| mastery | (noun) the act of mastering or subordinating someone | Synonyms: subordination |
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| (noun) great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity | Synonyms: command, control |
| (noun) power to dominate or defeat | Synonyms: domination, supremacy |
| mesentery | (noun) a double layer of peritoneum that attaches to the back wall of the abdominal cavity and supports the small intestines | - |
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| microbrewery | (noun) a small brewery; consumption of the product is mainly elsewhere | - |
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| microsurgery | (noun) surgery using operating microscopes and miniaturized precision instruments to perform intricate procedures on very small structures | - |
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| midwifery | (noun) assisting women at childbirth | - |
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| (noun) the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother | Synonyms: OB, obstetrics, tocology |
| millinery | (noun) hats for women; the wares sold by a milliner | Synonyms: woman's hat |
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| (noun) shop selling women's hats | Synonyms: hat shop |
| misery | (noun) a feeling of intense unhappiness | - |
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| (noun) a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune | Synonyms: miserableness, wretchedness |
| mockery | (noun) humorous or satirical mimicry | Synonyms: parody, takeoff |
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| (noun) showing your contempt by derision | Synonyms: jeer, jeering, scoff, scoffing |
| (noun) a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way | Synonyms: burlesque, lampoon, parody, pasquinade, put-on, send-up, sendup, spoof, takeoff, travesty |
| monastery | (noun) the residence of a religious community | - |
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| mummery | (noun) meaningless ceremonies and flattery | Synonyms: flummery |
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| mystery | (noun) something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained | Synonyms: closed book, enigma, secret |
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| (noun) a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie | Synonyms: mystery story, whodunit |
| napery | (noun) linens for the dining table | Synonyms: table linen |
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| neurosurgery | (noun) any surgery that involves the nervous system (brain or spinal cord or peripheral nerves) | - |
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| nunnery | (noun) the convent of a community of nuns | - |
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| nursery | (noun) a child's room for a baby | Synonyms: baby's room |
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| orangery | (noun) a place where oranges are grown; a plantation of orange trees in warm climes or a greenhouse in cooler areas | - |
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| orrery | (noun) planetarium consisting of an apparatus that illustrates the relative positions and motions of bodies in the solar system by rotation and revolution of balls moved by wheelwork; sometimes incorporated in a clock | - |
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| perfumery | (noun) the art of making perfumes | - |
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| (noun) an establishment where perfumes are made | - |
| (noun) store where perfumes are sold | - |
| (noun) perfumes in general | - |
| periphery | (noun) the outside boundary or surface of something | Synonyms: fringe, outer boundary |
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| pettifoggery | (noun) a quarrel about petty points | Synonyms: bicker, bickering, fuss, spat, squabble, tiff |
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| phrontistery | (noun) an establishment for study and learning (sometimes including modern universities) | - |
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| phylactery | (noun) (Judaism) either of two small leather cases containing texts from the Hebrew Scriptures (known collectively as tefillin); traditionally worn (on the forehead and the left arm) by Jewish men during morning prayer | Synonyms: tefillin |
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| piggery | (noun) a farm where pigs are raised or kept | Synonyms: pig farm |
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| plumbery | (noun) the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building) | Synonyms: plumbing |
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| poltroonery | (noun) abject pusillanimity | - |
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| popery | (noun) offensive terms for the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church | Synonyms: papism |
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| pottery | (noun) the craft of making earthenware | - |
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| (noun) ceramic ware made from clay and baked in a kiln | Synonyms: clayware |
| (noun) a workshop where clayware is made | - |
| presbytery | (noun) building reserved for the officiating clergy | - |
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| prudery | (noun) excessive or affected modesty | Synonyms: Grundyism, primness, prudishness |
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| psaltery | (noun) an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings | - |
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| psychosurgery | (noun) brain surgery on human patients intended to relieve severe and otherwise intractable mental or behavioral problems | - |
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| puffery | (noun) a flattering commendation (especially when used for promotional purposes) | - |
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| quackery | (noun) medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings | Synonyms: empiricism |
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| (noun) the dishonesty of a charlatan | Synonyms: charlatanism |
| query | (noun) an instance of questioning | Synonyms: enquiry, inquiry, interrogation, question |
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| raillery | (noun) light teasing repartee | Synonyms: backchat, banter, give-and-take |
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| recovery | (noun) the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost) | Synonyms: retrieval |
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| (noun) return to an original state | - |
| (noun) gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury | Synonyms: convalescence, recuperation |
| rediscovery | (noun) the act of discovering again | - |
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| refinery | (noun) an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance | - |
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| rettery | (noun) a place or establishment where flax is retted. | - |
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| revery | (noun) an abstracted state of absorption | Synonyms: reverie |
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| (noun) absentminded dreaming while awake | Synonyms: air castle, castle in Spain, castle in the air, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, reverie |
| robbery | (noun) larceny by threat of violence | - |
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| (noun) plundering during riots or in wartime | Synonyms: looting |
| rockery | (noun) a garden featuring rocks; usually alpine plants | Synonyms: rock garden |
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| roguery | (noun) reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others | Synonyms: devilment, devilry, deviltry, mischief-making, mischief, mischievousness, rascality, roguishness, shenanigan |
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| rookery | (noun) a breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks) | - |
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| saddlery | (noun) gear for a horse | Synonyms: stable gear, tack |
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| (noun) workshop where a saddler works | - |
| savagery | (noun) a brutal barbarous savage act | Synonyms: barbarism, barbarity, brutality |
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| (noun) the trait of extreme cruelty | Synonyms: brutality, ferociousness, viciousness |
| (noun) the property of being untamed and ferocious | Synonyms: savageness |
| scenery | (noun) the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale | Synonyms: scene |
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| (noun) the appearance of a place | - |
| scullery | (noun) a small room (in large old British houses) next to the kitchen; where kitchen utensils are cleaned and kept and other rough household jobs are done | - |
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| serictery | (noun) silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm) or spiders | Synonyms: sericterium, silk gland |
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| shrubbery | (noun) a collection of shrubs growing together | - |
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| (noun) an area where a number of shrubs are planted | - |
| skulduggery | (noun) verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way | Synonyms: hanky panky, hocus-pocus, jiggery-pokery, skullduggery, slickness, trickery |
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| skullduggery | (noun) verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way | Synonyms: hanky panky, hocus-pocus, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, slickness, trickery |
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| slavery | (noun) work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay | - |
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| (noun) the practice of owning slaves | Synonyms: slaveholding |
| (noun) the state of being under the control of another person | Synonyms: bondage, thraldom, thrall, thralldom |
| smeltery | (noun) an industrial plant for smelting | Synonyms: smelter |
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| snobbery | (noun) the trait of condescending to those of lower social status | Synonyms: snobbishness, snobbism |
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| snuggery | (noun) a small secluded room | Synonyms: cubby, cubbyhole, snug |
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| soldiery | (noun) soldiers collectively | Synonyms: military personnel, troops |
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| sorcery | (noun) the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world | Synonyms: black art, black magic, necromancy |
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| spicery | (noun) the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored | Synonyms: spice, spiciness |
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| stationery | (noun) paper cut to an appropriate size for writing letters; usually with matching envelopes | Synonyms: letter paper |
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| stitchery | (noun) needlework on which you are working with needle and thread | Synonyms: sewing |
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| surgery | (noun) a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body | Synonyms: operation, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process |
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| (noun) a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations | Synonyms: operating room, operating theater, operating theatre, OR |
| (noun) a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted | - |
| (noun) the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures | - |
| tannery | (noun) workplace where skins and hides are tanned | - |
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| thermocautery | (noun) cautery (destruction of tissue) by heat | - |
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| thievery | (noun) the act of taking something from someone unlawfully | Synonyms: larceny, stealing, theft, thieving |
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| thuggery | (noun) violent or brutal acts as of thugs | - |
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| tomfoolery | (noun) foolish or senseless behavior | Synonyms: craziness, folly, foolery, indulgence, lunacy |
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| tracery | (noun) decoration consisting of an open pattern of interlacing ribs | - |
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| treachery | (noun) an act of deliberate betrayal | Synonyms: betrayal, perfidy, treason |
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| (noun) betrayal of a trust | Synonyms: perfidiousness, perfidy |
| trickery | (noun) the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | Synonyms: chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, wile |
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| (noun) verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way | Synonyms: hanky panky, hocus-pocus, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery, slickness |
| trumpery | (noun) ornamental objects of no great value | Synonyms: falderol, folderal, frill, gimcrack, gimcrackery, nonsense |
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| (noun) nonsensical talk or writing | Synonyms: applesauce, codswallop, folderol, rubbish, trash, tripe, wish-wash |
| turnery | (noun) products made on a lathe | - |
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| (noun) workshop where objects are made on a lathe | - |
| tushery | (noun) writing of poor quality; characterized by affected choice of archaic words | - |
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| upholstery | (noun) the craft of upholstering | - |
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| (noun) covering (padding and springs and webbing and fabric) on a piece of furniture | - |
| veery | (noun) tawny brown North American thrush noted for its song | Synonyms: Hylocichla fuscescens, Wilson's thrush |
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| vinery | (noun) a farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced | Synonyms: vineyard |
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| waggery | (noun) a quaint and amusing jest | Synonyms: drollery |
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| (noun) waggish behavior | Synonyms: waggishness |
| winery | (noun) an establishment where wine is made | Synonyms: wine maker |
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| witchery | (noun) the art of sorcery | Synonyms: witchcraft |
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