| ARMORY | • armory n. American form standard spelling of armoury. • ARMORY n. a place where weapons are stored, also ARMOURY. |
| ARROWY | • arrowy adj. Consisting of arrows. • arrowy adj. Formed or moving like, or in any respect resembling, an arrow; for example swift or slender or straight. • ARROWY adj. like an arrow, in shape, motion, etc. |
| ARROYO | • arroyo n. A dry creek or streambed, a gulch which temporarily or seasonally fills and flows (after sufficient rain). • arroyo n. Any watercourse; any rivulet (whether it flows year-round or only seasonally). • Arroyo prop.n. A surname from Spanish. |
| FORRAY | • forray n. Obsolete form of foray. (predatory excursion) • forray v. Obsolete form of foray. • FORRAY v. (Spenser) to foray; to ravage. |
| HORARY | • horary adj. Pertaining to an hour or hours. • horary adj. Occurring every hour; hourly. • horary adj. (Obsolete) Having a duration of just an hour; short-lived. |
| ORFRAY | • orfray n. (Obsolete) The osprey. • ORFRAY n. gold or other rich embroidery on clerical robes, also ORPHREY. |
| ORNERY | • ornery adj. (Appalachia) Cantankerous, stubborn, disagreeable. • ornery adj. (Humorous, Southern US) Mischievous, prankish, teasing, disagreeable but in a good way. • ornery adj. (Obsolete) Commonplace, inferior. |
| ORRERY | • orrery n. A clockwork model of any given solar system. • ORRERY n. a mechanical model of the solar system. |
| PRIORY | • priory n. A monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress. • PRIORY n. a religious house. |
| PYRROL | • pyrrol n. (Dated) Alternative spelling of pyrrole. • PYRROL n. a colourless toxic liquid found in many naturally occurring compounds, e.g. chlorophyll, also PYRROLE. |
| RIOTRY | • riotry n. The act or practice of rioting. • RIOTRY n. the act or practice of rioting. |
| ROPERY | • ropery n. (Obsolete) Any form of language used, typically slang or slander, that can get one in trouble. • ropery n. A place where ropes are made; ropewalk. • ROPERY n. a place where ropes are made. |
| ROSARY | • rosary n. Prayer beads, a string of beads used to keep track of repetitions in prayer, particularly in the Roman… • rosary n. A Roman Catholic devotion involving the repetition of a series of Marian prayers, usually 5, 15, or… • rosary n. (By extension) A series or collection of thoughts, literary pieces, etc. intended for similar contemplation. |
| ROSERY | • rosery n. A place where roses are cultivated; a nursery of roses. • ROSERY n. a place where roses are grown. |
| ROTARY | • rotary adj. Capable of rotation. • rotary n. (New England, Atlantic Canada) A roundabout, traffic circle. • rotary n. (Chiefly with initial capital) Any of the clubs making up the international Rotary International movement… |
| YARROW | • yarrow n. Any of several pungent Eurasian and North American herbs, of the genus Achillea, used in traditional herbal medicine. • yarrow n. Common yarrow, Achillea millefolium, the type species of the genus. • yarrow n. (UK) The green woodpecker, Picus viridis. |
| YORKER | • yorker n. (Cricket) a ball bowled so as to bounce at or near the batsman’s popping crease. • Yorker n. Someone from York, England. • Yorker n. (Historical, During the dispute over the status of Vermont in the 1770s and 1780s) an inhabitant of… |