12-letter words containing ry
- bleed sb dry — If someone is being bled dry or is being bled white, all of their money or other resources are gradually being taken away from them.
- blue succory — a composite garden plant, Catananche caerulea, of southern Europe, having very hairy leaves and blue flower heads, used by the ancients as a love potion.
- bobbery pack — a mixed pack of hunting dogs, often not belonging to any of the hound breeds
- bog rosemary — any of several species (genus Andromeda) of evergreen shrubs of the heath family, native to cold bogs of North America and Europe, with pink flowers and narrow leaves
- bomb factory — a site or building in which terrorists illicitly and secretly create bombs
- botrytis rot — a disease of many plants caused by fungi of the genus Botrytis, characterized by leaf blight, a tan-gray moldlike surface growth, and the rotting of stems and storage organs.
- brahmacharya — the stage of life of the student, entailing study of the Vedas and complete celibacy, usually lasting for twelve years.
- brambleberry — the fruit of a bramble.
- buffaloberry — any shrub of the genus Shepherdia native to North America
- cache memory — a small area of memory in a computer that can be accessed very quickly
- cachinnatory — Pertaining to loud or immoderate laughter.
- calumniatory — of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.
- canary grass — any of various grasses of the genus Phalaris, esp P. canariensis, that is native to Europe and N Africa and has straw-coloured seeds used as birdseed
- cantillatory — involving chanting or incantation
- capitulatory — the act of capitulating.
- car industry — the industry concerned with the manufacture and selling of automobiles
- carry a tune — to be able to sing in tune
- carry permit — a license to carry a handgun on one's person.
- carry weight — to be important, influential, etc.
- carry-on bag — a small bag that is taken inside an aircraft by hand personally by a passenger
- carryforward — carry-over.
- carryings-on — wild, extravagant, or immoral behavior
- case history — A person's case history is the record of past events or problems that have affected them, especially their medical history.
- cataphyllary — a scale-like, simple form of a leaf, such as those which surround a bud
- cephalometry — measurement of the dimensions of the human head by radiography: used mainly in orthodontics
- chaos theory — a theory, applied in various branches of science, that apparently random phenomena have underlying order
- checkerberry — the fruit of any of various plants, esp the wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens)
- chemosensory — sensitive to chemical stimuli, as the sensory nerve endings that mediate taste and smell.
- chemosurgery — a method of treating cancer involving the use of chemicals to destroy malignant tissue or skin
- cherry birch — sweet birch.
- cherrystones — Plural form of cherrystone.
- chip jewelry — (jargon) A euphamism for old computers destined to be scrapped or turned into decorative ornaments. "I paid three grand for that Mac SE, and now it's nothing but chip jewelry."
- choux pastry — a very light pastry made with eggs, used for eclairs, etc
- chrysography — the art of writing in ink made of powdered gold suspended in a small amount of glair or gum.
- chrysomelids — Plural form of chrysomelid.
- chrysophanol — (organic compound) A chemical compound found in rhubarb.
- chrysophytes — Plural form of chrysophyte.
- chymotrypsin — a powerful proteolytic enzyme secreted from the pancreas in the form of chymotrypsinogen, being converted to the active form by trypsin
- chymotryptic — relating to chymotrypsin
- ciliary body — the part of the vascular tunic of the eye that connects the choroid with the iris
- circumbinary — (astronomy) Of, pertaining to, or having an orbit around a binary star.
- circumrotary — Alternative form of circumrotatory.
- claptrappery — the art of eliciting applause
- commendatory — serving to commend; expressing praise or approval
- compensatory — Compensatory payments involve money paid as compensation.
- compulsatory — compulsory
- conciliatory — When you are conciliatory in your actions or behaviour, you show that you are willing to end a disagreement with someone.
- condemnatory — Condemnatory means expressing strong disapproval.
- confirmatory — confirming or tending to confirm
- confiscatory — involving confiscation