Words that rhyme with alary

• calorie 0
  n 1: a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food [syn: Calorie, kilogram calorie, kilocalorie, large calorie, nutritionist's calorie] 2: unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure [syn: calorie, gram calorie, small calorie]
• lechery 0
  n 1: unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity
• library 0
  n 1: a room where books are kept; "they had brandy in the library" 2: a collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing 3: a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study [syn: library, depository library] 4: (computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use [syn: library, program library, subroutine library] 5: a building that houses a collection of books and other materials
• lingerie 0
  n 1: women's underwear and nightclothes [syn: lingerie, intimate apparel]
• literary 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of literature; "literary criticism" 2: knowledgeable about literature; "a literary style" 3: appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing; "when trying to impress someone she spoke in an affected literary style"
• luxury 0
  n 1: something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity 2: the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive [syn: lavishness, luxury, sumptuosity, sumptuousness] 3: wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living [syn: luxury, luxuriousness, opulence, sumptuousness]
• maxillary 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the upper jaw n 1: the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium [syn: upper jaw, upper jawbone, maxilla, maxillary]
• patisserie 0
  n 1: a bakery specializing in French pastry
• pecuniary 0
  adj 1: relating to or involving money; "monetary rewards"; "he received thanks but no pecuniary compensation for his services" [syn: monetary, pecuniary]
• penitentiary 0
  adj 1: used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers; "penitentiary institutions" 2: showing or constituting penance; "penitential tears"; "wrote a penitential letter apologizing for her hasty words" [syn: penitential, penitentiary] n 1: a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes [syn: penitentiary, pen]
• penury 0
  n 1: a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless" [syn: indigence, need, penury, pauperism, pauperization]
• perjury 0
  n 1: criminal offense of making false statements under oath [syn: perjury, bearing false witness, lying under oath]
• pillory 0
  n 1: a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn v 1: expose to ridicule or public scorn [syn: pillory, gibbet] 2: punish by putting in a pillory 3: criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage" [syn: savage, blast, pillory, crucify]
• plenipotentiary 0
  n 1: a diplomat who is fully authorized to represent his or her government
• precursory 0
  adj 1: warning of future misfortune [syn: precursory, premonitory]
• promissory 0
  adj 1: relating to or having the character of a promise; "promissory note"
• provisory 0
  adj 1: subject to a proviso; "a provisory clause"
• psychosurgery 0
  n 1: brain surgery on human patients intended to relieve severe and otherwise intractable mental or behavioral problems
• raillery 0
  n 1: light teasing repartee [syn: banter, raillery, give- and-take, backchat]
• reliquary 0
  n 1: a container where religious relics are stored or displayed (especially relics of saints)
• rosary 0
  n 1: a string of beads used in counting prayers (especially by Catholics) [syn: rosary, prayer beads]
• rotisserie 0
  n 1: an oven or broiler equipped with a rotating spit on which meat cooks as it turns 2: a restaurant that specializes in roasted and barbecued meats
• saddlery 0
  n 1: gear for a horse [syn: stable gear, saddlery, tack] 2: workshop where a saddler works
• salary 0
  n 1: something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings" [syn: wage, pay, earnings, remuneration, salary]
• savagery 0
  n 1: the property of being untamed and ferocious; "the coastline is littered with testaments to the savageness of the waters"; "a craving for barbaric splendor, for savagery and color and the throb of drums" [syn: savageness, savagery] 2: the trait of extreme cruelty [syn: ferociousness, brutality, viciousness, savagery] 3: a brutal barbarous savage act [syn: brutality, barbarity, barbarism, savagery]
• scullery 0
  n 1: a small room (in large old British houses) next to the kitchen; where kitchen utensils are cleaned and kept and other rough household jobs are done
• sensory 0
  adj 1: of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system; "sensory neurons" [syn: centripetal, receptive, sensory(a)] 2: involving or derived from the senses; "sensory experience"; "sensory channels" [syn: sensory, sensorial] [ant: extrasensory, paranormal] 3: relating to or concerned in sensation; "the sensory cortex"; "sensory organs" [syn: sensational, sensory]
• slithery 0
  adj 1: having a slippery surface or quality ; "slithery mud"; "slithery eels"
• soldiery 0
  n 1: soldiers collectively [syn: military personnel, soldiery, troops]
• smothery 0

See also alary definition and alary synonyms