Words that rhyme with pellitory

• ambulatory 0
  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 0
  adj 1: capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution; "an assimilative substance [syn: assimilating, assimilative, assimilatory]
• circulatory 0
  adj 1: of or relating to circulation [syn: circulative, circulatory] 2: relating to circulatory system or to circulation of the blood
• communicatory 0
  adj 1: able or tending to communicate; "was a communicative person and quickly told all she knew"- W.M.Thackeray [syn: communicative, communicatory] [ant: incommunicative, uncommunicative]
• condemnatory 0
  adj 1: containing or imposing condemnation or censure; "a condemnatory decree" [syn: condemnatory, condemning]
• confirmatory 0
  adj 1: serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence" [syn: collateral, confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying]
• consolatory 0
  adj 1: affording comfort or solace [syn: comforting, consolatory, consoling]
• depilatory 0
  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 0
  adj 1: wasting time [syn: dilatory, laggard, poky, pokey]
• indicatory 0
  adj 1: (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly; "actions indicative of fear" [syn: indicative, indicatory, revelatory, significative, suggestive]
• interlocutory 0
  adj 1: consisting of dialogue
• justificatory 0
  adj 1: attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing [syn: defensive, justificative, justificatory] 2: providing justification [syn: justificative, justificatory, vindicatory]
• migratory 0
  adj 1: used of animals that move seasonally; "migratory birds" [ant: nonmigratory, resident] 2: habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work; "appalled by the social conditions of migrant life"; "migratory workers" [syn: migrant, migratory]
• military 0
  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]
• nugatory 0
  adj 1: of no real value; "a nugatory law"
• oscillatory 0
  adj 1: having periodic vibrations [syn: oscillatory, oscillating]
• paramilitary 0
  adj 1: of or relating to a group of civilians organized to function like or to assist a military unit n 1: a group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops) [syn: paramilitary, paramilitary force, paramilitary unit, paramilitary organization, paramilitary organisation]
• placatory 0
  adj 1: intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions; "the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich"; "placating (or placative) gestures"; "an astonishingly placatory speech" [syn: appeasing(a), placating, placative, placatory]
• regulatory 0
  adj 1: restricting according to rules or principles; "a regulatory gene" [syn: regulative, regulatory]
• revelatory 0
  adj 1: (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly; "actions indicative of fear" [syn: indicative, indicatory, revelatory, significative, suggestive] 2: prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom [syn: apocalyptic, apocalyptical, revelatory]
• salutary 0
  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]
• solitary 0
  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 0
  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"
• vibratory 0
  adj 1: moving very rapidly to and fro or up and down; "the vibrating piano strings"
• vindicatory 0
  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] 3: providing justification [syn: justificative, justificatory, vindicatory]
• rotatory 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial or orbital turn [syn: rotatory, revolutionary]
• stipulatory 0
  adj 1: constituted or contracted by stipulation or agreement; "stipulatory obligations" [syn: agreed upon(p), stipulatory]
• mitigatory 0
  adj 1: moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear [syn: alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory, palliative]
• retributory 0
  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]
• supplicatory 0
  adj 1: humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness" [syn: suppliant, supplicant, supplicatory]
• undulatory 0
  adj 1: resembling waves in form or outline or motion [syn: undulatory, undulant]
• commendatory 0
• compensatory 0
• confabulatory 0
• ejaculatory 0
• expostulatory 0
• gesticulatory 0
• incubatory 0
• innovatory 0
• perambulatory 0
• stimulatory 0
• aurae 0
• flagellatory 0
• incantatory 0
• deambulatory 0
• executory 0
• citatory 0
• locutory 0
• pulsatory 0
• castigatory 0
• distillatory 0
• emigratory 0
• execratory 0
• osculatory 0
• capitulatory 0
• emasculatory 0

See also pellitory definition and pellitory synonyms