10-letter words that end in ry
- carpellary — (botany) Of or pertaining to carpels.
- castratory — of or relating to castration
- cauliflory — the production of flowers on the trunk, branches, etc, of a woody plant, as opposed to the ends of the twigs
- cautionary — A cautionary story or a cautionary note to a story is one that is intended to give a warning to people.
- ceroferary — Candleholder (especially for a large, church candle).
- cessionary — a person to whom something is transferred; assignee; grantee
- charactery — the use of symbols to express thoughts
- chartulary — cartulary
- cheboksary — a port in W central Russia on the River Volga: capital of the Chuvash Republic. Pop: 446 000 (2005 est)
- chinaberry — a spreading Asian meliaceous tree, Melia azedarach, widely grown in the US for its ornamental white or purple flowers and beadlike yellow fruits
- chirurgery — surgery.
- chokeberry — any of various North American rosaceous shrubs of the genus Aronia
- clearstory — clerestory
- clerestory — a row of windows in the upper part of the wall of a church that divides the nave from the aisle, set above the aisle roof
- cloudberry — a creeping Eurasian herbaceous rosaceous plant, Rubus chamaemorus, with white flowers and orange berry-like fruits (drupelets)
- cobwebbery — the texture of cobwebs
- commandery — a manor under the charge of a commander of a religious military order of knights
- commentary — A commentary is a description of an event that is broadcast on radio or television while the event is taking place.
- commissary — A commissary is a shop that provides food and equipment in a place such as a military camp or a prison.
- completory — serving the purpose of completing
- compulsory — If something is compulsory, you must do it or accept it, because it is the law or because someone in a position of authority says you must.
- conciliary — conciliar
- conclusory — of, relating to, or involving an end or conclusion
- condensery — a factory where condensed milk is produced
- consectary — a consequence or conclusion
- consistory — the court of a diocese (other than Canterbury) administering ecclesiastical law
- consultory — consultative
- copartnery — copartnership
- copulatory — to engage in sexual intercourse.
- coralberry — a small shrub, Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, that is native to North America and is cultivated for its berries
- correctory — corrective
- cosmolatry — the worship of the cosmos
- coulometry — a method used in quantitative analysis, whereby the amount of a substance set free or deposited during electrolysis is determined by measuring the number of coulombs that passed through the electrolyte.
- countercry — a cry responding to another cry
- crackberry — a nickname for a BlackBerry handheld device that functions as a telephone, PDA, and e-mailer and appears to have an addictive hold on its users
- crakeberry — The crowberry.
- crewellery — crewelwork
- cunctatory — prone to delaying
- data entry — Data entry is the activity of putting data into a computer, for example, by using a keyboard.
- debauchery — You use debauchery to refer to the drinking of alcohol or to sexual activity if you disapprove of it or regard it as excessive.
- dedicatory — of or as a dedication
- defamatory — Speech or writing that is defamatory is likely to damage someone's good reputation by saying something bad and untrue about them.
- delegatory — of or relating to the delegation or assignment of authority, power, or responsibility.
- depilatory — Depilatory substances and processes remove unwanted hair from your body.
- depositary — a person or group to whom something is entrusted for safety or preservation
- depository — A depository is a place where objects can be stored safely.
- depuratory — Tending to depurate or cleanse; depurative.
- derogatory — If you make a derogatory remark or comment about someone or something, you express your low opinion of them.
- desolatory — tending to cause desolation
- detractory — (now rare) That detracts from something; disparaging, depreciatory.