Words Containing TORY

Here's the list of all the 532 Words Containing TORY in the English Language.

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history
1. the aggregate of past events
2. a record or narrative description of past events
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directory
1. an alphabetical list of names and addresses
2. (computer science) a listing of the files stored in memory (usually on a hard disk)
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story
1. a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
2. a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
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laboratory
1. a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
2. a region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation
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factory
1. a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
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inventory
1. a detailed list of all the items in stock
2. the merchandise that a shop has on hand
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regulatory
1. restricting according to rules or principles
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territory
1. a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
2. an area of knowledge or interest
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victory
1. a successful ending of a struggle or contest
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statutory
1. relating to or created by statutes
2. prescribed or authorized by or punishable under a statute
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mandatory
1. the recipient of a mandate
2. a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves
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repository
1. a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
2. a person to whom a secret is entrusted
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respiratory
1. pertaining to respiration
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satisfactory
1. giving satisfaction
2. meeting requirements
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introductory
1. serving to open or begin
2. serving as a base or starting point
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observatory
1. a building designed and equipped to observe astronomical phenomena
2. a structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings
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inflammatory
1. characterized or caused by inflammation
2. arousing to action or rebellion
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explanatory
1. serving or intended to explain or make clear
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participatory
1. affording the opportunity for individual participation
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discriminatory
1. containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
2. capable of making fine distinctions
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preparatory
1. preceding and preparing for something
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conservatory
1. the faculty and students of a school specializing in one of the fine arts
2. a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts
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auditory
1. of or relating to the process of hearing
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trajectory
1. the path followed by an object moving through space
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depository
1. a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
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unsatisfactory
1. not giving satisfaction
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storyline
1. the plot of a book or play or film
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ambulatory
1. relating to or adapted for walking
2. able to walk about
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migratory
1. habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work
2. used of animals that move seasonally
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contradictory
1. two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time
2. of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false
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obligatory
1. morally or legally constraining or binding
2. required by obligation or compulsion or convention
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exploratory
1. serving in or intended for exploration or discovery
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inhibitory
1. restrictive of action
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refractory
1. not responding to treatment
2. temporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to a process or stimulus
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predatory
1. characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding
2. living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
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storyteller
1. someone who tells a story
2. someone who tells lies
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dormitory
1. a college or university building containing living quarters for students
2. a large sleeping room containing several beds
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repertory
1. a storehouse where a stock of things is kept
2. the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation
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circulatory
1. of or relating to circulation
2. relating to circulatory system or to circulation of the blood
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signatory
1. someone who signs and is bound by a document
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olfactory
1. of or relating to olfaction
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storybook
1. a book containing a collection of stories (usually for children)
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defamatory
1. (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
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lavatory
1. a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
2. a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face
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purgatory
1. a temporary condition of torment or suffering
2. (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins
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contributory
1. tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
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prehistory
1. the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word
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secretory
1. of or relating to or producing a secretion
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declaratory
1. relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration
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derogatory
1. expressive of low opinion
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transitory
1. lasting a very short time
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expository
1. serving to expound or set forth
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rectory
1. an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
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excitatory
1. (of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate
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anticipatory
1. in anticipation
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oratory
1. addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)
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promontory
1. a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
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oscillatory
1. having periodic vibrations
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celebratory
1. used for celebrating
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vibratory
1. moving very rapidly to and fro or up and down
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retaliatory
1. of or relating to or having the nature of retribution
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confirmatory
1. serving to support or corroborate
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investigatory
1. designed to find information or ascertain facts
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interlocutory
1. consisting of dialogue
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expiratory
1. of or relating to the breathing out phase of respiration
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congratulatory
1. expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of someone's success or good fortune
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peremptory
1. offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
2. not allowing contradiction or refusal
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crematory
1. a mortuary where corpses are cremated
2. a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes
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manufactory
1. a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
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conciliatory
1. making or willing to make concessions
2. intended to placate
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amendatory
1. effecting amendment
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suppository
1. a small plug of medication designed for insertion into the rectum or vagina where it melts
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ventilatory
1. provided with ventilation or involving pulmonary ventilation
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refectory
1. a communal dining-hall (usually in a monastery)
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perfunctory
1. hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
2. done or produced as a formality only
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adjudicatory
1. concerned with adjudicating
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interrogatory
1. formal systematic questioning
2. relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation
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revelatory
1. (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly
2. prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom
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articulatory
1. of or relating to articulation
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inspiratory
1. pertaining to the drawing in phase of respiration
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