registry
Meanings
Plural: registries
Noun
- an official written record of names or events or transactions
- A building in which things are registered or where registers are kept.
- A record; an account; a register.
- The act of registering; registration.
- A database of configuration settings etc. maintained by the Microsoft Windows operating system.
Origin / Etymology
A variant of registery, from Middle English regestery (“?a record book; ?a bookmark”), partly from Medieval Latin regesterium, registerium and probably also partly formed with -ery. Equivalent to register + -y.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 12
registry is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordregistry is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
registry is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
registry is a valid Words With Friends word