5- to 8-letter root words ending -ARY or -ORY, starting with the stems that take both endings with definitions
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219 total entries across 3 section(s)
Note: this list is built from spelling, not meaning. Some words here end with the right letters but do not really use the suffix in its usual sense. They are included on purpose: for Scrabble we suggest learning the suffix as a letter pattern rather than learning the meanings.
| FRONT | WORD | BACK | DEFINITION |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | GLARY | — | [a. GLARIER, GLARIEST] · glaring / [x] { glare § glares § glare glared glares § aglare glare glarier glariest glaring glary } |
| FRONT | WORD | BACK | DEFINITION |
|---|---|---|---|
| S | ALARY | — | [a.] · alar «pertaining to wings» / [x] { alar alary } |
| — | CHARY | — | [a. CHARIER, CHARIEST] · cautious |
| — | CLARY | — | [n. CLARIES] · an aromatic herb |
| — | DEARY | — | [n. DEARIES] · darling / [x] { dearie deary § dearies } |
| — | DIARY | — | [n. -RIES] · a personal journal |
| — | GLARY | — | [a. GLARIER, GLARIEST] · glaring / [x] { glare § glares § glare glared glares § aglare glare glarier glariest glaring glary } |
| — | HOARY | — | [a. HOARIER, HOARIEST] · white with age |
| B | LEARY | — | [a. LEARIER, LEARIEST] · leery / [x] { learier leariest leary leerier leeriest leery § leerily } |
| C | OVARY | — | [n. -RIES] · a female reproductive gland |
| — | SCARY | — | [a. SCARIER, SCARIEST] · frightening / [x] { scarey scary § scarey scarier scariest scary § scarey scary } |
| — | TEARY | — | [a. TEARIER, TEARIEST] · tearful / [x] { tearful tearier teariest teary } |
| — | UNARY | — | [a.] · consisting of a single element |
| A | WEARY | — | [a. -RIER, -RIEST] · tired - WEARILY [b.] / ----- [v. -RIED -RYING -RIES] · to make or become weary / [x] { wearied wearies wearying § aweary wearier weariest weary § wearily } |
| — | AMBARY | — | [n. -RIES] · an East Indian~ plant / [x] { ambari ambary § ambaries ambaris } |
| — | ANGARY | — | [n. -RIES] · the right of a warring state to seize neutral property / [x] { angaria angary § angarias angaries } |
| — | APIARY | — | [n. -ARIES] · a place where bees are kept |
| — | ARIARY | — | [n. ARIARY] · a monetary unit of Madagascar~ |
| — | AVIARY | — | [n. -ARIES] · a large enclosure for live birds |
| — | AWEARY | — | [a.] · weary / [x] { wearied wearies wearying § aweary wearier weariest weary § wearily } |
| — | BINARY | — | [n. -RIES] · a combination of two things |
| — | BLEARY | — | [a. BLEARIER, BLEARIEST] · dimmed - BLEARILY [b.] |
| — | CANARY | — | [n. -NARIES] · a songbird |
| — | CEDARY | — | [a. -RIER, -RIEST] · like cedar (=cedarier cedariest) |
| — | COVARY | — | [v. -VARIED, -VARYING, -VARIES] · to exhibit variation of two or more variables |
| — | DATARY | — | [n. -RIES] · a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church |
| — | DENARY | — | [a.] · containing ten |
| — | DREARY | — | [a. DREARIER, DREARIEST] · dismal - DREARILY [b.] / ----- [n. DREARIES] · a dismal person |
| — | FRIARY | — | [n. -ARIES] · a monastery of friars |
| — | HORARY | — | [a.] · hourly / [x] { hourlies § horal horary hourly } |
| — | NONARY | — | [n. -ARIES] · a group of nine |
| — | NOTARY | — | [n. -RIES] · a public officer who certifies documents |
| — | ROSARY | — | [n. -RIES] · a series of prayers in the Roman Catholic Church |
| — | ROTARY | — | [n. -RIES] · a rotating part or device |
| — | SALARY | — | [v. -RIED, -RYING, -RIES] · to pay a periodic, fixed compensation to |
| — | SENARY | — | [a.] · pertaining to the number six |
| — | SMEARY | — | [a. SMEARIER, SMEARIEST] · smeared |
| — | SUDARY | — | [n. -RIES] · sudarium «a cloth for wiping the face» |
| — | SUGARY | — | [a. -ARIER, -ARIEST] · containing or resembling sugar |
| — | UNWARY | — | [a. -WARIER, -WARIEST] · not wary + |
| — | VAGARY | — | [n. -RIES] · a whim |
| — | VIVARY | — | [n. -RIES] · vivarium «a place for raising and keeping live animals» / [x] { vivarium vivary § vivaria vivaries vivariums } |
| — | VOTARY | — | [n. -RIES] · a person who is bound by religious vows / [x] { votarist votary § votaries votarists } |
| — | ZONARY | — | [a.] · zonal / [x] { zonal zonary § zonally } |
| — | ACTUARY | — | [n. -ARIES] · a statistician who computes insurance risks and premiums |
| — | BEGGARY | — | [n. -GARIES] · extreme poverty |
| — | BEWEARY | — | [v. -WEARIED, -WEARYING, -WEARIES] · to make weary |
| — | BILIARY | — | [a.] · pertaining to bile |
| — | BURSARY | — | [n. -RIES] · a college treasury |
| — | CALVARY | — | [n. -RIES] · a representation of the Crucifixion |
| — | CILIARY | — | [a.] · pertaining to cilia |
| — | DENTARY | — | [n. -RIES] · the lower jaw in mammals |
| — | DIETARY | — | [n. -ETARIES] · a system of dieting |
| — | ESTUARY | — | [n. -ARIES] · an inlet of the sea at a river's lower end |
| — | FEODARY | — | [n. -RIES] · a vassal |
| — | FEUDARY | — | [n. -RIES] · a vassal |
| — | GRAMARY | E | [n. -RIES] · gramarye «occult learning; magic» / [x] { gramary gramarye § gramaries gramaryes } |
| — | GRANARY | — | [n. -RIES] · a storehouse for grain |
| — | HYMNARY | — | [n. -RIES] · a hymnal / [x] { hymnal hymnary hymnbook § hymnals hymnaries hymnbooks } |
| — | JAGGARY | — | [n. -RIES] · jaggery / [x] { jaggary jaggery jagghery jagra § jaggaries jaggeries jaggheries jagras } |
| — | LACTARY | — | [a.] · pertaining to milk |
| — | LANIARY | — | [n. -ARIES] · a cuspid |
| — | LIBRARY | — | [n. -BRARIES] · a place where literary materials are kept for reading and reference |
| — | MAMMARY | — | [n. -RIES] · a milk-secreting~ organ (=mammaries) |
| — | MANUARY | — | [a.] · involving the hands |
| — | MILIARY | — | [a.] · made up of many small projections |
| — | MORTARY | — | [a.] · containing or resembling mortar |
| — | NECTARY | — | [n. -TARIES] · a plant gland |
| — | NUMMARY | — | [a.] · pertaining to coins |
| — | OLIVARY | — | [a.] · shaped like an olive |
| — | OSSUARY | — | [n. -ARIES] · a receptacle for the bones of the dead |
| — | OSTIARY | — | [n. -ARIES] · a doorkeeper at a church |
| — | PALMARY | — | [a.] · worthy of praise |
| — | PECCARY | — | [n. -RIES] · a hoofed mammal |
| — | PEDLARY | — | [n. -LARIES] · peddlery «the trade of a peddler» / [x] { peddlery pedlary pedlery § peddleries pedlaries pedleries } |
| — | PESSARY | — | [n. -RIES] · a contraceptive device worn in the vagina |
| — | PISCARY | — | [n. -RIES] · a place for fishing |
| — | PLENARY | — | [n. -RIES] · a session attended by all members (=plenaries) |
| — | PRIMARY | — | [n. -RIES] · a preliminary election |
| — | QUINARY | — | [n. -RIES] · a group of five |
| — | RETIARY | — | [a.] · resembling a net |
| — | SECTARY | — | [n. -RIES] · a member of a sect / [x] { sectarian sectary § sectarians sectaries } |
| — | SUMMARY | — | [n. -RIES] · a condensation of the substance of a larger work |
| — | TERNARY | — | [n. -RIES] · a group of three |
| — | TOPIARY | — | [n. -ARIES] · the art of trimming shrubs into shapes |
| — | TRINARY | — | [a.] · consisting of three parts |
| — | TURBARY | — | [n. -RIES] · a place where peat can be dug |
| — | UNCHARY | — | [a.] · not chary + |
| — | UNITARY | — | [a.] · pertaining to a unit |
| — | UNWEARY | — | [a.] · not weary + / [x] { unwearied unweary unwearying § unwearied unweary unwearying } |
| — | URINARY | — | [n. -NARIES] · a urinal / [x] { urinal urinary § urinals urinaries § urinal urinary } |
| — | ZEDOARY | — | [n. -ARIES] · the medicinal root of a tropical plant |
| M | AXILLARY | — | [n. -LARIES] · an axillar «a feather on the undersurface of a bird's wing» / [x] { axillar axillary § axillaries axillars § axillar axillary } |
| — | BASILARY | — | [a.] · basilar / [x] { basal basilar basilary § basally } |
| — | BESTIARY | — | [n. -ARIES] · a collection of animal fables |
| — | BOUNDARY | — | [n. -ARIES] · a dividing line |
| — | BREVIARY | — | [n. -RIES] · a prayer book |
| — | BURGLARY | — | [n. -GLARIES] · a felonious theft |
| — | CALAMARY | — | [n. -MARIES] · a squid / [x] { calamar calamari calamary § calamaries calamaris calamars } |
| — | CATENARY | — | [n. -NARIES] · a mathematical curve |
| — | CAVITARY | — | [a.] · pertaining to the formation of cavities in tissue |
| — | CINERARY | — | [a.] · used for cremated ashes |
| — | CONTRARY | — | [n. -TRARIES] · an opposite |
| — | CORONARY | — | [n. -NARIES] · an artery supplying blood to the heart |
| — | COSTMARY | — | [n. -MARIES] · an herb used in salads |
| — | CULINARY | — | [a.] · pertaining to cookery |
| — | DECENARY | — | [n. -RIES] · a tithing / [x] { decenary decennary § decenaries decennaries § decenary decennary } |
| — | EMISSARY | — | [n. -SARIES] · a person sent on a mission |
| — | FUNERARY | — | [a.] · pertaining to a funeral / [x] { funeral funerary funereal } |
| — | GLOSSARY | — | [n. -RIES] · a list of terms and their definitions |
| — | HONORARY | — | [n. -ARIES] · an honor society / [x] { honorary honourary § honoraries § honorary honourary } |
| — | JANISARY | — | [n. -SARIES] · janizary «a Turkish~ soldier» / [x] { janisary janissary janizary § janisaries janissaries janizaries } |
| — | JANIZARY | — | [n. -ZARIES] · a Turkish~ soldier / [x] { janisary janissary janizary § janisaries janissaries janizaries } |
| — | LAPIDARY | — | [n. -DARIES] · one who works with precious stones |
| — | LIMITARY | — | [a.] · limiting |
| — | LITERARY | — | [a.] · of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of books and writings |
| — | LUMINARY | — | [n. -NARIES] · a body that gives light |
| — | MILITARY | — | [n. -TARIES] · armed forces |
| — | MILLIARY | — | [n. -ARIES] · an ancient Roman milestone |
| — | MONETARY | — | [a.] · pertaining to money |
| — | MORTUARY | — | [n. -ARIES] · a place where dead bodies are kept until burial |
| — | NUMERARY | — | [a.] · pertaining to numbers |
| — | OBITUARY | — | [n. -ARIES] · a published notice of a death / [x] { obit obituary § obits obituaries } |
| — | OCTONARY | — | [n. -NARIES] · a stanza of eight lines |
| — | ORDINARY | — | [a. -NARIER, -NARIEST] · of a kind to be expected in the normal order of events / ----- [n. -NARIES] · something that is ordinary |
| — | OUTWEARY | — | [v. -RIED, -RYING, -RIES] · to surpass in wearying «to make or become weary» |
| — | OVERWARY | — | [a.] · too wary |
| — | PHYLLARY | — | [n. -RIES] · a bract of certain plants |
| — | PLAGIARY | — | [n. -RIES] · the act of passing off another's work as one's own |
| — | POLYPARY | — | [n. -ARIES] · the common supporting structure of a polyp colony |
| — | PUPILARY | — | [a.] · pupilar «pertaining to a part of the eye» / [x] { pupilar pupilary } |
| — | QUANDARY | — | [n. -RIES] · a dilemma |
| — | ROSEMARY | — | [n. -MARIES] · an evergreen shrub |
| — | SALUTARY | — | [a.] · producing a beneficial effect |
| — | SANITARY | — | [n. -TARIES] · a public urinal |
| — | SEMINARY | — | [n. -NARIES] · a school for the training of priests, ministers, or rabbis |
| — | SOLIDARY | — | [a.] · united |
| — | SOLITARY | — | [n. -TARIES] · one who lives alone |
| — | SPERMARY | — | [n. -RIES] · an organ in which sperms are formed |
| — | STANNARY | — | [n. -RIES] · a tin-mining~ region |
| — | STATUARY | — | [n. -ARIES] · a group of statues |
| — | TERTIARY | — | [n. -ARIES] · a tertial «a flight feather of a bird's wing» / [x] { tertial tertiary § tertials tertiaries } |
| — | TEXTUARY | — | [n. -ARIES] · a specialist in the study of the Scriptures |
| — | TITULARY | — | [n. -LARIES] · a titular / [x] { titular titulary § titularies titulars § titular titulary } |
| — | TUTELARY | — | [n. -LARIES] · one who has the power to protect / [x] { tutelar tutelary § tutelaries tutelars § tutelar tutelary } |
| — | VESPIARY | — | [n. -ARIES] · a nest of wasps |
| — | VESTIARY | — | [n. -ARIES] · a dressing room |
| — | VICENARY | — | [a.] · pertaining to the number twenty |
| — | VINEGARY | — | [a. -RIER, -RIEST] ·like vinegar (=vinegarier vinegariest) / [x] { vinegarier vinegariest vinegarish vinegary } |
| FRONT | WORD | BACK | DEFINITION |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | GLORY | — | [v. -RIED, -RYING, -RIES] · to rejoice proudly |
| — | IVORY | — | [n. -RIES] · a hard white substance found in elephant tusks - IVORIED [a.] / ----- [a. -RIER, -RIEST] · of, pertaining to or like ivory (=ivoried ivorier ivoriest) |
| — | MOORY | — | [a. MOORIER, MOORIEST] · marshy |
| — | STORY | — | [v. -RIED, -RYING, -RIES] · to relate as a story / [x] { storey story § storeys stories § stories story storying § storeyed storied § story } |
| — | ARMORY | — | [n. -MORIES] · a place where weapons are stored / [x] { armory armoury § armories armouries } |
| — | CALORY | — | [n. -RIES] · calorie / [x] { cal calorie calory § calories cals } |
| — | MEMORY | — | [n. -RIES] · the mental faculty of retaining and recalling past experience |
| — | PRIORY | — | [n. -RIES] · a religious house |
| — | SAVORY | — | [a. -VORIER, -VORIEST] · pleasant to the taste or smell - SAVORILY [b.] / ----- [n. -VORIES] · a savory dish served before or after a meal / [x] { savories savouries § savorier savoriest savorous savory savourier savouriest savoury § savorily } |
| — | THEORY | — | [n. -RIES] · a group of propositions used to explain a class of phenomena |
| — | VAPORY | — | [a.] · vaporish «resembling vapor» / [x] { vaporish vaporous vapory vapoury } |
| — | AMATORY | — | [a.] · pertaining to sexual love |
| — | CHICORY | — | [n. -RIES] · a perennial herb / [x] { chiccory chickory chicory cicoree succory § chiccories chickories chicories cicorees succories } |
| — | CURSORY | — | [a.] · hasty and superficial |
| D | ELUSORY | — | [a.] · elusive / [x] { elusive elusory } |
| — | FACTORY | — | [n. -RIES] · a building or group of buildings in which goods are manufactured |
| — | FLAVORY | — | [a.] · full of flavor / [x] { flavory flavoury } |
| C | HICKORY | — | [n. -RIES] · a hardwood tree |
| — | HISTORY | — | [n. -RIES] · a chronological record of past events |
| M | ORATORY | — | [n. -RIES] · the art of public speaking |
| — | PILLORY | — | [v. -RIED, -RYING, -RIES] · to expose to public ridicule or abuse |
| — | RECTORY | — | [n. -RIES] · a rector's dwelling |
| — | SENSORY | — | [a.] · pertaining to the senses or sensation |
| — | SIGNORY | — | [n. -GNORIES] · seignory «the power of a seignior» / [x] { seigneury seigniory seignory signiory signory § seigneuries seigniories seignories signiories signories } |
| — | SUCCORY | — | [n. -RIES] · chicory / [x] { chiccory chickory chicory cicoree succory § chiccories chickories chicories cicorees succories } |
| — | VICTORY | — | [n. -RIES] · a successful outcome in a contest or struggle |
| — | ADDITORY | — | [a.] · making an addition |
| — | ADVISORY | — | [n. -RIES] · a report giving information |
| — | ALEATORY | — | [a.] · pertaining to luck / [x] { aleatoric aleatory } |
| — | ALLEGORY | — | [n. -RIES] · a story presenting a moral principle |
| — | APOSPORY | — | [n. -RIES] · a type of reproduction without spore formation |
| — | AUDITORY | — | [n. -RIES] · a group of listeners |
| — | CATEGORY | — | [n. -RIES] · a division in any system of classification |
| — | CHICCORY | — | [n. -RIES] · chicory / [x] { chiccory chickory chicory cicoree succory § chiccories chickories chicories cicorees succories } |
| — | CHICKORY | — | [n. -RIES] · chicory / [x] { chiccory chickory chicory cicoree succory § chiccories chickories chicories cicorees succories } |
| — | 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 |
| — | FERETORY | — | [n. -RIES] · a receptacle in which sacred relics are kept |
| — | FUMATORY | — | [n. -RIES] · a fumigation chamber |
| — | FUMITORY | — | [n. -RIES] · a climbing plant |
| — | GYRATORY | — | [a.] · moving in a circle or spiral |
| — | HERSTORY | — | [n. -RIES] · history with a feminist viewpoint |
| — | ILLUSORY | — | [a.] · based on illusion / [x] { illusive illusory } |
| — | INCISORY | — | [a.] · adapted for cutting |
| — | ISOSPORY | — | [n. -RIES] · the condition of producing sexual or asexual spores of but one kind |
| — | JURATORY | — | [a.] · pertaining to an oath |
| — | LAVATORY | — | [n. -RIES] · a room equipped with washing and toilet facilities / [x] { lav lavatory § lavatories lavs } |
| — | LOCUTORY | — | [n. -RIES] · a room in a monastery |
| — | MIDSTORY | — | [n. -RIES] · the middle of a story |
| — | MINATORY | — | [a.] · threatening |
| — | MONITORY | — | [n. -RIES] · a letter of warning |
| — | MORATORY | — | [a.] · authorizing delay of payment |
| — | NATATORY | — | [a.] · pertaining to swimming |
| — | NEGATORY | — | [a.] · expressing negation |
| — | NONSTORY | — | [n. -RIES] · an insignificant news story |
| — | NUGATORY | — | [a.] · having no power |
| — | POTATORY | — | [a.] · pertaining to drinking |
| — | PUNITORY | — | [a.] · punitive / [x] { punitive punitory } |
| — | REVISORY | — | [a.] · pertaining to revision |
| — | ROGATORY | — | [a.] · requesting information |
| — | ROTATORY | — | [a.] · pertaining to rotation |
| — | SEIGNORY | — | [n. -GNORIES] · the power of a seignior / [x] { seigneury seigniory seignory signiory signory § seigneuries seigniories seignories signiories signories } |
| — | SIGNIORY | — | [n. -GNIORIES] · signory «seignory» / [x] { seigneury seigniory seignory signiory signory § seigneuries seigniories seignories signiories signories } |
| — | SUDATORY | — | [n. -RIES] · a hot-air~ bath for inducing sweating |
| — | UNSAVORY | — | [a.] · not savory + / [x] { unsavory unsavoury } |
| — | VANITORY | — | [n. -RIES] · a combined dressing table and basin |
| — | VAVASORY | — | [n. -RIES] · the estate of a vavasor |
| — | VOMITORY | — | [n. -RIES] · an emetic / [x] { vomitive vomitory § vomitives vomitories § vomitive vomitory } |
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