Words that rhyme with boundary

  • bawdry
    n 1: lewd or obscene talk or writing; "it was smoking-room bawdry"; "they published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy" [syn: bawdry, bawdy]
  • bindery
    n 1: a workshop where books are bound
  • doddery
    adj 1: mentally or physically infirm with age; "his mother was doddering and frail" [syn: doddering, doddery, gaga, senile]
  • embroidery
    n 1: elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail; "the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings" [syn: embellishment, embroidery] 2: decorative needlework [syn: embroidery, fancywork]
  • foundry
    n 1: factory where metal castings are produced [syn: foundry, metalworks]
  • lapidary
    adj 1: of or relating to precious stones or the art of working with them; "the ring is of no lapidary value"- Lord Byron; "lapidary art" n 1: an expert on precious stones and the art of cutting and engraving them [syn: lapidary, lapidarist] 2: a skilled worker who cuts and engraves precious stones [syn: lapidary, lapidist]
  • laundry
    n 1: garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering [syn: laundry, wash, washing, washables] 2: workplace where clothes are washed and ironed
  • legendary
    adj 1: so celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a legend; "the legendary exploits of the arctic trailblazers" 2: celebrated in fable or legend; "the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox"; "legendary exploits of Jesse James" [syn: fabled, legendary]
  • polyandry
    n 1: having more than one husband at a time
  • prebendary
    n 1: a canon who receives a prebend for serving the church
  • prudery
    n 1: excessive or affected modesty [syn: primness, prudishness, prudery, Grundyism]
  • quandary
    n 1: a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people" [syn: predicament, quandary, plight] 2: state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options [syn: dilemma, quandary]
  • secondary
    adj 1: being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate; "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams" [ant: primary] 2: inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary" [syn: junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(a), secondary, subaltern] 3: depending on or incidental to what is original or primary; "a secondary infection" 4: not of major importance; "played a secondary role in world events" 5: belonging to a lower class or rank n 1: the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen 2: coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil [syn: secondary coil, secondary winding, secondary]
  • shuddery
    adj 1: provoking fear terror; "a scary movie"; "the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge" [syn: chilling, scarey, scary, shivery, shuddery]
  • spidery
    adj 1: relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida [syn: arachnoid, arachnidian, spidery, spiderlike, spiderly]
  • sundry
    adj 1: consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"; "assorted sizes"; "miscellaneous accessories"; "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music"; "a motley crew"; "sundry sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards [syn: assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry(a)]
  • tawdry
    adj 1: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy] 2: cheap and shoddy; "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist [syn: cheapjack, shoddy, tawdry]
  • wizardry
    n 1: exceptional creative ability [syn: genius, wizardry]
  • indri
    n 1: large short-tailed lemur of Madagascar having thick silky fur in black and white and fawn [syn: indri, indris, Indri indri, Indri brevicaudatus]
  • monandry
    n 1: the state of having only one husband at a time
  • balladry
  • cindery
  • legendry
  • standards
  • audrey
  • landry
  • hendry
  • deirdre
  • tindery
  • compadre

See also boundary definition and boundary synonyms