Words that rhyme with factories
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battery
n 1: group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place 2: a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series [syn: battery, electric battery] 3: a collection of related things intended for use together; "took a battery of achievement tests" 4: a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher 5: a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores [syn: battery, stamp battery] 6: the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours without pausing" [syn: barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling] 7: an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact [syn: battery, assault and battery] -
congeries
n 1: a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together [syn: aggregate, congeries, conglomeration] -
factor
n 1: anything that contributes causally to a result; "a number of factors determined the outcome" 2: an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech" [syn: component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient] 3: one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer; "what are the 4 factors of 6?" [syn: divisor, factor] 4: a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission [syn: agent, factor, broker] 5: any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together 6: an independent variable in statistics 7: (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity; "genes were formerly called factors" [syn: gene, cistron, factor] v 1: resolve into factors; "a quantum computer can factor the number 15" [syn: factor, factor in, factor out] 2: be a contributing factor; "make things factor into a company's profitability" 3: consider as relevant when making a decision; "You must factor in the recent developments" [syn: factor, factor in, factor out] -
arteries
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artilleries
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bakeries
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batteries
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boundaries
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breweries
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calories
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canneries
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conferees
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coteries
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cranberries
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deliveries
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diaries
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directories
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distilleries
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hatcheries
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hickories
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histories
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ivories
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lotteries
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luxuries
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machineries
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memories
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menageries
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miseries
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mysteries
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ovaries
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pillories
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potteries
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recoveries
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referees
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reveries
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sceneries
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treasuries
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trickeries
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victories
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