13-letter words that end in ry
- gesticulatory — Making a lot of gesticulations.
- glove factory — a factory where gloves are made
- gnu c library — (library) (glibc) The run-time library for the GNU C compiler, gcc, and others. glibc is the source code for libc.a. It is maintained separately from the compilers and is a superset of ANSI C and POSIX.1 and a large subset of POSIX.2. Mailing list: <[email protected]> (bugs).
- god's country — an area or region supposed to be favored by God, especially a naturally beautiful rural area.
- gone to glory — dead
- grand drapery — a valance across the proscenium arch, forming part of the decorative frame for the stage.
- ground cherry — Also called husk tomato. any of several plants belonging to the genus Physalis, of the nightshade family, the several species bearing an edible berry enclosed in an enlarged calyx.
- hallucinatory — pertaining to or characterized by hallucination: hallucinatory visions.
- harpers ferry — a town in NE West Virginia at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers: site of John Brown's raid 1859.
- haskell curry — (person) Haskell Brooks Curry (1900-09-12 - 1982-09-01). The logician who re-invented and developed combinatory logic. The functional programming language Haskell was named after him.
- heart surgery — operation to treat cardiac problems
- hepatobiliary — Of, pertaining to, or originating in the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder.
- home delivery — delivery to one's home
- hormic theory — a theory that holds all behavior to be purposive, whether conscious or unconscious.
- hypsophyllary — relating to a hypsophyll
- iconic memory — the temporary persistence of visual impressions after the stimulus has been removed
- illocutionary — pertaining to a linguistic act performed by a speaker in producing an utterance, as suggesting, warning, promising, or requesting.
- improvisatory — of, relating to, or characteristic of an improvisation or improvisator.
- incriminatory — to accuse of or present proof of a crime or fault: He incriminated both men to the grand jury.
- integumentary — of, relating to, or like an integument.
- interaxillary — (botany) Situated within or between the axils of leaves.
- interindustry — occurring or existing between two or more industries
- interlocutory — of the nature of, pertaining to, or occurring in conversation: interlocutory instruction.
- interrogatory — conveying or expressing a question; interrogative.
- interstellary — interstellar
- intracavitary — situated within, or inserted through, a body cavity
- investigatory — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- jail delivery — a liberation of persons from prison, especially by force.
- journal entry — sth written in a diary
- juniper berry — the berrylike cone of a juniper.
- justificatory — serving to justify; providing justification.
- kentish glory — a moth, Endromis versicolora, common in north and central Europe, having brown variegated front wings and, in the male, orange hindwings
- knickknackery — Various trinkets or novelties; bric-a-brac.
- laevorotatory — Alternative spelling of levorotatory.
- land registry — In Britain, a land registry is a government office where records are kept about each area of land in a country or region, including information about who owns it.
- landed gentry — land-owning class
- laser surgery — the surgical use of lasers.
- lasik surgery — laser surgery to correct short sight
- laurel cherry — a tree, Prunus caroliniana, of the rose family, of the southeastern U.S., having small, milky-white flowers and black, shiny fruit.
- leigh-mallory — Sir Trafford Leigh [traf-erd lee] /ˈtræf ərd li/ (Show IPA), 1892–1944, British Air Force officer.
- madame bovary — a novel (1857) by Gustave Flaubert.
- marble quarry — a quarry where marble is extracted
- martini-henry — a breech-loaded .45 caliber rifle adopted in 1871 as the standard British service weapon, using a center-fire metallic cartridge filled with black powder.
- matriculatory — relating to matriculation
- methylmercury — any of several extremely toxic organometallic compounds, Hg(CH 3) 2 , formed from metallic mercury by the action of microorganisms and capable of entering the food chain: used as seed disinfectants.
- micro-brewery — A micro-brewery is a type of small brewery where beer is produced using traditional methods.
- moral victory — greater honour despite losing
- morning glory — any of various plants, especially of the genera Ipomoea and Convolvulus, as I. purpurea, a twining plant having cordate leaves and funnel-shaped flowers of various colors, often opening only in the morning.
- morning-glory — any of various plants, especially of the genera Ipomoea and Convolvulus, as I. purpurea, a twining plant having cordate leaves and funnel-shaped flowers of various colors, often opening only in the morning.
- mountebankery — The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.