13-letter words that end in ory
- moral victory — greater honour despite losing
- morning glory — any of various plants, especially of the genera Ipomoea and Convolvulus, as I. purpurea, a twining plant having cordate leaves and funnel-shaped flowers of various colors, often opening only in the morning.
- morning-glory — any of various plants, especially of the genera Ipomoea and Convolvulus, as I. purpurea, a twining plant having cordate leaves and funnel-shaped flowers of various colors, often opening only in the morning.
- multi-sensory — of or relating to the senses or sensation.
- multicategory — (mathematics) A generalization of the concept of category that allows morphisms of multiple arity.
- mystery story — a mystery story is a story in which strange things happen that are not explained until the end
- non-mandatory — authoritatively ordered; obligatory; compulsory: It is mandatory that all students take two years of math.
- non-signatory — having signed, or joined in signing, a document: the signatory powers to a treaty.
- nonambulatory — of, relating to, or capable of walking: an ambulatory exploration of the countryside.
- noncompulsory — Not compulsory.
- nondefamatory — Not defamatory.
- nonobligatory — Not obligatory; not required; optional.
- number theory — the study of integers and their relation to one another.
- oxford theory — the theory attributing the authorship of Shakespeare's plays to Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, 1550–1604.
- participatory — to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed by in): to participate in profits; to participate in a play.
- peregrinatory — tending to peregrinate; relating to or characteristic of a traveller
- phantasmagory — phantasmagoria.
- pre-inventory — a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods on hand, etc., made each year by a business concern.
- precopulatory — carried out or occurring prior to copulation
- psychohistory — history or the writing of history employing the techniques of psychoanalysis to explore motivations, explain actions, etc.
- qualificatory — That serves as qualification.
- racial memory — feelings, patterns of thought, and fragments of experience that have been transmitted from generation to generation in all humans and have deeply influenced the mind and behavior.
- remonstratory — characterized by protest or expostulation
- reverberatory — characterized or produced by reverberation.
- running story — a story continued in subsequent issues of a newspaper or magazine; serial.
- saint gregory — Saint (Hildebrand) c1020–85, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1073–85.
- screen memory — a childhood memory, perhaps recalled falsely, that screens out a more distressing recollection.
- significatory — serving to signify
- somatosensory — of or relating to sensations that involve parts of the body not associated with the primary sense organs.
- static memory — the contents of computer memory that remain fixed until written to or until the power is turned off.
- string theory — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- subinhibitory — not completely inhibiting
- success story — an account of the achievement of success, fortune, or fame by someone or some enterprise.
- sugar factory — a factory which refines sugar from organic sources into a form that can be used in cooking etc
- summer savory — See under savory2 .
- testificatory — related to a person who witnesses or an object used as evidence
- unexplanatory — serving to explain: an explanatory footnote.
- web directory — a database of selected websites, ordered in such a way as to facilitate browsing
- winter savory — See under savory2 .