Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
abattoir | (Fr.) a slaughterhouse. |
aerodrome | a place for aircraft. |
airdrome | an aerodrome. |
arsenal | a government establishment for the storage or manufacture of weapons and ammunition. |
ashery | a place where potash or pearl ash is made. |
bakery | a place where baked goods are sold. |
banco | (Ital.) a bank, esp that of Venice. |
bellfoundry | a place where bells are made. |
bindery | a workplace where books are bound. |
bismar | (ON) in Orkney and Shetland, a kind of steelyard. |
bleachery | a place or an establishment where bleaching is done. |
bloomery | a factory where iron bars are manufactured. |
boatport | an enclosure for boats. |
boatyard | a marina. |
boilery | a place and apparatus for boiling, as for evaporating brine in salt making. |
boneyard | a place where the bones of dead animals are deposited; (sl.) a cemetery. |
bookbindery | a place where books are bound. |
brewery | a place for brewing. |
brickkiln | a kiln where bricks are made. |
brickyard | a place where bricks are made. |
brownfield | denoting a site that has previously been developed for urban or industrial use; (noun) such a site. |
calendry | a place where calendering is done. |
cannery | a place where food is canned. |
carbarn | a garage for buses. |
cattery | a place where cats are looked after. |
catworks | the assemblage of motors and catheads providing power for secondary activities on drilling platforms. |
coalpit | a pit where coal is dug. |
colliery | the place where coal is dug; a coal mine, and the buildings, etc., belonging to it. |
condensery | a condensed milk-factory. |
copshop | (Sl.) a police-station. |
cornmill | a flour-mill. |
countinghouse | a building, room, or office used for keeping books and transacting business. |
customhouse | an office or residence for customs officials. |
customshouse | an office or residence for customs officials. |
daftar | (Hindi) in India, an office, esp a military orderly room. |
daycentre | a building used for daycare. |
distillery | the building and works where distilling, esp of alcoholic liquors, is carried on. |
dockland | a district round about docks. |
dockside | a district round about docks. |
dockyard | a shipyard. |
douane | (Fr.) a customhouse. |
dumpsite | the location of a dump. |
dyeworks | a place where dye is manufactured. |
factory | a building or group of buildings in which goods are manufactured. |
farmery | the buildings and yards necessary for the business of a farm. |
fernery | a place for rearing ferns. |
firehall | a fire station. |
firehouse | (Obs.) a fire station; a house with a fireplace. |
floatel | a platform or boat containing the sleeping quarters for workers on an oil-rig. |
flotel | a platform or boat containing the sleeping quarters for workers on an oil-rig. |
foundry | a place where metals are cast. |
frigorifico | (Spanish) a slaughtering and meat-freezing establishment. |
fullery | the place or the works where the fulling of cloth is carried on. |
fumatorium | (Lat.) a place for smoking or fumigation. |
fumatory | a place for smoking or fumigation. |
gashouse | a gasworks. |
gasworks | a factory where gas is produced. |
ginhouse | a building where cotton is ginned. |
ginnery | a place where cotton is ginned. |
grapery | a building or inclosure used for the cultivation of grapes. |
graveyard | a burial ground. |
greenfield | a site free from existing developments. |
grindery | a place where knives, etc, are ground. |
gristmill | a mill for grinding grain; esp grists, or portions of grain brought by different customers. |
jobcentre | a centre for employment. |
junkyard | a place where junk is stored. |
knackery | a knacker's yard. |
lab | (Short for) a laboratory. |
laboratory | a place equipped for experimental study in a science or for testing and analysis. |
laundry | a collection of clothes to be washed. |
laystall | a place for depositing dung or rubbish. |
limekiln | a kiln for roasting lime. |
lubritorium | a place in a garage or service station where motor vehicles are lubricated. |
lumberyard | a yard where a stock of lumber is kept for sale. |
manufactory | a place where something is made. |
maquila | (Spanish) a manufacturing plant in Mexico that produce parts for assembly in the United States. |
maquiladora | (Spanish) a manufacturing plant in Mexico that produce parts for assembly in the United States. |
masthouse | a building in which vessels' masts are shaped, fitted, etc. |
microbrewing | production by a microbrew. |
milkshed | a shed in which cows are milked. |
mill | a machine for grinding by crushing between hard, rough surfaces; (verb) to grind by mechanical means. |
minilab | a photo developing retail outlet. |
minimill | a small scale steel mill. |
molendinary | belonging to a mill; (noun) a mill. |
nailery | a manufactory where nails are made. |
newsstand | a stand from which newspapers are sold. |
nightspot | a nightclub. |
oilfield | an area of mineral oil production. |
packinghouse | an establishment for slaughtering livestock and processing packed meat. |
perfumery | a place where perfumes are made. |
pottery | pots and earthenware collectively; a place where pottery is manufactured. |
refinery | a place where crude material is refined. |
rettery | a place or establishment where flax is retted. |
ropery | a place where ropes are made. |
ropewalk | a long narrow shed or alley for twisting strands into a rope. |
ropework | a place where ropes are made. |
rosery | a place where roses are cultivated. |
saltern | a saltworks. |
saltery | a factory where fish is salted for storage. |
saltwork | a place where salt is made. |
sawmill | a place where logs are sawed. |
sawpit | a pit in which wood is sawn. |
scrapyard | a place where old iron or useless material is collected. |
semiworks | a manufacturing plant operating on a limited commercial scale to provide final tests of a new product or process. |
shipyard | a place where ships are built or repaired. |
slaughterhouse | an establishment where animals are butchered. |
smeltery | a house or place for smelting. |
smiddy | (Scots) a smithy; (verb) to smithy. |
smokehouse | a building where meat or fish is cured by subjecting it to a dense smoke. |
snailery | a place where edible snails are bred. |
spacelab | a laboratory in space where scientific experiments are performed. |
spence | a place where provisions are kept; a buttery. |
spense | a place where provisions are kept; a buttery. |
steamie | (Scots) a public laundry. |
stemmery | a large building in which tobacco is stemmed. |
stillhouse | (US) a distillery. |
sugarhouse | a factory etc. where sugar or maple syrup is made. |
sweatshop | a factory or shop using sweated labour. |
switchyard | an enclosed area for the switching facilities of a power station. |
tana | (Hindi) an Indian police station. |
tanna | (Hindi) an Indian police station. |
tannah | (Hindi) an Indian police station. |
tannery | a place where leather is tanned. |
tanyard | an inclosure where the tanning of leather is carried on; a tannery. |
tawery | a place where skins are dressed. |
technopole | a place where high-technology industries are located. |
thana | (Hindi) an Indian police station. |
thanah | (Hindi) an Indian police station. |
thanna | (Hindi) an Indian police station. |
thannah | (Hindi) an Indian police station. |
tilery | a place where tiles are made or burned; a tile kiln. |
timberyard | a yard where wood is stored. |
toolroom | that part of a factory occupied by toolmakers. |
tryworks | a type of furnace. |
typefoundry | a place where type is cast. |
walkmill | a fulling-mill. |
washateria | a laundrette. |
washery | a location where industrial washing takes place. |
washeteria | a laundrette. |
waukmill | a fulling-mill. |
waulkmill | a fulling-mill. |
woodyard | a yard in which wood is cut and stored. |
workhouse | (Hist.) a place for old people who can no longer support themselves. |
workplace | a place of work. |
workshop | a room or building where work is done; (verb) to hold a workshop. |
worksite | an area where work takes place. |