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-ory
unknown · 78% connection
An adjective suffix meaning of or pertaining to, serving for; as in auditory, pertaining to or serving for hearing; prohibitory, amend…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, gnomon, dialing.
Aeolian
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to Aeolia or Aeolis, in Asia Minor, colonized by the Greeks, or to its inhabitants; aeolic; as, the Aeolian dialect.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, gnomon, dialing.
Agonistical
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnat…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, gnomon, dialing.
Anglican
adjective · 78% connection
English; of or pertaining to England or the English nation; especially, pertaining to, or connected with, the established church of En…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, gnomon, dialing.
Bulbar
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to bulb; especially, in medicine, pertaining to the bulb of the spinal cord, or medulla oblongata; as, bulbar paralys…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, gnomon, dialing.
Classical
noun · 78% connection
Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, gnomon, dialing.
Cock
noun · 78% connection
The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, gnomon, dialing.
Curule
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to a chariot.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, gnomon, dialing.
Cystic
adjective · 78% connection
Having the form of, or living in, a cyst; as, the cystic entozoa.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, gnomon, dialing.
Dial
noun · 78% connection
An instrument, formerly much used for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface; esp.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, gnomon, dialing.
Dialist
noun · 78% connection
A maker of dials; one skilled in dialing.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, gnomon, dialing.
Equatorial
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to the equator; as, equatorial climates; also, pertaining to an equatorial instrument.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, gnomon, dialing.
Formic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, ants; as, formic acid; in an extended sense, pertaining to, or derived from, formic acid; as, formic e…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, gnomon, dialing.
Fulmiaic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to fulmination; detonating; specifically (Chem.), pertaining to, derived from, or denoting, an acid, so called; as, fulmini…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, gnomon, dialing.
Glacial
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, gnomon, dialing.
Gnomon
noun · 78% connection
The style or pin, which by its shadow, shows the hour of the day. It is usually set parallel to the earth's axis.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, gnomon, dialing.
Gnomonics
noun · 78% connection
The art or science of dialing, or of constructing dials to show the hour of the day by the shadow of a gnomon.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, gnomon, dialing.
Gymnastical
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to athletic exercises intended for health, defense, or diversion; -- said of games or exercises, as running, leaping, wrest…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, gnomon, dialing.