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editSuffix
edit-atory
- forms adjectives of, relating to, or connected with the thing specified
- forms nouns that represent things or places where a specified activity takes place
Derived terms
edit(adjectives):
- accusatory
- adoratory
- adulatory
- aleatory
- amatory
- ambulatory
- amendatory
- anovulatory
- anticipatory
- anti-inflammatory
- applicatory
- articulatory
- aspiratory
- cardiorespiratory
- circulatory
- classificatory
- combinatory
- commemoratory
- commendatory
- compensatory
- conciliatory
- conservatory
- copulatory
- cosignatory
- crematory
- damnatory
- declamatory
- declaratory
- defamatory
- depilatory
- deprecatory
- depreciatory
- derogatory
- dextrorotatory
- dilatory
- discriminatory
- dispensatory
- divinatory
- ejaculatory
- emancipatory
- exclamatory
- exculpatory
- excusatory
- expiatory
- expiratory
- explanatory
- exploratory
- expurgatory
- feudatory
- fumatory
- gustatory
- gyratory
- hallucinatory
- hibernatory
- hortatory
- improvisatory
- inflammatory
- informatory
- initiatory
- innovatory
- inspiratory
- interrogatory
- invitatory
- invocatory
- judicatory
- justificatory
- laudatory
- levorotatory
- libratory
- mandatory
- masticatory
- masturbatory
- migratory
- minatory
- moratory
- nugatory
- obligatory
- participatory
- potatory
- precatory
- predatory
- predicatory
- prefatory
- preparatory
- propitiatory
- pulsatory
- purgatory
- reformatory
- regulatory
- respiratory
- retaliatory
- revelatory
- reverberatory
- rogatory
- rotatory
- saltatory
- salutatory
- self-deprecatory
- self-explanatory
- signatory
- sternutatory
- stimulatory
- sudatory
- supererogatory
- supplicatory
- vacillatory
- vesicatory
- vindicatory
(nouns):
- adoratory
- ambulatory
- calcatory
- cosignatory
- conservatory
- crematory
- infirmatory
- laboratory
- lavatory
- observatory
- oratory
- purgatory
- reformatory
- signatory