4. One is liable for a debt when legally bound to pay it.

7. A portable library is one fitted for being carried from place to place.

9. Tenable ground for argument is ground which is capable of being held or maintained.

acy = state of being, office of.

1. celib acy, unmarried5. obstin acy, firmly set
2. delic acy, pleasing6. pap acy, pope
3. magistr acy, master7. intim acy, inmost
4. obdur acy, hard8. intric acy, entangle

1. Celibacy is the state of being unmarried; especially that of a bachelor or of one bound by vows not to marry.

3. Magistracy. The office of master; of one clothed with power, as a civil officer.

4. Obduracy is the state of being hardened, especially against moral influences; hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked.

6. The papacy is the office of the pope.

7. Intimacy is the state of being inmost or near in relationship.