12-letter words that end in ry
- choux pastry — a very light pastry made with eggs, used for eclairs, etc
- circumbinary — (astronomy) Of, pertaining to, or having an orbit around a binary star.
- circumrotary — Alternative form of circumrotatory.
- claptrappery — the art of eliciting applause
- commendatory — serving to commend; expressing praise or approval
- compensatory — Compensatory payments involve money paid as compensation.
- compulsatory — compulsory
- conciliatory — When you are conciliatory in your actions or behaviour, you show that you are willing to end a disagreement with someone.
- condemnatory — Condemnatory means expressing strong disapproval.
- confirmatory — confirming or tending to confirm
- confiscatory — involving confiscation
- consecratory — That consecrates.
- conservatory — A conservatory is a room with glass walls and a glass roof, which is attached to a house. People often grow plants in a conservatory.
- consignatory — a cosignatory
- conspiratory — the act of conspiring.
- constabulary — In Britain and some other countries, a constabulary is the police force of a particular area.
- consultatory — Formed by, or resulting from, consultation; advisory.
- consummatory — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
- contemporary — Contemporary things are modern and relate to the present time.
- contributary — contributory
- contributory — A contributory factor of a problem or accident is one of the things which caused it to exist or happen.
- cotyledonary — the primary or rudimentary leaf of the embryo of seed plants.
- crackerberry — bunchberry.
- cream sherry — a full-bodied sweet sherry
- credit entry — an accounting entry showing income or capital assets
- daredeviltry — reckless daring; venturesome boldness.
- deambulatory — a place for walking often with a covering overhead
- deflationary — A deflationary economic policy or measure is one that is intended to or likely to cause deflation.
- densitometry — Photography. an instrument for measuring the density of negatives.
- denunciatory — characterized by or given to denunciation.
- depreciatory — tending to depreciate.
- deregulatory — Of or pertaining to deregulation.
- desquamatory — an obsolete surgical instrument once used for the desquamation of bones
- dicarpellary — having two carpels
- disciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
- dispensatory — a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
- disquisitory — of or relating to disquisition
- distributary — an outflowing branch of a stream or river, typically found in a delta (opposed to tributary).
- diversionary — tending to divert or distract the attention: diversionary tactics of the guerrilla fighters.
- double entry — a method in which each transaction is entered twice in the ledger, once to the debit of one account, and once to the credit of another.
- dwarf cherry — any of several low, North American cherries that grow on dry or sandy soil, especially Prunus pumila, of the Great Lakes region.
- eleemosynary — Of, relating to, or dependent on charity; charitable.
- elocutionary — Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical.
- emancipatory — Of or pertaining to emancipation or to an emancipator.
- emolumentary — advantageous; tending towards emolument
- equivocatory — Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
- ethnohistory — The branch of anthropology concerned with the history of peoples and cultures, especially non-Western ones.
- ethylmercury — (chemistry) The organometallic cation CH3CH2Hg+; it is a toxicant that does not seem to accumulate in the environment.
- evolutionary — Of or relating to evolution.
- ex-directory — phone number: not listed publicly