Words that rhyme with preliminary

• ablutionary 0
  adj 1: cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands; "ablutionary rituals" [syn: ablutionary, cleansing]
• aerie 0
  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 0
  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]
• antiphonary 0
  adj 1: relating to or resembling an antiphon or antiphony [syn: antiphonary, antiphonal] n 1: bound collection of antiphons [syn: antiphonary, antiphonal]
• canary 0
  adj 1: having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow [syn: canary, canary-yellow] n 1: someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police [syn: fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, stool pigeon, stoolie, sneak, sneaker, canary] 2: a female singer 3: a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge [syn: canary yellow, canary] 4: any of several small Old World finches [syn: canary, canary bird]
• cardiopulmonary 0
  adj 1: of or pertaining to or affecting both the heart and the lungs and their functions; "cardiopulmonary resuscitation" [syn: cardiopulmonary, cardiorespiratory]
• carry 0
  n 1: the act of carrying something v 1: move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river" [syn: transport, carry] 2: have with oneself; have on one's person; "She always takes an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains" [syn: carry, pack, take] 3: transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" [syn: impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel] 4: serve as a means for expressing something; "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of anger" [syn: carry, convey, express] 5: bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of; "His efforts carried the entire project"; "How many credits is this student carrying?"; "We carry a very large mortgage" 6: support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright" [syn: hold, carry, bear] 7: contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water" [syn: hold, bear, carry, contain] 8: extend to a certain degree; "carry too far"; "She carries her ideas to the extreme" 9: continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces" [syn: carry, extend] 10: be necessarily associated with or result in or involve; "This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison" 11: win in an election; "The senator carried his home state" 12: include, as on a list; "How many people are carried on the payroll?" 13: behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" [syn: behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry] 14: have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?" [syn: stock, carry, stockpile] 15: include as the content; broadcast or publicize; "We ran the ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review"; "All major networks carried the press conference" [syn: carry, run] 16: propel, "Carry the ball"; "dribble the ball" [syn: dribble, carry] 17: pass on a communication; "The news was carried to every village in the province" 18: have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence; "This new washer carries a two year guarantee"; "The loan carries a high interest rate"; "this undertaking carries many dangers"; "She carries her mother's genes"; "These bonds carry warrants"; "The restaurant carries an unusual name" 19: be conveyed over a certain distance; "Her voice carries very well in this big opera house" 20: keep up with financial support; "The Federal Government carried the province for many years" 21: have or possess something abstract; "I carry her image in my mind's eye"; "I will carry the secret to my grave"; "I carry these thoughts in the back of my head"; "I carry a lot of life insurance" 22: be equipped with (a mast or sail); "This boat can only carry a small sail" 23: win approval or support for; "Carry all before one"; "His speech did not sway the voters" [syn: carry, persuade, sway] 24: compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance; "I resent having to carry her all the time" 25: take further or advance; "carry a cause" 26: have on the surface or on the skin; "carry scars" 27: capture after a fight; "The troops carried the town after a brief fight" 28: transfer (entries) from one account book to another [syn: post, carry] 29: transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication; "put down 5 and carry 2" 30: pursue a line of scent or be a bearer; "the dog was taught to fetch and carry" 31: bear (a crop); "this land does not carry olives" 32: propel or give impetus to; "The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence" 33: drink alcohol without showing ill effects; "He can hold his liquor"; "he had drunk more than he could carry" [syn: carry, hold] 34: be able to feed; "This land will carry ten cows to the acre" 35: have a certain range; "This rifle carries for 3,000 feet" 36: cover a certain distance or advance beyond; "The drive carried to the green" 37: secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions); "The motion carried easily" 38: be successful in; "She lost the game but carried the match" 39: sing or play against other voices or parts; "He cannot carry a tune" 40: be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child" [syn: have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect]
• cautionary 0
  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)]
• confectionary 0
  n 1: a confectioner's shop [syn: confectionery, confectionary, candy store]
• confectionery 0
  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
• consuetudinary 0
  n 1: a manual describing the customs of a particular group (especially the ceremonial practices of a monastic order) [syn: consuetudinary, consuetudinal]
• contrary 0
  adj 1: very opposed in nature or character or purpose; "acts contrary to our code of ethics"; "the facts point to a contrary conclusion" 2: of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false; "`hot' and `cold' are contrary terms" 3: resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior" [syn: contrary, obstinate, perverse, wayward] 4: in an opposing direction; "adverse currents"; "a contrary wind" [syn: adverse, contrary] n 1: a relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true" [syn: reverse, contrary, opposite] 2: exact opposition; "public opinion to the contrary he is not guilty" 3: a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false
• coronary 0
  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]
• counterrevolutionary 0
  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]
• deflationary 0
  adj 1: associated with or tending to cause decreases in consumer prices or increases in the purchasing power of money; "deflationary measures" [ant: inflationary]
• dictionary 0
  n 1: a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them [syn: dictionary, lexicon]
• discretionary 0
  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"
• diversionary 0
  adj 1: (of tactics e.g.) likely or designed to confuse or deceive
• eleemosynary 0
  adj 1: generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic contributions" [syn: beneficent, benevolent, eleemosynary, philanthropic]
• elocutionary 0
  adj 1: of or relating to elocution; "elocutionary recitals" 2: (used of style of speaking) overly embellished; "an elocutionary Oxonian delivery"
• enginery 0
  n 1: machinery consisting of engines collectively
• evolutionary 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or produced by evolution; "evolutionary biology"
• expeditionary 0
  adj 1: (used of military forces) designed for military operations abroad; "the French expeditionary force in Indochina"
• extraordinary 0
  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"
• functionary 0
  n 1: a worker who holds or is invested with an office [syn: official, functionary]
• glary 0
  adj 1: shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the glaring sun" [syn: blazing, blinding, dazzling, fulgent, glaring, glary]
• imaginary 0
  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]
• inflationary 0
  adj 1: associated with or tending to cause increases in inflation; "inflationary prices" [ant: deflationary]
• insurrectionary 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or given to insurrection [syn: insurrectional, insurrectionary]
• legionary 0
  n 1: a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion) [syn: legionnaire, legionary]
• luminary 0
  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]
• mercenary 0
  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]
• missionary 0
  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]
• prairie 0
  n 1: a treeless grassy plain
• precautionary 0
  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]
• probationary 0
  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]
• pulmonary 0
  adj 1: relating to or affecting the lungs; "pulmonary disease" [syn: pneumonic, pulmonary, pulmonic]
• reactionary 0
  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]
• remarry 0
  v 1: marry, not for the first time; "After her divorce, she remarried her high school sweetheart"
• reversionary 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or involving a reversion (especially a legal reversion); "reversionary annuity"; "reversionary interest"
• revolutionary 0
  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]
• sanguinary 0
  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]
• scary 0
  adj 1: provoking fear terror; "a scary movie"; "the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge" [syn: chilling, scarey, scary, shivery, shuddery]
• seminary 0
  n 1: a private place of education for the young 2: a theological school for training ministers or priests or rabbis
• stationary 0
  adj 1: standing still; "the car remained stationary with the engine running" 2: not capable of being moved; "stationary machinery"
• stationery 0
  n 1: paper cut to an appropriate size for writing letters; usually with matching envelopes [syn: stationery, letter paper]
• unwary 0
  adj 1: not alert to danger or deception; "the shrieks of unwary animals taken by surprise"; "some thieves prey especially on unwary travelers"; "seduce the unwary reader into easy acquiescence"- O.J.Campbell [ant: wary]
• urinary 0
  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
• veterinary 0
  adj 1: of or relating to veterinarians or veterinary medicine n 1: a doctor who practices veterinary medicine [syn: veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon, vet]
• visionary 0
  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]
• barrie 0
  n 1: Scottish dramatist and novelist; created Peter Pan (1860-1937) [syn: Barrie, James Barrie, J. M. Barrie, James Matthew Barrie, Sir James Matthew Barrie]
• clary 0
  n 1: aromatic herb of southern Europe; cultivated in Great Britain as a potherb and widely as an ornamental [syn: clary, Salvia sclarea]
• azeri 0
  n 1: an ethnic group living in Azerbaijan
• glengarry 0
  n 1: a Scottish cap with straight sides and a crease along the top from front to back; worn by Highlanders as part of military dress
• guarneri 0
  n 1: Italian violin maker and grandson of Andrea Guarneri (1687?-1745) [syn: Guarneri, Guarnieri, Guarnerius, Guiseppe Guarneri] 2: founder of a family of Italian violin makers (1626?-1698) [syn: Guarneri, Guarnieri, Guarnerius, Andrea Guarneri]
• recessionary 0
  adj 1: of or pertaining to a recession [syn: recessionary, recessive]
• aery 0
  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]
• pensionary 0
  n 1: the beneficiary of a pension fund [syn: pensioner, pensionary] 2: a person who works only for money [syn: hireling, pensionary]
• petitionary 0
  adj 1: of the nature of or expressing a petition; "the petitionary procedure had a quality of indecisiveness"
• valetudinary 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of a person who is a valetudinarian [syn: valetudinarian, valetudinary]
• cessionary 0
• concessionary 0
• concretionary 0
• convulsionary 0
• devolutionary 0
• exclusionary 0
• expansionary 0
• lectionary 0
• reflationary 0
• revisionary 0
• airey 0
• arie 0
• ary 0
• barry 0
• frary 0
• garry 0
• querry 0
• skerry 0
• cecere 0
• curreri 0
• ferreri 0
• laprairie 0
• macquarrie 0
• macsharry 0
• maseri 0
• mauceri 0
• maugeri 0
• mcclary 0
• metairie 0
• palminteri 0
• cotyledonary 0
• fractionary 0
• questionary 0
• subordinary 0
• sexagenary 0
• traditionary 0
• tuitionary 0

See also preliminary definition and preliminary synonyms