| BENEFACTORY | • benefactory adj. Yielding benefit; doing good. • benefactory n. One who gives benefit to others; a benefactor. • BENEFACTORY adj. having the nature of a benefactor. |
| CALEFACTORY | • calefactory adj. Warming. • calefactory n. (Architecture) The room or building in a monastery holding its communal fire, kept warm and used as a sitting room. • calefactory n. A warming pan, or similar device used by a priest to warm his hands. |
| DETRACTORY | • detractory adj. (Now rare) That detracts from something; disparaging, depreciatory. • DETRACTORY adj. tending to detract, also DETRACTIVE. |
| DISSATISFACTORY | • dissatisfactory adj. Causing dissatisfaction. • DISSATISFACTORY adj. causing dissatisfaction. |
| ENACTORY | • enactory adj. Serving to enact something, such as a law. • ENACTORY adj. pertaining to the enactment of law. |
| FACTORY | • factory n. (Chiefly Scotland, now rare) The position or state of being a factor. • factory n. (Now historical) A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country. • factory n. A building or other place where manufacturing takes place. |
| FACTORYLIKE | • factorylike adj. Resembling a factory in any of various respects. • FACTORYLIKE adj. like a factory. |
| MALEFACTORY | • malefactory adj. Doing evil or wicked things. • MALEFACTORY adj. having the nature of a malefactor. |
| MANUFACTORY | • manufactory n. (Archaic) A manufacturing process; a particular industry or part of an industry. • manufactory n. (Archaic) A plant where something is manufactured; a factory. • manufactory adj. (Obsolete) Relating to manufacture. |
| OLFACTORY | • olfactory adj. (Relational) Concerning the sense of smell. • olfactory n. (Anatomy, zootomy) Ellipsis of olfactory organ. • olfactory n. (Chiefly in the plural) The sense of smell. |
| REFRACTORY | • refractory adj. Obstinate and unruly; strongly opposed to something. • refractory adj. Not affected by great heat. • refractory adj. (Medicine) Difficult to treat. |
| SATISFACTORY | • satisfactory adj. Done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient. • satisfactory adj. Causing satisfaction; agreeable or pleasant; satisfying. • satisfactory adj. (Theology) Making atonement for a sin; expiatory. |
| UNSATISFACTORY | • unsatisfactory adj. Inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory. • UNSATISFACTORY adj. not satisfactory. |