10-letter words that end in ory
- faldistory — a bishop's seat or throne
- fish story — an exaggerated or incredible story: It was just another one of his fish stories.
- fumigatory — having the ability to fumigate; relating to fumigation
- habilatory — relating to clothes or dressed in clothes
- half story — a usable living space within a sloping roof, usually having dormer windows for lighting.
- hesitatory — Hesitating.
- hunky-dory — about as well as one could wish or expect; satisfactory; fine; OK.
- incubatory — the act or process of incubating.
- indagatory — investigatory
- indicatory — That indicates, signifies or implies.
- inhibitory — to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
- initiatory — introductory; initial: an initiatory step toward a treaty.
- innovatory — to introduce something new; make changes in anything established.
- invitatory — serving to invite; conveying an invitation.
- invocatory — the act of invoking or calling upon a deity, spirit, etc., for aid, protection, inspiration, or the like; supplication.
- jaculatory — relating to hurling or throwing
- jubilatory — to show or feel great joy; rejoice; exult.
- judicatory — of or relating to judgment or the administration of justice; judiciary: judicatory power.
- laboratory — a building, part of a building, or other place equipped to conduct scientific experiments, tests, investigations, etc., or to manufacture chemicals, medicines, or the like.
- lead story — the principal story in a newspaper
- liberatory — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- life story — an account of all the events that happened to someone during their life
- locomotory — Also, locomotory. of, relating to, or affecting locomotion.
- love story — story about a romantic relationship
- metatheory — a theory devised to analyze a theory.
- mitigatory — to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate.
- modulatory — to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
- multistory — (of a building) having several or many stories.
- news story — a news report of any length, usually presented in a straightforward style and without editorial comment.
- obligatory — required as a matter of obligation; mandatory: A reply is desirable but not obligatory.
- osculatory — to come into close contact or union.
- paul flory — Paul John, 1910–85, U.S. chemist: pioneer in research on polymers; Nobel Prize 1974.
- percursory — passing through rapidly; cursory
- peremptory — leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative: a peremptory command.
- photostory — photo essay.
- plauditory — approving or laudatory
- plerophory — the presence of total assurance regarding a religious doctrine
- possessory — of or relating to a possessor or to possession: registration of possessory claims.
- preceptory — a subordinate house or community of the Knights Templars; commandery.
- precursory — of the nature of a precursor; preliminary; introductory: precursory remarks.
- predictory — predictive.
- preemptory — to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy.
- prehistory — human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc.; history of prehistoric humans.
- promissory — containing or implying a promise.
- promontory — a high point of land or rock projecting into the sea or other water beyond the line of coast; a headland.
- propulsory — the act or process of propelling.
- protectory — an institution for the care of destitute or delinquent children.
- recreatory — refreshment by means of some pastime, agreeable exercise, or the like.
- redemptory — of or relating to redemption; redemptive.
- refractory — hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient: a refractory child.