| BASTARDRY | • bastardry n. (Dated) The state of being a bastard (illegitimate child). • bastardry n. (Rare) The unpleasant behaviour of a bastard (objectionable person). • BASTARDRY n. (Australian slang) malicious or cruel behaviour, also BASTARDY. |
| BRIGANDRY | • brigandry n. Synonym of brigandage. • BRIGANDRY n. the act of being a brigand. |
| CUCKOLDRY | • cuckoldry n. An act of adultery committed by a married woman against her husband. • cuckoldry n. The state of being a cuckold. • cuckoldry n. (Zoology) Among certain male fish, the practice of interrupting a mating pair to release sperm in an… |
| GARLANDRY | • garlandry n. Garlands, or decorations that resemble garlands. • GARLANDRY n. garlands collectively. |
| HEMIHEDRY | • hemihedry n. The condition of being hemihedral. • HEMIHEDRY n. a property of crystals of being hemihedral. |
| HUSBANDRY | • husbandry n. The occupation or work of a husbandman or farmer; the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock; agriculture. • husbandry n. The prudent management or conservation of resources. • husbandry n. (Now chiefly nautical) Administration or management of day-to-day matters. |
| POLYANDRY | • polyandry n. The having of a plurality of husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a woman to more than… • polyandry n. (Zoology) The mating pattern whereby a female copulates with plural males. • polyandry n. Sexual relations with multiple males, by a female or a male, human or non-human, within or without marriage. |
| PROTANDRY | • protandry n. (Biology) The condition in which an organism begins life as a male and then changes into a female. • protandry n. (Botany) The condition of flowers whose male parts mature before the female ones. • protandry n. (Ethology) The arrival of males before females at a mating site. |
| STEWARDRY | • stewardry n. Stewardship; the role of a steward. • STEWARDRY n. being a steward. |
| SURQUEDRY | • surquedry n. (Obsolete) Overweening pride; arrogance. • SURQUEDRY n. (obsolete) arrogance; haughty pride, also SURQUEDY. |
| SURRENDRY | • surrendry n. (Obsolete) surrender. • SURRENDRY n. (obsolete) a surrender. |