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Definitions: -ORY |
-ORY1. A noun suffix denoting that which pertains to, or serves for; as in ambulatory, that which serves for walking; consistory, factory, etc. 2. An adjective suffix meaning of or pertaining to, serving for; as in auditory, pertaining to or serving for hearing; prohibitory, amendatory, etc. |
| Words rhyming with "-ORY" (pronounced '-o*ry'): Abbreviatory, Abditory, Abjuratory, Ablutionary, Absolutory, Absolvatory, Acceleratory, Acclamatory, Accusatory, Accustomary, Acetary, Acetimetry, Acidimetry, Acoumetry, Actino-chemistry, Actinometry, Actuary, Additionary, Additory, Adhortatory, Adiaphory, Adjuratory, Adjutory, Admaxillary, Adminiculary, Admissory, Admonitory, Adry, Adstrictory, Adulatory, Advisory, Advocatory, Aerometry, Affirmatory, Alary, Alchemistry, Alcoholometry, Alcoometry, Aldermanry, Aleatory, Aleberry, Alimentary, Alkalimetry, Allegory, Alleviatory, Allodiary, Allusory, Almonry, Almry, Altimetry, Alveary, Alveolary, Amatory, Ambagitory, Ambry, Amburry, Amendatory, Amphigory, Amplificatory, Anabaptistry, Ancestry, Ancientry, Ancillary, Anemometry, Angelolatry, Angry, Annihilatory, Annotatory, Annuary, Annularry, Annulary, Annunciatory, Anthropolatry, Anthropometry, Anticipatory, Antidotary, Antimasonry, Antiphonary, Anury, Apiary, Apomecometry, Apothecary, Appellatory, Applicatory, Apprecatory, Appreciatory, Approbatory, Aratory, Arbitrary, Arborary, Archdeaconry, Areometry, Argentry, Armamentary, Armillary, Armory, Arrectary, Artistry, Aspiratory, Assentatory, Assertory, Asseveratory, Assimilatory, Astrictory, Astrolatry, Astrometry, Astrophotometry, Asymmetry, Atmiatry, Atrabiliary, Attry, Auctary, Auctionary, Augury, Aumbry, Aumery, Auncetry, Auscultatory, Autolatry, Auxiliatory, Aviary, Avowry, Avowtry, Aweary, Awry, Axillary, Babblery, Baboonery, Bachelry, Baculometry, Balladry, Ballatry, Balloonry, Balneary, Balneatory, Baneberry, Baptisteries, Baptistery, Baptistry, Barbary, Barberry, Barometry, Barratry, Barry, Basketry, Bathymetry, Bawdry, Beadlery, Bearberry, Bedelry, Belfry, Benedictionary, Benedictory, Bestiary, Bibitory, Bibliolatry, Bibliothecary, Bicentenary, Bigotry, Bijoutry, Bilberry, Biliary, Biochemistry, Biometry, Bistoury, Blackberry, Blaeberry, Blazonry, Bleaberry, Blindstory, Blomary, Bloomary, Blueberry, Blurry, Bob-cherry, Bogberry, Boilary, Bombastry, Bonitary, Bottomry, BOUNDARY, Boxberry, Breviary, Brothelry, Bummery, Bunchberry, Burglary, Bursary, Cachinnatory, Caducary, Calcinatory, Calculatory, Calendary, Calorimetry, Calumniatory, Calvary, Cambistry, Camelry, Cannonry, Canonry, Cantatory, Caperberry, Captainry, Caravansary, Cardioinhibitory, Cardiometry, Carnary, Carpellary, Carpentry, Cartulary, Cassioberry, Cassowary, Castlery, Casuistry, Category, Cautionary, Cautionry, Cavalry, Cavitary, Cedry, Cementatory, Cenatory, Centaury, Centry, Century, Cephalometry, Cessionary, Chandry, Chantry, Chapelry, Charlatanry, Charry, Chartulary, Cheerry, Chiccory, Chicory, Chivalry, Chlorimetry, Chlorometry, Chokeberry, Chokecherry, Choltry, Chorometry, Choultry, Chowry, Chrismatory, Chronometry, Chylificatory, Ciliary, Cinerary, Circulary, Circumgyratory, Circumlocutory, Citatory, Classificatory, Clerstory, Clinometry, Cloudberry, Coagulatory, Cochleary, Codicillary, Collegatary, Collusory, Collutory, Colorimetry, Columbary, Cometary, Comicry, Commandatory, Commandry, Commemoratory, Commendatary, Commentary, Comminatory, Commissary, Commonitory, Communicatory, Compellatory, Compensatory, Competitory, Complexionary, Complimentary, Compulsatory, Compulsory, Comradery, Concessionary, Concessory, Conchometry, Conchyliometry, Conciliatory, Concionatory, Conclusory, Concretionary, Condemnatory, Conditory, Condolatory, Conductory, Confabulatory, Confectory, Confessary, Confirmatory, Confiscatory, Congiary, Congratulatory, Conjury, Consecratory, Consignatary, Consignatory, Constabulatory, Consuetudinary, Consulary, Consultary, Consultatory, Contrarry, Contributary, Controversary, Conventionary, Coparcenary, Coplatry, Coquetry, Corollary, Correctory, Corrivalry, Corroboratory, Corrobory, Cosmolatry, Cosmometry, Costmary, Cottonary, Cotyledonary, Counterfleury, Counterflory, Cousinry, Coventry, Cowberry, Cowries, Cowry, Coxcombry, Cranberry, Craniometry, Criminatory, Crinatory, Crinitory, Crociary, Crowberry, Crystallometry, Cubatory, Cuckoldry, Culinary, Culpatory, Cursorary, Cursory, Cussuetudinary, Custumary, Cyclometry, Cymry, Dairy, Damnatory, Dangleberry, Dare-deviltry, Datary, Deaconry, Decennary, Deceptory, Decisory, Declamatory, Declaratory, Declinatory, Decretory, Decry, Decury, Deerberry, Defamatory, Defensory, Defiatory, Deglutitory, Dehortatory, Dejectory, Delegatory, Deletory, Delineatory, Delusory, Demissionary, Demonolatry, Demonry, Demonstratory, Dentary, Dentistry, Denunciatory, Dephlegmatory, Depilatory, Depletory, Depositary, Depository, Deprecatory, Depreciatory, Depredatory, Depulsory, Depuratory, Depurgatory. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "o-r-y" | |
-1 letter: or, oy, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "o-r-y" | |
+1 letter: cory, dory, gory, gyro, lory, orby, orgy, oryx, oyer, ropy, rosy, ryot, tory, troy, tyro, yore, your. | |
+2 letters: borty, boyar, brosy, corby, corky, corny, cowry, coyer, crony, dorky, dormy, dorty, dowry, foray, forby, forky, forty, foyer, glory, gorsy, grody, gyron, gyros, hoary, horny, horsy, hydro, irony, ivory, lorry, loury, mayor, moory, moray, ochry, onery, ovary, oyers, payor, porgy, porky, porny, prosy, proxy, rayon, rocky, roily, rooky, roomy, rooty, ropey, roupy, rowdy, royal, ryots, sorry, story, stroy, toyer, troys, tyros, wordy, wormy, worry, yores, yourn, yours. | |
+3 letters: argosy, armory, aroynt, arrowy, arroyo, barony, baryon, bowery, bowyer, boyard, boyars, briony, brolly, bronzy, broody, broomy, brothy, browny, bryony, byroad, byword, bywork, calory, carboy, corody, corymb, coryza, crayon, croaky, croupy, crowdy, crypto, cyborg, dourly, dowery, drolly, droopy, dropsy, drosky, drossy, drowsy, drylot, dyvour, embryo, eryngo, euroky, floury, forays, forbye, foreby, formyl, forwhy, foyers, froggy, frosty, frothy, frouzy, frowsy, frowzy, gorily, groggy, groovy, groszy, grotty, grouty, growly, groyne, gyrons, gyrose, hooray, horary, horsey, hourly, hydros, koruny, lordly, lowery, mayors, memory, mopery, morays, notary, obeyer, ochery, orally, orangy, orfray, ornery, orrery, oryxes, osprey, outcry, overly, oyster, parody, payors, peroxy, poetry, poorly, popery, portly, priory, propyl, protyl, pylori, pyrola, pyrone, pyrope, pyrrol, rayons, rebody, recopy, rhyton, ronyon, ropery, ropily, rosary, rosery, rosily, rosiny, rotary, royals, ryokan, savory, shorty, sorely, sourly, sporty, storey, stormy, stoury, stroys, theory, thorny, torchy, towery, toyers, trolly, trophy, trotyl, trouty, tryout, vapory, volery, votary, voyeur, worthy, yarrow, yodler, yogurt, yonder, yonker, yowler, zonary. | |
+4 letters: acronym, almonry, amatory, annoyer, anorexy, anymore, armoury, aroynts, arroyos, atrophy, baryons, beworry, bigotry, bobbery, bootery, bowyers, boyards, broadly, byroads, bywords, byworks, caloyer, canonry, carboys, carroty, carryon, charpoy, chicory, chromyl, comfrey, cookery, coopery, coppery, cornily, corrody, corymbs, coryzal, coryzas, country, courtly, crayola, crayons, crossly, cryogen, cryonic, cryptos, cursory, cyborgs, dayroom, daywork, decoyer, destroy, doddery, dodgery, doggery, doorway, droshky, droskys, drouthy, drylots, dyvours, elusory, elytron, embryon, embryos, enjoyer, entropy, erosely, eryngos, euryoky, eyebrow, eyesore, factory, felonry, feodary, flavory, flowery, flyover, foolery, foppery, forayed, forayer, forebay, forebye, forgery, formyls, fortify, foundry, frogeye, frowsty, furrowy, glorify, grayout, grocery, grossly, grouchy, growthy, groynes, gryphon, gyrator, harmony, hayfork, helotry, heronry, hickory, history, hoarily, hoorays, hornily, horrify, horsily, hosiery, hydroid, hydrops, hydrous, hydroxy, hyperon, introfy, jobbery, joinery, journey, joyride, joyrode, keyword, kouprey, krypton, layover, leprosy, lobbyer, lottery, loverly, loyaler, majorly, marrowy, masonry, mayoral, mockery, moneyer, monkery, morally, morassy, mortary, mortify, mothery, nonjury, obeyers, olivary, orality, orangey, oratory, orderly, orfrays, organdy, orogeny, orology, orphrey, ospreys, ossuary, ostiary, outpray, overbuy, overcoy, overdry, overdye, overfly, overjoy, overlay, overpay, overply, overtly, ovulary, oxymora, oysters, paronym, parroty, payroll, pillory, polymer, portray, pottery, poultry, poverty, powdery, priorly, probity, prodigy, progeny, pronely, propyla, propyls, prosily, prosody, protyle, protyls, proudly, pyloric, pylorus, pyrogen, pyrolas, pyrones, pyropes, pyrosis, pyrrole, pyrrols, rectory, reenjoy, rhytons, ribbony, roadway, robbery, robotry, rockaby, rockery, roguery, rollway, ronyons, rookery, roomily, ropeway, rosebay, roughly, roundly, roupily, rowdily, royally, royalty, royster, ryokans, savoury, scorify, scroggy, sensory, shortly, showery, signory, soberly, sorcery, sorrily, storeys, stroppy, stroyed, stroyer, suasory, succory, synchro, tardyon, throaty, thyroid, toggery, topiary, torrefy, torrify, tottery, tourney, trilogy, tripody, trisomy, trolley, trotyls, tryouts, tutoyer, tyronic, urology, vapoury, viceroy, victory, vouvray, voyager, voyeurs, wayworn, wordily, workday, worldly, wrongly, yarrows, yodeler, yodlers, yoghurt, yogurts, yolkier, yonkers, younger, younker, yowlers, zedoary. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)2D 4F 52 59 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)00101101 01001111 01010010 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)- O R Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)002D 004F 0052 0059 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)15495259 |
| 1. Definition 2. Rhymes 3. Anagrams 4. Orthography | 5. Bibliography |
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