8-letter words that end in ry
- broidery — a piece of embroidery
- burberry — a light good-quality raincoat, esp of gabardine
- burglary — If someone commits a burglary, they enter a building by force and steal things. Burglary is the act of doing this.
- butchery — You can refer to the cruel killing of a lot of people as butchery when you want to express your horror and disgust at this.
- cajolery — persuasion by flattery or promises; wheedling; coaxing.
- calamary — a squid: so called from its pen-shaped skeleton
- calendry — a place where calendering is carried out
- cannonry — a volley of artillery fire
- catagory — Misspelling of category.
- catchcry — a well-known, frequently used phrase, esp one associated with a particular group, etc
- category — If people or things are divided into categories, they are divided into groups in such a way that the members of each group are similar to each other in some way.
- catenary — the curve assumed by a heavy uniform flexible cord hanging freely from two points. When symmetrical about the y-axis and intersecting it at y = a, the equation is y = a cosh x/a
- cavitary — having or containing cavities
- cemetary — Misspelling of cemetery.
- cemetery — A cemetery is a place where dead people's bodies or their ashes are buried.
- centaury — any Eurasian plant of the genus Centaurium, esp C. erythraea, having purplish-pink flowers and formerly believed to have medicinal properties: family Gentianaceae
- chaffery — the act of bargaining
- chambery — a city in SE France, in the Alps: skiing centre; former capital of the duchy of Savoy. Pop: 59 188 (2006)
- chancery — In Britain, the Chancery or Chancery Division is the Lord Chancellor's court, which is a division of the High Court of Justice.
- channery — an accumulation of thin, flat, coarse fragments of sandstone, limestone, or schist with diameters up to 6 inches (15 cm): used in Scotland and Ireland for gravel.
- chapelry — the district legally assigned to and served by an Anglican chapel
- chattery — to talk rapidly in a foolish or purposeless way; jabber.
- cheatery — the act of cheating or deceiving
- cheddary — resembling or pertaining to cheddar cheese
- chiccory — chicory.
- chickory — Alternative spelling of chicory.
- chiefery — the responsibility and lands belonging to an Irish chief
- chivalry — Chivalry is polite, kind, and unselfish behaviour, especially by men towards women.
- choultry — Alternative form of choltry.
- chummery — (India) The building in which unmarried British army officers were quartered during the w British Raj.
- cinerary — holding or intended for ashes, especially the ashes of cremated bodies: a cinerary urn.
- clattery — (informal) Tending to cause a clatter; noisy and possibly cumbersome.
- clownery — clownish behavior.
- clustery — Growing in, or full of, clusters; like clusters.
- cluttery — full of clutter
- co derry — County Londonderry
- cobblery — the occupation of shoemaking or shoemending
- colliery — A colliery is a coal mine and all the buildings and equipment which are connected with it.
- cometary — a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- congiary — (in ancient Rome) a gift from the emperor to the people or soldiers
- contrary — Ideas, attitudes, or reactions that are contrary to each other are completely different from each other.
- coquetry — flirtation
- coronary — Coronary means belonging or relating to the heart.
- corsetry — the making of or dealing in corsets
- costmary — a herbaceous plant, Chrysanthemum balsamita, native to Asia. Its fragrant leaves were used as a seasoning and to flavour ale: family Asteraceae (composites)
- counthry — Irish eye dialect spelling of country.
- cousinry — a collection of cousins
- coventry — a city in central England, in Coventry unitary authority, West Midlands: devastated in World War II; modern cathedral (1954–62); industrial centre, esp for motor vehicles; two universities (1965, 1992). Pop: 303 475 (2001)
- cowardry — Lb uncommon Cowardice.
- cowberry — a creeping ericaceous evergreen shrub, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, of N temperate and arctic regions, with pink or red flowers and edible slightly acid berries