What is another word for "work"?

Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "work": about, act, acting, action, activity, addle, adulator, adventure, agency, alembic, alone, alveary, anvil, apprentice, armory, atelier, base, baseboard, based, basement, basis, battle, bear, beauty, beehive, begin, beginning, betake, bilge, bindery, bottom, branch, break, bring, broach, built, bureau, business, cabinet, caldron.