11-letter words that end in ry
- red mercury — a supposedly radioactive substance that could be used in a bomb made from nuclear waste, widely believed to be part of a confidence trick in which gangsters sold useless material to terrorists in the early 1990s
- redhibitory — the nullification of a sale because of a defect in the article sold of such nature as to make it totally or virtually unusable or as to have prevented the purchase if known to the buyer.
- rediscovery — the act or an instance of discovering.
- referendary — a referee who resolves disputes or makes decisions
- reformatory — serving or designed to reform: reformatory lectures; reformatory punishments.
- religionary — pertaining to religion
- repudiatory — the act of repudiating.
- requisitory — a demand, usually in writing, made by a prosecutor that a sentence be passed against an accused party, and stating reasons for the demand
- reservatory — any place where reserves or stores are kept, esp of food and/or water; esp, a reservoir
- respiratory — pertaining to or serving for respiration: respiratory disease.
- restitutory — reparation made by giving an equivalent or compensation for loss, damage, or injury caused; indemnification.
- retaliatory — to return like for like, especially evil for evil: to retaliate for an injury.
- retributory — characterized by or involving retribution: retributive justice.
- revisionary — the act or work of revising.
- rudimentary — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- salmonberry — the salmon-colored, edible fruit of a raspberry, Rubus spectabilis, of the Pacific coast of North America.
- scare story — A scare story is something that is said or written to make people feel frightened and think that a situation is much more unpleasant or dangerous than it really is.
- sculduddery — obscene behavior; lewdness.
- sculduggery — skulduggery.
- sedimentary — of, relating to, or of the nature of sediment.
- seditionary — of or relating to sedition; seditious.
- seismometry — the study of the measurement of earthquakes using a seismometer
- semi-luxury — a material object, service, etc., conducive to sumptuous living, usually a delicacy, elegance, or refinement of living rather than a necessity: Gold cufflinks were a luxury not allowed for in his budget.
- shaftesbury — Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of, 1621–83, English statesman.
- short story — a piece of prose fiction, usually under 10,000 words.
- silverberry — a shrub, Elaeagnus commutata (or E. argentea), of north-central North America, having silvery leaves and flowers and silvery, drupelike edible fruit.
- skulduddery — (of people) adultery
- skulduggery — dishonorable proceedings; mean dishonesty or trickery: bribery, graft, and other such skulduggery.
- sky cavalry — air cavalry.
- sour cherry — a cherry, Prunus cerasus, characterized by gray bark and the spreading habit of its branches.
- speculatory — a place suitable for observation
- stereometry — the measurement of volumes.
- stichometry — the practice of writing a prose text in lines, often of slightly differing lengths, that correspond to units of sense and indicate phrasal rhythms.
- stipendiary — receiving a stipend; performing services for regular pay.
- struck jury — a jury obtained by special agreement between the opposing attorneys, each taking turns in eliminating a member of the impaneled group until 12 members remain.
- subaxillary — situated or placed beneath an axil.
- subcategory — a subordinate category or a division of a category.
- subcontrary — one of two propositions that can both be true but cannot both be false.
- subdeaconry — the position or office of a subdeacon
- subindustry — a subdivision of an industry
- subliterary — not intended as literature
- subordinary — any of several heraldic bearings of secondary importance to the ordinary, such as the lozenge, the orle, and the fret
- subtreasury — a subordinate or branch treasury.
- superlunary — situated above or beyond the moon.
- superluxury — a material object, service, etc., conducive to sumptuous living, usually a delicacy, elegance, or refinement of living rather than a necessity: Gold cufflinks were a luxury not allowed for in his budget.
- supervisory — of, relating to, or having supervision.
- suppository — a solid, conical mass of medicinal substance that melts upon insertion into the rectum or vagina.
- tacheometry — the measurement of distance, etc, using a tacheometer
- tangleberry — a huckleberry, Gaylussacia frondosa, of the eastern U.S.
- tegumentary — a covering or vestment; integument.