12-letter words that end in ry
- nonsecretory — not secretory
- nonstatutory — of, relating to, or of the nature of a statute.
- nonvoluntary — done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution.
- not to worry — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- obedientiary — The holder of a monastic rank or office below that of superior.
- oil industry — petroleum-processing business
- oil refinery — plant where crude oil is processed
- olallieberry — a blackberry that is a cross between the loganberry and the youngberry, cultivated in California and Oregon.
- olfactometry — The study and measurement of smells.
- open primary — a direct primary election in which voters need not meet a test of party membership.
- 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.
- oral surgery — the branch of dentistry or of surgery dealing with the surgical treatment or repair of various conditions of the mouth or jaws.
- 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.
- oscillometry — an instrument for measuring oscillations, especially those of the arterial pulse.
- overliterary — excessively literary
- pantaloonery — foolery; humorous entertainment
- paramilitary — noting or pertaining to an organization operating as, in place of, or as a supplement to a regular military force: a paramilitary police unit.
- pecksniffery — hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles.
- penitentiary — a place for imprisonment, reformatory discipline, or punishment, especially a prison maintained in the U.S. by a state or the federal government for serious offenders.
- pepys' diary — a diary kept by Samuel Pepys from January 1, 1660 to May 31, 1669, in which are recorded his impressions of contemporary London life, the life of the court, and the administration of the navy.
- perspiratory — of, relating to, or stimulating perspiration.
- phrontistery — a place or establishment for thinking, studying, or learning
- pig industry — the people and activities involved in making pork products
- post-primary — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
- postcoronary — of, relating to, or occurring after a heart attack
- postdelivery — of, relating to, or occurring after a delivery
- postliminary — of or relating to postliminy
- pre-delivery — the carrying and turning over of letters, goods, etc., to a designated recipient or recipients.
- prediscovery — a previous discovery
- premaxillary — one of a pair of bones of the upper jaw of vertebrates, situated in front of and between the maxillary bones.
- preovulatory — to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle.
- preservatory — a preservative
- previsionary — having foresight
- pro-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- probationary — the act of testing.
- 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.
- prothonotary — a chief clerk or official in certain courts of law.
- protohistory — a branch of study concerned with the transition period between prehistory and the earliest recorded history.
- provisionary — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- psychrometry — the employment of the psychrometer.
- quicksilvery — resembling quicksilver
- rallying cry — A rallying cry or rallying call is something such as a word or phrase, an event, or a belief which encourages people to unite and to act in support of a particular group or idea.
- recessionary — of, relating to, or causing recession, especially economic recession: recessionary market pressures.
- recuperatory — of or relating to recovery or recuperation
- red mulberry — See under mulberry (def 2).
- reflationary — economy: relating to reflation
- refuse lorry — a lorry used to collect and dispose of rubbish and waste from homes, etc
- 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.