14-letter words that end in ry
- richard scarry — Richard McClure, 1919–94, U.S. author and illustrator of children's books.
- root directory — (file system) The topmost node of a hierarchical file system.
- runoff primary — (especially in the southern U.S.) a second primary between the two leading candidates of the first primary to provide nomination by majority rather than by plurality.
- rural delivery — a mail service in a country area, often run by contractors for the Post Office
- sacred history — history that is retold with the aim of instilling religious faith and which may or may not be founded on fact
- scheme library — (library) (SLIB) A portable Scheme library providing compatibiliy and utility functions for all standard Scheme implementations. Version 2c5 supports Bigloo, Chez, ELK, GAMBIT, MacScheme, MITScheme, PocketScheme, RScheme, Scheme->C, Scheme48, SCM, SCSH, T3.1, UMB-Scheme, and VSCM.
- school library — a library within a school where teachers and students have access to books and other resources
- sea gooseberry — a comb jelly, especially of the genus Pleurobrachia.
- secret history — a version of historical events which differs from the official or commonly accepted record and purports to be the true version
- self-discovery — process of understanding oneself
- self-laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
- semi-legendary — somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary
- social history — a view of historical events seen in terms of social trends
- solid geometry — the geometry of solid figures; geometry of three dimensions.
- stagflationary — of, caused by, or relating to, stagflation
- steel industry — production of steel
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- sugar refinery — place where sugar is processed
- supererogatory — going beyond the requirements of duty.
- superior ovary — Botany. an ovary positioned above a receptacle of a flower, as in members of the mint family.
- supramaxillary — of or relating to the upper jaw
- surinam cherry — a tropical American tree, Eugenia uniflora, of the myrtle family, having ovate leaves and fragrant, white flowers.
- systems theory — an approach to industrial relations which likens the enterprise to an organism with interdependent parts, each with its own specific function and interrelated responsibilities
- take inventory — count stock or belongings
- tergiversatory — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
- the quaternary — the Quaternary period or rock system, divided into Pleistocene and Holocene (Recent) epochs or series
- tintinnabulary — of bells or the ringing of bells
- transplanetary — farther from the sun than a given planet.
- transpulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.
- turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
- ubv photometry — the photometric measurement of the color index of a star, using ultraviolet, blue, and visual (yellow) filters.
- unconciliatory — tending to conciliate: a conciliatory manner; conciliatory comments.
- uncontemporary — outmoded
- undersecretary — an official who is subordinate to a principal secretary, as in the U.S. cabinet: Under Secretary of the Treasury.
- unlawful entry — clandestine, forced, or fraudulent entry into a premises, without the permission of its owner or occupant
- unsatisfactory — not satisfactory; not satisfying or meeting one's demands; inadequate.
- vasoinhibitory — an agent, as a drug, that inhibits the action of the vasomotor nerves.
- virtual memory — a system whereby addressable memory is extended beyond main storage through the use of secondary storage managed by system software in such a way that programs can treat all of the designated storage as addressable main storage.
- wall pellitory — pellitory (sense 1)
- white mulberry — See under mulberry (def 2).
- worcesterberry — a North American wild gooseberry, Ribes divaricatum
- working memory — temporary or short-term recall