Words Ending With ORY
Explore the intriguing collection of words that conclude with the letter ORY. This section emphasizes how the final placement of ORY influences the tone and character of each word. Whether it's common vocabulary or less familiar terms, uncover the unique impact of ending with ORY in the world of words.
4 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| rory | 7 | - | - |
| dory | 8 | pike-like freshwater perches | - |
| tory | 7 | a member of political party in Great Britain that has been known as the Conservative Party since 1832; was the opposition party to the Whigs | - |
| gory | 8 | covered with blood | a gory dagger |
| lory | 7 | small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits | - |
| pory | 9 | - | - |
| cory | 9 | - | - |
5 letter words
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|---|---|---|---|
| story | 8 | a record or narrative description of past events | a history of France |
| glory | 9 | an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint | - |
| ivory | 11 | a shade of white the color of bleached bones | - |
| moory | 10 | - | - |
| goory | 9 | - | - |
| frory | 11 | - | - |
| flory | 11 | United States chemist who developed methods for studying long-chain molecules (1910-1985) | - |
6 letter words
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| memory | 13 | the power of retaining and recalling past experience | he had a good memory when he was younger |
| theory | 12 | a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena | a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory |
| armory | 11 | a place where arms are manufactured | - |
| priory | 11 | religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress | - |
| savory | 12 | pleasing to the sense of taste | - |
| calory | 11 | - | - |
| colory | 11 | - | - |
| motory | 11 | - | - |
| vapory | 14 | - | - |
| pelory | 11 | - | - |
7 letter words
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|---|---|---|---|
| history | 13 | a record or narrative description of past events | a history of France |
| factory | 15 | a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing | - |
| victory | 15 | a successful ending of a struggle or contest | a narrow victory |
| sensory | 10 | relating to or concerned in sensation | the sensory cortex |
| rectory | 12 | an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector | - |
| hickory | 19 | American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts | - |
| chicory | 17 | 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 | - |
| oratory | 10 | addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous) | he loved the sound of his own oratory |
| cursory | 12 | hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough | a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws |
| euphory | 15 | a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation | - |
| elusory | 10 | - | - |
| olitory | 10 | - | - |
| pillory | 12 | expose to ridicule or public scorn | - |
| flavory | 16 | - | - |
| amatory | 12 | expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance | her amatory affairs |
| castory | 12 | - | - |
| succory | 14 | 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 | - |
| suasory | 10 | - | - |
| signory | 11 | the estate of a seigneur | - |
8 letter words
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|---|---|---|---|
| category | 14 | a collection of things sharing a common attribute | - |
| lavatory | 14 | a room or building equipped with one or more toilets | - |
| advisory | 15 | giving advice | an advisory memorandum |
| allegory | 12 | a short moral story (often with animal characters) | - |
| auditory | 12 | of or relating to the process of hearing | auditory processing |
| unsavory | 14 | not pleasing in odor or taste | - |
| negatory | 12 | - | - |
| illusory | 11 | based on or having the nature of an illusion | Secret activities offer presidents the alluring but often illusory promise that they can achieve foreign policy goals without the bothersome debate and open decision that are staples of democracy |
| rogatory | 12 | - | - |
| dilatory | 12 | wasting time | - |
| monitory | 13 | serving to warn | shook a monitory finger at him |
| nugatory | 12 | of no real value | a nugatory law |
| vomitory | 16 | an entrance to an amphitheater or stadium | - |
| delusory | 12 | causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true | a delusory pleasure |
| deletory | 12 | - | - |
| derisory | 12 | so unreasonable as to invite derision | - |
| decisory | 14 | - | - |
| curatory | 13 | - | - |
| citatory | 13 | - | - |
| chickory | 22 | - | - |
| chiccory | 20 | - | - |
| locutory | 13 | - | - |
| libatory | 13 | - | - |
| omnivory | 16 | - | - |
| oblatory | 13 | - | - |
| nonstory | 11 | - | - |
| natatory | 11 | - | - |
| mutatory | 13 | - | - |
| moratory | 13 | - | - |
| minatory | 13 | threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments | - |
| midstory | 14 | - | - |
| juratory | 18 | - | - |
| irrisory | 11 | - | - |
| isospory | 13 | - | - |
| infusory | 14 | - | - |
| incisory | 13 | - | - |
| herstory | 14 | - | - |
| gyratory | 15 | - | - |
| donatory | 12 | - | - |
| fumitory | 16 | delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally | - |
| fumatory | 16 | - | - |
| filatory | 14 | - | - |
| feretory | 14 | - | - |
| emictory | 15 | - | - |
| enactory | 13 | - | - |
| aleatory | 11 | dependent on chance | the aleatory element in life |
| additory | 13 | - | - |
| apospory | 15 | - | - |
| punitory | 13 | inflicting punishment | - |
| potatory | 13 | - | - |
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9 letter words
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| territory | 12 | a region marked off for administrative or other purposes | - |
| inventory | 15 | a detailed list of all the items in stock | - |
| mandatory | 15 | the recipient of a mandate | - |
| accessory | 16 | clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing | - |
| purgatory | 15 | a temporary condition of torment or suffering | a purgatory of drug abuse |
| directory | 15 | an alphabetical list of names and addresses | - |
| dormitory | 15 | a college or university building containing living quarters for students | - |
| predatory | 15 | characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding | predatory warfare |
| olfactory | 17 | of or relating to olfaction | - |
| statutory | 12 | prescribed or authorized by or punishable under a statute | statutory restrictions |
| migratory | 15 | habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work | migratory workers |
| crematory | 16 | a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes | - |
| refectory | 17 | a communal dining-hall (usually in a monastery) | - |
| vibratory | 17 | moving very rapidly to and fro or up and down | - |
| repertory | 14 | a collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule | - |
| expiatory | 21 | having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation | expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice |
| signatory | 13 | someone who signs and is bound by a document | - |
| desultory | 13 | marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another | desultory thoughts |
| offertory | 18 | the offerings of the congregation at a religious service | - |
| polyamory | 19 | - | - |
| adulatory | 13 | obsequiously complimentary | - |
| amphigory | 20 | nonsensical writing (usually verse) | - |
| antistory | 12 | - | - |
| backstory | 20 | - | - |
| aspersory | 14 | - | - |
| assertory | 12 | - | - |
| carnivory | 17 | - | - |
| emunctory | 16 | - | - |
| gustatory | 13 | of or relating to gustation | - |
| gradatory | 14 | taking place by degrees | - |
| gestatory | 13 | - | - |
| feudatory | 16 | a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord | - |
| extrusory | 19 | - | - |
| executory | 21 | - | - |
| exclusory | 21 | - | - |
| excretory | 21 | of or relating to the process of excretion | - |
| evocatory | 17 | - | - |
| expletory | 21 | - | - |
| educatory | 15 | - | - |
| elocutory | 14 | - | - |
| elevatory | 15 | - | - |
| emanatory | 14 | - | - |
| dogmatory | 16 | - | - |
| dimissory | 15 | - | - |
| dictatory | 15 | - | - |
| deviatory | 16 | - | - |
| dejectory | 22 | - | - |
| depletory | 15 | - | - |
| decretory | 15 | - | - |
| deceptory | 17 | - | - |
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10 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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| laboratory | 15 | a region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation | Pakistan is a laboratory for studying the use of American troops to combat terrorism |
| trajectory | 22 | the path followed by an object moving through space | - |
| compulsory | 19 | required by rule | in most schools physical education is compulsory |
| obligatory | 16 | morally or legally constraining or binding | attendance is obligatory |
| regulatory | 14 | restricting according to rules or principles | a regulatory gene |
| promissory | 17 | relating to or having the character of a promise | promissory note |
| prehistory | 18 | the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word | - |
| derogatory | 15 | expressive of low opinion | derogatory comments |
| depository | 16 | a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping | - |
| repository | 15 | a burial vault (usually for some famous person) | - |
| refractory | 18 | not responding to treatment | a refractory case of acne |
| transitory | 13 | lasting a very short time | love is transitory but it is eternal |
| peremptory | 19 | offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power | a swaggering peremptory manner |
| promontory | 17 | a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) | - |
| ambulatory | 17 | able to walk about | the patient is ambulatory |
| defamatory | 19 | (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign | - |
| copulatory | 17 | of or relating to coitus or copulation | - |
| multistory | 15 | having more than one story | - |
| inhibitory | 18 | restrictive of action | an overly strict and inhibitory discipline |
| accusatory | 17 | containing or expressing accusation | black accusatory looks |
| depilatory | 16 | a cosmetic for temporary removal of undesired hair | - |
| expiratory | 22 | of or relating to the breathing out phase of respiration | - |
| desolatory | 14 | - | - |
| depuratory | 16 | - | - |
| detractory | 16 | - | - |
| fumigatory | 19 | - | - |
| expository | 22 | serving to expound or set forth | clean expository writing |
| faldistory | 17 | - | - |
| excusatory | 22 | offering or expressing apology | - |
| execratory | 22 | - | - |
| exhibitory | 25 | - | - |
| excitatory | 22 | (of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate | - |
| escalatory | 15 | - | - |
| emendatory | 16 | - | - |
| emigratory | 16 | - | - |
| divinatory | 17 | based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence | - |
| dismissory | 16 | - | - |
| discursory | 16 | - | - |
| dissuasory | 14 | - | - |
| palliatory | 15 | - | - |
| osculatory | 15 | - | - |
| modulatory | 16 | - | - |
| mitigatory | 16 | moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear | - |
| metatheory | 18 | - | - |
| salutatory | 13 | an opening or welcoming statement (especially one delivered at graduation exercises) | - |
| revocatory | 18 | - | - |
| revelatory | 16 | (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly | - |
| tabulatory | 15 | - | - |
| suspensory | 15 | a bandage of elastic fabric applied to uplift a dependant part (as the scrotum or a pendulous breast) | - |
| suppletory | 17 | - | - |
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