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(Latin: a suffix; of or relating to; like; resembling)


maledictory
Of the nature of, or resembling a malediction.
masticatory
1. Used for chewing.
2. A preparation designed to be chewed.
natatory
Swimming; characterized by swimming.
negatory
olfactory
A reference to olfaction, or the sense of smell.
oratory
1. The art of speaking in public with style, cogency, and grace.
2. Eloquence in public speaking; especially, of the kind that shows the speaker's rhetorical skills.
palliatory
Characterized by palliation; having the function or effect of palliating.
phonatory
A reference to phonation.
polysensory
1. Being responsive to multiple agents or stimuli.
2. Affecting or pertaining to multiple sense mechanisms.
potatory
1. Pertaining to or given to drinking; for example, "She was an expert in the potatory pleasures of French and California wines."
2. Relating to or participating in drinking.
proclamatory
1. That which proclaims or makes a public announcement.
2. Of, pertaining to, like, or of the nature of a proclamation.
3. The making (of land) fit for cultivation.
revisory
salivatory
Causing salivation.
satisfactory
sensory
Connected with the reception and transmission of sense impressions; transmitting impulses from sense organs to nerve centers.

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