-ery

Usage

• chicanery

  If you employ chicanery, you are devising and carrying out clever plans and trickery to cheat and deceive people.

• effrontery

  Effrontery is very rude behavior that shows a great lack of respect and is often insulting.

• archery

  the sport of shooting arrows with a bow

• bravery

  a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear

• bribery

  the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage

• foolery

  foolish or senseless behavior

• ironmongery

  the merchandise that is sold in an ironmonger's shop

• joinery

  fine woodwork done by a joiner

• knavery

  lack of honesty

• mummery

  meaningless ceremonies and flattery

• skulduggery

  verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way

• sorcery

  the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world

• surgery

  the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures

• witchery

  the art of sorcery