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admonitory
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adj 1: serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an
exemplary jail sentence" [syn: admonitory,
cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning(a)]
2: expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective
[syn: admonitory, admonishing, reproachful,
reproving]
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amatory
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adj 1: expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance; "her
amatory affairs"; "amorous glances"; "a romantic
adventure"; "a romantic moonlight ride" [syn: amatory,
amorous, romantic]
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combinatory
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adj 1: marked by or relating to or resulting from combination
[syn: combinative, combinatory] [ant:
noncombinative]
2: relating to or involving combinations [syn: combinative,
combinatory, combinatorial]
3: able to or tending to combine [syn: combinable,
combinational, combinatory]
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declamatory
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adj 1: ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large
talk"; "tumid political prose" [syn: bombastic,
declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid]
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defamatory
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adj 1: (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to
discredit or malign [syn: calumniatory, calumnious,
defamatory, denigrative, denigrating,
denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous]
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divinatory
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adj 1: resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy;
"the high priest's divinatory pronouncement"; "mantic
powers"; "a kind of sibylline book with ready and
infallible answers to questions" [syn: divinatory,
mantic, sibylline, sibyllic, vatic, vatical]
2: based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence;
"theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly
conjectural"; "the supposed reason for his absence";
"suppositious reconstructions of dead languages";
"hypothetical situation" [syn: conjectural, divinatory,
hypothetical, hypothetic, supposed, suppositional,
suppositious, supposititious]
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dormitory
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n 1: a college or university building containing living quarters
for students [syn: dormitory, dorm, residence hall,
hall, student residence]
2: a large sleeping room containing several beds [syn:
dormitory, dormitory room, dorm room]
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exclamatory
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adj 1: sudden and strong; "an emphatic no" [syn: emphatic,
exclamatory]
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explanatory
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adj 1: serving or intended to explain or make clear;
"explanatory notes"; "an explanatory paragraph"
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fumitory
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n 1: delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of
purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally [syn:
fumitory, fumewort, fumeroot, Fumaria officinalis]
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inflammatory
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adj 1: characterized or caused by inflammation; "an inflammatory
process"; "an inflammatory response"
2: arousing to action or rebellion [syn: incendiary,
incitive, inflammatory, instigative, rabble-rousing,
seditious]
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insanitary
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adj 1: not sanitary or healthful; "unsanitary open sewers";
"grim and unsanitary conditions" [syn: unsanitary,
insanitary, unhealthful] [ant: healthful,
sanitary]
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interplanetary
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adj 1: between or among planets; "interplanetary travel"
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lachrymatory
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adj 1: relating to or prompting tears [syn: lacrimatory,
lachrymatory]
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minatory
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adj 1: threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments;
"a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone
became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent";
"sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his
threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the
situation became ugly" [syn: baleful, forbidding,
menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous,
sinister, threatening]
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monetary
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adj 1: relating to or involving money; "monetary rewards"; "he
received thanks but no pecuniary compensation for his
services" [syn: monetary, pecuniary]
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monitory
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adj 1: serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an
exemplary jail sentence" [syn: admonitory,
cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning(a)]
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planetary
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adj 1: of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital
characteristics of a planet or the planets; "planetary
motion"; "planetary year" [syn: planetal, planetary]
2: of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or
its inhabitants; "planetary rumblings and eructations"-
L.C.Eiseley ; "the planetary tilt"; "this terrestrial ball"
[syn: planetary, terrestrial]
3: having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life
followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond" [syn:
erratic, planetary, wandering]
4: involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in
scope; "global war"; "global monetary policy"; "neither
national nor continental but planetary"; "a world crisis";
"of worldwide significance" [syn: global, planetary,
world(a), worldwide, world-wide]
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premonitory
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adj 1: warning of future misfortune [syn: precursory,
premonitory]
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reformatory
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adj 1: tending to reform; "reformative and rehabilitative
agencies"; "reformatory punishment" [syn: reformative,
reformatory]
n 1: correctional institution for the detention and discipline
and training of young or first offenders [syn:
reformatory, reform school, training school]
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sanitary
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adj 1: free from filth and pathogens; "sanitary conditions for
preparing food"; "a sanitary washroom" [syn: sanitary,
healthful] [ant: insanitary, unhealthful,
unsanitary]
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unitary
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adj 1: relating to or characterized by or aiming toward unity;
"the unitary principles of nationalism"; "a unitary
movement in politics"
2: of or pertaining to or involving the use of units; "a unitary
method was applied"; "established a unitary distance on which
to base subsequent calculations"
3: characterized by or constituting a form of government in
which power is held by one central authority; "a unitary as
opposed to a federal form of government" [ant: federal]
4: having the indivisible character of a unit; "a unitary
action"; "spoke with one voice" [syn: one(a), unitary]
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unsanitary
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adj 1: not sanitary or healthful; "unsanitary open sewers";
"grim and unsanitary conditions" [syn: unsanitary,
insanitary, unhealthful] [ant: healthful,
sanitary]
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vomitory
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n 1: an entrance to an amphitheater or stadium
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cometary
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adj 1: of or relating to or resembling a comet [syn: cometary,
cometic]
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punitory
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adj 1: inflicting punishment; "punitive justice"; "punitive
damages" [syn: punitive, punitory] [ant:
rehabilitative]
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affirmatory
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adj 1: affirming or giving assent; "an affirmative decision";
"affirmative votes" [syn: affirmative, affirmatory]
[ant: negative]
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criminatory
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adj 1: charging or suggestive of guilt or blame; "incriminatory
testimony" [syn: criminative, criminatory,
incriminating, incriminatory]
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informatory
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adj 1: providing or conveying information [syn: informative,
informatory] [ant: uninformative]
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self-explanatory
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adj 1: needing no explanation
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prothonotary
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protonotary
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sanatory
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