Words that rhyme with very
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ablutionary
adj 1: cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands; "ablutionary rituals" [syn: ablutionary, cleansing] -
abolitionary
adj 1: relating to or favoring abolition, especially abolition of slavery -
actuary
n 1: someone versed in the collection and interpretation of numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to calculate insurance premiums) [syn: statistician, actuary] -
adversary
n 1: someone who offers opposition [syn: adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister] [ant: agonist] -
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] -
ancillary
adj 1: furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other" [syn: accessory, adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary] -
antiquary
n 1: an expert or collector of antiquities [syn: antiquary, antiquarian, archaist] -
apiary
n 1: a shed containing a number of beehives [syn: apiary, bee house] -
apothecary
n 1: a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs [syn: pharmacist, druggist, chemist, apothecary, pill pusher, pill roller] -
arbitrary
adj 1: based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice; "an arbitrary decision"; "the arbitrary rule of a dictator"; "an arbitrary penalty"; "of arbitrary size and shape"; "an arbitrary choice"; "arbitrary division of the group into halves" [ant: nonarbitrary, unarbitrary] -
aviary
n 1: a building where birds are kept [syn: aviary, bird sanctuary, volary] -
barberry
n 1: any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries -
bayberry
n 1: West Indian tree; source of bay rum [syn: bayberry, bay- rum tree, Jamaica bayberry, wild cinnamon, Pimenta acris] 2: deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey- green wax-coated berries [syn: bayberry, candleberry, swamp candleberry, waxberry, Myrica pensylvanica] -
bearberry
n 1: shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada [syn: cascara buckthorn, bearberry, bearwood, chittamwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus] 2: deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States [syn: bearberry, possum haw, winterberry, Ilex decidua] 3: chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas -
beret
n 1: a cap with no brim or bill; made of soft cloth -
beriberi
n 1: avitaminosis caused by lack of thiamine (vitamin B1) -
berry
n 1: any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves 2: a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry) 3: United States rock singer (born in 1931) [syn: Berry, Chuck Berry, Charles Edward Berry] v 1: pick or gather berries; "We went berrying in the summer" -
bestiary
n 1: a medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals -
bevy
n 1: a large gathering of people of a particular type; "he was surrounded by a bevy of beauties in bathing attire"; "a bevy of young beach boys swarmed around him" 2: a flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground); "we were visited at breakfast by a bevy of excited ducks" -
binary
adj 1: of or pertaining to a number system have 2 as its base; "a binary digit" 2: consisting of two (units or components or elements or terms); "a binary star is a system in which two stars revolve around each other"; "a binary compound"; "the binary number system has two as its base" n 1: a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation [syn: binary star, binary, double star] 2: a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run on a different operating system; "the same source code can be compiled to produce different binaries for different operating systems" [syn: binary, binary program] -
blackberry
n 1: large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus 2: bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle [syn: blackberry, blackberry bush] v 1: pick or gather blackberries; "The children went blackberrying" -
blueberry
n 1: any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries [syn: blueberry, blueberry bush] 2: sweet edible dark-blue berries of either low-growing or high- growing blueberry plants -
boysenberry
n 1: cultivated hybrid bramble of California having large dark wine-red fruit with a flavor resembling raspberries [syn: boysenberry, boysenberry bush] 2: large raspberry-flavored fruit; cross between blackberries and raspberries -
budgetary
adj 1: of or relating to a budget; "budgetary considerations" -
bury
v 1: cover from sight; "Afghani women buried under their burkas" 2: place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday" [syn: bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest] 3: place in the earth and cover with soil; "They buried the stolen goods" 4: enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter" [syn: immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up] 5: embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap" [syn: bury, sink] 6: dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "I tried to bury these unpleasant memories" [syn: forget, bury] [ant: remember, think of] -
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] -
capillary
adj 1: of or relating to hair 2: long and slender with a very small internal diameter; "a capillary tube" [syn: capillary, hairlike] n 1: a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action [syn: capillary, capillary tube, capillary tubing] 2: any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules [syn: capillary, capillary vessel] -
cardiopulmonary
adj 1: of or pertaining to or affecting both the heart and the lungs and their functions; "cardiopulmonary resuscitation" [syn: cardiopulmonary, cardiorespiratory] -
carry
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
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)] -
cemetery
n 1: a tract of land used for burials [syn: cemetery, graveyard, burial site, burial ground, burying ground, memorial park, necropolis] -
checkerberry
n 1: creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell- shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil [syn: teaberry, wintergreen, checkerberry, mountain tea, groundberry, ground-berry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens] 2: spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil [syn: wintergreen, boxberry, checkerberry, teaberry, spiceberry] -
cherry
adj 1: of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies [syn: red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet] n 1: wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry 2: any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood [syn: cherry, cherry tree] 3: a red fruit with a single hard stone 4: a red the color of ripe cherries [syn: cerise, cherry, cherry red] -
chokecherry
n 1: the fruit of the chokecherry tree 2: a common wild cherry of eastern North America having small bitter black berries favored by birds [syn: chokecherry, chokecherry tree, Prunus virginiana] -
cloudberry
n 1: creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries [syn: cloudberry, dwarf mulberry, bakeapple, baked-apple berry, salmonberry, Rubus chamaemorus] -
commissary
n 1: a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel) 2: a snack bar in a film studio -
confectionery
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 -
constabulary
n 1: the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him" [syn: police, police force, constabulary, law] -
contemporary
adj 1: characteristic of the present; "contemporary trends in design"; "the role of computers in modern-day medicine" [syn: contemporary, modern-day] 2: belonging to the present time; "contemporary leaders" [syn: contemporary, present-day(a)] 3: occurring in the same period of time; "a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation"; "the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart" [syn: contemporaneous, contemporary] n 1: a person of nearly the same age as another [syn: contemporary, coeval] -
contrary
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 -
corollary
n 1: a practical consequence that follows naturally; "blind jealousy is a frequent corollary of passionate love" 2: (logic) an inference that follows directly from the proof of another proposition -
counterrevolutionary
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] -
cranberry
n 1: any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries 2: very tart red berry used for sauce or juice -
culinary
adj 1: of or relating to or used in cooking -
customary
adj 1: in accordance with convention or custom; "sealed the deal with the customary handshake" 2: commonly used or practiced; usual; "his accustomed thoroughness"; "took his customary morning walk"; "his habitual comment"; "with her wonted candor" [syn: accustomed, customary, habitual, wonted(a)] -
dairy
n 1: a farm where dairy products are produced [syn: dairy, dairy farm] -
deflationary
adj 1: associated with or tending to cause decreases in consumer prices or increases in the purchasing power of money; "deflationary measures" [ant: inflationary] -
depositary
n 1: a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping [syn: depository, deposit, depositary, repository] -
dewberry
n 1: any of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of North America [syn: dewberry, dewberry bush, running blackberry] 2: blackberry-like fruits of any of several trailing blackberry bushes -
dictionary
n 1: a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them [syn: dictionary, lexicon] -
dietary
adj 1: of or relating to the diet; "dietary restrictions" [syn: dietary, dietetic, dietetical] n 1: a regulated daily food allowance -
dignitary
n 1: an important or influential (and often overbearing) person [syn: very important person, VIP, high-up, dignitary, panjandrum, high muckamuck] -
disciplinary
adj 1: relating to discipline in behavior; "disciplinary problems in the classroom" 2: relating to a specific field of academic study; "economics in its modern disciplinary sense" 3: designed to promote discipline; "the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional"; "disciplinal measures"; "the mother was stern and disciplinary" [syn: corrective, disciplinary, disciplinal] -
discretionary
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
adj 1: (of tactics e.g.) likely or designed to confuse or deceive -
dromedary
n 1: one-humped camel of the hot deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia [syn: Arabian camel, dromedary, Camelus dromedarius] -
elderberry
n 1: a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies [syn: bourtree, black elder, common elder, elderberry, European elder, Sambucus nigra] 2: berrylike fruit of an elder used for e.g. wines and jellies -
equerry
n 1: an official charged with the care of the horses of princes or nobles 2: a personal attendant of the British royal family -
fairy
n 1: a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers [syn: fairy, faery, faerie, fay, sprite] 2: offensive term for an openly homosexual man [syn: fagot, faggot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queen, queer, poof, poove, pouf] -
ferry
n 1: a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule [syn: ferry, ferryboat] 2: transport by boat or aircraft [syn: ferry, ferrying] v 1: transport from one place to another 2: transport by ferry 3: travel by ferry -
glary
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] -
hairy
adj 1: having or covered with hair; "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a hairy caterpillar" [syn: hairy, haired, hirsute] [ant: hairless] 2: hazardous and frightening; "hairy moments in the mountains" -
jerry
n 1: offensive term for a person of German descent [syn: Kraut, Krauthead, Boche, Jerry, Hun] -
loganberry
n 1: red-fruited bramble native from Oregon to Baja California [syn: loganberry, Rubus loganobaccus, Rubus ursinus loganobaccus] 2: large red variety of the dewberry -
marry
v 1: take in marriage [syn: marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse] 2: perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii" [syn: marry, wed, tie, splice] -
merry
adj 1: full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh" [syn: gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful] 2: offering fun and gaiety; "a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening" [syn: gay, festal, festive, merry] 3: quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze" [syn: alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy] -
nary
adj 1: (used with singular count nouns) colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'; "heard nary a sound" -
parry
n 1: (fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular motion of the sword 2: a return punch (especially by a boxer) [syn: counterpunch, parry, counter] v 1: impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an attack" [syn: parry, block, deflect] 2: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" [syn: hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep] -
prairie
n 1: a treeless grassy plain -
remarry
v 1: marry, not for the first time; "After her divorce, she remarried her high school sweetheart" -
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] -
secretary
n 1: a person who is head of an administrative department of government 2: an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization [syn: secretary, secretarial assistant] 3: a person to whom a secret is entrusted [syn: repository, secretary] 4: a desk used for writing [syn: secretary, writing table, escritoire, secretaire] -
serviceberry
n 1: any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit [syn: Juneberry, serviceberry, service tree, shadbush, shadblow] 2: edible purple or red berries [syn: saskatoon, serviceberry, shadberry, juneberry] -
sherry
n 1: dry to sweet amber wine from the Jerez region of southern Spain or similar wines produced elsewhere; usually drunk as an aperitif -
snowberry
n 1: deciduous shrub of western North America having spikes of pink flowers followed by round white berries [syn: snowberry, common snowberry, waxberry, Symphoricarpos alba] -
soapberry
n 1: a tree of the genus Sapindus whose fruit is rich in saponin [syn: soapberry, soapberry tree] -
spiceberry
n 1: shrub with coral-red berries; Japan to northern India [syn: coralberry, spiceberry, Ardisia crenata] 2: spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil [syn: wintergreen, boxberry, checkerberry, teaberry, spiceberry] -
terry
n 1: English actress (1847-1928) [syn: Terry, Dame Ellen Terry, Dame Alice Ellen Terry] 2: a pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides; used to make bath towels and bath robes [syn: terry, terry cloth, terrycloth] -
undersecretary
n 1: a secretary immediately subordinate to the head of a department of government -
unnecessary
adj 1: not necessary [syn: unnecessary, unneeded] [ant: necessary] -
unwary
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] -
vary
v 1: become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season" [syn: change, alter, vary] 2: be at variance with; be out of line with [syn: deviate, vary, diverge, depart] [ant: conform] 3: be subject to change in accordance with a variable; "Prices vary"; "His moods vary depending on the weather" 4: make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu" [syn: vary, variegate, motley] -
wary
adj 1: marked by keen caution and watchful prudence; "they were wary in their movements"; "a wary glance at the black clouds"; "taught to be wary of strangers" [ant: unwary] 2: openly distrustful and unwilling to confide [syn: leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary] -
wherry
n 1: sailing barge used especially in East Anglia [syn: wherry, Norfolk wherry] 2: light rowboat for use in racing or for transporting goods and passengers in inland waters and harbors -
whortleberry
n 1: erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue- black berries [syn: bilberry, whortleberry, whinberry, blaeberry, Viccinium myrtillus] 2: blue-black berries similar to American blueberries [syn: bilberry, whortleberry, European blueberry] -
barrie
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
n 1: aromatic herb of southern Europe; cultivated in Great Britain as a potherb and widely as an ornamental [syn: clary, Salvia sclarea] -
mary
n 1: the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics [syn: Mary, Virgin Mary, The Virgin, Blessed Virgin, Madonna] -
perry
n 1: United States philosopher (1876-1957) [syn: Perry, Ralph Barton Perry] 2: United States admiral who led a naval expedition to Japan and signed a treaty in 1854 opening up trade relations between United States and Japan; brother of Oliver Hazard Perry (1794-1858) [syn: Perry, Matthew Calbraith Perry] 3: United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812; brother of Matthew Calbraith Perry (1785-1819) [syn: Perry, Oliver Hazard Perry, Commodore Perry] 4: a fermented and often effervescent beverage made from juice of pears; similar in taste to hard cider -
sperry
n 1: United States engineer and inventor of the gyrocompass (1860-1930) [syn: Sperry, Elmer Ambrose Sperry] -
azeri
n 1: an ethnic group living in Azerbaijan -
glengarry
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
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] -
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] -
knobkerrie
n 1: a short wooden club with a heavy knob on one end; used by aborigines in southern Africa [syn: knobkerrie, knobkerry] -
rebury
v 1: bury again; "After the king's body had been exhumed and tested to traces of poison, it was reburied in the same spot" -
axillary
adj 1: of or relating to the axil [syn: axillary, alar] 2: of or relating to the armpit; "axillary gland" -
biliary
adj 1: relating to or containing bile [syn: bilious, biliary] 2: relating to the bile ducts or the gallbladder -
canterbury
n 1: a town in Kent in southeastern England; site of the cathedral where Thomas a Becket was martyred in 1170; seat of the archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church
See also very definition and very synonyms
