| 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. |
| BURSARY | • bursary n. A monetary award to university students that allows them to continue their studies. • bursary n. (Dated) The treasury of a religious order or public institution. • BURSARY n. a college treasury. |
| PESSARY | • pessary n. A medical device similar to the outer ring of a contraceptive diaphragm, most commonly used to support… • pessary n. (Contraception) A diaphragm or cervical cap. • pessary n. (Medicine) A vaginal suppository. |
| EMISSARY | • emissary n. An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else. • emissary n. (Anatomy) A venous channel in the skull. • emissary n. An underground channel by which the water of a lake escapes. |
| GLOSSARY | • glossary n. A list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge with their definitions. • GLOSSARY n. a list of terms and their definitions. |
| JANISARY | • janisary n. Alternative spelling of janissary. • JANISARY n. (Turkish) a soldier of the old Turkish footguards, also JANISSARY, JANIZAR, JANIZARY. |
| ACCESSARY | • accessary n. (Law) Someone who accedes to some act, now especially a crime; one who contributes as an assistant or… • accessary adj. (Law) Accompanying as a subordinate; additional; accessory; especially, uniting in, or contributing… • ACCESSARY adj. accompanying, as a subordinate, also ACCESSORY. |
| ADVERSARY | • adversary n. An opponent or rival. • Adversary prop.n. (Religion, Christianity) The Devil; Satan. • ADVERSARY n. an opponent. |
| JANISSARY | • janissary n. (Historical) An infantry soldier, often of Christian descent and forcibly converted to Islam, in a former… • janissary n. (Figuratively) An elite, highly loyal supporter. • JANISSARY n. (Turkish) a soldier of the old Turkish footguards, also JANISARY, JANIZAR, JANIZARY. |
| NECESSARY | • necessary adj. Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or… • necessary adj. Unavoidable, inevitable. • necessary adj. (Obsolete) Determined, involuntary: acting from compulsion rather than free will. |
| COMMISSARY | • commissary n. A store primarily serving persons in an institution, most often soldiers or prisoners. • commissary n. An account which a prisoner uses to buy provisions, or the balance of that account. • commissary n. A cafeteria at a movie studio. |
| DISPENSARY | • dispensary n. A place or room where something is dispensed, particularly. • DISPENSARY n. a place where medicines are dispensed. |
| ANNIVERSARY | • anniversary n. A day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since a given significant event occurred. Often… • anniversary n. (Loosely) A day subsequent in time to a given event by some significant period other than a year (especially… • ANNIVERSARY n. the annual recurrence of a date marking a notable event. |
| CARAVANSARY | • caravansary n. Alternative spelling of caravanserai. • CARAVANSARY n. a kind of unfurnished inn or extensive enclosed courtyard where caravans stop, also CARAVANSARAI, CARAVANSERAI. |
| UNNECESSARY | • unnecessary adj. Not needed or necessary. • unnecessary adj. Done in addition to requirements; unrequired. • UNNECESSARY adj. not necessary. |
| COMMISSARYSHIP | • commissaryship n. The position or employment of a commissary. • COMMISSARYSHIP n. the office of commissary. |
| COMMISSARYSHIPS | • commissaryships n. Plural of commissaryship. • COMMISSARYSHIP n. the office of commissary. |
| FIDEICOMMISSARY | • fideicommissary n. (Law, ancient Rome) the beneficiary of a fideicommissum. • FIDEICOMMISSARY adj. relating to a fideicommissum. |