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8-letter words that end in ry

  • mutatory — subject to change; variable
  • natatory — pertaining to, adapted for, or characterized by swimming: natatorial birds.
  • negatory — marked by negation; denying; negative.
  • no entry — no way in
  • noctuary — a journal of what happens in the night
  • nondairy — being a substitute for milk or milk products; containing no dairy ingredients: nondairy whipped topping for the pie.
  • nondiary — Not of or relating to a diary.
  • nonentry — the failure of a tenant's heir to renew investiture after the tenant's death
  • nonhairy — Not hairy.
  • nonstory — a story of little interest, substance, or importance
  • noometry — a term used by the satirical novelist Thomas Love Peacock to mean 'measurement of the mind'
  • not very — hardly, only a little
  • novenary — A group of nine.
  • nugatory — of no real value; trifling; worthless.
  • numerary — of or relating to a number or numbers.
  • o. henryCole, 1893–1964, U.S. composer.
  • obituary — a notice of the death of a person, often with a biographical sketch, as in a newspaper.
  • oblatory — Of or pertaining to oblation; oblational.
  • octonary — pertaining to the number 8.
  • odometry — an instrument for measuring distance traveled, as by an automobile.
  • omnivory — the state of being omnivorous
  • onolatry — Worship of the ass or donkey.
  • orangery — a warm place, as a greenhouse, in which orange trees are cultivated in cool climates.
  • orbitary — the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
  • ordinary — of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
  • outlawry — the act or process of outlawing.
  • outweary — to exhaust completely
  • overwary — excessively wary
  • oximetry — the measuring of oxygen saturation of the blood by means of an oximeter.
  • pale dry — light in color and not sweet
  • pale-dry — light-colored and medium-sweet: pale-dry ginger ale.
  • panegyry — a panegyric
  • papistry — the Roman Catholic Church.
  • patchery — the act of hurriedly patching something together
  • paul pry — an inquisitive, meddlesome person.
  • paynimry — paganism
  • peaberry — a single seed coffee berry; a round coffee bean
  • pedantry — the character, qualities, practices, etc., of a pedant, especially undue display of learning.
  • peddlery — the business of a peddler.
  • perchery — a barn in which hens are allowed to move without restriction
  • perspiry — sweaty
  • petchary — a grey kingbird, Tyrannus dominicensis
  • petitory — requesting or entreating
  • phyllary — one of the bracts forming the involucre or the head or inflorescence of a composite plant.
  • pigeonry — a loft for keeping pigeons in; dovecote; pigeon house
  • plagiary — plagiarism.
  • plumbery — a plumber's workshop.
  • podiatry — the care of the human foot, especially the diagnosis and treatment of foot disorders.
  • polymery — the characteristic of having many parts
  • polypary — the common supporting structure of a colony of polyps, as corals.
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