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247 Words That End With ORY

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Word Definitions Synonyms
absolvitory (adjective) providing absolution Synonyms: exonerative, forgiving
acceleratory (adjective) tending to increase velocity Synonyms: accelerative
accessory (adjective) furnishing added support Synonyms: adjunct, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, auxiliary
(adjective) aiding and abetting in a crime Synonyms: accessary
(noun) a supplementary component that improves capability Synonyms: add-on, appurtenance, supplement
(noun) clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing Synonyms: accouterment, accoutrement
(noun) someone who helps another person commit a crime Synonyms: accessary
accusatory (adjective) containing or expressing accusation Synonyms: accusative, accusing, accusive
adjudicatory (adjective) concerned with adjudicating Synonyms: adjudicative
adjuratory (adjective) earnestly or solemnly entreating
(adjective) containing a solemn charge or command
admonitory (adjective) serving to warn Synonyms: cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning
(adjective) expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective Synonyms: admonishing, reproachful, reproving
adulatory (adjective) obsequiously complimentary Synonyms: flattering
advisory (adjective) giving advice Synonyms: consultative, consultatory, consultive
(noun) an announcement that usually advises or warns the public of some threat
affirmatory (adjective) affirming or giving assent Synonyms: affirmative
aleatory (adjective) dependent on chance
allegory (noun) a short moral story (often with animal characters) Synonyms: apologue, fable, parable
(noun) an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor
(noun) a visible symbol representing an abstract idea Synonyms: emblem
alleviatory (adjective) moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear Synonyms: alleviative, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory, palliative
amatory (adjective) expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance Synonyms: amorous, romantic
ambulatory (adjective) relating to or adapted for walking
(adjective) able to walk about Synonyms: ambulant
(noun) a covered walkway (as in a cloister)
amelioratory (adjective) tending to ameliorate Synonyms: ameliorating, ameliorative, meliorative
amendatory (adjective) effecting amendment
amphigory (noun) nonsensical writing (usually verse) Synonyms: nonsense verse
annunciatory (adjective) relating to the act of announcing or being announced
anticipatory (adjective) in anticipation Synonyms: prevenient
applicatory (adjective) readily applicable or practical Synonyms: applicative
approbatory (adjective) expressing or manifesting praise or approval Synonyms: affirmative, approbative, approving, plausive
armory (noun) a place where arms are manufactured Synonyms: armoury, arsenal
(noun) a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms Synonyms: armoury, arsenal
(noun) all the weapons and equipment that a country has Synonyms: armoury, arsenal
(noun) a collection of resources Synonyms: armoury, inventory
articulatory (adjective) of or relating to articulation Synonyms: articulative
assimilatory (adjective) capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution Synonyms: assimilating, assimilative
associatory (adjective) characterized by or causing or resulting from the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination Synonyms: associative
auditory (adjective) of or relating to the process of hearing Synonyms: audile, auditive
auscultatory (adjective) of or relating to auscultation
beaugregory (noun) a blue and yellow damselfish of Bermuda and Florida and the West Indies Synonyms: Pomacentrus leucostictus
benedictory (adjective) expressing benediction Synonyms: benedictive
calefactory (adjective) serving to heat Synonyms: calefactive
calumniatory (adjective) (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign Synonyms: calumnious, defamatory, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous
cardiorespiratory (adjective) of or pertaining to or affecting both the heart and the lungs and their functions Synonyms: cardiopulmonary
category (noun) a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme
(noun) a collection of things sharing a common attribute Synonyms: class, family
celebratory (adjective) used for celebrating
certificatory (adjective) serving to certify or endorse authoritatively
chicory (noun) crisp spiky leaves with somewhat bitter taste Synonyms: curly endive
(noun) root of the chicory plant roasted and ground to substitute for or adulterate coffee Synonyms: chicory root
(noun) perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in salads Synonyms: chicory plant, Cichorium intybus, succory
(noun) the dried root of the chicory plant: used as a coffee substitute Synonyms: chicory root
chylifactory (adjective) producing or converting into chyle Synonyms: chylifactive, chylific
circulatory (adjective) relating to circulatory system or to circulation of the blood
(adjective) of or relating to circulation Synonyms: circulative
circumlocutory (adjective) roundabout and unnecessarily wordy Synonyms: ambagious, circumlocutious, periphrastic
classificatory (adjective) relating to or involving classification
clearstory (noun) part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light Synonyms: clerestory
clerestory (noun) part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light Synonyms: clearstory
combinatory (adjective) marked by or relating to or resulting from combination Synonyms: combinative
(adjective) relating to or involving combinations Synonyms: combinative, combinatorial
(adjective) able to or tending to combine Synonyms: combinable, combinational
comminatory (adjective) containing warning of punishment Synonyms: denunciative, denunciatory
communicatory (adjective) able or tending to communicate Synonyms: communicative
competitory (adjective) involving competition or competitiveness Synonyms: competitive
compulsory (adjective) required by rule Synonyms: mandatory, required
conciliatory (adjective) intended to placate Synonyms: conciliative
(adjective) making or willing to make concessions Synonyms: compromising, flexible
condemnatory (adjective) containing or imposing condemnation or censure Synonyms: condemning
confirmatory (adjective) serving to support or corroborate Synonyms: collateral, confirmative, confirming, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying
congratulatory (adjective) expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of someone's success or good fortune Synonyms: gratulatory
conservatory (noun) a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner Synonyms: hothouse, indoor garden
(noun) a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts Synonyms: conservatoire
(noun) the faculty and students of a school specializing in one of the fine arts
consistory (noun) a church tribunal or governing body
consolatory (adjective) affording comfort or solace Synonyms: comforting, consoling
consultatory (adjective) giving advice Synonyms: advisory, consultative, consultive
contradictory (adjective) of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false
(adjective) unable for both to exist or be true at the same time Synonyms: mutually exclusive
(adjective) in disagreement Synonyms: at odds, conflicting, self-contradictory
(adjective) that confounds or contradicts or confuses Synonyms: confounding
(noun) two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time
contributory (adjective) tending to bring about; being partly responsible for Synonyms: conducive, contributing, contributive, tributary
copulatory (adjective) of or relating to coitus or copulation Synonyms: coital
corroboratory (adjective) serving to support or corroborate Synonyms: collateral, confirmative, confirmatory, confirming, corroborative, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying
cosignatory (adjective) signing jointly with others
(noun) one of two or more signers of the same document (as a treaty or declaration) Synonyms: cosigner
crematory (noun) a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes Synonyms: cremation chamber, crematorium
(noun) a mortuary where corpses are cremated Synonyms: crematorium
criminatory (adjective) charging or suggestive of guilt or blame Synonyms: criminative, incriminating, incriminatory
cursory (adjective) hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough Synonyms: casual, passing, perfunctory, superficial
damnatory (adjective) threatening with damnation Synonyms: damning
declamatory (adjective) ostentatiously lofty in style Synonyms: bombastic, large, orotund, tumid, turgid
declaratory (adjective) relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration Synonyms: asserting, declarative
defamatory (adjective) (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign Synonyms: calumniatory, calumnious, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous
delusory (adjective) causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true Synonyms: deceptive
denigratory (adjective) (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign Synonyms: calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrating, denigrative, libellous, libelous, slanderous
denunciatory (adjective) containing warning of punishment Synonyms: comminatory, denunciative
depilatory (adjective) able to remove hair or render hairless
(noun) a cosmetic for temporary removal of undesired hair Synonyms: depilator, epilator
(noun) a chemical (usually a sulfide) used to remove hair or wool or bristles from hides
depository (noun) a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping Synonyms: deposit, depositary, repository
deprecatory (adjective) tending to diminish or disparage Synonyms: belittling, deprecating, deprecative, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting
depreciatory (adjective) tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value Synonyms: depreciating, depreciative
(adjective) tending to diminish or disparage Synonyms: belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, slighting
derisory (adjective) so unreasonable as to invite derision Synonyms: absurd, cockeyed, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous
derogatory (adjective) expressive of low opinion Synonyms: derogative, disparaging
desultory (adjective) marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another
dextrorotatory (adjective) rotating to the right Synonyms: dextrorotary, right-handed
dilatory (adjective) wasting time Synonyms: laggard, pokey, poky
directory (noun) an alphabetical list of names and addresses
(noun) (computer science) a listing of the files stored in memory (usually on a hard disk)
discriminatory (adjective) being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand Synonyms: prejudiced
(adjective) manifesting partiality Synonyms: preferential
(adjective) capable of making fine distinctions Synonyms: discriminative
(adjective) containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice Synonyms: invidious
dissatisfactory (adjective) not up to expectations Synonyms: disappointing, unsatisfying
divinatory (adjective) resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy Synonyms: mantic, sibyllic, sibylline, vatic, vatical
(adjective) based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence Synonyms: conjectural, hypothetic, hypothetical, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious
dormitory (noun) a college or university building containing living quarters for students Synonyms: dorm, hall, residence hall, student residence
(noun) a large sleeping room containing several beds Synonyms: dorm room, dormitory room
dory (noun) marine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope waters
(noun) pike-like freshwater perches Synonyms: jack salmon, Stizostedion vitreum, walleye, walleyed pike
(noun) a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled Synonyms: dinghy, rowboat
epistolatory (adjective) written in the form of or carried on by letters or correspondence Synonyms: epistolary
euphory (noun) a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation Synonyms: euphoria
excitatory (adjective) (of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate Synonyms: excitant, excitative
exclamatory (adjective) sudden and strong Synonyms: emphatic
excretory (adjective) of or relating to the process of excretion
exculpatory (adjective) clearing of guilt or blame
excusatory (adjective) offering or expressing apology Synonyms: apologetic
exhortatory (adjective) giving strong encouragement Synonyms: exhortative, hortative, hortatory
expiatory (adjective) having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation Synonyms: expiative, propitiatory
expiratory (adjective) of or relating to the breathing out phase of respiration
explanatory (adjective) serving or intended to explain or make clear
exploitatory (adjective) tending to exploit or make use of Synonyms: exploitative, exploitive
exploratory (adjective) serving in or intended for exploration or discovery Synonyms: explorative
expository (adjective) serving to expound or set forth Synonyms: expositive

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