buggery | (noun) intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman | Synonyms: anal intercourse, anal sex, sodomy |
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chemosurgery | (noun) use of chemical to destroy diseased or malignant tissue; used in treatment of skin cancer | - |
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cryosurgery | (noun) the use of extreme cold (usually liquid nitrogen) to destroy unwanted tissue (warts or cataracts or skin cancers) | - |
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drudgery | (noun) hard monotonous routine work | Synonyms: donkeywork, grind, plodding |
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electrosurgery | (noun) surgery performed with electrical devices (as in electrocautery) | - |
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forgery | (noun) criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud | - |
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(noun) a copy that is represented as the original | Synonyms: counterfeit |
imagery | (noun) the ability to form mental images of things or events | Synonyms: imagination, imaging, mental imagery |
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ironmongery | (noun) the merchandise that is sold in an ironmonger's shop | - |
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jaggery | (noun) unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap | Synonyms: jaggary, jagghery |
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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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neurosurgery | (noun) any surgery that involves the nervous system (brain or spinal cord or peripheral nerves) | - |
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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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pettifoggery | (noun) a quarrel about petty points | Synonyms: bicker, bickering, fuss, spat, squabble, tiff |
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piggery | (noun) a farm where pigs are raised or kept | Synonyms: pig farm |
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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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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 |
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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snuggery | (noun) a small secluded room | Synonyms: cubby, cubbyhole, snug |
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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 | - |
thuggery | (noun) violent or brutal acts as of thugs | - |
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waggery | (noun) a quaint and amusing jest | Synonyms: drollery |
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(noun) waggish behavior | Synonyms: waggishness |