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179 Nouns That End With ERY

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adultery (noun) extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations Synonyms: criminal conversation, fornication
aery (noun) any habitation at a high altitude Synonyms: aerie, eyrie, eyry
(noun) the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle) Synonyms: aerie, eyrie, eyry
apery (noun) the act of mimicking; imitative behavior Synonyms: mimicry
archery (noun) the sport of shooting arrows with a bow
artery (noun) a major thoroughfare that bears important traffic
(noun) a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body Synonyms: arteria, arterial blood vessel
artillery (noun) large but transportable armament Synonyms: gun, heavy weapon, ordnance
(noun) a means of persuading or arguing Synonyms: weapon
(noun) an army unit that uses big guns Synonyms: artillery unit
bakery (noun) a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold Synonyms: bakehouse, bakeshop
baptistery (noun) bowl for baptismal water Synonyms: baptismal font, baptistry, font
battery (noun) an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact Synonyms: assault and battery
(noun) the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target Synonyms: barrage, barrage fire, bombardment, shelling
(noun) a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series Synonyms: electric battery
(noun) a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores Synonyms: stamp battery
(noun) a collection of related things intended for use together
(noun) group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place
(noun) a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher
bewitchery (noun) magnetic personal charm Synonyms: animal magnetism, beguilement
bindery (noun) a workshop where books are bound
bitchery (noun) aggressive remarks and behavior like that of a spiteful malicious woman
bookbindery (noun) a bookbinder's workshop; a place for binding books
bravery (noun) a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear Synonyms: braveness, courage, courageousness
(noun) feeling no fear Synonyms: fearlessness
brewery (noun) a plant where beer is brewed by fermentation
bribery (noun) the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage Synonyms: graft
buffoonery (noun) acting like a clown or buffoon Synonyms: clowning, frivolity, harlequinade, japery, prank
buggery (noun) intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman Synonyms: anal intercourse, anal sex, sodomy
butchery (noun) the business of a butcher Synonyms: butchering
(noun) the savage and excessive killing of many people Synonyms: carnage, mass murder, massacre, slaughter
(noun) a building where animals are butchered Synonyms: abattoir, shambles, slaughterhouse
buttery (noun) a teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals
(noun) a small storeroom for storing foods or wines Synonyms: larder, pantry
cajolery (noun) flattery intended to persuade Synonyms: blandishment, palaver
cannery (noun) a factory where food is canned
cautery (noun) the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing Synonyms: cauterisation, cauterization
(noun) an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (e.g., removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it Synonyms: cauterant
celery (noun) stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning
(noun) widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked Synonyms: Apium graveolens dulce, cultivated celery
cemetery (noun) a tract of land used for burials Synonyms: burial ground, burial site, burying ground, graveyard, memorial park, necropolis
chancellery (noun) a government building housing the office of a chancellor
chancery (noun) an office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records; a court of public records
(noun) a court with jurisdiction in equity Synonyms: court of chancery
chandlery (noun) a storeroom where candles are kept
(noun) candles and other commodities sold by a chandler
chemosurgery (noun) use of chemical to destroy diseased or malignant tissue; used in treatment of skin cancer
chicanery (noun) the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) Synonyms: chicane, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile
colliery (noun) a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it Synonyms: pit
commandery (noun) the position or office of commander Synonyms: commandership
comradery (noun) the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability Synonyms: camaraderie, chumminess, comradeliness, comradeship
confectionery (noun) the occupation and skills of a confectioner
(noun) a confectioner's shop Synonyms: candy store, confectionary
(noun) candy and other sweets considered collectively
cookery (noun) the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat Synonyms: cooking, preparation
creamery (noun) a workplace where dairy products (butter and cheese etc.) are produced or sold
crockery (noun) tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively Synonyms: dishware
cryocautery (noun) application of a substance that destroys tissue by freezing it
(noun) an instrument for destroying tissue by freezing it
cryosurgery (noun) the use of extreme cold (usually liquid nitrogen) to destroy unwanted tissue (warts or cataracts or skin cancers)
cutlery (noun) tableware implements for cutting and eating food Synonyms: eating utensil
(noun) a cutting implement; a tool for cutting Synonyms: cutter, cutting tool
deanery (noun) the position or office of a dean Synonyms: deanship
(noun) the official residence of a dean
debauchery (noun) a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity Synonyms: bacchanal, bacchanalia, debauch, drunken revelry, orgy, riot, saturnalia
delivery (noun) recovery or preservation from loss or danger Synonyms: deliverance, rescue, saving
(noun) the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another Synonyms: legal transfer, livery
(noun) the act of delivering a child Synonyms: obstetrical delivery
(noun) the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it Synonyms: pitch
(noun) the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail) Synonyms: bringing
(noun) your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally Synonyms: manner of speaking, speech
(noun) the event of giving birth
demagoguery (noun) impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace Synonyms: demagogy
discovery (noun) the act of discovering something Synonyms: find, uncovering
(noun) a productive insight Synonyms: breakthrough, find
(noun) something that is discovered
(noun) (law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case
distillery (noun) a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation Synonyms: still
dowery (noun) money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage Synonyms: dower, dowry, portion
drapery (noun) hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) Synonyms: curtain, drape, mantle, pall
(noun) cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds
drollery (noun) a quaint and amusing jest Synonyms: waggery
(noun) a comic incident or series of incidents Synonyms: clowning, comedy, funniness
drudgery (noun) hard monotonous routine work Synonyms: donkeywork, grind, plodding
dupery (noun) something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage Synonyms: fraud, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, put-on
dysentery (noun) an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea
eatery (noun) a building where people go to eat Synonyms: eating house, eating place, restaurant
effrontery (noun) audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to Synonyms: assumption, presumption, presumptuousness
electrocautery (noun) application of a needle heated by an electric current to destroy tissue (as to remove warts)
electrosurgery (noun) surgery performed with electrical devices (as in electrocautery)
embroidery (noun) decorative needlework Synonyms: fancywork
(noun) elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail Synonyms: embellishment
emery (noun) a hard grey-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite; used as an abrasive (especially as a coating on paper)
enginery (noun) machinery consisting of engines collectively
faery (noun) the enchanted realm of fairies Synonyms: faerie, fairyland
(noun) a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers Synonyms: faerie, fairy, fay, sprite
fakery (noun) the act of faking (or the product of faking)
festoonery (noun) flower chains suspended in curves between points as a decoration Synonyms: festoon
finery (noun) elaborate or showy attire and accessories
fishery (noun) a workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold Synonyms: piscary
flattery (noun) excessive or insincere praise
flummery (noun) meaningless ceremonies and flattery Synonyms: mummery
(noun) a bland custard or pudding especially of oatmeal
foolery (noun) foolish or senseless behavior Synonyms: craziness, folly, indulgence, lunacy, tomfoolery
forgery (noun) criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud
(noun) a copy that is represented as the original Synonyms: counterfeit
frippery (noun) something of little value or significance Synonyms: bagatelle, fluff, frivolity
gallery (noun) narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade
(noun) a covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns)
(noun) a long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose
(noun) a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited Synonyms: art gallery, picture gallery
(noun) a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed) Synonyms: veranda, verandah
(noun) a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine Synonyms: drift, heading
(noun) spectators at a golf or tennis match
gaudery (noun) cheap or pretentious or vain display Synonyms: pomp
gendarmery (noun) French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively Synonyms: gendarmerie
gimcrackery (noun) ornamental objects of no great value Synonyms: falderol, folderal, frill, gimcrack, nonsense, trumpery
goldsmithery (noun) the work, art, or trade of a one who makes or deals in articles of gold.
greenery (noun) green foliage Synonyms: verdure
greengrocery (noun) a greengrocer's grocery store
(noun) groceries sold by a greengrocer
grocery (noun) a marketplace where groceries are sold Synonyms: food market, grocery store, market
(noun) (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer Synonyms: foodstuff
grotesquery (noun) ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion Synonyms: grotesqueness, grotesquerie
gunnery (noun) guns collectively
haberdashery (noun) the drygoods sold by a haberdasher Synonyms: men's furnishings
(noun) a store where men's clothes are sold Synonyms: clothing store, haberdashery store, mens store
hatchery (noun) a place where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions (especially fish eggs)
hosiery (noun) socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear) Synonyms: hose
housewifery (noun) the work of a housewife
imagery (noun) the ability to form mental images of things or events Synonyms: imagination, imaging, mental imagery
ironmongery (noun) the merchandise that is sold in an ironmonger's shop
jaggery (noun) unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap Synonyms: jaggary, jagghery
jagghery (noun) unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap Synonyms: jaggary, jaggery
japery (noun) acting like a clown or buffoon Synonyms: buffoonery, clowning, frivolity, harlequinade, prank
jewellery (noun) an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems) Synonyms: jewelry
jobbery (noun) corruptness among public officials
joinery (noun) the craft of a joiner Synonyms: cabinetmaking
(noun) fine woodwork done by a joiner
jugglery (noun) the performance of a juggler
(noun) artful trickery designed to achieve an end
knavery (noun) lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing Synonyms: dishonesty
knickknackery (noun) miscellaneous curios Synonyms: bric-a-brac, knickknack, nicknack, whatnot
lamasery (noun) a monastery for lamas
lechery (noun) unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity
lepidoptery (noun) the branch of entomology dealing with Lepidoptera Synonyms: lepidopterology
livery (noun) the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another Synonyms: delivery, legal transfer
(noun) the care (feeding and stabling) of horses for pay
(noun) uniform worn by some menservants and chauffeurs
lottery (noun) players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots Synonyms: drawing
(noun) something that is regarded as a chance event
machinery (noun) machines or machine systems collectively
(noun) a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions

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