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-Ory
- - An adjective suffix meaning of or pertaining to, serving for; as in auditory, pertaining to or serving for hearing; prohibitory, amendatory, etc.
Adry
- - In a dry or thirsty condition.
Aery
- adjective - any habitation at a high altitude
- 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"
- the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
Airy
- adjective - 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"
- having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air; "airy gauze curtains"
- not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for getting rich"
- open to or abounding in fresh air; "airy rooms"
Awry
- adjective - away from the correct or expected course; "something has gone awry in our plans"; "something went badly amiss in the preparations"
- not functioning properly; "something is amiss"; "has gone completely haywire"; "something is wrong with the engine"
- turned or twisted to one side; "rugs lying askew"; "with his necktie twisted awry"
- turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"
- Unusual, amiss
Bury
- verb - cover from sight; "Afghani women buried under their burkas"
- dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "I tried to bury these unpleasant memories"
- embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap"
- enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"
- 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"
- place in the earth and cover with soil; "They buried the stolen goods"
Dory
- noun - a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
- marine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope waters
- pike-like freshwater perches
Eery
- adjective - inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening; "an uncomfortable and eerie stillness in the woods"; "an eerie midnight howl"
Ewry
- - An office or place of household service where the ewers were formerly kept.