12-letter words containing ry
- eleemosynary — Of, relating to, or dependent on charity; charitable.
- elocutionary — Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical.
- emancipatory — Of or pertaining to emancipation or to an emancipator.
- embryologist — An expert or specialist in embryology.
- emolumentary — advantageous; tending towards emolument
- entry coupon — a coupon which you have to fill in with personal details and answers to be eligible to win a prize
- entry permit — customs
- equivocatory — Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
- erythematous — Of or pertaining to erythema.
- erythroblast — An immature erythrocyte containing a nucleus.
- erythrocytes — Plural form of erythrocyte.
- erythrocytic — Of or pertaining to erythrocytes.
- erythroderma — An inflammatory skin disease with erythema and scaling that affects nearly the entire cutaneous surface.
- erythromycin — An antibiotic used in the treatment of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria. It is similar in its effects to penicillin.
- erythropenia — A decrease in the number of erythrocytes, associated with anemia.
- ethnohistory — The branch of anthropology concerned with the history of peoples and cultures, especially non-Western ones.
- ethylmercury — (chemistry) The organometallic cation CH3CH2Hg+; it is a toxicant that does not seem to accumulate in the environment.
- every bit as — equally, just as
- everydayness — (uncountable) The quality or state of happening every day, or frequently.
- everywhither — (archaic,or,poetic) to everywhere.
- evolutionary — Of or relating to evolution.
- ex-directory — phone number: not listed publicly
- exaggeratory — Exaggerative.
- exclusionary — restrictive or elitist
- expansionary — (of a policy or action) intended to result in economic or political expansion.
- exprobratory — acting as a reproach
- extortionary — Of, relating to, or typical of extortion.
- extrasensory — Of or relating to extrasensory perception.
- extrordinary — Misspelling of extraordinary.
- facilitatory — That serves to facilitate.
- factory acts — laws relating to factories
- factory farm — a farm in which animals are bred and fattened using modern industrial methods
- factory ship — a whaling ship equipped to process killed whales and to transport the oil and by-products.
- factory work — work in a factory
- fairy lights — Fairy lights are small, coloured electric lights that are hung up as decorations, for example on a Christmas tree.
- fairy shrimp — any member of the crustacean order Anostraca, characterized by an elongate trunk with more than 20 segments and the absence of a carapace, typically found swimming ventral side up in fresh water.
- ferry bridge — transporter bridge.
- field theory — a detailed mathematical description of the distribution and movement of matter under the influence of one or more fields.
- film library — a collection of films, motion pictures, videodiscs, videocassettes, and any other materials stored on film.
- fish factory — a factory where fish is processed
- flagellatory — relating to flagellation
- flaky pastry — variety of puff pastry
- flash drying — Flash drying is a stage in a process to make something bigger, in which a paste-like feed is broken up and dried at the same time.
- flash memory — Computers. a type of reprogrammable memory that retains information even with the power turned off.
- flat battery — power cell that has run down
- flimflammery — a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.
- flow country — an area of moorland and peat bogs in northern Scotland known for its wildlife, now partly afforested
- forced entry — entry into a building by force, eg by forcing a lock
- fort mchenry — a town in NE Illinois.
- fosbury flop — a modern high-jumping technique whereby the jumper clears the bar headfirst and backwards