Words that rhyme with secondary
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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] -
bindery
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boundary
n 1: the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something [syn: boundary, bound, bounds] 2: a line determining the limits of an area [syn: boundary, edge, bound] 3: the greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability" [syn: limit, bound, boundary] -
canary
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] -
dairy
n 1: a farm where dairy products are produced [syn: dairy, dairy farm] -
doddery
adj 1: mentally or physically infirm with age; "his mother was doddering and frail" [syn: doddering, doddery, gaga, senile] -
embroidery
n 1: elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail; "the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings" [syn: embellishment, embroidery] 2: decorative needlework [syn: embroidery, fancywork] -
lapidary
adj 1: of or relating to precious stones or the art of working with them; "the ring is of no lapidary value"- Lord Byron; "lapidary art" n 1: an expert on precious stones and the art of cutting and engraving them [syn: lapidary, lapidarist] 2: a skilled worker who cuts and engraves precious stones [syn: lapidary, lapidist] -
legendary
adj 1: so celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a legend; "the legendary exploits of the arctic trailblazers" 2: celebrated in fable or legend; "the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox"; "legendary exploits of Jesse James" [syn: fabled, legendary] -
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] -
prebendary
n 1: a canon who receives a prebend for serving the church -
primary
adj 1: of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest" [ant: secondary] 2: not derived from or reducible to something else; basic; "a primary instinct" 3: most important element; "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets"; "the master bedroom"; "a master switch" [syn: chief(a), main(a), primary(a), principal(a), master(a)] 4: of or being the essential or basic part; "an elementary need for love and nurturing" [syn: elementary, elemental, primary] 5: of primary importance [syn: basal, primary] n 1: a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen [syn: primary, primary election] 2: one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing [syn: primary, primary feather, primary quill] 3: (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it 4: coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit; "current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil" [syn: primary coil, primary winding, primary] -
prudery
n 1: excessive or affected modesty [syn: primness, prudishness, prudery, Grundyism] -
quandary
n 1: a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people" [syn: predicament, quandary, plight] 2: state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options [syn: dilemma, quandary] -
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] -
shuddery
adj 1: provoking fear terror; "a scary movie"; "the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge" [syn: chilling, scarey, scary, shivery, shuddery] -
spidery
adj 1: relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida [syn: arachnoid, arachnidian, spidery, spiderlike, spiderly] -
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] -
cindery
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airey
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tindery
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