Words that rhyme with entry
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alimentary
adj 1: of or providing nourishment; "good nourishing stew" [syn: alimentary, alimental, nourishing, nutrient, nutritious, nutritive] -
ancestry
n 1: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" [syn: lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock] 2: inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline [syn: ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation] -
anemometry
n 1: measuring wind speed and direction -
anthropometry
n 1: measurement and study of the human body and its parts and capacities -
artistry
n 1: a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation; "the art of conversation"; "it's quite an art" [syn: art, artistry, prowess] -
asymmetry
n 1: (mathematics) a lack of symmetry [syn: asymmetry, dissymmetry, imbalance] [ant: balance, correspondence, symmetricalness, symmetry] -
banditry
n 1: the practice of plundering in gangs -
barratry
n 1: traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments [syn: simony, barratry] 2: the crime of a judge whose judgment is influenced by bribery 3: (maritime law) a fraudulent breach of duty by the master of a ship that injures the owner of the ship or its cargo; includes every breach of trust such as stealing or sinking or deserting the ship or embezzling the cargo 4: the offense of vexatiously persisting in inciting lawsuits and quarrels -
basketry
n 1: the craft of basket making -
bibliolatry
n 1: the worship of the Bible [syn: bibliolatry, Bible- worship] -
bigotry
n 1: the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot [syn: bigotry, dogmatism] -
biochemistry
n 1: the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry -
biometry
n 1: a branch of biology that studies biological phenomena and observations by means of statistical analysis [syn: biometrics, biometry, biostatistics] -
cabinetry
n 1: the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality) [syn: cabinetwork, cabinetry] -
carpentry
n 1: the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood [syn: carpentry, woodworking, woodwork] -
casuistry
n 1: argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading 2: moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas -
chemistry
n 1: the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions [syn: chemistry, chemical science] 2: the chemical composition and properties of a substance or object; "the chemistry of soil" 3: the way two individuals relate to each other; "their chemistry was wrong from the beginning -- they hated each other"; "a mysterious alchemy brought them together" [syn: chemistry, interpersonal chemistry, alchemy] -
circuitry
n 1: electronic equipment consisting of a system of circuits -
complementary
adj 1: of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other; "`male' and `female' are complementary terms" 2: acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole) [syn: complemental, complementary, completing] n 1: either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments); "yellow and blue are complementaries" [syn: complementary color, complementary] -
complimentary
adj 1: conveying or resembling a compliment; "a complimentary remark" [ant: uncomplimentary] 2: costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission" [syn: complimentary, costless, free, gratis(p), gratuitous] -
coquetry
n 1: playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest [syn: flirt, flirting, flirtation, coquetry, dalliance, toying] -
country
n 1: a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land" [syn: state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic] 2: the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" [syn: country, state, land] 3: the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him" [syn: nation, land, country] 4: an area outside of cities and towns; "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country" [syn: country, rural area] [ant: populated area, urban area] 5: a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country" [syn: area, country] -
demonolatry
n 1: the acts or rites of worshiping devils [syn: diabolatry, demonolatry, devil-worship] -
dentistry
n 1: the branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth [syn: dentistry, dental medicine, odontology] -
dissymmetry
n 1: (mathematics) a lack of symmetry [syn: asymmetry, dissymmetry, imbalance] [ant: balance, correspondence, symmetricalness, symmetry] -
documentary
adj 1: relating to or consisting of or derived from documents [syn: documentary, documental] 2: emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation; "objective art" [syn: objective, documentary] n 1: a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event [syn: documentary, docudrama, documentary film, infotainment] -
electrochemistry
n 1: branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of electricity and the production of electricity by chemical reactions -
elementary
adj 1: easy and not involved or complicated; "an elementary problem in statistics"; "elementary, my dear Watson"; "a simple game"; "found an uncomplicated solution to the problem" [syn: elementary, simple, uncomplicated, unproblematic] 2: of or pertaining to or characteristic of elementary school or elementary education; "the elementary grades"; "elementary teachers" 3: of or being the essential or basic part; "an elementary need for love and nurturing" [syn: elementary, elemental, primary] -
envy
n 1: a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another [syn: envy, enviousness] 2: spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: envy, invidia] v 1: feel envious towards; admire enviously 2: be envious of; set one's heart on [syn: envy, begrudge] -
forestry
n 1: the science of planting and caring for forests and the management of growing timber -
gadgetry
n 1: appliances collectively; "laborsaving gadgetry" -
gallantry
n 1: the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle); "he showed great heroism in battle"; "he received a medal for valor" [syn: heroism, gallantry, valor, valour, valorousness, valiance, valiancy] 2: courtesy towards women [syn: chivalry, gallantry, politesse] 3: polite attentiveness to women -
gantry
n 1: a framework of steel bars raised on side supports to bridge over or around something; can display railway signals above several tracks or can support a traveling crane etc. [syn: gantry, gauntry] -
gentry
n 1: the most powerful members of a society [syn: gentry, aristocracy] -
geochemistry
n 1: the chemistry of the earth's crust -
geometry
n 1: the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces -
hagiolatry
n 1: the worship of saints [syn: hagiolatry, hierolatry] -
harlotry
n 1: offering sexual intercourse for pay [syn: prostitution, harlotry, whoredom] -
hypsometry
n 1: measurement of the elevation of land above sea level [syn: hypsometry, hypsography] -
iconolatry
n 1: the worship of sacred images -
idolatry
n 1: religious zeal; the willingness to serve God [syn: idolatry, devotion, veneration, cultism] 2: the worship of idols; the worship of images that are not God [syn: idolatry, idol worship] -
industry
n 1: the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise; "each industry has its own trade publications" 2: the organized action of making of goods and services for sale; "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production" [syn: industry, manufacture] 3: persevering determination to perform a task; "his diligence won him quick promotions"; "frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues" [syn: diligence, industriousness, industry] -
infantry
n 1: an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot; "there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot" [syn: infantry, foot] -
micrometry
n 1: measuring with a micrometer -
ministry
n 1: religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian) 2: building where the business of a government department is transacted 3: a government department under the direction of a minister 4: the work of a minister of religion; "he is studying for the ministry" -
monastery
n 1: the residence of a religious community -
musketry
n 1: musketeers and their muskets collectively 2: the technique of using small arms (especially in battle) -
optometry
n 1: the practice of an optometrist -
pageantry
n 1: a rich and spectacular ceremony [syn: pageant, pageantry] 2: an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes [syn: pageant, pageantry] -
palmistry
n 1: telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand [syn: palmistry, palm reading, chiromancy, chirology] -
pantry
n 1: a small storeroom for storing foods or wines [syn: pantry, larder, buttery] -
parquetry
n 1: a patterned wood inlay used to cover a floor [syn: parquetry, parqueterie] -
pastry
n 1: a dough of flour and water and shortening [syn: pastry, pastry dough] 2: any of various baked foods made of dough or batter -
peasantry
n 1: the class of peasants -
pedantry
n 1: an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning -
photochemistry
n 1: branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of light -
photometry
n 1: measurement of the properties of light (especially luminous intensity) -
pleasantry
n 1: an agreeable or amusing remark; "they exchange pleasantries" -
podiatry
n 1: the branch of medicine concerned with the feet [syn: podiatry, chiropody] -
poetry
n 1: literature in metrical form [syn: poetry, poesy, verse] 2: any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling -
promontory
n 1: a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) [syn: promontory, headland, head, foreland] -
psaltery
n 1: an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings -
psychiatry
n 1: the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders [syn: psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine] -
puppetry
n 1: the art of making puppets and presenting puppet shows 2: a stilted dramatic performance (as if by puppets) -
radiochemistry
n 1: the chemistry of radioactive substances [syn: radiochemistry, nuclear chemistry] -
rectory
n 1: an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector [syn: parsonage, vicarage, rectory] -
refectory
n 1: a communal dining-hall (usually in a monastery) -
refractory
adj 1: not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne"; "stubborn rust stains" [syn: refractory, stubborn] 2: temporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to nervous or sexual stimuli; "the refractory period of a muscle fiber" 3: stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child" [syn: fractious, refractory, recalcitrant] n 1: lining consisting of material with a high melting point; used to line the inside walls of a furnace [syn: furnace lining, refractory] -
registry
n 1: an official written record of names or events or transactions [syn: register, registry] -
rocketry
n 1: the branch of engineering science that studies rocket design and operation -
rudimentary
adj 1: being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incomatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles" [syn: fundamental, rudimentary, underlying] 2: being in the earliest stages of development; "rudimentary plans" 3: not fully developed in mature animals; "rudimentary wings" [syn: vestigial, rudimentary] -
satisfactory
adj 1: giving satisfaction; "satisfactory living conditions"; "his grades were satisfactory" [ant: unsatisfactory] 2: meeting requirements; "the step makes a satisfactory seat" [syn: satisfactory, acceptable] -
sectary
n 1: a member of a sect; "most sectarians are intolerant of the views of any other sect" [syn: sectarian, sectary, sectarist] -
sedentary
adj 1: requiring sitting or little activity; "forced by illness to lead a sedentary life" -
sedimentary
adj 1: resembling or containing or formed by the accumulation of sediment; "sedimentary deposits" 2: produced by the action of water [syn: aqueous, sedimentary] [ant: eruptive, igneous] -
sentry
n 1: a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event [syn: lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, picket] -
sophistry
n 1: a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone [syn: sophism, sophistry, sophistication] -
spectrometry
n 1: the use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra [syn: spectroscopy, spectrometry, spectroscopic analysis, spectrum analysis, spectrographic analysis] -
splintery
adj 1: subject to breaking into sharp slender pieces 2: resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points; "a rough splintery floor of old pine boards" [syn: splintery, slivery] -
supplementary
adj 1: functioning in a supporting capacity; "the main library and its auxiliary branches" [syn: auxiliary, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary] 2: added to complete or make up a deficiency; "produced supplementary volumes" [syn: supplementary, supplemental] -
symmetry
n 1: (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane [syn: symmetry, symmetricalness, correspondence, balance] [ant: asymmetry, dissymmetry, imbalance] 2: balance among the parts of something [syn: symmetry, proportion] [ant: disproportion] 3: (physics) the property of being isotropic; having the same value when measured in different directions [syn: isotropy, symmetry] [ant: anisotropy] -
tapestry
n 1: something that resembles a tapestry in its complex pictorial designs; "the tapestry of European history" 2: a heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery [syn: tapestry, tapis] 3: a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs [syn: tapestry, arras] -
telemetry
n 1: automatic transmission and measurement of data from remote sources by wire or radio or other means -
testamentary
adj 1: of or relating to a will or testament or bequeathed by a will or testament -
thermometry
n 1: the measurement of temperature -
toiletry
n 1: artifacts used in making your toilet (washing and taking care of your body) [syn: toiletry, toilet articles] -
trajectory
n 1: the path followed by an object moving through space [syn: trajectory, flight] -
trigonometry
n 1: the mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions [syn: trigonometry, trig] -
uncomplimentary
adj 1: showing or representing unfavorably; "an unflattering portrait"; "an uncomplimentary dress" [syn: unflattering, uncomplimentary] [ant: flattering] 2: tending to (or intended to) detract or disparage [ant: complimentary] -
unpleasantly
adv 1: in an unpleasant manner; "he had been unpleasantly surprised" [ant: agreeably, enjoyably, pleasantly] -
unsatisfactory
adj 1: not giving satisfaction; "shops should take back unsatisfactory goods"; "her performance proved to be unsatisfactory"; "life is becoming increasingly unsatifactory"; "our discussion was very unsatisfactory" [ant: satisfactory] -
upcountry
adj 1: of or coming from the middle of a region or country; "upcountry districts" [syn: interior, midland, upcountry] -
vestry
n 1: in the Protestant Episcopal Church: a committee elected by the congregation to work with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the church 2: a room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held [syn: vestry, sacristy] -
wintry
adj 1: characteristic of or occurring in winter; "suffered severe wintry weather"; "brown wintry grasses" [syn: wintry, wintery] [ant: autumnal, summery, vernal] 2: devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile" [syn: frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry] -
zealotry
n 1: excessive intolerance of opposing views [syn: fanaticism, fanatism, zealotry] -
zoolatry
n 1: the worship of animals [syn: zoolatry, animal-worship] -
phratry
n 1: people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" [syn: family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry] -
isometry
n 1: the growth rates in different parts of a growing organism are the same 2: a one-to-one mapping of one metric space into another metric space that preserves the distances between each pair of points; "the isometries of the cube" 3: equality of elevation above sea level 4: equality of measure (e.g., equality of height above sea level or equality of loudness etc.) -
psychometry
n 1: any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements [syn: psychometry, psychometrics, psychometrika] -
audiometry
n 1: the measurement of hearing [syn: audiology, audiometry] 2: measuring sensitivity of hearing
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