-ary

(Latin: a suffix; a person who, a place where, a thing which, or pertaining to; connected with; having the character of; apparatus)

The following examples of this suffix represent a very small number of those that exist in other parts of this lexicon.


glossary
1. An alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text about that field.
2. An alphabetical list of often difficult or specialized words with their definitions, often placed at the back of a book.
3. A collection of glosses; a list with explanations of abstruse, antiquated, dialectal, or technical terms; a partial dictionary.
granary
A storehouse for grain after it is threshed.
hebdomadary
A member of a chapter or convent, who took his (or her) weekly turn in the performance of the sacred offices of the Roman Catholic Church.
herbary
illusionary
Characterized by illusions; of the nature of an illusion; illusory.
incendiary
infirmary
1. A health facility where patients receive treatment.
2. A hospital or area within an institution where sick and injured people are medically treated.
inflationary
1. Associated with, or tending to cause, increases in inflation; "The inflationary prices made it extremely difficult to buy food and pay for other living expenses."
2. A reference to the rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services continues to make it harder for people to maintain their physical survival.
inframaxillary
insanitary
interdigitary
Foot web; literally, between the digits; especially, as seen with penguins, ducks, geese, etc.
intermediary
1. Acting or of the nature of action between two persons, parties, etc.; serving as a means of interaction; mediatory.
2. Situated or occurring between two things (in space, time, degree, or character); intermediate.
3. One who acts between others; an intermediate agent; a go-between middleman, mediator.
interplanetary
Situated between the planets. Also, existing between planets or pertaining to travel between planets.
interplanetary scintillation
The Sun emits blobs of plasma (known as the solar wind). Depending on the geometry, rays through different blobs can be focused to a single point. A sort of "twinkling" known as interplanetary scintillation can therefore be observed.
interpupillary
1. Occurring between the pupils of the eyes, referring especially to the distance between the pupils.
2. Extending between the pupils of the eyes; also, extending between the centers of a pair of spectacle lenses; such as, interpupillary distance.

If there are any numbers below, use them to see other pages in this unit.

Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next

Showing page 6 out of 15 pages of 217 words or word groups.

Back to Index | Search Box | Main Index

The Main-Word Info page

The + sign at the end of a unit title means all of the words in that unit have definitions.

Directory of special content and topics

Do you want to help to make this dictionary bigger and better?

Subscribe to this FREE Focusing on Words Newsletter

E-mail Contact words@wordinfo.info




Google
 
Web Search Word Info Search