dy·nas·ty 
(dīnə-stē)
(dīnə-stē)n. pl. dy·nas·ties
1. A succession of rulers from the same family or line.
2. A family or group that maintains power for several generations: a political dynasty controlling the state.
[Middle English dynastie, from Old French, from Late Latin dynastīa, lordship, from Greek dunasteia, from dunastēs, lord; see DYNAST.]
dy·nastic (dī-năstĭk) adj.
dy·nasti·cal·ly adv.
- convention
- conventional
- conventionalism
- conventionalist
- conventionality
- conventionalization
- conventionalize
- conventionally
- conventioneer
- conventual
- converge
- convergence
- convergency
- convergent
- convergent evolution
- conversance
- conversancy
- conversant
- conversantly
- conversate
- conversation
- conversational
- conversationalist
- conversationally
- conversationist