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MWZANY—[a.] · one, no matter which
BDFPOXY—[a.] · containing oxygen / [x] { oxy }
—COKY—[a.] · cokelike «resembling coke» / [x] { cokelike coky }
—GAPY—[a.] · infested with gapeworms
UNARY—[a.] · not one
—PATY—[a.] · formee «having the arms narrow at the center and expanding toward the ends -- used of a heraldic cross» / [x] { pattee paty }
—PILY—[a.] · divided into a number of wedge-shaped~ heraldic designs
—TOWY—[a.] · resembling coarse hemp or flax fiber
—UNDY—[a.] · unde / [x] { unde undee undy }
—ACIDY—[a.] · sour / [x] { acidic acidy }
SALARY—[a.] · alar «pertaining to wings» / [x] { alar alary }
—BARRY—[a.] · divided into horizontal bars
—BASSY—[a.] · low in pitch
—BEIGY—[a.] · of the color beige
—BROSY—[a.] · smeared with brose
—CADGY—[a.] · cheerful
SCANTY—[a.] · cheerful
—CASKY—[a.] · resembling a cask
—CONKY—[a.] · full of a tree fungus
—DEOXY—[a.] · having less oxygen than the compound from which it is derived / [x] { deoxy desoxy }
—DIKEY—! [a.] · resembling a lesbian in nature or appearance -- an offensive term / [x] { dikey dykey }
—DONSY—[a.] · donsie «unlucky» / [x] { donsie donsy }
—DORMY—[a.] · dormie «being ahead by as many holes in golf as remain to be played» / [x] { dormie dormy }
—DORTY—[a.] · sullen
—DUDDY—[a.] · duddie «ragged» / [x] { duddie duddy }
—DYKEY—! [a.] · dikey «resembling a lesbian in nature or appearance -- an offensive term» / [x] { dikey dykey }
RSEVERY—[a.] · each without exception
—FAKEY—[a.] · not genuine; phony
—GAWSY—[a.] · gawsie «well-fed~ and healthy looking» / [x] { gawsie gawsy }
—HAYEY—[a.] · resembling hay
—HEAPY—[a.] · resembling a heap
—HOLEY—[a.] · full of holes
DHOOLY—[a.] · hoolie «easy; slow»
—JOTTY—[a.] · written down quickly
—LAWNY—[a.] · like a lawn
PSLINKY—[a.] · full of interlocking rings
FGLOSSY—[a.] · causing dissipation of electrical energy
FLOURY—[a.] · lowery / [x] { loury lowery }
—MARVY—[a.] · marvelous
—MOTEY—[a.] · full of motes
—OCHRY—[a.] · ochery «ocherous» / [x] { ocherish ocheroid ocherous ochery ochreous ochroid ochrous ochry }
—RILEY—[a.] · angry
—RINDY—[a.] · like rind
—SEELY—[a.] · frail
—SKIEY—[a.] · skyey «resembling the sky» / [x] { skiey skyey }
—SKYEY—[a.] · resembling the sky / [x] { skiey skyey }
—SONLY—[a.] · pertaining to a son
—STEWY—[a.] · having the characteristics of a stew
—SUETY—[a.] · SUET, the hard, fatty tissue around the kidneys of cattle and sheep (=suetier~ suetiest~)
—SURGY—[a.] · surging
—UNARY—[a.] · consisting of a single element
—UNCOY—[a.] · not coy +
—YAWEY—[a.] · pertaining to yaws «an infectious disease»
—YEUKY—[a.] · itchy
—ZINCY—[a.] · zincky «resembling zinc» / [x] { zincic zincky zincoid zincous zincy zinky }
—ZINKY—[a.] · zincky «resembling zinc» / [x] { zincic zincky zincoid zincous zincy zinky }
—ALKOXY—[a.] · containing a univalent radical composed of alkyl united with oxygen
MARROWY—[a.] · moving swiftly
—BLOOEY—[a.] · being out of order / [x] { blooey blooie }
—BODILY—[a.] · of the body
—BOSOMY—[a.] · swelling outward
—BREADY—[a.] · resembling or characteristic of bread
—BROTHY—[a.] · resembling broth
—CHAMPY—[a.] · broken up by the trampling of beasts
—CLOTTY—[a.] · tending to clot
—DENARY—[a.] · containing ten
—DESOXY—[a.] · deoxy / [x] { deoxy desoxy }
—DRAPEY—[a.] · characterized by graceful folds
—ECHOEY—[a.] · full of echoes
—FITCHY—[a.] · having the arms ending in a point -- used of a heraldic cross / [x] { fitchee fitchy }
—FLECKY—[a.] · flecked / [x] { fleck § flecks § fleck flecking flecks § flecked flecky }
—FLEURY—[a.] · having the arms terminating in three leaves -- used of a heraldic cross
—FLOOEY—[a.] · awry / [x] { flooey flooie kerflooey }
—GOBONY—[a.] · compony «composed of squares of alternating colors»
—HORARY—[a.] · hourly / [x] { hourlies § horal horary hourly }
GHOSTLY—[a.] · pertaining to one who hosts
—HUBBLY—[a.] · having an uneven surface
—HUMUSY—[a.] · resembling humus
—INCONY—[a.] · pretty
—JEESLY—[a.] · jeezly «used as an intensifier» / [x] { jeesly jeezely jeezly § jeesly jeezely jeezly }
—JEEZLY—[a.] · used as an intensifier / [x] { jeesly jeezely jeezly § jeesly jeezely jeezly }
—KNOLLY—[a.] · hilly
FLOWERY—[a.] · dark and threatening / [x] { loury lowery }
—MUDDLY—[a.] · disordered
—MUMBLY—[a.] · given to mumbling
—NEARBY—[a.] · near
—NEBULY—[a.] · nebule «composed of successive short curves» / [x] { nebule nebuly }
—OCHERY—[a.] · ocherous «containing or resembling ocher» / [x] { ocherish ocheroid ocherous ochery ochreous ochroid ochrous ochry }
—OFFKEY—[a.] · pitched higher or lower than the correct musical tone
—PAPERY—[a.] · resembling paper
—PEROXY—[a.] · containing the bivalent group O2
—PIDDLY—[a.] · insignificant
—PLAGUY—[a.] · troublesome - PLAGUILY [b.] / [x] { plaguey plaguy § plaguily }
—PURPLY—[a.] · purplish / [x] { purplish purply }
—ROSINY—[a.] · rosinous «resembling rosin» / [x] { rosinous rosiny }
CGRUMBLY—[a.] · tending to rumble
—SENARY—[a.] · pertaining to the number six
—SINEWY—[a.] · lean and muscular
—SLUICY—[a.] · falling in streams
—SPOOFY—[a.] · humorously satiric
—STOURY—[a.] · dusty / [x] { stourie stoury }
—SUNDRY—[a.] · miscellaneous - SUNDRILY [b.] (=sundrily)
—SWARTY—[a.] · swarthy
—UNBUSY—[a.] · not busy +
—UPPITY—[a.] · tending to be snobbish and arrogant / [x] { uppish uppity § uppishly }
—VAPORY—[a.] · vaporish «resembling vapor» / [x] { vaporish vaporous vapory vapoury }
—VAUNTY—[a.] · vauntie «boastful» / [x] { vauntie vaunty vawntie }
—WADDLY—[a.] · having or being a waddling gait
—WAFERY—[a.] · resembling a wafer
—ZINCKY—[a.] · resembling zinc / [x] { zincic zincky zincoid zincous zincy zinky }
—ZONARY—[a.] · zonal / [x] { zonal zonary § zonally }
—AMATORY—[a.] · pertaining to sexual love
—ANTIGAY—[a.] · opposed to homosexuals
—APLENTY—[a.] · being in sufficient quantity
—BIGGETY—[a.] · biggity «conceited» / [x] { biggety biggity }
—BIGGITY—[a.] · conceited / [x] { biggety biggity }
—BILIARY—[a.] · pertaining to bile
—BIPARTY—[a.] · of two parties
—BUTTONY—[a.] · resembling a button
—CABBAGY—[a.] · cabbagey «resembling a cabbage» / [x] { cabbagey cabbagy }
—CILIARY—[a.] · pertaining to cilia
—CINDERY—[a.] · containing cinders / [x] { cinderous cindery }
—CLUTCHY—[a.] · tending to clutch
—COMPONY—[a.] · composed of squares of alternating colors
—COTTONY—[a.] · resembling cotton
—CRUSILY—[a.] · covered with crosslets
—CURSORY—[a.] · hasty and superficial
—DITHERY—[a.] · nervously excited
—DODDERY—[a.] · feeble
—DRIBBLY—[a.] · tending to dribble
DELUSORY—[a.] · elusive / [x] { elusive elusory }
—FAGGOTY—! [a.] · effeminate or homosexual in an overt way -- an offensive term
—FARAWAY—[a.] · distant
—FERRETY—[a.] · suggestive of a ferret
—FIDGETY—[a.] · nervously restless
—FLAVORY—[a.] · full of flavor / [x] { flavory flavoury }
—FURROWY—[a.] · marked by furrows
—GUTTERY—[a.] · marked by extreme vulgarity or indecency
—HALFWAY—[a.] · being in the middle
—HAZELLY—[a.] · yellowish brown
—HYDROXYL[a.] · containing hydroxyl
—JEEZELY—[a.] · jeezly «used as an intensifier» / [x] { jeesly jeezely jeezly § jeesly jeezely jeezly }
—LACTARY—[a.] · pertaining to milk
—LATHERY—[a.] · covered with lather
GLITTERY—[a.] · covered with rubbish
—LOATHLY—[a.] · repulsive
—LOLLOPY—[a.] · characterized by a bobbing motion
—MANUARY—[a.] · involving the hands
—MARROWY—[a.] · pithy
—MATTERY—[a.] · producing pus
—METHOXYL[a.] · containing a certain chemical group / [x] { methoxy methoxyl }
—MILDEWY—[a.] · affected with or resembling mildew
—MILIARY—[a.] · made up of many small projections
—MISERLY—[a.] · characteristic of a miser
—MORTARY—[a.] · containing or resembling mortar
SMOTHERY—[a.] · slimy
—NONOILY—[a.] · not oily
—NUMMARY—[a.] · pertaining to coins
—OLIVARY—[a.] · shaped like an olive
—OVERCOY—[a.] · too coy
—PALMARY—[a.] · worthy of praise
—PARROTY—[a.] · resembling a parrot
—PAUGHTY—[a.] · arrogant
—PEPPERY—[a.] · resembling pepper
—PERFUMY—[a.] · scented
—PHENOXY—[a.] · containing a radical derived from phenol
—PIZAZZY—[a.] · having pizazz / [x] { pizazzy pizzazzy }
—PLAGUEY—[a.] · plaguy «troublesome» / [x] { plaguey plaguy § plaguily }
—POWDERY—[a.] · resembling powder
—RABBITY—[a.] · resembling a rabbit
GRAVELLY—[a.] · tangled
—RETIARY—[a.] · resembling a net
—RIBBONY—[a.] · resembling ribbon
—SALLOWY—[a.] · abounding in willow trees
—SALMONY—[a.] · resembling salmon
—SCREAKY—[a.] · screechy «screeching»
—SEMIDRY—[a.] · moderately dry
—SENSORY—[a.] · pertaining to the senses or sensation
—SHINGLY—[a.] · covered with small, loose stones
—SHOWERY—[a.] · abounding with brief periods of rain
—STATUSY—[a.] · conferring prestige
—SULFURYL[a.] · resembling sulfur / [x] { sulfury sulphury }
—TISSUEY—[a.] · resembling tissue
—TOTTERY—[a.] · shaky
—TRINARY—[a.] · consisting of three parts
—UNBULKY—[a.] · not bulky +
—UNCHARY—[a.] · not chary +
—UNCRAZY—[a.] · not crazy +
—UNFANCY—[a.] · not fancy +
—UNHASTY—[a.] · not hasty +
—UNITARY—[a.] · pertaining to a unit
—UNMERRY—[a.] · not merry +
—UNNOISY—[a.] · not noisy +
—UNSHOWY—[a.] · not showy +
—UNSONCY—[a.] · unsonsie «unlucky» / [x] { unsoncy unsonsie unsonsy }
—UNSONSY—[a.] · unsonsie «unlucky» / [x] { unsoncy unsonsie unsonsy }
—UNWEARY—[a.] · not weary + / [x] { unwearied unweary unwearying § unwearied unweary unwearying }
—VAPOURY—[a.] · vapory «vaporish» / [x] { vaporish vaporous vapory vapoury }
—VICARLY—[a.] · vicarial «pertaining to a vicar» / [x] { vicarial vicarly }
—WEASELY—[a.] · weaselly «resembling a weasel» / [x] { weaselly weasely }
—WINDOWY—[a.] · having many windows
—YELLOWY—[a.] · somewhat yellow
—ADDITORY—[a.] · making an addition
—ALEATORY—[a.] · pertaining to luck / [x] { aleatoric aleatory }
—ALMIGHTY—[a.] · having absolute power over all
—ANTICITY—[a.] · opposed to cities
—BADGERLY—[a.] · bothersome
—BASILARY—[a.] · basilar / [x] { basal basilar basilary § basally }
—BEGGARLY—[a.] · very poor
—BIHOURLY—[a.] · occurring every two hours
—BIYEARLY—[a.] · occurring every two years
—BLISTERY—[a.] · having blisters
—BLOSSOMY—[a.] · having blossoms
—BLUBBERY—[a.] · fat; swollen
—BLUSTERY—[a.] · windy
—BOULDERY—[a.] · characterized by large rocks
—CABBAGEY—[a.] · resembling a cabbage / [x] { cabbagey cabbagy }
—CAVITARY—[a.] · pertaining to the formation of cavities in tissue
—CINERARY—[a.] · used for cremated ashes
—CLATTERY—[a.] · having a rattling noise
—CLUSTERY—[a.] · pertaining to a cluster
—CLUTTERY—[a.] · characterized by disorder
—COSTUMEY—[a.] · of or pertaining to a costume
—COTTAGEY—[a.] · like a cottage
—COWARDLY—[a.] · lacking courage
—CROSSPLY—[a.] · having layers of fabric with cords lying crosswise in a tire
—CULINARY—[a.] · pertaining to cookery
—CUSHIONY—[a.] · soft
—DELUSORY—[a.] · delusive «tending to delude» / [x] { delusive delusory }
—DERISORY—[a.] · derisive / [x] { derisive derisory }
—DILATORY—[a.] · tending to delay
—ENACTORY—[a.] · pertaining to the enactment of law
—FASHIONY—[a.] · trendy; fashionable
—FATHERLY—[a.] · paternal
—FELLOWLY—[a.] · friendly
—FLAVOURY—[a.] · flavory «full of flavor» / [x] { flavory flavoury }
—FUNERARY—[a.] · pertaining to a funeral / [x] { funeral funerary funereal }
—GOSPELLY—[a.] · having characteristics of gospel music
—GYRATORY—[a.] · moving in a circle or spiral
—HUMMOCKY—[a.] · abounding in hummocks
—ILLUSORY—[a.] · based on illusion / [x] { illusive illusory }
—INCISORY—[a.] · adapted for cutting
—INTRADAY—[a.] · occurring within a single day
—JURATORY—[a.] · pertaining to an oath
—KERNELLY—[a.] · resembling kernels
—LAWYERLY—[a.] · befitting a member of the legal profession / [x] { lawyerlike lawyerly }
—LIMITARY—[a.] · limiting
—LITERARY—[a.] · of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of books and writings
—LUMBERLY—[a.] · moving slowly with a heavy gait
—MANNERLY—[a.] · polite
—MARTYRLY—[a.] · resembling a martyr
—MASTERLY—[a.] · very skillful
—MINATORY—[a.] · threatening
—MONETARY—[a.] · pertaining to money
—MORATORY—[a.] · authorizing delay of payment
—MOTHERLY—[a.] · maternal
—MULTIDAY—[a.] · lasting or usable for many days
—MULTIWAY—[a.] · having several paths or routes
—MUSTARDY—[a.] · resembling mustard
—NATATORY—[a.] · pertaining to swimming
—NEGATORY—[a.] · expressing negation
—NONDAIRY—[a.] · having no milk products
—NONEMPTY—[a.] · not empty
—NONFATTY—[a.] · not fatty
—NONHARDY—[a.] · not hardy
—NONLEAFY—[a.] · not having leaves
—NONMONEY—[a.] · not involving money
—NONWOODY—[a.] · not woody
—NUGATORY—[a.] · having no power
—NUMERARY—[a.] · pertaining to numbers
—OVERBUSY—[a.] · too busy
—OVEREASY—[a.] · too easy
—OVERHOLY—[a.] · too holy
—OVERMANY—[a.] · too many
—OVERWARY—[a.] · too wary
—OVERWILY—[a.] · too wily
—PASTORLY—[a.] · befitting a pastor
—PICNICKY—[a.] · pertaining to a picnic
—PIZZAZZY—[a.] · pizazzy «having pizazz» / [x] { pizazzy pizzazzy }
—PLASTERY—[a.] · resembling plaster
—POTATORY—[a.] · pertaining to drinking
—PUDDINGY—[a. ] · resembling a pudding
—PUNITORY—[a.] · punitive / [x] { punitive punitory }
—PUPILARY—[a.] · pupilar «pertaining to a part of the eye» / [x] { pupilar pupilary }
—RASCALLY—[a.] · characteristic of a rascal
—READERLY—[a.] · typical of a reader
—REVISORY—[a.] · pertaining to revision
—RINGLETY—[a.] · resembling or suggestive of a ringlet
—ROGATORY—[a.] · requesting information
—ROLLICKY—[a.] · given to rollicking
—ROTATORY—[a.] · pertaining to rotation
—RUBBISHY—[a.] · like rubbish
—SALUTARY—[a.] · producing a beneficial effect
—SCRIBBLY—[a.] · consisting of scribbles
—SHIMMERY—[a.] · shimmering / [x] { shimmer § shimmers § shimmer shimmered shimmers § shimmering shimmery }
—SHUDDERY—[a.] · shuddering
—SISTERLY—[a.] · of or resembling a sister / [x] { sisterly sororal }
—SIXPENNY—[a.] · worth sixpence
—SLUMBERY—[a.] · sleepy
—SMOTHERY—[a.] · tending to smother
—SNICKERY—[a.] · tending to snicker
—SOLIDARY—[a.] · united
—SQUIRELY—[a.] · of or befitting a squire
—STAGGERY—[a.] · unsteady
—STATICKY—[a.] · marked by static
—STOMACHY—[a.] · paunchy «having a protruding belly»
—SULPHURY—[a.] · sulfury «resembling sulfur» / [x] { sulfury sulphury }
—SUPERFLY—[a.] · showily pretentious
—TENPENNY—[a.] · worth tenpence
—TITTUPPY—[a.] · shaky; unsteady
—TOWARDLY—[a.] · favorable
—TUPPENNY—[a.] · twopenny «worth twopence» / [x] { tuppenny twopenny }
—TWITTERY—[a.] · nervously agitated
—TWOPENNY—[a.] · worth twopence / [x] { tuppenny twopenny }
—ULTRADRY—[a.] · extremely dry
—UNBLOODY—[a.] · not bloody +
—UNBOUNCY—[a.] · not bouncy +
—UNCATCHY—[a.] · not catchy +
—UNCHANCY—[a.] · unlucky
—UNCLASSY—[a.] · not classy +
—UNCLOUDY—[a.] · not cloudy +
—UNCOMELY—[a.] · not comely +
—UNFLASHY—[a.] · not flashy +
—UNGREEDY—[a.] · not greedy +
—UNKINGLY—[a.] · not kingly +
—UNLIVELY—[a.] · not lively +
—UNPRETTY—[a.] · not pretty +
—UNSAVORY—[a.] · not savory + / [x] { unsavory unsavoury }
—UNTRUSTY—[a.] · not trusty +
—UNWIFELY—[a.] · not wifely +
—VARNISHY—[a.] · glossy
—VICENARY—[a.] · pertaining to the number twenty
—WEASELLY—[a.] · resembling a weasel / [x] { weaselly weasely }
—WHISPERY—[a.] · resembling a whisper
—WORKADAY—[a.] · everyday
—WRITERLY—[a.] · characteristic of a writer
—ZIGZAGGY—[a.] · marked by sharp turns
—ADULATORY—[a.] · © containing excessive praise or compliment; servilely praising; flattering; as, an adulatory address
—AMPULLARY—[a.] · © resembling an ampulla «a globular bottle used in ancient Rome~»
—ARBITRARY—[a.] · © depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment
—BACILLARY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to little rods; rod-shaped~
—BASTARDLY—[a.] · © bastardlike~; baseborn; spurious; corrupt
—BLIZZARDY—[a.] · characterized by blizzards, or resembling a blizzard / [x] { blizzardly blizzardy }
—BOUTIQUEY—[a.] · having the characteristics of a boutique
—BRIMSTONY—[a.] · © containing or resembling brimstone; sulphurous
—BROTHERLY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to brothers; such as is natural for brothers; becoming to brothers; kind; affectionate; as, brotherly love
—BUDGETARY—[a.] · derivative of budget
—BUMPKINLY—[a.] · like a bumpkin
—BUTCHERLY—[a.] · © like a butcher; without compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman; fell
—CINNAMONY—[a.] · (informal) reminiscent of cinnamon
—CITIZENLY—[a.] · derivative of citizen
—COCKAMAMY—[a.] · a variant spelling of cockamamie / [x] { cockamamie cockamamy }
—CONTRASTY—[a.] · (of a photograph or subject) having sharp gradations in tone, esp~ between light and dark areas
—CROTCHETY—[a.] · © given to crotchets; subject to whims; as, a crotchety man
—DAMNATORY—[a.] · © dooming to damnation; condemnatory
—DANDRUFFY—[a.] · derivative of dandruff
—DASTARDLY—[a.] · © meanly timid; cowardly; base; as, a dastardly outrage
—DAYDREAMY—[a.] · derivative of daydream
—DECRETORY—[a.] · © established by a decree; definitive; settled
—DESULTORY—[a.] · © leaping or skipping about
—DEVIATORY—[a.] · © tending to deviate; devious; as, deviatory motion
—EDUCATORY—[a.] · educative or educational
—EXCLUSORY—[a.] · © able to exclude; excluding; serving to exclude
—EXECUTORY—[a.] · © pertaining to administration, or putting the laws in force; executive
—EXEMPLARY—[a.] · © serving as a pattern; deserving to be proposed for imitation; commendable; as, an exemplary person; exemplary conduct
—EXPIATORY—[a.] · © having power, or intended, to make expiation; atoning; as, an expiatory sacrifice
—EXPLETORY—[a.] · © serving to fill up; expletive; superfluous; as, an expletory word
—FLANNELLY—[a.] · derivative of flannel
—GESTATORY—[a.] · © pertaining to gestation or pregnancy
—GOSSAMERY—[a.] · resembling gossamer
—GUSTATORY—[a.] · © pertaining to, or subservient to, the sense of taste; as, the gustatory nerve which supplies the front of the tongue
—HAWTHORNY—[a.] · resembling or characterized by hawthorns
—HORTATORY—[a.] · © giving exhortation or advise; encouraging; exhortatory; inciting; as, a hortatory speech
—HUSBANDLY—[a.] · © frugal; thrifty
—INTERCITY—[a.] · ® (in Britain~) denoting a fast train or passenger rail service, esp~ between main towns
—KERFLOOEY—[a.] · (Canadian~ & US, informal) into a state of destruction or malfunction (esp~ in the phrase go kerflooey) / [x] { flooey flooie kerflooey }
—LAUDATORY—[a.] · © of or pertaining praise, or to the expression of praise; as, laudatory verses; the laudatory powers of Dryden~
—LIBRATORY—[a.] · © balancing; moving like a balance, as it tends to an equipoise or level
—MAMILLARY—[a. ] · pertaining to a mamilla to paint over
—MEDIATORY—[a.] · © mediatorial~
—MEDULLARY—[a.] · © pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, marrow or medulla
—MIDWEEKLY—[a.] · derivative of midweek
—MIGRATORY—[a.] · © removing regularly or occasionally from one region or climate to another; as, migratory birds
—MILKSOPPY—[a.] · derivative of milksop «a feeble or ineffectual man or youth»
—MOMENTARY—[a.] · © done in a moment; continuing only a moment; lasting a very short time; as, a momentary pang
—MOONSHINY—[a.] · © moonlight
—MOUNTAINY—[a.] · another term for mountainous
—MULTICITY—[a.] · having or involving more than one city
—MULTICOPY—[a.] · any of several or many copies (of a book, document, record, etc~)
—MUSHROOMY—[a. ] · resembling a mushroom
—NIGGARDLY—[a.] · © meanly covetous or avarcious~ in dealing with others; stingy; niggard
—NOBILIARY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to the nobility
—NONCOUNTY—[a.] · relating to a borough that does not have county status, specifically in reference to local governance in England~
—NONENERGY—[a.] · not related to energy or the energy industry
—NONGLOSSY—[a.] · not glossy
—NONGREASY—[a.] · derivative of non-greasy~ «not oily»
—NONSTEADY—[a.] · not steady or stable; unsteady
—NONSTICKY—[a.] · not sticky
—OKEYDOKEY—[a.] · derivative of okey-doke~ «(informal) another term for O.K.»
—ORIGINARY—[a. ] · being an origin
—OUTDOORSY—[a.] · (informal) characteristic of, or taking part in activities relating to, the outdoors
—OVERFUSSY—[a.] · too fussy
—OVERHASTY—[a.] · © too hasty; precipitate; rash
—OVULATORY—[a.] · relating to ovulation
—PAINTERLY—[a.] · © like a painter's work
—PALPATORY—[a.] · (physiology) relating to palpation
—PAPILLARY—[a.] · © of, pertaining to, or resembling, a papilla or papillae; bearing, or covered with, papillae; papillose / [x] { papilla § papillae § papillar papillary papillate papillose }
—PECUNIARY—[a.] · © relating to money; monetary; as, a pecuniary penalty; a pecuniary reward
—PHONATORY—[a. ] · pertaining to phonating
—PISCATORY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to fishes or fishing / [x] { piscatorial piscatory }
—PLACATORY—[a.] · placating or intended to placate / [x] { placative placatory }
—PLASTICKY—[a.] · made of or resembling plastic
—PRECATORY—[a.] · (rare) of, involving, or expressing entreaty; supplicatory Also: precative / [x] { precative precatory }
—PREDATORY—[a.] · © characterized by plundering; practicing rapine; plundering; pillaging; as, a predatory excursion; a predatory party
—PREFATORY—[a.] · © pertaining to, or of the nature of, a preface; introductory to a book, essay, or discourse; as, prefatory remarks
—PRELUSORY—[a.] · © introductory; prelusive
—PROBATORY—[a.] · © serving for trial; probationary
—PROFAMILY—[a.] · (US) in favour of the family
—PROLUSORY—[a.] · derivative of prolusion «a preliminary written exercise»
—PROVISORY—[a.] · © of the nature of a proviso; containing a proviso or condition; conditional; as, a provisory clause
—PULMONARY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to the lungs; affecting the lungs; pulmonic
—PULSATORY—[a.] · © capable of pulsating; throbbing
—PUPILLARY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to a pupil or ward
—RAKEHELLY—[a.] · © dissolute; wild; lewd; rakish
—RESIDUARY—[a.] · © consisting of residue; as, residuary matter; pertaining to the residue, or part remaining; as, the residuary advantage of an estate
—RUFFIANLY—[a.] · © like a ruffian; bold in crimes; characteristic of a ruffian; violent; brutal
—SALTATORY—[a.] · © leaping or dancing; having the power of, or used in, leaping or dancing
—SCAPULARY—[a.] · © same as Scapular, a / [x] { scapulars § scapular scapulary }
—SCHOLARLY—[a.] · © like a scholar, or learned person; showing the qualities of a scholar; as, a scholarly essay or critique
—SEAKINDLY—[a. ] · (of a ship) easy to handle
—SEDENTARY—[a.] · © accustomed to sit much or long; as, a sedentary man
—SINGSONGY—[a.] · having the characteristics of singsong
—SLEEPAWAY—[a.] · derivative of sleepaway camp
—SOAPSUDSY—[a.] · derivative of soapsuds «foam or lather made from soap»
—SPLINTERY—[a.] · © consisting of splinters; resembling splinters; as, the splintery fracture of a mineral
—SPLUTTERY—[a.] · resembling spluttering
—STANDAWAY—[a.] · (fashion) standing out from the body or erect
—STATUTORY—[a.] · © enacted by statute; depending on statute for its authority; as, a statutory provision
—SUBLUNARY—[a.] · © situated beneath the moon; hence, of or pertaining to this world; terrestrial; earthly
—SUMPTUARY—[a.] · © relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure
—TEACHERLY—[a.] · of, relating to, or characteristic of a teacher
—TRACHEARY—[a.] · © tracheal; breathing by means of tracheae
—TRIBUNARY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to tribunes; as, tribunary powers or authority
—ULTRATINY—[a.] · extremely small or minute
—UNSAVOURY—[a.] · not savoury + / [x] { unsavory unsavoury }
—UNTHRIFTY—[a.] · not thrifty +
—VIBRATORY—[a.] · © consisting in, or causing, vibration, or oscillation; vibrating; as, a vibratory motion; a vibratory power
—WEATHERLY—[a.] · © working, or able to sail, close to the wind; as, a weatherly ship
—WORKMANLY—[a.] · © becoming a skillful workman; skillful; well performed; workmanlike
—ACCUSATORY—[a.] · © pertaining to, or containing, an accusation; as, an accusatory libel
—ADJURATORY—[a.] · © containing an adjuration
—ADMONITORY—[a.] · © that conveys admonition; warning or reproving; as, an admonitory glance
—ALIMENTARY—[a.] · © pertaining to aliment or food, or to the function of nutrition; nutritious; alimental; as, alimentary substances
—AMENDATORY—[a.] · © supplying amendment; corrective; emendatory~
—ANTIFAMILY—[a.] · opposed to the family unit
—ANTIPIRACY—[a.] · acting against the piracy of copyrighted material
—BLIZZARDLY—[a.] · blizzardy «characterized by blizzards, or resembling a blizzard» / [x] { blizzardly blizzardy }
—CARDBOARDY—[a.] · like cardboard, esp~ in stiffness, texture, or taste
—CARPELLARY—[a.] · © belonging to, forming, or containing carpels
—CASTRATORY—[a.] · of or relating to castration
—CATCHPENNY—[a.] · © made or contrived for getting small sums of money from the ignorant or unwary; as, a catchpenny book; a catchpenny show
—CAUTIONARY—[a.] · © conveying a caution, or warning to avoid danger; as, cautionary signals
—CONCLUSORY—[a.] · © conclusive
—COPULATORY—[a.] · derivative of copulate
—CREATURELY—[a.] · © creatural; characteristic of a creature
—DAUGHTERLY—[a.] · derivative of daughter
—DEDICATORY—[a.] · © constituting or serving as a dedication; complimental~
—DEFAMATORY—[a.] · © containing defamation; injurious to reputation; calumnious; slanderous; as, defamatory words; defamatory writings
—DEROGATORY—[a.] · © tending to derogate, or lessen in value; expressing derogation; detracting; injurious; -- with from to, or unto
—DIVINATORY—[a.] · © professing, or relating to, divination
—ESCALATORY—[a.] · tending to escalate
—EXCITATORY—[a.] · © tending to excite; containing excitement; excitative
—EXCUSATORY—[a.] · © making or containing excuse or apology; apologetical~; as, an excusatory plea
—EXHIBITORY—[a.] · © exhibiting; publicly showing
—EXPIRATORY—[a.] · © pertaining to, or employed in, the expiration or emission of air from the lungs; as, the expiratory muscles
—EXPOSITORY—[a.] · © pertaining to, or containing, exposition; serving to explain; explanatory; illustrative; exegetical
—GOVERNESSY—[a.] · resembling or typical of a governess
—HEREDITARY—[a.] · © descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown
—HOUSEWIFEY—[a.] · suitable for or typical of a housewife
—INCUBATORY—[a.] · © serving for incubation
VINDICATORY—[a.] · © serving to show or make known; showing; indicative; signifying; implying
—INHIBITORY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to, or producing, inhibition; consisting in inhibition; tending or serving to inhibit; as, the inhibitory action of the pneumogastric~ on the respiratory center
—INITIATORY—[a.] · © suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory; prefatory; as, an initiatory step
—INNOVATORY—[a.] · derivative of innovate
—INSANITARY—[a.] · © not sanitary; unhealthy; as, insanitary conditions of drainage / [x] { insanitary unsanitary }
—INUNDATORY—[a.] · derivative of inundate
—INVOCATORY—[a.] · © making or containing invocation; invoking
—LEVOROTARY—[a.] · rotating anticlockwise
—LIBERATORY—[a.] · tending to liberate
—LOCOMOTORY—[a.] · relating to or able to move from one place to another
—MAMMILLARY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to the mammilla, or nipple, or to the breast; resembling a mammilla; mammilloid~
—MITIGATORY—[a.] · © tending to mitigate or alleviate; mitigative
—MODULATORY—[a.] · derivative of modulate
—MOSQUITOEY—[a.] · overrun with mosquitoes
—MUSICIANLY—[a.] · derivative of musician
—NEIGHBORLY—[a.] · © apropriate~ to the relation of neighbors; having frequent or familiar intercourse; kind; civil; social; friendly
—OBLIGATORY—[a.] · © binding in law or conscience; imposing duty or obligation; requiring performance or forbearance of some act; -- often followed by on or upon; as, obedience is obligatory on a soldier
—OSCULATORY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to kissing; kissing
—OVERMIGHTY—[a.] · too forceful
—PEREMPTORY—[a.] · © precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal; positive; absolute; decisive; conclusive; final
—PERNICKETY—[a.] · excessively precise and attentive to detail; fussy / [x] { pernickety persnickety }
—PIGMENTARY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to pigments; furnished with pigments
—POSSESSORY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to possession, either as a fact or a right; of the nature of possession; as, a possessory interest; a possessory lord
—PRECURSORY—[a.] · © preceding as a precursor or harbinger; indicating something to follow; as, precursory symptoms of a fever
—PRESIDIARY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to a garrison; having a garrison / [x] { presidial presidiary }
—PRESURGERY—[a.] · of the period before surgery
—PROMISSORY—[a.] · © containing a promise or binding declaration of something to be done or forborne
—REDEMPTORY—[a.] · © paid for ransom; serving to redeem
—REGULATORY—[a.] · derivative of regulate
—RESCISSORY—[a.] · © tending to rescind; rescinding
—REVELATORY—[a.] · of or relating to a revelation
—ROADWORTHY—[a.] · (of a motor vehicle) mechanically sound; fit for use on the roads
—SANDPAPERY—[a.] · relating to or resembling sandpaper
—SANGUINARY—[a.] · © attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest, or battle
—SEGMENTARY—[a.] · derivative of segment
—SEMIYEARLY—[a.] · another word for semiannual
—SLATTERNLY—[a.] · © resembling a slattern; sluttish; negligent; dirty
—SLUGGARDLY—[a.] · derivative of sluggard «a person who is habitually indolent»
—SPINSTERLY—[a.] · relating to or resembling a spinster
—STATIONARY—[a.] · © not moving; not appearing to move; stable; fixed
—SUPPLETORY—[a.] · © supplying deficiencies; supplementary; as, a suppletory oath / [x] { suppletive suppletory }
—THREEPENNY—[a.] · © costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor; mean
—TRANSITORY—[a.] · © continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent
—TRIMONTHLY—[a.] · every three months
—TUMULTUARY—[a.] · © attended by, or producing, a tumult; disorderly; promiscuous; confused; tumultuous
—ULTRAHEAVY—[a.] · extremely heavy
—UNDULATORY—[a.] · moving in waves
—UNGIMMICKY—[a.] · not gimmicky +
—UNLITERARY—[a.] · not literary +
—UNMILITARY—[a.] · not military
—UNSANITARY—[a.] · not sanitary / [x] { insanitary unsanitary }
—ABLUTIONARY—[a.] · © pertaining to ablution
—ANTIANXIETY—[a.] · acting against anxiety
—ANTICRUELTY—[a.] · the prevention of or opposition to cruelty
—ANTILEPROSY—[a.] · acting against leprosy
—ANTIOBESITY—[a.] · reducing or controlling obesity
—ANTIPOVERTY—[a.] · acting against poverty
—ANTISECRECY—[a.] · opposed to secrecy, particularly in government
—ANTISUBSIDY—[a.] · opposed to or acting against subsidization
—APPLICATORY—[a.] · © having the property of applying; applicative; practical
—APPROBATORY—[a.] · © containing or expressing approbation; commendatory
—BENEDICTORY—[a.] · © expressing wishes for good; as, a benedictory prayer
—BLAMEWORTHY—[a.] · © deserving blame; culpable; reprehensible
—BLOODGUILTY—[a.] · © guilty of murder or bloodshed
—CELEBRATORY—[a.] · derivative of celebrate
—CIRCULATORY—[a.] · © circular; as, a circulatory letter
—CODICILLARY—[a.] · © of the nature of a codicil
—COMBINATORY—[a.] · derivative of combinative «resulting from being, tending to be, or able to be joined or mixed together»
—COMMINATORY—[a.] · © threatening or denouncing punishment; as, comminatory terms
—CONDOLATORY—[a.] · © expressing condolence
—CONSOLATORY—[a.] · © of a consoling or comforting nature
—CRAFTSMANLY—[a.] · derivative of craftsman
—CRASHWORTHY—[a.] · derivative of crashworthiness «the ability of a vehicle structure to withstand a crash»
—DECLAMATORY—[a.] · © pertaining to declamation; treated in the manner of a rhetorician; as, a declamatory theme
—DECLARATORY—[a.] · © making declaration, explanation, or exhibition; making clear or manifest; affirmative; expressive; as, a clause declaratory of the will of the legislature
—DELUSIONARY—[a.] · another word for delusional / [x] { delusional delusionary }
—DENIGRATORY—[a.] · denigrative «tending to denigrate» / [x] { denigrative denigratory }
—DEPRECATORY—[a.] · © serving to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic
—DEPREDATORY—[a.] · © tending or designed to depredate; characterized by depredation; plundering; as, a depredatory incursion
—DESIGNATORY—[a.] · © serving to designate; designative; indicating
—DOMICILIARY—[a.] · of, involving, or taking place in the home
—EJACULATORY—[a.] · © casting or throwing out; fitted to eject; as, ejaculatory vessels
—EVIDENTIARY—[a.] · © furnishing evidence; asserting; proving; evidential
—EXCLAMATORY—[a.] · © containing, expressing, or using exclamation; as, an exclamatory phrase or speaker
—EXCULPATORY—[a.] · derivative of exculpate «to free from blame or guilt; vindicate or exonerate»
—EXHORTATORY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to exhortation; hortatory
—EXPLANATORY—[a.] · © serving to explain; containing explanation; as explanatory notes
—EXPLICATORY—[a.] · © explicative «© serving to unfold or explain; tending to lay open to the understanding; explanatory»
—EXPLORATORY—[a.] · © serving or intended to explore; searching; examining; explorative
—EXPURGATORY—[a.] · © serving to purify from anything noxious or erroneous; cleansing; purifying
—EXTEMPORARY—[a.] · done without preparation
—EXTENUATORY—[a.] · © tending to extenuate or palliate
—FILAMENTARY—[a.] · © having the character of, or formed by, a filament
—FRAGMENTARY—[a.] · © composed of fragments, or broken pieces; disconnected; not complete or entire
—FUSSBUDGETY—[a.] · (US, informal) in the manner of a fussbudget; fussy
—GENTLEMANLY—[a.] · © of, pertaining to, resembling, or becoming, a gentleman; well-behaved~; courteous; polite
—GRATULATORY—[a.] · © expressing gratulation or joy; congratulatory
—HOUSEWIFELY—[a.] · © pertaining or appropriate to a housewife; domestic; economical; prudent
—ILLUSIONARY—[a.] · derivative of illusion
—IMPRECATORY—[a.] · © of the nature of, or containing, imprecation; invoking evil; as, the imprecatory psalms
—INCANTATORY—[a.] · © dealing by enchantment; magical
—INCULPATORY—[a.] · © imputing blame; criminatory~; compromising; implicating
—INFORMATORY—[a.] · © full of, or conveying, information; instructive
—INSPIRATORY—[a.] · of or relating to inhalation or the drawing in of air
—INTERFAMILY—[a.] · occurring between, existing between, or involving two or more members of a family
—INTERLUNARY—[a.] · © belonging or pertaining to the time when the moon, at or near its conjunction with the sun, is invisible / [x] { interlunar interlunary }
—INTERVALLEY—[a.] · occurring between valleys
—INVOLUNTARY—[a.] · © not having will or the power of choice
—LIBATIONARY—[a.] · derivative of libation
—MALEDICTORY—[a.] · derivative of malediction «the utterance of a curse against someone or something»
—MONOHYDROXY—[a.] · (of a chemical compound) containing one hydroxyl group per molecule Also: monohydric
—MULTICOUNTY—[a.] · involving or relating to several counties
—NEGOTIATORY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to negotiation
—NEIGHBOURLY—[a.] · kind, friendly, or sociable, as befits a neighbour
—NONAUDITORY—[a.] · not auditory, not related to hearing or its functions
—NONCULINARY—[a.] · not culinary, not relating to cookery or the kitchen
—NONLITERARY—[a.] · not of, relating to, concerned with, or characteristic of literature or scholarly writing
—NONMONETARY—[a.] · (economics) not relating to money or currency
—OBFUSCATORY—[a.] · derivative of obfuscate
—OBJURGATORY—[a.] · © designed to objurgate or chide; containing or expressing reproof; culpatory~
—OSCILLATORY—[a.] · © moving, or characterized by motion, backward and forward like a pendulum; swinging; oscillating; vibratory; as, oscillatory motion
—PEPPERMINTY—[a.] · having the flavour, scent, or colour of peppermint
—PERFUNCTORY—[a.] · © done merely to get rid of a duty; performed mechanically and as a thing of rote; done in a careless and superficial manner; characterized by indifference; as, perfunctory admonitions
—PERSECUTORY—[a.] · involving or characteristic of persecution
—PERSNICKETY—[a.] · the US word for pernickety / [x] { pernickety persnickety }
—PETITIONARY—[a.] · © supplicatory; making a petition
—POLYHYDROXY—[a.] · (of a chemical compound) containing two or more hydroxyl groups per molecule Also: polyhydric~
—POSTHOLIDAY—[a.] · occurring after a holiday
—POSTPRIMARY—[a.] · of or relating to education after primary school
—PREDICATORY—[a.] · © affirmative; positive
—PRELITERARY—[a.] · occurring before the existence of literature
—PREMONITORY—[a.] · © giving previous warning or notice; as, premonitory symptoms of disease
—PREPARATORY—[a.] · © preparing the way for anything by previous measures of adaptation; antecedent and adapted to what follows; introductory; preparative; as, a preparatory school; a preparatory condition
—PROFANATORY—[a.] · derivative of profane
—PROHIBITORY—[a.] · © tending to prohibit, forbid, or exclude; implying prohibition; forbidding; as, a prohibitory law; a prohibitory price
—REPROBATORY—[a.] · another word for reprobative / [x] { reprobative reprobatory }
—RESPIRATORY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to respiration; serving for respiration; as, the respiratory organs; respiratory nerves; the respiratory function; respiratory changes
—RETALIATORY—[a.] · © tending to, or involving, retaliation; retaliative; as retaliatory measures / [x] { retaliative retaliatory }
—RETRIBUTORY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to retribution; of the nature of retribution; involving retribution or repayment; as, retributive justice; retributory comforts / [x] { retributive retributory }
PREVISIONARY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to revision; revisory
—RUDIMENTARY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to rudiments; consisting in first principles; elementary; initial; as, rudimental essays
—SCOUNDRELLY—[a.] · derivative of scoundrel
—SEDIMENTARY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to sediment; formed by sediment; containing matter that has subsided
—SEMISHRUBBY—[a.] · somewhat resembling a shrub; shrubby in some respects; having characteristics somewhat like those of a shrub; partly covered in shrubs
—SPORTSMANLY—[a.] · derivative of sportsman
—STATESMANLY—[a.] · © becoming a statesman
—STIMULATORY—[a.] · another word for stimulative / [x] { stimulative stimulatory }
—STIPULATORY—[a.] · derivative of stipulate
—SUBLITERARY—[a.] · not intended as literature
—SUPERLUNARY—[a.] · © being above the moon; not belonging to this world; -- opposed to sublunary / [x] { superlunar superlunary }
—SUPERVISORY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to supervision; as, supervisory powers
—TRANSLATORY—[a.] · © serving to translate; transferring
—UNCUSTOMARY—[a.] · not customary
—UNNECESSARY—[a.] · not necessary
—UNSEAWORTHY—[a.] · not seaworthy +
—VENTILATORY—[a.] · derivative of ventilation
—VINDICATORY—[a.] · © tending or serving to vindicate or justify; justificatory; vindicative
—ABOLITIONARY—[a.] · derivative of abolition
—ACCRETIONARY—[a.] · derivative of accretion
—ADJUDICATORY—[a.] · relating to adjudication
—AMELIORATORY—[a.] · tending to ameliorate
—ANNIHILATORY—[a.] · © annihilative~
—ANNUNCIATORY—[a.] · © pertaining to, or containing, announcement; making known
—ANTIBURGLARY—[a.] · intended to prevent burglary
—ANTICIPATORY—[a.] · © forecasting; of the nature of anticipation
—ANTIEPILEPSY—[a.] · (medicine) (of a drug or treatment) acting against epilepsy
—ANTIMILITARY—[a.] · opposed to the military
—ANTIMONOPOLY—[a.] · opposing the creation or continuance of a monopoly
—APPRECIATORY—[a.] · © showing appreciation; appreciative; as, appreciatory commendation
—ARTICULATORY—[a.] · derivative of articulation
—ASSIMILATORY—[a.] · © tending to assimilate, or produce assimilation; as, assimilatory organs
—AUSCULTATORY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to auscultation
—BLACKGUARDLY—[a.] · derivative of blackguard
—COMMENDATORY—[a.] · © serving to commend; containing praise or commendation; commending; praising
—COMPENSATORY—[a.] · © serving for compensation; making amends
—CONCILIATORY—[a.] · © tending to conciliate; pacific; mollifying; propitiating
—CONDEMNATORY—[a.] · © condemning; containing or imposing condemnation or censure; as, a condemnatory sentence or decree
—CONFIRMATORY—[a.] · © serving to confirm; corroborative
—CONFISCATORY—[a.] · © effecting confiscation; characterized by confiscations
—CONSECRATORY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to the act of consecration; dedicatory
—CONSUMMATORY—[a.] · derivative of consummate
—CONTRIBUTORY—[a.] · © contributing to the same stock or purpose; promoting the same end; bringing assistance to some joint design, or increase to some common stock; contributive
—COTYLEDONARY—[a.] · © having a cotyledon; tufted; as, the cotyledonary placenta of the cow
—CURMUDGEONLY—[a.] · © like a curmudgeon; niggardly; churlish; as, a curmudgeonly fellow
—DEFLATIONARY—[a.] · derivative of deflation
—DENUNCIATORY—[a.] · © characterized by or containing a denunciation; minatory; accusing; threatening; as, severe and denunciatory language / [x] { denunciative denunciatory }
—DEPRECIATORY—[a.] · © tending to depreciate; undervaluing; depreciative
—DISCIPLINARY—[a.] · © pertaining to discipline; intended for discipline; corrective; belonging to a course of training
—DIVERSIONARY—[a.] · derivative of diversion
—ELEEMOSYNARY—[a.] · © relating to charity, alms, or almsgiving; intended for the distribution of charity; as, an eleemosynary corporation
—ELOCUTIONARY—[a.] · © pertaining to elocution
DREVOLUTIONARY—[a.] · © relating to evolution; as, evolutionary discussions
—EXAGGERATORY—[a.] · © containing, or tending to, exaggeration; exaggerative
—EXCLUSIONARY—[a.] · © tending to exclude; causing exclusion; exclusive
—EXPANSIONARY—[a.] · derivative of expansion
—EXTORTIONARY—[a.] · © extortionate
—EXTRASENSORY—[a.] · of or relating to extrasensory perception
—FACILITATORY—[a.] · (medicine) acting to induce or assist the facilitation of neural activity
—GINGERBREADY—[a.] · resembling gingerbread
—HEADMASTERLY—[a.] · typical of the duties and behaviour of a headmaster
—INFLAMMATORY—[a.] · © tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate
—INFLATIONARY—[a.] · of, relating to, causing, or characterized by inflation
—INGRATIATORY—[a.] · derivative of ingratiate
—INTERCESSORY—[a.] · © pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by, intercession; interceding; as, intercessory prayer
—INTERDICTORY—[a.] · © belonging to an interdiction; prohibitory
—INTERFACULTY—[a.] · occurring between or involving two or more faculties
—INTERJECTORY—[a.] · derivative of interjection
—INTERLIBRARY—[a.] · occurring between two or more libraries
—INTERSENSORY—[a.] · involving two or more senses, such as taste and smell
—INTERSOCIETY—[a.] · intersocietal «occurring or existing between two or more societies»
—INTIMIDATORY—[a.] · © tending or serving to intimidate
—INTRACOMPANY—[a.] · occurring or existing within a company or between multiple branches of a company
—INTRODUCTORY—[a.] · © serving to introduce something else; leading to the main subject or business; preliminary; prefatory; as, introductory proceedings; an introductory discourse
—LANDLUBBERLY—[a.] · (humorous) like or typical of a landlubber / [x] { landlubberly landlubbing }
—LEVOROTATORY—[a.] · © turning or rotating the plane of polarization towards the left; levogyrate~, as levulose, left-handed~ quartz crystals, etc~. / [x] { laevorotatory levorotatory }
—MANIPULATORY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to manipulation
—MARSHMALLOWY—[a.] · derivative of marshmallow
—MASTURBATORY—[a.] · involving, conducive to, or suggestive of masturbation
—MULTISENSORY—[a.] · involving more than one sense
—NEUROSENSORY—[a.] · (histology) of or pertaining to the sensory activity or elements of the nervous system
—NONARBITRARY—[a.] · not arbitrary or capricious
—NONMIGRATORY—[a.] · not migratory, not involved in migration
—NONSECRETORY—[a.] · not secretory
—OTHERWORLDLY—[a.] · of or relating to the spiritual or imaginative world
—OVERLITERARY—[a.] · excessively literary
—PERFORMATORY—[a.] · performative / [x] { performatives § performative performatory }
—PERSPIRATORY—[a.] · © of, pertaining to, or producing, perspiration; as, the perspiratory ducts
—PLEBISCITARY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to plebiscite
—POSTCORONARY—[a.] · of, relating to, or occurring after a heart attack
—POSTDELIVERY—[a.] · of, relating to, or occurring after a delivery
—POSTVAGOTOMY—[a.] · of or occurring in the period after a vagotomy
—PREOVULATORY—[a.] · taking place before ovulation
—PREVISIONARY—[a.] · having foresight
—PROBATIONARY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to probation; serving for trial
—PROPITIATORY—[a.] · © having the power to make propitious; pertaining to, or employed in, propitiation; expiatory; as, a propitiatory sacrifice
—PROVISIONARY—[a.] · © provisional
—PURIFICATORY—[a.] · derivative of purify
—RECESSIONARY—[a.] · of, caused by, or undergoing economic recession
—REFLATIONARY—[a.] · of or relating to an increase in economic activity
—REMUNERATORY—[a.] · © remunerative «© affording remuneration; as, a remunerative payment for services; a remunerative business»
—RENUNCIATORY—[a.] · © pertaining to renunciation; containing or declaring a renunciation; as, renunciatory vows
—REVERSIONARY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to a reversion; involving a reversion; to be enjoyed in succession, or after the termination of a particular estate; as, a reversionary interest or right
—SATISFACTORY—[a.] · meeting requirements or expectations
—SECRETIONARY—[a.] · derivative of secretion
—STRIDULATORY—[a.] · © stridulous; able to stridulate; used in stridulating; adapted for stridulation
—SUPERCILIARY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to the eyebrows; supraorbital
—SUPERSENSORY—[a.] · derivative of supersensible «imperceptible to or beyond reach of the senses»
—SUPPLICATORY—[a.] · © containing supplication; humble; earnest
—TESTAMENTARY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to a will, or testament; as, letters testamentary
—UNNEWSWORTHY—[a.] · not newsworthy +
—VITUPERATORY—[a.] · (obsolete) abusive or blaming
—ANTIAUTHORITY—[a.] · derivative of anti-authority~ «demonstrating a rejection of authority»
—ANTIFERTILITY—[a.] · (medicine) acting to suppress fertility or as a contraceptive
—ANTIOBSCENITY—[a.] · opposed to or working to combat obscenity
—COMMUNICATORY—[a.] · © imparting knowledge or information
—COMPLIMENTARY—[a.] · © expressive of regard or praise; of the nature of, or containing, a compliment; as, a complimentary remark; a complimentary ticket
—CONCESSIONARY—[a.] · also: concessional, (k?n's???n?l) . of, granted, or obtained by a concession / [x] { concessional concessionary }
—CONCLUSIONARY—[a.] · conclusory «belonging to a close or termination»
—CONCRETIONARY—[a.] · © pertaining to, or formed by, concretion or aggregation; producing or containing concretions
—CONFABULATORY—[a.] · © of the nature of familiar talk; in the form of a dialogue
—CONVULSIONARY—[a.] · © pertaining to convulsion; convulsive
—CORROBORATORY—[a.] · © tending to strengthen; corroborative; as, corroboratory facts
—DEVOLUTIONARY—[a.] · derivative of devolution
—DIGRESSIONARY—[a.] · being or functioning as a digression
—DISCRETIONARY—[a.] · having or using the ability to decide at one's own discretion
—DISSIMILATORY—[a.] · derivative of dissimilate «to make or become dissimilar»
—EQUILIBRATORY—[a.] · inclined to produce equilibrium
—EXPEDITIONARY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to an expedition; as, an expeditionary force
—EXPOSTULATORY—[a.] · © containing expostulation or remonstrance; as, an expostulatory discourse or letter
—EXTERMINATORY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to extermination; tending to exterminate
—EXTRALITERARY—[a.] · outside of literature
—EXTRAORDINARY—[a.] · © beyond or out of the common order or method; not usual, customary, regular, or ordinary; as, extraordinary evils; extraordinary remedies
—GENITOURINARY—[a.] · © see Urogenital
—GEOSTATIONARY—[a.] · (of a satellite) in a circular equatorial orbit in which it circles the earth once per sidereal day so that it appears stationary in relation to the earth's surface Also: geosynchronous
—GESTICULATORY—[a.] · © representing by, or belonging to, gestures
—GRANDFATHERLY—[a.] · © like a grandfather in age or manner; kind; benignant; indulgent
—GRANDMOTHERLY—[a.] · © like a grandmother in age or manner; kind; indulgent
—HALLUCINATORY—[a.] · © partaking of, or tending to produce, hallucination
—HYPOPITUITARY—[a.] · derivative of hypopituitarism «(pathology) underactivity of the pituitary gland»
—IMPROVISATORY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to improvisation or extemporaneous composition / [x] { improvisatorial improvisatory }
—INCRIMINATORY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to crimination; tending to incriminate; criminatory~
—INTEGUMENTARY—[a.] · derivative of integument «the protective layer around an ovule that becomes the seed coat»
—INTERINDUSTRY—[a.] · occurring or existing between two or more industries
—INTERLOCUTORY—[a.] · © consisting of, or having the nature of, dialogue; conversational
—INVESTIGATORY—[a.] · derivative of investigate
—JUSTIFICATORY—[a.] · © vindicatory; defensory~; justificative
—LAEVOROTATORY—† [a.] · alternative spelling of levorotatory «turning or rotating the plane of polarization towards the left» / [x] { laevorotatory levorotatory }
—NONELEMENTARY—[a.] · (computing) relating to a complexity class in computational complexity theory
—NONHEREDITARY—[a.] · not passed down through families, not hereditary
—NONSTATIONARY—[a.] · not stationary; in motion
—PARLIAMENTARY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to Parliament; as, parliamentary authority
—PERAMBULATORY—[a.] · derivative of perambulate «to walk about (a place)»
—POSTEMERGENCY—[a.] · of, relating to, or occurring in the period after an emergency
—POSTVASECTOMY—[a.] · of or occurring in the period after a vasectomy
—PRECAUTIONARY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to precaution, or precautions; as, precautionary signals
—PRECOPULATORY—[a.] · carried out or occurring prior to copulation
—RECRIMINATORY—[a.] · © having the quality of recrimination; retorting accusation; recriminating
—REVERBERATORY—[a.] · © producing reverberation; acting by reverberation; reverberative
—SEMILEGENDARY—[a.] · derivative of semi-legendary~ «somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary»
—SEMISEDENTARY—[a.] · partially or somewhat sedentary
—SOMATOSENSORY—[a.] · (physiology) relating to sensations felt by the skin
—SUBINHIBITORY—[a.] · not completely inhibiting
—SUBVENTIONARY—[a.] · derivative of subvention «a grant, aid, or subsidy, as from a government to an educational institution»
—SUBVERSIONARY—[a.] · © promoting destruction
—SUPPLEMENTARY—[a.] · © added to supply what is wanted; additional; being, or serving as, a supplement; as, a supplemental law; a supplementary sheet or volume
—UNTRUSTWORTHY—[a.] · not trustworthy +
—ANTIREGULATORY—[a.] · opposed to regulation
—ANTITECHNOLOGY—[a.] · opposed to technology or the use of technological devices
—ANTIUNIVERSITY—[a.] · a group or institution which disregards the established traditions or practices of university education
—CIRCUMLOCUTORY—[a.] · © characterised by circumlocution; periphrastic
—CLASSIFICATORY—[a.] · © pertaining to classification; admitting of classification
—COEVOLUTIONARY—[a.] · of or relating to coevolution
—CONGRATULATORY—[a.] · © expressive of sympathetic joy; as, a congratulatory letter
—CONSUETUDINARY—[a.] · © customary
—CONTRACTIONARY—[a.] · involving or constituting economic contraction
—DEXTROROTATORY—[a.] · © turning, or causing to turn, toward the right hand; esp~., turning the plane of polarization of luminous rays toward the right hand; as, dextrorotatory crystals, sugars, etc~. Cf. Levorotatory / [x] { dextrorotary dextrorotatory }
—DISCRIMINATORY—[a.] · © discriminative
—HYPERPITUITARY—[a.] · of or relating to excessive pituitary function
—INTERPLANETARY—[a.] · © between planets; as, interplanetary spaces
—INTERPUPILLARY—[a.] · existing between the pupils of the eyes
—MULTIFREQUENCY—[a.] · able to operate across or produce a range of frequencies
—NEUROSECRETORY—[a.] · (physiology) participating in or causal of neurosecretion; pertaining to neurosecretion
—NONDOCUMENTARY—[a.] · a film or television programme not reflecting real life
—NONEXPLANATORY—[a.] · not explanatory
—NONPROPRIETARY—[a.] · of or denoting a drug or agent that is not manufactured under a trade name
—NONSUPERVISORY—[a.] · not supervisory
—OSMOREGULATORY—[a.] · (zoology) characterized by osmoregulation
—POSTCOPULATORY—[a.] · of or relating to the period of time following copulation
—POSTMASTECTOMY—[a.] · of or relating to the period after a mastectomy
—PROTOPLANETARY—[a.] · of or relating to protoplanets
—RECOMMENDATORY—[a.] · intended to or serving to recommend
—RECONCILIATORY—[a.] · derivative of reconcile
—SCHOOLMASTERLY—[a.] · derivative of schoolmaster
—STAGFLATIONARY—[a.] · of, caused by, or relating to, stagflation
—SUPEREROGATORY—[a.] · © performed to an extent not enjoined, or not required, by duty or necessity; as, supererogatory services
—TINTINNABULARY—[a.] · © having or making the sound of a bell; tinkling
—TRANSMIGRATORY—[a.] · © passing from one body or state to another
—UNCONTEMPORARY—[a.] · not contemporary
—UNSATISFACTORY—[a.] · not satisfactory +
—ANTIPORNOGRAPHY—[a.] · opposed to or acting against pornography
—CARDIOPULMONARY—[a.] · of, relating to, or affecting the heart and lungs
—DISINFLATIONARY—[a.] · of or relating to disinflation
—DISSATISFACTORY—[a.] · © causing dissatisfaction; unable to give content; unsatisfactory; displeasing
—INTERFRATERNITY—[a.] · occurring or existing between one or more fraternities
—INTERUNIVERSITY—[a.] · existing or occurring between, or involving, two or more universities
—NEUROFIBRILLARY—[a.] · derivative of neurofibril «any of the delicate threads within the body of a nerve cell that extend into the axon and dendrites»
—NONCONTEMPORARY—[a.] · not contemporary
—NONCONTRIBUTORY—[a.] · © not contributing
—NONINFLAMMATORY—[a.] · (pathology) not inflammatory, not causing or caused by inflammation
—NONINFLATIONARY—[a.] · not causing economic inflation
—POSTSTIMULATORY—[a.] · following stimulation
—SCHOOLMISTRESSY—[a.] · derivative of schoolmistress «a woman who teaches in or runs a school»
—SUBSTITUTIONARY—[a.] · © of or pertaining to substitution; substitutional
—UNCOMPLIMENTARY—[a.] · not complimentary +
—UNEXTRAORDINARY—[a.] · not extraordinary +
—UNPARLIAMENTARY—[a.] · not parliamentary +
—UNREVOLUTIONARY—[a.] · not revolutionary

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