficacy

Lack of power or ability

In icy cavern Eddie explodes bomb

Likely to stir up trouble

Danny fiddled with one rice bomb

The quality of being incessant; unintermitted continuance; unceasingness.

INCHOATE to {begin=v}

Beginning; commencement; incipient state.

INCISIVE penetrating

The quality or state of being uncivil; want of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness.

Men cycle in terribly harsh weather

In an incredible manner.

Serving for incubation.

Awful cynic admits expressing hesitation to Benedict Little from ministry

'Nice bum, Nancy' inappropriate with one leaving ministry

In an improper manner

Risque display

Tastelessness of cod Iceland found in Arctic

New dictionary is sort of revealing

In a roundabout manner.

In a roundabout way

Round about

The quality or state of being indocile; dullness of intellect; unteachableness; intractableness.

Caffeine reduced in treatment during cold - lack of capacity to work

Futility

Unhappiness in City life to be turned around

In an inimical manner.

In a dewy-eyed way

Not knowing any better

How an embarrassing question may be asked

Unfamiliar with mathematical concepts and methods.

In a self-conscious manner

With doubt

Lack of confidence; anxiety

Lack of confidence

Waspish, it might be, about Geller's unease (wordplay)

The state of urgently demanding notice or attention; insistence.

Unsociably.

Lack of funds

It's a sorry state of affairs

Feared red state

At home son meets pressure, causing rebellion

Rebellion in South leads to need for speedy action

Revolt

""Firm establishment by long continuance; firmness or deeprooted obstinacy of any quality or state acquired by time; as, the inveteracy of custom, habit, or disease; usually in a bad sense; as, the inveteracy of prejudice or of error. as, the inveteracy of custom, habit, or disease; usually in a bad sense; as, the inveteracy of prejudice or of error.""

""INVINCIBLE Incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued; unconquerable; insuperable; as, an invincible army, or obstacle. as, an invincible army, or obstacle.""

Making or containing invocation; invoking.

""IRENICAL peaceful in purpose, also IRENIC, EIRENIC, EIRENICAL""

How many O. Henry stories end

In a strange twist

How hipsters like some things

Sticker went quickly into cold travel

JACKASS a male {donkey=n}

From jail, outcry of good-humour

Fun characterized by humor

Outcry with jail riots? Sign of wit is needed

""Pertaining to the administration of justice; dispensing justice; judicial; as, judicatory tribunals. as, judicatory tribunals.""

In a judicial capacity or judicial manner.

""A book, or a list, of lections, for reading in divine service.""

State of being valid

Conformity to the law or rules

Propriety of member having sex being nameless

LEXICAL pertaining to the words of a language

Study of word meanings

Study of words

LOCOMOTOR Of or pertaining to movement or locomotion.

Logicalness.

In a luculent manner; clearly.

Pl. lumpectomies Surgical excision of a tumor from the breast with the removal of a minimal amount of surrounding tissue.

In a pleasingly rich manner

Wise men's girl on bench

Mark a point with sharp beaks

The bench

The science which relates to the structure and habits of mollusks.

""The state or quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; disposition toward evil; intense ill will; as, malignancy of heart.as, malignancy of heart.""

Master murderer back with friend in a mad way

""Pl. mastectomies Surgical removal of all or part of a breast, sometimes including excision of the underlying pectoral muscles and regional lymph nodes, usually performed as a treatment for cancer.""

Rule by mothers

Rule by women

Woman bosses modified hems on tiny armchair

Person of only average ability

What is 6? 2 says 'fruit and veg'

Blue state (wordplay)

Dog that eats honeydew?

In threatening manner

Glance in my direction in intimidatory manner

Begging to repair vessel in the cold

To one's great relief

In a metrical manner.

Seeing Little and Large in road, credit impersonation

PATchwork of stuff

Anthology: I flog about 100 in a lot

Varied collection

In the manner of a mosaic.

In a muscular manner.

Talent required by instrument player

MUSICIAN one who performs or composes music

Study noted and barred (wordplay)

Academic study of noted works (wordplay)

One of the liberal arts

""MYOPIC a short-sighted person, also MYOPS""

Via hocus-pocus

Spiritually, allegorically

That's my thick but endless friend in a fabulous way

Reason for going out a lot (wordplay)

Tendency to deep sleep

Hypersomnia, a sleep disorder

In a nautical manner; with reference to nautical affais.

Black magic may concern criminal

Magic may concern transformations

Occult art

COUNTRY the territory of a nation

FACULTY an inherent power or ability

""FLUENCY the quality of being fluent, also FLUENCE""

In a noticeable manner.

Scientific study of the sea

Marine science

Sea science

Might Jock's declaration pass up risque crowd control!

Mob rule

Power of the great unwashed? Hooray! Left three hundred laundered

Public servant left you initially in the approved manner

ORACULAR pertaining to an oracle

ORGANIC a substance of animal or vegetable origin

""ORPHICAL mystical, also ORPHIC""

Of or pertaining to kissing; kissing.

Social organisation by male descent

Mist Napoleon disseminated, disguising thoughts of Plotinus

""PEACEFUL undisturbed, calm""

Oddly

How translucently clear Pelly comes over all lucid

Transparently.

""The quality or state of being permanent; continuance in the same state or place; duration; fixedness; as, the permanence of institutions; the permanence of nature.as, the permanence of institutions; the permanence of nature.""

Over-particular

Fussily pedantic

Finical

Relevance

PHATIC sharing feelings rather than ideas

Utilize yon phallic characters in a sound way

PHOTIC pertaining to light

Small leather box containing Hebrew texts on vellum

Amulet

Materially, in the body

In a bodily manner

Its the art of healing friend manually

""A small child; especially, a negro or mulatto infant.""

Unpleasant clyping about that is reported at first as like a knife going in

Silas Marner, say

Miserly one, or reversed, what he does

A miserly person, or when reversed, what he does

Property of a brain (wordplay)

State of the wealthy

Wealthy ruling class

Government by the rich

In a poetic manner.

""The art or practice of combining different colors, especially brilliant ones, in an artistic way.""

A person submitting a request or application; a petitioner.

""The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another.as, one event has precedence of another.""

Preceptive.

Fastidious attitude of one city poser

Over-refinement in words generating icy riposte

Fastidious over-refinement affecting one epic story

User policy designed in a valuable way

Dearly.

Indicative of something to follow.

Victim stabbed by the blinking thing earlier

The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance.

Top position

Pressure leading to post in hospital in top office

SPECIFY to state in detail

Tendency for Gap to stock large one for adult

Predilection

Rear area (wordplay)

Looking up passages in love diary, month before: snoop around

Reckless extravagance

""PROTECTOR One who, or that which, defends or shields from injury, evil, oppression, etc.; a defender; a guardian; a patron.""

Trick cyclist's profession (wordplay)

Disordered study, maybe

Frasier's field

Malraux explained that of art

Study of human and animal behaviour

Jung's field

PUBLIC people as a whole

(Arriving) on time

In a timely manner

ACTIVELY with activity

ACTIVITY the state of being active

In a foolhardy manner.

Arrange in categories again

Change categories.

Categorise differently

Recumbence.

Surplus, especially in one's job!

Notice tautology (wordplay)

Loss of job

Racer, forty (anagram)

Unmanageable car ferry to wobble

Difficult to control