Words that rhyme with concretionary

adj 1: cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands; "ablutionary rituals" [syn: ablutionary, cleansing]

n 1: the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle) [syn: aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry] 2: any habitation at a high altitude [syn: aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry]

adj 1: open to or abounding in fresh air; "airy rooms" [syn: aired, airy] 2: not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for getting rich" [syn: airy, impractical, visionary, Laputan, windy] 3: having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air; "airy gauze curtains" 4: characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than ethereal forms" [syn: aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal]

adj 1: relating to or resembling an antiphon or antiphony [syn: antiphonary, antiphonal] n 1: bound collection of antiphons [syn: antiphonary, antiphonal]

adj 1: of or pertaining to or affecting both the heart and the lungs and their functions; "cardiopulmonary resuscitation" [syn: cardiopulmonary, cardiorespiratory]

adj 1: warding off; "the swastika...a very ancient prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples"- Victor Schultze [syn: cautionary, prophylactic] 2: serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an exemplary jail sentence" [syn: admonitory, cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning(a)]

n 1: a confectioner's shop [syn: confectionery, confectionary, candy store]

n 1: candy and other sweets considered collectively; "the business decided to concentrate on confectionery and soft drinks" 2: a confectioner's shop [syn: confectionery, confectionary, candy store] 3: the occupation and skills of a confectioner

n 1: a manual describing the customs of a particular group (especially the ceremonial practices of a monastic order) [syn: consuetudinary, consuetudinal]

adj 1: surrounding like a crown (especially of the blood vessels surrounding the heart); "coronary arteries" n 1: obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery by a blood clot (thrombus) [syn: coronary thrombosis, coronary]

adj 1: relating to or being a counterrevolution 2: marked by opposition or antipathy to revolution; "ostracized for his counterrevolutionary tendencies" [ant: revolutionary] n 1: a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution [syn: counterrevolutionist, counter-revolutionist, counterrevolutionary]

adj 1: associated with or tending to cause decreases in consumer prices or increases in the purchasing power of money; "deflationary measures" [ant: inflationary]

n 1: a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them [syn: dictionary, lexicon]

adj 1: having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment; "The commission has discretionary power to award extra funds" [syn: discretionary, discretional] 2: (especially of funds) not earmarked; available for use as needed; "discretionary funds"; "discretionary income"

adj 1: (of tactics e.g.) likely or designed to confuse or deceive

adj 1: generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic contributions" [syn: beneficent, benevolent, eleemosynary, philanthropic]

adj 1: of or relating to elocution; "elocutionary recitals" 2: (used of style of speaking) overly embellished; "an elocutionary Oxonian delivery"

n 1: machinery consisting of engines collectively

adj 1: of or relating to or produced by evolution; "evolutionary biology"

adj 1: (used of military forces) designed for military operations abroad; "the French expeditionary force in Indochina"

adj 1: beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable; "extraordinary authority"; "an extraordinary achievement"; "her extraordinary beauty"; "enjoyed extraordinary popularity"; "an extraordinary capacity for work"; "an extraordinary session of the legislature" [ant: ordinary] 2: far more than usual or expected; "an extraordinary desire for approval"; "it was an over-the-top experience" [syn: extraordinary, over-the-top, sinful] 3: (of an official) serving an unusual or special function in addition to those of the regular officials; "an ambassador extraordinary"

n 1: a worker who holds or is invested with an office [syn: official, functionary]

adj 1: not based on fact; unreal; "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt; "a small child's imaginary friends"; "to create a notional world for oneself" [syn: fanciful, imaginary, notional] n 1: (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1 [syn: complex number, complex quantity, imaginary number, imaginary]

adj 1: associated with or tending to cause increases in inflation; "inflationary prices" [ant: deflationary]

adj 1: of or relating to or given to insurrection [syn: insurrectional, insurrectionary]

n 1: a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion) [syn: legionnaire, legionary]

n 1: a celebrity who is an inspiration to others; "he was host to a large gathering of luminaries" [syn: luminary, leading light, guiding light, notable, notability]

adj 1: marked by materialism [syn: materialistic, mercenary, worldly-minded] 2: serving for wages in a foreign army; "mercenary killers" [syn: mercenary(a), free-lance(a), freelance(a)] 3: profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary enterprise"; "a moneymaking business" [syn: mercantile, mercenary, moneymaking(a)] n 1: a person hired to fight for another country than their own [syn: mercenary, soldier of fortune]

adj 1: relating to or connected to a religious mission [syn: missionary, missional] n 1: someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program 2: someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country [syn: missionary, missioner]

adj 1: taken in advance to protect against possible danger or failure; "gave precautionary advice"; "I would take precautionary steps to keep him away" [syn: precautionary, precautional]

adj 1: denoting an action or event preceding or in preparation for something more important; designed to orient or acquaint with a situation before proceeding; "a preliminary investigation" n 1: a minor match preceding the main event [syn: preliminary, prelim] 2: something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner" [syn: preliminary, overture, prelude]

adj 1: under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule" [syn: probationary, provisional, provisionary, tentative]

adj 1: relating to or affecting the lungs; "pulmonary disease" [syn: pneumonic, pulmonary, pulmonic]

adj 1: extremely conservative [syn: reactionary, reactionist, far-right] n 1: an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism [syn: reactionary, ultraconservative, extreme right-winger]

adj 1: of or relating to or involving a reversion (especially a legal reversion); "reversionary annuity"; "reversionary interest"

adj 1: markedly new or introducing radical change; "a revolutionary discovery"; "radical political views" [syn: revolutionary, radical] 2: of or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial or orbital turn [syn: rotatory, revolutionary] 3: relating to or having the nature of a revolution; "revolutionary wars"; "the Revolutionary era" 4: advocating or engaged in revolution; "revolutionary pamphlets"; "a revolutionary junta" [ant: counterrevolutionary] n 1: a radical supporter of political or social revolution [syn: revolutionist, revolutionary, subversive, subverter]

adj 1: accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war" [syn: gory, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous, butcherly] 2: marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed; "bloody-minded tyrants"; "bloodthirsty yells"; "went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood"-G.W.Johnson [syn: bloodthirsty, bloody- minded, sanguinary]

n 1: a private place of education for the young 2: a theological school for training ministers or priests or rabbis

adj 1: standing still; "the car remained stationary with the engine running" 2: not capable of being moved; "stationary machinery"

n 1: paper cut to an appropriate size for writing letters; usually with matching envelopes [syn: stationery, letter paper]

adj 1: of or relating to the function or production or secretion of urine 2: of or relating to the urinary system of the body

adj 1: of or relating to veterinarians or veterinary medicine n 1: a doctor who practices veterinary medicine [syn: veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon, vet]

adj 1: not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for getting rich" [syn: airy, impractical, visionary, Laputan, windy] n 1: a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible 2: a person with unusual powers of foresight [syn: visionary, illusionist, seer]

adj 1: of or pertaining to a recession [syn: recessionary, recessive]

adj 1: characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than ethereal forms" [syn: aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal] n 1: the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle) [syn: aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry] 2: any habitation at a high altitude [syn: aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry]

n 1: the beneficiary of a pension fund [syn: pensioner, pensionary] 2: a person who works only for money [syn: hireling, pensionary]

adj 1: of the nature of or expressing a petition; "the petitionary procedure had a quality of indecisiveness"

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of a person who is a valetudinarian [syn: valetudinarian, valetudinary]