| artifice | (noun) a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture) | Synonyms: ruse |
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| benefice | (noun) an endowed church office giving income to its holder | Synonyms: ecclesiastical benefice |
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| (verb) endow with a benefice | - |
| edifice | (noun) a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place | Synonyms: building |
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| fice | (noun) a nervous belligerent little mongrel dog | Synonyms: feist |
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| office | (noun) a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities | - |
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| (noun) the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group | Synonyms: function, part, role |
| (noun) a job in an organization | Synonyms: berth, place, position, post, situation |
| (noun) place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed | Synonyms: business office |
| (noun) professional or clerical workers in an office | Synonyms: office staff |
| (noun) an administrative unit of government | Synonyms: agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency |
| (noun) (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power | Synonyms: power |
| orifice | (noun) an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity | Synonyms: opening, porta |
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| sacrifice | (noun) the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity | Synonyms: ritual killing |
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| (noun) the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc. | Synonyms: forfeit, forfeiture |
| (noun) (baseball) an out that advances the base runners | - |
| (noun) personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective) | - |
| (noun) a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value | - |
| (verb) kill or destroy | - |
| (verb) endure the loss of | Synonyms: give |
| (verb) make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals | - |
| (verb) sell at a loss | - |
| satisfice | (verb) decide on and pursue a course of action satisfying the minimum requirements to achieve a goal | Synonyms: satisfise |
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| suffice | (verb) be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity | Synonyms: answer, do, serve |
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