These are the meanings of the letters NTAICNEY when you unscramble them.
- Ancient (a.)
Dignified, like an aged man; magisterial; venerable.
- Ancient (a.)
Experienced; versed.
- Ancient (a.)
Former; sometime.
- Ancient (a.)
Known for a long time, or from early times; -- opposed to recent or new; as, the ancient continent.
- Ancient (a.)
Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied to the times before the fall of the Roman empire; -- opposed to modern; as, ancient authors, literature, history; ancient days.
- Ancient (a.)
Old; that has been of long duration; of long standing; of great age; as, an ancient forest; an ancient castle.
- Ancient (n.)
A senior; an elder; a predecessor.
- Ancient (n.)
An aged man; a patriarch. Hence: A governor; a ruler; a person of influence.
- Ancient (n.)
An ensign or flag.
- Ancient (n.)
One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.
- Ancient (n.)
The bearer of a flag; an ensign.
- Ancient (n.)
Those who lived in former ages, as opposed to the moderns.
- Cyanine (n.)
One of a series of artificial blue or red dyes obtained from quinoline and lepidine and used in calico printing.
- Cyanite (n.)
A mineral occuring in thin-bladed crystals and crystalline aggregates, of a sky-blue color. It is a silicate of aluminium.
- Tenancy (n.)
A holding, or a mode of holding, an estate; tenure; the temporary possession of what belongs to another.
- Tenancy (n.)
A house for habitation, or place to live in, held of another.