| ABORTUARY | • abortuary n. (Slang, anti-abortion, derogatory) A place where abortions are performed. • ABORTUARY n. an antiabortion term for an abortion clinic. |
| CARRYOUTS | • carryouts n. Plural of carryout. • CARRYOUT n. a takeout order of food. |
| CARTULARY | • cartulary n. A medieval manuscript register containing full or excerpted transcriptions of important documents, especially… • cartulary n. A collection of original documents bound in one volume. • cartulary n. An officer who had charge of records or other public papers. |
| COURTYARD | • courtyard n. An area, open to the sky, partially or wholly surrounded by walls or buildings. • COURTYARD n. a court or enclosed ground attached to a building, usually a large house. |
| CRAYTHURS | • CRAYTHUR n. (Irish) a woman, also CRATHUR, CRATUR. |
| FRUCTUARY | • fructuary n. One who enjoys the profits or increase of anything. • FRUCTUARY n. a person enjoying the fruits of anything. |
| GARRULITY | • garrulity n. The state or characteristic of being garrulous. • GARRULITY n. talkativeness. |
| MARQUETRY | • marquetry n. (Uncountable, woodworking) A decorative technique in which veneers of wood, ivory, metal etc. are inlaid… • marquetry n. (Countable) An example of this work. • MARQUETRY n. furniture inlaid with multicoloured wood, ivory, or metal, also MARQUETERIE. |
| MARTYRIUM | • martyrium n. A tomb or other edifice erected in homage to a martyr. • martyrium n. (Rhetoric) Confirming something by referring to one’s own experience. • MARTYRIUM n. (Latin) a shrine erected in honour of a martyred person, also MARTYRY. |
| PARQUETRY | • parquetry n. The technique of applying wooden tiles or veneers to create a decorative geometrical pattern on floors, furniture etc. • PARQUETRY n. the art of making parquet, a floor-covering of fitted wooden blocks. |
| POURTRAYD | • POURTRAY v. (Spenser) to portray, also PORTRAY. |
| POURTRAYS | • pourtrays v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pourtray. • POURTRAY v. (Spenser) to portray, also PORTRAY. |
| PURGATORY | • purgatory n. (Christianity) Alternative letter-case form of Purgatory. • purgatory n. Any situation where suffering is endured, particularly as part of a process of redemption. • purgatory adj. Tending to cleanse; expiatory. |
| QUARTERLY | • quarterly adj. Occurring once every quarter year (three months). • quarterly adj. (Heraldry) (of a coat of arms) Divided into four parts crosswise. • quarterly adv. Once every quarter year (three months). |
| STRANGURY | • strangury n. (Pathology) A painful, frequent need to urinate, when the bladder is largely empty or with little urine production. • STRANGURY n. severe pain in the urethra with intense desire to pass urine or painful passage of a few drops of urine. |
| TRIBUNARY | • tribunary adj. Of or pertaining to tribunes. • TRIBUNARY adj. relating to a tribune. |
| TRIBUTARY | • tributary n. (Hydrology) A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water. • tributary n. (Anatomy) A vein which drains into a another vein. • tributary n. A nation, state, or other entity that pays tribute. |