12-letter words that end in ory
- field theory — a detailed mathematical description of the distribution and movement of matter under the influence of one or more fields.
- fish factory — a factory where fish is processed
- flagellatory — relating to flagellation
- flash memory — Computers. a type of reprogrammable memory that retains information even with the power turned off.
- gauge theory — a type of theory of elementary particles designed to explain the strong, weak, and electromagnetic interactions in terms of exchange of virtual particles
- graph theory — the branch of mathematics dealing with linear graphs.
- group theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with the structure of mathematical groups and mappings between them.
- horror story — a story, movie, etc., that entertains or fascinates by shocking or frightening, especially by an emphasis on bloodshed or supernatural forces.
- illuminatory — Increasing informative qualities; explanatory.
- illustratory — Serving to illustrate.
- inauguratory — Inaugural; being the first instance.
- inflammatory — tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion, etc.: inflammatory speeches.
- intercessory — having the function of interceding: an intercessory prayer.
- interdictory — of, relating to, or noting interdiction.
- interjectory — characterized by interjection; interjectional.
- intersensory — of or relating to the senses or sensation.
- intimidatory — to make timid; fill with fear.
- introductory — serving or used to introduce; preliminary; beginning: an introductory course; an introductory paragraph.
- lachrymatory — of, relating to, or causing the shedding of tears.
- legal memory — a period of time, now usually established by statute, during which custom, conduct, or a state of affairs must have existed or continued in order for it to have taken on the force of law or to establish a legal right or title not otherwise provable.
- levorotatory — turning to the left, as the rotation to the left of the plane of polarization of light in certain crystals and compounds. Symbol: l-.
- life history — the series of living phenomena exhibited by an organism in the course of its development from inception to death.
- likely story — dubious account
- make history — do sth of great significance
- manipulatory — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- masturbatory — the stimulation or manipulation of one's own genitals, especially to orgasm; sexual self-gratification.
- model theory — the branch of logic that deals with the properties of models; the semantic study of formal systems
- modificatory — modifying.
- multisensory — of or relating to the senses or sensation.
- myrmecochory — the dispersal of fruits and seeds by ants
- neurosensory — of or relating to the sensory role of the nervous system.
- nonmandatory — Not mandatory.
- nonmigratory — Not migratory; that does not migrate.
- nonolfactory — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
- nonsecretory — not secretory
- nonstatutory — of, relating to, or of the nature of a statute.
- oral history — information of historical or sociological importance obtained usually by tape-recorded interviews with persons whose experiences and memories are representative or whose lives have been of special significance.
- origin story — a backstory, or established background narrative, that informs the identity and motivations of heroes and villains in a comic book or similar fictional work: The superhero’s origin story begins with a tragic accident that left him scarred, but also resulted in his supernatural powers.
- perspiratory — of, relating to, or stimulating perspiration.
- preovulatory — to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle.
- preservatory — a preservative
- proof theory — (logic) The branch of logic describing procedures for combining logical statements to show, by a series of truth-preserving transformations, that one statement is a consequence of some other statement or group of statements.
- propitiatory — serving or intended to propitiate.
- protohistory — a branch of study concerned with the transition period between prehistory and the earliest recorded history.
- recuperatory — of or relating to recovery or recuperation
- remuneratory — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
- renunciatory — an act or instance of relinquishing, abandoning, repudiating, or sacrificing something, as a right, title, person, or ambition: the king's renunciation of the throne.
- rusty memory — (storage, humour) Mass-storage that uses iron-oxide-based magnetic media (especially magnetic tape and the pre-Winchester removable disk packs used in washing machines). Compare donuts.
- satisfactory — giving or affording satisfaction; fulfilling all demands or requirements: a satisfactory solution.
- second-story — of or located on the second story or floor.