| AMATORY | • amatory adj. Of or relating to love, especially sexual love. • AMATORY adj. pertaining to sexual love. |
| CASTORY | • castory n. (Obsolete) An extract from the glands of a beaver, reputed to have medicinal value. • castory n. (Obsolete) A plant (probably the castor bean), or a preparation from this plant, reputed to have medicinal value. • castory n. (Obsolete) The color of castory extract. |
| CHICORY | • chicory n. (Countable) Either of two plants of the Asteraceae family. • chicory n. (Uncountable, cooking) A coffee substitute made from the roasted roots of the common chicory, sometimes… • CHICORY n. succory, a blue-flowered composite plant, also CHICCORY, CHICKORY. |
| CURSORY | • cursory adj. Hasty or superficial. • cursory adj. Careless or desultory. • cursory adj. (Obsolete) Running about; not stationary. |
| ELUSORY | • elusory adj. That tends to elude. • ELUSORY adj. tending to elude or deceive. |
| EUPHORY | • euphory n. Synonym of euphoria. • EUPHORY n. elation, also EUPHORIA. |
| FACTORY | • factory n. (Chiefly Scotland, now rare) The position or state of being a factor. • factory n. (Now historical) A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country. • factory n. A building or other place where manufacturing takes place. |
| FLAVORY | • flavory adj. Alternative form of flavoury. • FLAVORY adj. full of flavor, also FLAVOURY. |
| HICKORY | • hickory adj. Of or pertaining to the hickory tree or its wood. • hickory n. (Countable) Any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genus Carya or Annamocarya. • hickory n. (Uncountable) The wood of these trees. |
| HISTORY | • history n. The aggregate of past events. • history n. The branch of knowledge that studies the past; the assessment of notable events. • history n. The portion of the past that is known and recorded by this field of study, as opposed to all earlier… |
| OLITORY | • olitory adj. Of or pertaining to a kitchen garden; used for culinary purposes. • olitory n. Any plant used for culinary purposes. • OLITORY n. (archaic) a potherb, a kitchen garden. |
| ORATORY | • oratory n. A private chapel or prayer room. • oratory n. A Roman Catholic chapel; a building for public or private worship that is not a parish church. • oratory n. (Specifically) A Catholic church belonging to the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri. |
| PILLORY | • pillory n. A framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation. • pillory v. (Transitive) To put in a pillory. • pillory v. (Transitive) To subject to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse. |
| RECTORY | • rectory n. The residence of Roman Catholic priest(s) associated with a parish church. • rectory n. The residence of an Anglican rector. • RECTORY n. a rector's dwelling. |
| SENSORY | • sensory adj. Of the physical senses or sensation. • sensory adj. (Neuroanatomy) Conveying nerve impulses from the sense organs to the nerve centers. • sensory n. (Biology, dated) The sensorium. |
| SIGNORY | • signory n. (Now rare) A territory or domain, especially under a feudal lordship. • signory n. Overlordship, dominion. • signory n. (Now historical) A ruling assembly, specifically of various Italian republics; a signoria. |
| SUASORY | • suasory adj. (Now rare) Tending to persuade; persuasive. • SUASORY adj. tending to persuade; suasive. |
| SUCCORY | • succory n. Chicory (Cichorium intybus). • SUCCORY n. chicory. |
| VICTORY | • victory n. (Uncountable) The condition or state of having won a battle or competition, or having succeeded in an… • victory n. (Roman mythology) Alternative letter-case form of Victory (“(uncountable) the Roman goddess of victory… • victory interj. Used to encourage someone to achieve success, or to celebrate a success or triumph. |