9-letter words that end in ry
- old harry — Older Use. the devil; Satan.
- olfactory — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
- operatory — a room or other area with special equipment and facilities, as for dental surgery, scientific experiments, or the like.
- optometry — the practice or profession of examining the eyes, by means of suitable instruments or appliances, for defects in vision and eye disorders in order to prescribe corrective lenses or other appropriate treatment.
- orbituary — Orbital.
- originary — (rare) Of, pertaining to or causing the origin of something.
- osmometry — measurement of osmotic pressure.
- ostensory — monstrance.
- overcarry — To carry too far, or beyond the proper point.
- overmerry — very merry
- overstory — the uppermost layer of foliage in a forest, forming the canopy.
- overweary — excessively weary; tired out.
- ovulatory — to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle.
- paediatry — the branch of medical science concerned with children and their diseases
- pageantry — spectacular display; pomp: the pageantry of a coronation.
- palmistry — the art or practice of telling fortunes and interpreting character from the lines and configurations of the palm of a person's hand.
- palpatory — to examine by touch, especially for the purpose of diagnosing disease or illness.
- papillary — of, relating to, or of the nature of a papilla or papillae.
- parcenary — joint heirship or coheirship; the undivided holding of land by two or more coheirs.
- parquetry — mosaic work of wood used for floors, wainscoting, etc.; marquetry.
- peasantry — peasants collectively.
- pecuniary — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
- pellitory — any of various urticaceous plants of the S and W European genus Parietaria, esp P. diffusa (pellitory-of-the-wall or wall pellitory), that grow in crevices and have long narrow leaves and small pink flowers
- perfumery — perfumes collectively.
- perimetry — the border or outer boundary of a two-dimensional figure.
- periphery — the external boundary of any surface or area.
- periptery — a peripteral building.
- phonatory — rapid, periodic opening and closing of the glottis through separation and apposition of the vocal cords that, accompanied by breath under lung pressure, constitutes a source of vocal sound.
- physiatry — physical medicine.
- pig's fry — the heart, liver, lights, and sweetbreads of a pig cooked, esp fried, together
- pillsbury — Charles Alfred, 1842–99, U.S. businessman.
- piscatory — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
- pituitary — pituitary gland.
- placatory — serving, tending, or intended to placate: a placatory reply.
- placitory — of or relating to pleas made to support a claim or a defence
- planetary — of, relating to, or resembling a planet or the planets.
- pleiomery — the state of a flower having more than the normal number of parts
- pokeberry — the berry of the pokeweed.
- polyamory — the practice or condition of participating simultaneously in more than one serious romantic or sexual relationship with the knowledge and consent of all partners.
- polyandry — the practice or condition of having more than one husband at one time. Compare monandry (def 1).
- polyzoary — a colony of bryozoan animals
- pothecary — apothecary.
- precatory — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or expressing entreaty or supplication: precatory overtures.
- predatory — Zoology. preying upon other organisms for food.
- prefatory — of, relating to, or of the nature of a preface: prefatory explanations.
- prelusory — introductory.
- proditory — traitorous
- proletary — in ancient Rome, a member of the lowest class of citizens, who had no property
- prolusory — serving for prolusion.
- provisory — containing a proviso or condition; conditional.