10-letter words that end in ry
- half story — a usable living space within a sloping roof, usually having dormer windows for lighting.
- hand-carry — to carry or deliver by hand, as for security reasons: The ambassador hand-carried a message from the president.
- heathberry — crowberry.
- heliolatry — worship of the sun.
- heliometry — The measurement of the diameters of heavenly bodies, their relative distances, etc.
- henpeckery — the state of being harassed or tormented through henpecking
- hereditary — passing, or capable of passing, naturally from parent to offspring through the genes: Blue eyes are hereditary in our family. Compare congenital.
- hesitatory — Hesitating.
- hierolatry — worship or veneration of saints or sacred things.
- honeyberry — genip (defs 2, 3).
- humbuggery — pretense; sham.
- hunky-dory — about as well as one could wish or expect; satisfactory; fine; OK.
- hydrometry — (physics) The branch of hydrostatics dealing with the measurement of specific gravity using hydrometers.
- hygrometry — the branch of physics that deals with the measurement of the humidity of air and gases.
- hypsometry — vertical control in mapping; the establishment of elevations or altitudes.
- iconolatry — the worship or adoration of icons.
- iconometry — measurement by an iconometer
- illuminary — Illuminative.
- in a hurry — rushing
- in battery — in firing position after recovery from the recoil of a previous discharge
- in summary — to sum up, to conclude
- incendiary — used or adapted for setting property on fire: incendiary bombs.
- incubatory — the act or process of incubating.
- indagatory — investigatory
- indicatory — That indicates, signifies or implies.
- infinitary — (mathematics, logic) Of or pertaining to expressions of infinite length.
- 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.
- insalutary — Not salutary or wholesome; bad for health.
- insanitary — unsanitary.
- intermarry — to become connected by marriage, as two families, tribes, castes, or religions.
- 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.
- jackassery — The foolish or obnoxious behaviour of a jackass.
- jaculatory — relating to hurling or throwing
- john henry — Informal. a person's signature.
- jubilatory — to show or feel great joy; rejoice; exult.
- judicatory — of or relating to judgment or the administration of justice; judiciary: judicatory power.
- justiciary — of or relating to the administration of justice.
- 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.
- lamb's fry — lamb's offal, esp lamb's testicles, as food
- lampoonery — a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
- lead story — the principal story in a newspaper
- lectionary — a book or a list of lections for reading in a divine service.
- levorotary — Levorotatory.
- liberatory — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- life story — an account of all the events that happened to someone during their life
- linguistry — the study of language
- litholatry — the worship of stones