apiary | (noun) a shed containing a number of beehives | Synonyms: bee house |
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auxiliary | (adjective) functioning in a supporting capacity | Synonyms: subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary |
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(adjective) furnishing added support | Synonyms: accessory, adjunct, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant |
(noun) someone who acts as assistant | Synonyms: aide |
aviary | (noun) a building where birds are kept | Synonyms: bird sanctuary, volary |
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beneficiary | (adjective) having or arising from a benefice | - |
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(noun) the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause | Synonyms: benefactive role |
(noun) the recipient of funds or other benefits | Synonyms: donee |
bestiary | (noun) a medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals | - |
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biliary | (adjective) relating to the bile ducts or the gallbladder | - |
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(adjective) relating to or containing bile | Synonyms: bilious |
breviary | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) a book of prayers to be recited daily by certain priests and members of religious orders | - |
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briary | (adjective) having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | Synonyms: barbed, barbellate, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny |
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ciliary | (adjective) relating to the ciliary body and associated structures of the eye | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell | Synonyms: cilial, ciliate |
(adjective) of or relating to the human eyelash | Synonyms: ciliate |
diary | (noun) a personal journal (as a physical object) | - |
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(noun) a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations | Synonyms: journal |
domiciliary | (adjective) of or relating to or provided in a domicile | - |
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evidentiary | (adjective) pertaining to or constituting evidence | - |
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(adjective) serving as or based on evidence | Synonyms: evidential |
fiduciary | (adjective) relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the holding of something in trust for another) | Synonyms: fiducial |
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(noun) a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary | - |
friary | (noun) a monastery of friars | - |
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incendiary | (adjective) involving deliberate burning of property | - |
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(adjective) capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readily | - |
(adjective) arousing to action or rebellion | Synonyms: incitive, inflammatory, instigative, rabble-rousing, seditious |
(noun) a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel) | Synonyms: firebomb, incendiary bomb |
(noun) a criminal who illegally sets fire to property | Synonyms: arsonist, firebug |
intermediary | (noun) a negotiator who acts as a link between parties | Synonyms: go-between, intercessor, intermediator, mediator |
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judiciary | (noun) persons who administer justice | Synonyms: bench |
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(noun) the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government | Synonyms: judicatory, judicature, judicial system |
justiciary | (noun) the jurisdiction of a justiciar | - |
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(noun) formerly a high judicial officer | Synonyms: justiciar |
laniary | (adjective) of or relating to a pointed conical tooth | Synonyms: canine |
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ostiary | (noun) someone who guards an entrance | Synonyms: door guard, doorkeeper, doorman, gatekeeper, hall porter, porter |
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(noun) the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church | Synonyms: doorkeeper, ostiarius |
pecuniary | (adjective) relating to or involving money | Synonyms: monetary |
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penitentiary | (adjective) showing or constituting penance | Synonyms: penitential |
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(adjective) used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers | - |
(noun) a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes | Synonyms: pen |
plenipotentiary | (noun) a diplomat who is fully authorized to represent his or her government | - |
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stipendiary | (adjective) pertaining to or of the nature of a stipend or allowance | - |
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(adjective) for which money is paid | Synonyms: compensable, paying, remunerative, salaried |
(adjective) receiving or eligible for compensation | Synonyms: compensated, remunerated, salaried |
(noun) (United Kingdom) a paid magistrate (appointed by the Home Secretary) dealing with police cases | Synonyms: stipendiary magistrate |
subsidiary | (adjective) functioning in a supporting capacity | Synonyms: auxiliary, supplemental, supplementary |
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(noun) a company that is completely controlled by another company | Synonyms: subsidiary company |
(noun) an assistant subject to the authority or control of another | Synonyms: foot soldier, subordinate, underling |
tertiary | (adjective) coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position | Synonyms: 3rd, third |
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topiary | (noun) making decorative shapes by trimming shrubs or trees | - |
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(noun) a garden having shrubs clipped or trimmed into decorative shapes especially of animals | - |
vestiary | (adjective) relating to clothing (especially vestments) | - |
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