Words that rhyme with paramilitary

  • aerie
    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]
  • airy
    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]
  • ambulatory
    adj 1: relating to or adapted for walking; "an ambulatory corridor" 2: able to walk about; "the patient is ambulatory" [syn: ambulant, ambulatory] n 1: a covered walkway (as in a cloister); "it has an ambulatory and seven chapels"
  • assimilatory
    adj 1: capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution; "an assimilative substance [syn: assimilating, assimilative, assimilatory]
  • consolatory
    adj 1: affording comfort or solace [syn: comforting, consolatory, consoling]
  • depilatory
    adj 1: able to remove hair or render hairless n 1: a chemical (usually a sulfide) used to remove hair or wool or bristles from hides 2: a cosmetic for temporary removal of undesired hair [syn: depilatory, depilator, epilator]
  • dilatory
    adj 1: wasting time [syn: dilatory, laggard, poky, pokey]
  • interlocutory
    adj 1: consisting of dialogue
  • military
    adj 1: of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare; "military law" 2: characteristic of or associated with soldiers or the military; "military uniforms" [ant: nonmilitary, unmilitary] 3: associated with or performed by members of the armed services as contrasted with civilians; "military police" [ant: civilian] n 1: the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" [syn: military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine]
  • necessary
    adj 1: absolutely essential [ant: unnecessary, unneeded] 2: unavoidably determined by prior circumstances; "the necessary consequences of one's actions" n 1: anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained" [syn: necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary] [ant: inessential, nonessential]
  • oscillatory
    adj 1: having periodic vibrations [syn: oscillatory, oscillating]
  • salutary
    adj 1: tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health; "beneficial effects of a balanced diet"; "a good night's sleep"; "the salutary influence of pure air" [syn: good, salutary]
  • scary
    adj 1: provoking fear terror; "a scary movie"; "the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge" [syn: chilling, scarey, scary, shivery, shuddery]
  • solitary
    adj 1: characterized by or preferring solitude; "a lone wolf"; "a lonely existence"; "a man of a solitary disposition"; "a solitary walk" [syn: lone(a), lonely(a), solitary] 2: of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies; "solitary bees" [syn: nongregarious, nonsocial, solitary] 3: lacking companions or companionship; "he was alone when we met him"; "she is alone much of the time"; "the lone skier on the mountain"; "a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel"; "a lonely soul"; "a solitary traveler" [syn: alone(p), lone(a), lonely(a), solitary] 4: being the only one; single and isolated from others; "the lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a solitary instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the sky" [syn: lone(a), lonesome(a), only(a), sole(a), solitary(a)] 5: devoid of creatures; "a lonely crossroads"; "a solitary retreat"; "a trail leading to an unfrequented lake" [syn: lonely, solitary, unfrequented] n 1: confinement of a prisoner in isolation from other prisoners; "he was held in solitary" [syn: solitary confinement, solitary] 2: one who lives in solitude [syn: hermit, recluse, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyte]
  • statutory
    adj 1: relating to or created by statutes; "statutory matters"; "statutory law" 2: prescribed or authorized by or punishable under a statute; "statutory restrictions"; "a statutory age limit"; "statutory crimes"; "statutory rape"
  • aery
    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]
  • nonmilitary
    adj 1: not associated with soldiers or the military; "unmilitary circles of government"; "fatigue duty involves nonmilitary labor" [syn: unmilitary, nonmilitary] [ant: military]
  • pellitory
    n 1: herb that grows in crevices having long narrow leaves and small pink apetalous flowers [syn: pellitory-of-the-wall, wall pellitory, pellitory, Parietaria difussa] 2: a small Mediterranean plant containing a volatile oil once used to relieve toothache [syn: pellitory, pellitory-of- Spain, Anacyclus pyrethrum]
  • retributory
    adj 1: of or relating to or having the nature of retribution; "retributive justice demands an eye for an eye" [syn: retaliatory, relatiative, retributive, retributory, vindicatory] 2: given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts; "retributive justice" [syn: retributive, retributory, vindicatory]
  • confabulatory
  • ejaculatory
  • expostulatory
  • gesticulatory
  • perambulatory
  • stimulatory
  • airey
  • arie
  • ary
  • deambulatory
  • executory
  • locutory
  • distillatory
  • osculatory
  • capitulatory
  • emasculatory

See also paramilitary definition and paramilitary synonyms