ure: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of ure
- figure«Word Popularity Bar5/5
figure
- noun a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
fig.
- the area covered can be seen from Figure 2
- noun alternative names for the body of a human being
form; flesh; soma; frame; physique; material body; anatomy; shape; chassis; build; human body; physical body; bod.
- Leonardo studied the human body
- he has a strong physique
- the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
- noun a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
- nature5/5
nature
- noun the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
- it is the nature of fire to burn
- the true nature of jealousy
- noun a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe
- the laws of nature
- nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women
- noun the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
- future5/5
future
- noun the time yet to come
time to come; futurity; hereafter.
- noun a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
future tense.
- noun the time yet to come
- culture5/5
culture
- noun a particular society at a particular time and place
civilization; civilisation.
- early Mayan civilization
- noun the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group
- noun a particular society at a particular time and place
- structure5/5
structure
- noun a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
construction.
- the structure consisted of a series of arches
- she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons
- noun the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts
- artists must study the structure of the human body
- the structure of the benzene molecule
- noun a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
- sure5/5
sure
- adjective having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
certain.
- felt certain of success
- was sure (or certain) she had seen it
- was very sure in his beliefs
- sure of her friends
- adjective satellite exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance
certain.
- be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through
- be sure to lock the doors
- adjective having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
- pressure5/5
pressure
- noun the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)
pressure level; force per unit area.
- the compressed gas exerts an increased pressure
- noun a force that compels
- the public brought pressure to bear on the government
- noun the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)
- literature5/5
literature
- noun creative writing of recognized artistic value
- noun the humanistic study of a body of literature
lit.
- he took a course in Russian lit
- noun creative writing of recognized artistic value
- temperature5/5
temperature
- noun the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)
- noun the somatic sensation of cold or heat
- noun the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)
- failure5/5
failure
- noun an act that fails
- his failure to pass the test
- noun an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
- the surprise party was a complete failure
- noun an act that fails
- picture5/5
picture
- noun a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
image; ikon; icon.
- they showed us the pictures of their wedding
- a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them
- noun graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
painting.
- a small painting by Picasso
- he bought the painting as an investment
- his pictures hang in the Louvre
- noun a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
- measure5/5
measure
- noun any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
step.
- the situation called for strong measures
- the police took steps to reduce crime
- noun how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
amount; quantity.
- noun any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
- procedure5/5
procedure
- noun a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
process.
- the procedure of obtaining a driver's license
- it was a process of trial and error
- noun a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
operation.
- the operations in building a house
- certain machine tool operations
- noun a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
- ensure5/5
ensure
- verb make certain of
insure; assure; secure; guarantee.
- This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us
- Preparation will guarantee success!
- verb be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
insure; control; see to it; assure; see; ascertain; check.
- He verified that the valves were closed
- See that the curtains are closed
- control the quality of the product
- verb make certain of
- feature5/5
feature
- noun a prominent attribute or aspect of something
characteristic.
- the map showed roads and other features
- generosity is one of his best characteristics
- noun the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin
lineament.
- an expression of pleasure crossed his features
- his lineaments were very regular
- noun a prominent attribute or aspect of something
- pure5/5
pure
- adjective free of extraneous elements of any kind
- pure air and water
- pure gold
- pure primary colors
- the violin's pure and lovely song
- pure tones
- pure oxygen
- adjective satellite without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
perfect; double-dyed; complete; gross; arrant; unadulterated; sodding; stark; consummate; utter; thoroughgoing; everlasting; staring.
- an arrant fool
- a complete coward
- a consummate fool
- a double-dyed villain
- gross negligence
- a perfect idiot
- pure folly
- what a sodding mess
- stark staring mad
- a thoroughgoing villain
- utter nonsense
- the unadulterated truth
- adjective free of extraneous elements of any kind
- pleasure5/5
pleasure
- noun a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
pleasance.
- he was tingling with pleasure
- noun something or someone that provides a source of happiness
delight; joy.
- a joy to behold
- the pleasure of his company
- the new car is a delight
- noun a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
- exposure5/5
exposure
- noun vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain;
- exposure to the weather" or "they died from exposure
- noun the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience
- she denounced the exposure of children to pornography
- noun vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain;
- architecture5/5
architecture
- noun an architectural product or work
- noun the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings
- architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use
- noun an architectural product or work
- secure5/5
secure
- verb get by special effort
procure.
- He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed
- verb cause to be firmly attached
fasten; fix.
- fasten the lock onto the door
- she fixed her gaze on the man
- verb get by special effort
- agriculture5/5
agriculture
- noun a large-scale farming enterprise
agribusiness; factory farm.
- noun the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
farming; husbandry.
- noun a large-scale farming enterprise
- mixture5/5
mixture
- noun (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding)
- noun any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
concoction; intermixture.
- he volunteered to taste her latest concoction
- he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade
- noun (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding)
- capture5/5
capture
- noun the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
seizure; gaining control.
- noun a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field
- noun the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
- infrastructure5/5
infrastructure
- noun the basic structure or features of a system or organization
substructure.
- noun the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
base.
- the industrial base of Japan
- noun the basic structure or features of a system or organization
- departure5/5
departure
- noun the act of departing
going away; going; leaving.
- noun a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
deviation; difference; divergence.
- the deviation from the mean
- noun the act of departing
- venture5/5
venture
- noun any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
- noun an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits
speculation.
- he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it
- noun any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
- furniture5/5
furniture
- noun furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy
piece of furniture; article of furniture.
- they had too much furniture for the small apartment
- there was only one piece of furniture in the room
- noun furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy
- expenditure5/5
expenditure
- noun money paid out; an amount spent
spending; outlay; outgo.
- noun the act of spending money for goods or services
expending.
- noun money paid out; an amount spent
- creature5/5
creature
- noun a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
animate being; brute; beast; animal; fauna.
- noun a human being; `wight' is an archaic term
wight.
- noun a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
- scripture5/5
scripture
- noun any writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious group
sacred scripture.
- noun the sacred writings of the Christian religions
Christian Bible; Bible; Word; Word of God; Holy Writ; Holy Scripture; Book; Good Book.
- he went to carry the Word to the heathen
- noun any writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious group
- lecture5/5
lecture
- noun a speech that is open to the public
talk; public lecture.
- he attended a lecture on telecommunications
- noun a lengthy rebuke
speech; talking to.
- a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline
- the teacher gave him a talking to
- noun a speech that is open to the public
- mature5/5
mature
- verb develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
maturate; grow.
- He matured fast
- The child grew fast
- verb develop and work out fully in one's mind
- I need to mature my thoughts
- verb develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
- disclosure5/5
disclosure
- noun the speech act of making something evident
revealing; revelation.
- noun the speech act of making something evident
- cure5/5
cure
- noun a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
curative; remedy; therapeutic.
- verb provide a cure for, make healthy again
heal; bring around.
- The treatment cured the boy's acne
- The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to
- noun a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
- legislature5/5
legislature
- noun persons who make or amend or repeal laws
legislative assembly; law-makers; legislative body; general assembly.
- noun persons who make or amend or repeal laws
- signature5/5
signature
- noun your name written in your own handwriting
- noun a distinguishing style
touch.
- this room needs a woman's touch
- noun your name written in your own handwriting
- gesture5/5
gesture
- noun motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
- noun the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
motion.
- noun motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
- adventure5/5
adventure
- noun a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
risky venture; escapade; dangerous undertaking.
- verb take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
risk; take a chance; hazard; take chances; chance; gamble; run a risk.
- When you buy these stocks you are gambling
- noun a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
- leisure5/5
leisure
- noun time available for ease and relaxation
leisure time.
- his job left him little leisure
- noun freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity
- he lacked the leisure for golf
- noun time available for ease and relaxation
- fracture5/5
fracture
- noun breaking of hard tissue such as bone
break.
- it was a nasty fracture
- the break seems to have been caused by a fall
- noun (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
fault; geological fault; break; faulting; shift.
- they built it right over a geological fault
- he studied the faulting of the earth's crust
- noun breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- manufacture5/5
manufacture
- noun the organized action of making of goods and services for sale
industry.
- American industry is making increased use of computers to control production
- noun the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
manufacturing; fabrication.
- the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals
- an improvement in the manufacture of explosives
- manufacturing is vital to Great Britain
- noun the organized action of making of goods and services for sale
- texture5/5
texture
- noun the feel of a surface or a fabric
- the wall had a smooth texture
- noun the essential quality of something
- the texture of Neapolitan life
- noun the feel of a surface or a fabric
- moisture5/5
moisture
- noun wetness caused by water
wet.
- drops of wet gleamed on the window
- noun wetness caused by water
- assure5/5
assure
- verb make certain of
insure; ensure; secure; guarantee.
- This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us
- Preparation will guarantee success!
- verb inform positively and with certainty and confidence
tell.
- I tell you that man is a crook!
- verb make certain of
- treasure5/5
treasure
- noun accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
hoarded wealth.
- the pirates hid their treasure on a small island in the West Indies
- noun art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
gem.
- noun accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
- torture5/5
torture
- noun extreme mental distress
torment; anguish.
- noun unbearable physical pain
torment.
- noun extreme mental distress
- closure5/5
closure
- noun approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap
closing.
- the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision
- noun a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
cloture; gag rule; gag law.
- noun approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap
- obscure5/5
obscure
- verb make less visible or unclear
befog; haze over; fog; becloud; mist; obnubilate; cloud.
- The stars are obscured by the clouds
- the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley
- verb make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
confuse; obnubilate; blur.
- Her remarks confused the debate
- Their words obnubilate their intentions
- verb make less visible or unclear
- sculpture5/5
sculpture
- noun a three-dimensional work of plastic art
- noun creating figures or designs in three dimensions
carving.
- noun a three-dimensional work of plastic art
- endure5/5
endure
- verb put up with something or somebody unpleasant
stomach; brook; support; put up; tolerate; bear; abide; stick out; suffer; digest; stand.
- I cannot bear his constant criticism
- The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
- he learned to tolerate the heat
- She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage
- verb face and withstand with courage
brave out; weather; brave.
- She braved the elements
- verb put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- posture5/5
posture
- noun the arrangement of the body and its limbs
position; attitude.
- he assumed an attitude of surrender
- noun characteristic way of bearing one's body
bearing; carriage.
- stood with good posture
- noun the arrangement of the body and its limbs
- tenure5/5
tenure
- noun the term during which some position is held
term of office; incumbency.
- noun the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands
land tenure.
- noun the term during which some position is held
- premature4/5
premature
- adjective born after a gestation period of less than the normal time
- a premature infant
- adjective satellite too soon or too hasty
previous.
- our condemnation of him was a bit previous
- a premature judgment
- adjective born after a gestation period of less than the normal time
- seizure4/5
seizure
- noun a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease
raptus; ictus.
- he suffered an epileptic seizure
- noun the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
capture; gaining control.
- noun a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease
- configure4/5
configure
- verb set up for a particular purpose
- configure my new computer
- configure a plane for a combat mission
- verb set up for a particular purpose
- rupture4/5
rupture
- noun state of being torn or burst open
- noun a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
rift; severance; falling out; break; breach.
- they hoped to avoid a break in relations
- noun state of being torn or burst open
- miniature4/5
miniature
- noun painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)
illumination.
- noun a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size
toy.
- noun painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)
- enclosure4/5
enclosure
- noun a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose
- noun the act of enclosing something inside something else
envelopment; inclosure; enclosing.
- noun a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose
- stature4/5
stature
- noun high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement
- a man of great stature
- noun (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot
height.
- noun high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement
- pasture4/5
pasture
- noun a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
pastureland; ley; grazing land; lea.
- noun bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
eatage; pasturage; forage; grass.
- noun a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
- aperture4/5
aperture
- noun a device that controls amount of light admitted
- noun a natural opening in something
- noun a device that controls amount of light admitted
- curvature4/5
curvature
- noun (medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal
- curvature of the spine
- noun the rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve
- noun (medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal
- nurture4/5
nurture
- noun the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
rearing; raising.
- noun helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
fostering; upbringing; bringing up; rearing; fosterage; breeding; raising.
- they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
- noun the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
- unsure4/5
unsure
- adjective lacking self-confidence
shy; timid; diffident.
- stood in the doorway diffident and abashed
- problems that call for bold not timid responses
- a very unsure young man
- adjective lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance
incertain; uncertain.
- uncertain of his convictions
- unsure of himself and his future
- moving with uncertain (or unsure) steps
- an uncertain smile
- touched the ornaments with uncertain fingers
- adjective lacking self-confidence
- insure4/5
insure
- verb be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
control; see to it; assure; see; ensure; ascertain; check.
- He verified that the valves were closed
- See that the curtains are closed
- control the quality of the product
- verb make certain of
assure; ensure; secure; guarantee.
- This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us
- Preparation will guarantee success!
- verb be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- lure4/5
lure
- noun qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
come-on; enticement.
- noun anything that serves as an enticement
come-on; bait; sweetener; hook.
- noun qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
- immature4/5
immature
- adjective characteristic of a lack of maturity
- immature behavior
- adjective (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
young.
- young people
- adjective characteristic of a lack of maturity
- manure4/5
manure
- noun any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material
- verb spread manure, as for fertilization
muck.
- noun any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material
- procure4/5
procure
- verb get by special effort
secure.
- He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed
- verb arrange for sexual partners for others
pander; pimp.
- verb get by special effort
- conjecture4/5
conjecture
- noun a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
speculation.
- speculations about the outcome of the election
- he dismissed it as mere conjecture
- noun a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
guess; supposition; surmisal; hypothesis; speculation; surmise.
- noun a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
- insecure4/5
insecure
- adjective not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way
- the hinge is insecure
- adjective lacking in security or safety
unsafe.
- his fortune was increasingly insecure
- an insecure future
- adjective not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way
- suture4/5
suture
- noun an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)
sutura; fibrous joint.
- noun a seam used in surgery
surgical seam.
- noun an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)
- reassure4/5
reassure
- verb cause to feel sure; give reassurance to
assure.
- The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe
- verb give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain
- I reassured him that we were safe
- verb cause to feel sure; give reassurance to
- nomenclature4/5
nomenclature
- noun a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
language; terminology.
- legal terminology
- biological nomenclature
- the language of sociology
- noun a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
- juncture4/5
juncture
- noun an event that occurs at a critical time
occasion.
- at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave
- it was needed only on special occasions
- noun a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
critical point; crossroads.
- at that juncture he had no idea what to do
- he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point
- noun an event that occurs at a critical time
- brochure4/5
brochure
- noun a small book usually having a paper cover
booklet; folder; leaflet; pamphlet.
- noun a small book usually having a paper cover
- acupuncture4/5
acupuncture
- noun treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin
stylostixis.
- noun treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin
- censure4/5
censure
- noun harsh criticism or disapproval
animadversion.
- noun the state of being excommunicated
exclusion; excommunication.
- noun harsh criticism or disapproval
- composure4/5
composure
- noun steadiness of mind under stress
equanimity; calmness; calm.
- he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity
- noun steadiness of mind under stress
- injure4/5
injure
- verb cause injuries or bodily harm to
wound.
- verb hurt the feelings of
spite; wound; bruise; hurt; offend.
- She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests
- This remark really bruised my ego
- verb cause injuries or bodily harm to
- displeasure4/5
displeasure
- noun the feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something
- noun the feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something
- rapture4/5
rapture
- noun a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
ecstasy; raptus; transport; exaltation.
- listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens
- noun a state of elated bliss
ecstasy.
- noun a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
- recapture4/5
recapture
- noun a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount
- noun the act of taking something back
retaking.
- noun a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount
- puncture4/5
puncture
- noun loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object
- noun a small hole made by a sharp object
- noun loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object
- microstructure4/5
microstructure
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- fixture4/5
fixture
- noun an object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household)
- noun a regular patron
regular; habitue.
- an habitue of the racetrack
- a bum who is a Central Park fixture
- noun an object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household)
- impure3/5
impure
- adjective combined with extraneous elements
- adjective (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene
- impure thoughts
- adjective combined with extraneous elements
- forfeiture3/5
forfeiture
- noun something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty;
forfeit.
- noun a penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something
forfeit.
- the contract specified forfeits if the work was not completed on time
- noun something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty;
- caricature3/5
caricature
- noun a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
impersonation; imitation.
- verb represent in or produce a caricature of
ape.
- The drawing caricatured the President
- noun a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
- subculture3/5
subculture
- noun a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs
- noun a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs
- aquaculture3/5
aquaculture
- noun rearing aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for food
- noun rearing aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for food
- foreclosure3/5
foreclosure
- noun the legal proceedings initiated by a creditor to repossess the collateral for loan that is in default
- noun the legal proceedings initiated by a creditor to repossess the collateral for loan that is in default
- fissure3/5
fissure
- noun a long narrow depression in a surface
crevice; chap; cranny; crack.
- noun a long narrow opening
crevice; cleft; scissure; crack.
- noun a long narrow depression in a surface
- conjure3/5
conjure
- verb summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
arouse; raise; invoke; conjure up; bring up; call down; call forth; evoke; put forward; stir.
- raise the specter of unemployment
- he conjured wild birds in the air
- call down the spirits from the mountain
- verb ask for or request earnestly
beseech; bid; entreat; press; adjure.
- The prophet bid all people to become good persons
- verb summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- armature3/5
armature
- noun coil in which voltage is induced by motion through a magnetic field
- noun coil in which voltage is induced by motion through a magnetic field
- superstructure3/5
superstructure
- noun structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck
- noun structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck
- prefecture3/5
prefecture
- noun the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire)
- noun the office of prefect
- noun the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire)
- restructure3/5
restructure
- verb construct or form anew or provide with a new structure
reconstitute.
- After his accident, he had to restructure his life
- The governing board was reconstituted
- verb construct or form anew or provide with a new structure
- overture3/5
overture
- noun orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
- noun something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
prelude; preliminary.
- training is a necessary preliminary to employment
- drinks were the overture to dinner
- noun orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
- allure3/5
allure
- noun the power to entice or attract through personal charm
allurement; temptingness.
- verb dispose or incline or entice to
tempt.
- We were tempted by the delicious-looking food
- noun the power to entice or attract through personal charm
- horticulture3/5
horticulture
- noun the cultivation of plants
gardening.
- noun the cultivation of plants
- saussure3/5
saussure
- noun Swiss linguist and expert in historical linguistics whose lectures laid the foundations for synchronic linguistics (1857-1913)
Ferdinand de Saussure; de Saussure.
- noun Swiss linguist and expert in historical linguistics whose lectures laid the foundations for synchronic linguistics (1857-1913)
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mcclure
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- azure3/5
azure
- noun a light shade of blue
sky-blue; lazuline; sapphire; cerulean.
- verb color azure
- Morning azured the village
- noun a light shade of blue
- erasure3/5
erasure
- noun a correction made by erasing
- there were many erasures in the typescript
- noun a surface area where something has been erased
- another word had been written over the erasure
- noun a correction made by erasing
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musculature
- noun the muscular system of an organism
muscle system; muscular structure.
- noun the muscular system of an organism
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portraiture
- noun a word picture of a person's appearance and character
portrayal; portrait.
- noun the activity of making portraits
- noun a word picture of a person's appearance and character
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vulture
- noun any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
- noun someone who attacks in search of booty
predator; piranha; marauder.
- noun any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
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jure
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licensure
A licensing. R.
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tincture
- noun a substances that colors metals
- noun an indication that something has been present
vestige; shadow; trace.
- there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim
- a tincture of condescension
- noun a substances that colors metals
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admixture
- noun the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something
alloy.
- noun an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base
intermixture.
- the growing medium should be equal parts of sand and loam with an admixture of peat moss and cow manure
- a large intermixture of sand
- noun the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something
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vasculature
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- quadrature3/5
quadrature
- noun the construction of a square having the same area as some other figure
- noun the construction of a square having the same area as some other figure
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counterculture
- noun a culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture
- noun a culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture
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stricture
- noun abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway
stenosis.
- noun severe criticism
- noun abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway
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indenture
- noun a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
indentation.
- noun formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt
- noun a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
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bonaventure
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- denture3/5
denture
- noun a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
dental plate; plate.
- noun a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
- couture3/5
couture
- noun high fashion designing and dressmaking
- noun high fashion designing and dressmaking
- contracture3/5
contracture
- noun an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle
- noun an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle
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reconfigure
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debenture
- noun the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future
unsecured bond; debenture bond.
- noun a certificate or voucher acknowledging a debt
- noun the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future
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substructure
- noun the basic structure or features of a system or organization
infrastructure.
- noun lowest support of a structure
foundation; groundwork; understructure; base; fundament; foot.
- it was built on a base of solid rock
- he stood at the foot of the tower
- noun the basic structure or features of a system or organization
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flexure
- noun the state of being flexed (as of a joint)
flection; flexion.
- noun an angular or rounded shape made by folding
plication; crease; fold; bend; crimp.
- a fold in the napkin
- a crease in his trousers
- a plication on her blouse
- a flexure of the colon
- a bend of his elbow
- noun the state of being flexed (as of a joint)
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demure
- adjective satellite affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way
coy; overmodest.
- adjective satellite affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way
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investiture
- noun the ceremony of installing a new monarch
enthronization; enthronement; coronation; enthronisation.
- noun the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank
investment.
- noun the ceremony of installing a new monarch
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verdure
- noun green foliage
greenery.
- noun the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation
verdancy; greenness.
- noun green foliage
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discomfiture
- noun anxious embarrassment
disconcertment; disconcertion; discomposure.
- noun anxious embarrassment
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divestiture
- noun an order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior
- the court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly
- noun the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division
- noun an order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior
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conjuncture
- noun a critical combination of events or circumstances
- noun a critical combination of events or circumstances
- imposture2/5
imposture
- noun pretending to be another person
impersonation.
- noun pretending to be another person
- judicature2/5
judicature
- noun an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
tribunal; court.
- noun the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government
judicatory; judicial system; judiciary.
- noun an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
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primogeniture
- noun right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son
- noun right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son
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monoculture
- noun the cultivation of a single crop (on a farm or area or country)
- noun the cultivation of a single crop (on a farm or area or country)
- nondisclosure2/5
nondisclosure
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- ligature2/5
ligature
- noun (music) a group of notes connected by a slur
- noun character consisting of two or more letters combined into one
- noun (music) a group of notes connected by a slur
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acupressure
- noun treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body
shiatsu; G-Jo.
- noun treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body
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ultrastructure
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majeure
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commissure
- noun a bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord
- noun a bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord
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disjuncture
- noun state of being disconnected
disconnection; disjunction; disconnectedness.
- noun state of being disconnected
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misadventure
- noun an instance of misfortune
mischance; mishap.
- noun an instance of misfortune
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venipuncture
- noun (medicine) puncture of a vein through the skin in order to withdraw blood for analysis or to start an intravenous drip or to inject medication or a radiopaque dye
- noun (medicine) puncture of a vein through the skin in order to withdraw blood for analysis or to start an intravenous drip or to inject medication or a radiopaque dye
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manicure
- noun professional care for the hands and fingernails
- verb trim carefully and neatly
- manicure fingernails
- noun professional care for the hands and fingernails
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annexure
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countermeasure
- noun an action taken to offset another action
- noun an action taken to offset another action
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entablature
- noun (architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roof
- noun (architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roof
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laure
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inclosure
- noun something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter
enclosure.
- noun the act of enclosing something inside something else
envelopment; enclosure; enclosing.
- noun something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter
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abjure
- verb formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
retract; resile; forswear; recant.
- He retracted his earlier statements about his religion
- She abjured her beliefs
- verb formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
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candidature
- noun the campaign of a candidate to be elected
campaigning; electioneering; candidacy; political campaign.
- noun the campaign of a candidate to be elected
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accenture
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coiffure
- noun the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
hairdo; hairstyle; coif; hair style.
- verb arrange attractively
do; set; coiffe; coif; dress; arrange.
- dress my hair for the wedding
- noun the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
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overexposure
- noun the act of exposing film to too much light or for too long a time
- noun the act of exposing someone excessively to an influencing experience
- an overexposure to violence on television
- noun the act of exposing film to too much light or for too long a time
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overpressure
- noun a transient air pressure greater than the surrounding atmospheric pressure
- the overpressure of the blast kills by lethal concussion
- noun a transient air pressure greater than the surrounding atmospheric pressure
- peradventure2/5
peradventure
- noun doubt or uncertainty as to whether something is the case
- this proves beyond peradventure that he is innocent
- adverb by chance
perchance; perhaps; maybe; possibly; mayhap.
- perhaps she will call tomorrow
- we may possibly run into them at the concert
- it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time
- noun doubt or uncertainty as to whether something is the case
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viticulture
- noun the cultivation of grapes and grape vines; grape growing
viniculture.
- noun the cultivation of grapes and grape vines; grape growing
- tonsure2/5
tonsure
- noun the shaved crown of a monk's or priest's head
- noun shaving the crown of the head by priests or members of a monastic order
- noun the shaved crown of a monk's or priest's head
- vesture2/5
vesture
- noun something that covers or cloaks like a garment
- fields in a vesture of green
- noun a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
habiliment; wear; clothing; wearable; article of clothing.
- noun something that covers or cloaks like a garment
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prefigure
- verb imagine or consider beforehand
- It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured
- verb indicate by signs
omen; auspicate; bode; betoken; portend; foreshadow; predict; foretell; augur; prognosticate; forecast; presage.
- These signs bode bad news
- verb imagine or consider beforehand
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heterostructure
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cloture
- noun a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
closure; gag rule; gag law.
- verb terminate debate by calling for a vote
closure.
- debate was closured
- cloture the discussion
- noun a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
- dure2/5
dure
Hard; harsh; severe; rough; toilsome. R.The winter is severe, and life is dure and rude. W. H. Russell.
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disfigure
- verb mar or spoil the appearance of
deface; blemish.
- scars defaced her cheeks
- The vandals disfigured the statue
- verb mar or spoil the appearance of
- youre2/5
you
The pronoun of the second person, in the nominative, dative, and objective case, indicating the person or persons addressed. See the Note under Ye .Ye go to Canterbury; God you speed. Chaucer.
Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you To leave this place. Shak.
In vain you tell your parting lover You wish fair winds may waft him over. Prior.
✍ Though you is properly a plural, it is in all ordinary discourse used also in addressing a single person, yet properly always with a plural verb. "Are you he that hangs the verses on the trees, wherein Rosalind is so admired ?" Shak. You and your are sometimes used indefinitely, like we, they, one, to express persons not specified. "The looks at a distance like a new-plowed land; but as you come near it, you see nothing but a long heap of heavy, disjointed clods." Addison. "Your medalist and critic are much nearer related than the world imagine." Addison. "It is always pleasant to be forced to do what you wish to do, but what, until pressed, you dare not attempt." Hook. You is often used reflexively for yourself of yourselves. "Your highness shall repose you at the tower." Shak.
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sinecure
- noun a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached
- noun an office that involves minimal duties
- noun a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached
- iure2/5
iure
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intermixture
- noun any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
concoction; mixture.
- he volunteered to taste her latest concoction
- he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade
- noun an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base
admixture.
- the growing medium should be equal parts of sand and loam with an admixture of peat moss and cow manure
- a large intermixture of sand
- noun any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
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silviculture
- noun the branch of forestry dealing with the development and care of forests
- noun the branch of forestry dealing with the development and care of forests
- denature2/5
denature
- verb add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb
- verb modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished
- verb add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb
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- shure2/5
shure
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- sericulture2/5
sericulture
- noun raising silkworms in order to obtain raw silk
- noun the production of raw silk by raising silkworms
- noun raising silkworms in order to obtain raw silk
- inure2/5
inure
- verb cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
harden; indurate.
- He was inured to the cold
- verb cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
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embrasure
- noun an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
porthole; port.
- noun an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
- mure2/5
mure
A wall. Obs. Shak.
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epicure
- noun a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
foodie; gourmet; gastronome; epicurean; bon vivant.
- noun a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
- pedicure2/5
pedicure
- noun professional care for the feet and toenails
- verb care for one's feet by cutting and shaping the nails, etc.
- noun professional care for the feet and toenails
- coverture2/5
coverture
Covering; shelter; defence; hiding. Protected by walls or other like coverture. Woodward.
Beatrice, who even now Is couched in the woodbine coverture. Shak.
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microvasculature
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jointure
- noun (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower
legal jointure.
- noun the act of making or becoming a single unit
union; uniting; unification; conjugation.
- the union of opposing factions
- he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays
- noun (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower
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gravure
- noun a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print
intaglio; intaglio printing.
- noun a printing plate used in the process of gravure
- noun a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print
- eure2/5
eure
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- aventure2/5
adventure
- noun a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
risky venture; escapade; dangerous undertaking.
- verb take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
risk; take a chance; hazard; take chances; chance; gamble; run a risk.
- When you buy these stocks you are gambling
- noun a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
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cocksure
- adjective satellite marked by excessive confidence
positive; overconfident.
- an arrogant and cocksure materialist
- so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen
- the less he knows the more positive he gets
- adjective satellite marked by excessive confidence
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- floriculture2/5
floriculture
- noun the cultivation of flowering plants
flower gardening.
- noun the cultivation of flowering plants
- cyberculture2/5
cyberculture
- noun the culture that emerges from the use of computers for communication and entertainment and business
- noun the culture that emerges from the use of computers for communication and entertainment and business
- embouchure2/5
embouchure
- noun the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly
mouthpiece.
- noun the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly
- macrostructure2/5
macrostructure
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- kure2/5
kure
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- microarchitecture2/5
microarchitecture
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- voiture2/5
voiture
A carriage. Arbuthnot.
- transfigure2/5
transfigure
- verb elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
glorify; spiritualize.
- verb change completely the nature or appearance of
transmogrify; metamorphose.
- In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug
- The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman
- Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection
- verb elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
- bure2/5
bure
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- cynosure2/5
cynosure
- noun something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners)
- let faith be your cynosure to walk by
- noun something that strongly attracts attention and admiration
- if he was the cynosure of all eyes he didn't notice
- noun something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners)
- sepulture2/5
sepulture
- noun the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
burial; interment; inhumation; entombment.
- noun a chamber that is used as a grave
sepulchre; sepulcher; burial chamber.
- noun the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
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- mismeasure2/5
mismeasure
To measure or estimate incorrectly.
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- photogravure2/5
photogravure
- noun printing from an intaglio plate prepared by photographic methods
- noun an intaglio print produced by gravure
heliogravure; gravure.
- noun printing from an intaglio plate prepared by photographic methods
- adjure2/5
adjure
- verb ask for or request earnestly
beseech; bid; entreat; press; conjure.
- The prophet bid all people to become good persons
- verb command solemnly
- verb ask for or request earnestly
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tablature
- noun a musical notation indicating the fingering to be used
- noun a musical notation indicating the fingering to be used
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polyculture
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- ordure1/5
ordure
- noun solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
dejection; BM; stool; faecal matter; feces; faeces; fecal matter.
- noun solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
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arboriculture
- noun the cultivation of tree for the production of timber
tree farming.
- noun the cultivation of tree for the production of timber
- coculture1/5
coculture
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- perjure1/5
perjure
- verb knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury
- verb knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury
- couverture1/5
couverture
- noun chocolate that contains at least 32 percent cocoa butter
- noun chocolate that contains at least 32 percent cocoa butter
- facture1/5
facture
The act or manner of making or doing anything; -- now used of a literary, musical, or pictorial production. Bacon.
- sture1/5
sture
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- refigure1/5
refigure
To figure again. Shak.
- discomposure1/5
discomposure
- noun anxious embarrassment
disconcertment; disconcertion; discomfiture.
- noun a temperament that is perturbed and lacking in composure
- noun anxious embarrassment
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preexposure
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- underexposure1/5
underexposure
- noun the act of exposing film to too little light or for too short a time
- noun inadequate publicity
- noun the act of exposing film to too little light or for too short a time
- garniture1/5
garniture
That which garnishes; ornamental appendage; embellishment; furniture; dress. The pomp of groves and garniture of fields. Beattie.
- cytoarchitecture1/5
cytoarchitecture
- noun the cellular composition of a bodily structure
cytoarchitectonics.
- noun the cellular composition of a bodily structure
- ligure1/5
ligure
A kind of precious stone. The third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. Ex. xxviii. 19.
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- bordure1/5
bordure
(Her.) A border one fifth the width of the shield, surrounding the field. It is usually plain, but may be charged.
- magistrature1/5
magistrature
- noun the position of magistrate
magistracy.
- noun the position of magistrate
- cincture1/5
cincture
- noun a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers
girdle; waistband; sash; waistcloth.
- noun a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers
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nourriture
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- thure1/5
thure
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contexture
The arrangement and union of the constituent parts of a thing; a weaving together of parts; structural character of a thing; system; constitution; texture. That wonderful contexture of all created beings. Dryden.
He was not of any delicate contexture; his limbs rather sturdy than dainty. Sir H. Wotton.
- rotogravure1/5
rotogravure
- noun printing by transferring an image from a photogravure plate to a cylinder in a rotary press
- noun printed material (text and pictures) produced by an intaglio printing process in a rotary press
- noun printing by transferring an image from a photogravure plate to a cylinder in a rotary press
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- apiculture1/5
apiculture
- noun the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey
beekeeping.
- noun the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey
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- apure1/5
apure
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- reexposure1/5
reexposure
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- leasure1/5
leisure
- noun time available for ease and relaxation
leisure time.
- his job left him little leisure
- noun freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity
- he lacked the leisure for golf
- noun time available for ease and relaxation
- conure1/5
conure
(Zoöl.) An American parrakeet of the genus Conurus . Many species are known. SeeParrakeet .
- pisciculture1/5
pisciculture
Fish culture. See under Fish .
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ceinture
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- prelature1/5
prelature
- noun prelates collectively
prelacy.
- noun the office or station of a prelate
prelacy.
- noun prelates collectively
- countersignature1/5
countersignature
- noun a second confirming signature endorsing a document already signed
countersign.
- noun a second confirming signature endorsing a document already signed
- unsecure1/5
unsecure
Insecure. R. Milton.
- parure1/5
parure
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- filature1/5
filature
- noun a bobbin used in spinning silk into thread
- noun a bobbin used in spinning silk into thread
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microculture
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- exclosure1/5
exclosure
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- tecture1/5
tecture
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- coupure1/5
coupure
(Fort.) A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged. Wilhelm.
- nunciature1/5
nunciature
The office of a nuncio. Clarendon.
- hure1/5
hure
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- remeasure1/5
remeasure
To measure again; to retrace. They followed him . . . The way they came, their steps remeasured right. Fairfax.
- enrapture1/5
enrapture
- verb hold spellbound
enthrall; ravish; delight; enthral; enchant; transport.
- verb hold spellbound
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nonforfeiture
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- remanufacture1/5
remanufacture
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- commixture1/5
commixture
- noun the act of mixing together
mixture; intermixture; mix; admixture; mixing.
- paste made by a mix of flour and water
- the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio
- noun the act of mixing together
- nutriture1/5
nutriture
Nutrition; nourishment. Obs. Harvey.
- chevelure1/5
chevelure
A hairlike envelope. The nucleus and chevelure of nebulous star. Sir. W. Hershel.
- immure1/5
immure
- verb lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
incarcerate; jug; remand; lag; gaol; jail; put away; imprison; put behind bars.
- The suspects were imprisoned without trial
- the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
- verb lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- viniculture1/5
viniculture
- noun the cultivation of grapes and grape vines; grape growing
viticulture.
- noun the cultivation of grapes and grape vines; grape growing
- micropuncture1/5
- craquelure1/5
- reinsure1/5
reinsure
- verb provide additional insurance for
- verb insure again by transferring to another insurance company all or a part of a liability assumed
- verb provide additional insurance for
- usure1/5
usure
To practice usury; to charge unlawful interest. Obs. "The usuringb senate." Shak.I usured not ne to me usured any man. Wyclif (Jer. xv. 10).
- vermiculture1/5
- understructure1/5
understructure
- noun lowest support of a structure
foundation; substructure; groundwork; base; fundament; foot.
- it was built on a base of solid rock
- he stood at the foot of the tower
- noun lowest support of a structure
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megastructure
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- interculture1/5
interculture
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- preculture1/5
- batture1/5
batture
An elevated river bed or sea bed.
- geniture1/5
geniture
Generation; procreation; birth. Dryden.
- refracture1/5
refracture
- verb break (a bone) that was previously broken but mended in an abnormal way
- The surgeon had to refracture her wrist
- verb break (a bone) that was previously broken but mended in an abnormal way
- dictature1/5
dictature
Office of a dictator; dictatorship. R. Bacon.
- postmature1/5
postmature
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- overmature1/5
- perdure1/5
perdure
To last or endure for a long time; to be perdurable or lasting. ArchaicThe mind perdures while its energizing may construct a thousand lines. Hickok.
- soleure1/5
- citriculture1/5
- nontenure1/5
nontenure
(Law) A plea of a defendant that he did not hold the land, as affirmed.
- aviculture1/5
aviculture
(Zoöl.) Rearing and care of birds.
- tournure1/5
tournure
Turn; contour; figure.
- intertexture1/5
intertexture
The act of interweaving, or the state of being interwoven; that which is interwoven. "Knit in nice intertexture." Coleridge.Skirted thick with intertexture firm Of thorny boughs. Cowper.
- fourniture1/5
- roquelaure1/5
roquelaure
A cloak reaching about to, or just below, the knees, worn in the 18th century. Written also roquelo .
- subminiature1/5
subminiature
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- subfigure1/5
subfigure
- noun a figure that is a part of another figure
- noun a figure that is a part of another figure
- sylviculture1/5
sylviculture
The cultivation of forest trees for timber or other purposes; forestry; arboriculture.
- clôture1/5
- confiture1/5
confiture
- noun preserved or candied fruit
- noun preserved or candied fruit
- nonculture1/5
- contraflexure1/5
- vestiture1/5
vestiture
- noun an archaic term for clothing
- noun an archaic term for clothing
- indure1/5
endure
- verb put up with something or somebody unpleasant
stomach; brook; support; put up; tolerate; bear; abide; stick out; suffer; digest; stand.
- I cannot bear his constant criticism
- The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
- he learned to tolerate the heat
- She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage
- verb face and withstand with courage
brave out; weather; brave.
- She braved the elements
- verb put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- incisure1/5
incisure
- noun (anatomy) a notch or small hollow
incisura.
- noun (anatomy) a notch or small hollow
- doublure1/5
- guipure1/5
guipure
A term used for lace of different kinds; most properly for a lace of large pattern and heavy material which has no ground or mesh, but has the pattern held together by connecting threads called bars or brides.
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calenture
(Med.) A name formerly given to various fevers occuring in tropics; esp. to a form of furious delirium accompanied by fever, among sailors, which sometimes led the affected person to imagine the sea to be a green field, and to throw himself into it.
- subprefecture1/5
- teinture1/5
teinture
Color; tinge; tincture. Obs. Holland.
- parture1/5
parture
Departure. Obs. Spenser.
- colure1/5
colour
- noun any material used for its color
color; coloring material; colouring material.
- she used a different color for the trim
- noun a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
color; people of color; people of colour.
- noun any material used for its color
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- envergure1/5
- chaussure1/5
chaussure
A foot covering of any kind.
- hachure1/5
hachure
- noun shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
crosshatch; hatching; hatch.
- noun shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
- resecure1/5
- nonpressure1/5
- minilecture1/5
- nonclosure1/5
- renature1/5
renature
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- droiture1/5
- heliogravure1/5
heliogravure
- noun an intaglio print produced by gravure
gravure; photogravure.
- noun an intaglio print produced by gravure
- superculture1/5
- cubature1/5
cubature
The process of determining the solid or cubic contents of a body.
Suffixes of ure
- urea«Word Popularity Bar4/5
urea
- noun the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed and in plastics
carbamide.
- noun the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed and in plastics
- urethra3/5
urethra
- noun duct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital duct
- noun duct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital duct
- urethral3/5
urethral
- adjective of or relating to the urethra
- adjective of or relating to the urethra
- ureter3/5
ureter
- noun either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder
- noun either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder
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ureteral
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- ureters2/5
ureter
- noun either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder
- noun either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder
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uremic
- adjective of or involving excess nitrogenous waste products in the urine (usually due to kidney insufficiency)
azotemic; uraemic.
- adjective of or involving excess nitrogenous waste products in the urine (usually due to kidney insufficiency)
- urethritis2/5
urethritis
- noun inflammation of the urethra; results in painful urination
- noun inflammation of the urethra; results in painful urination
- uremia2/5
uremia
- noun accumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine
azotaemia; azotemia; uraemia.
- noun accumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine
- urethane2/5
urethane
- noun an ester of carbamic acid
- noun an ester of carbamic acid
- ureteric2/5
ureteric
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- urease2/5
urease
- noun an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea into carbon dioxide and ammonia; is present in intestinal bacteria
- noun an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea into carbon dioxide and ammonia; is present in intestinal bacteria
- ures2/5
ure
Use; practice; exercise. Obs. Fuller.Let us be sure of this, to put the best in ure That lies in us. Chapman.
- urey2/5
urey
- noun United States chemist who discovered deuterium (1893-1981)
Harold Clayton Urey; Harold Urey.
- noun United States chemist who discovered deuterium (1893-1981)
- ureterocele1/5
ureterocele
- noun prolapse of the end of the ureter into the bladder; may obstruct urine flow
- noun prolapse of the end of the ureter into the bladder; may obstruct urine flow
- urethanes1/5
urethane
- noun an ester of carbamic acid
- noun an ester of carbamic acid
- urena1/5
urena
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- urethroplasty1/5
urethroplasty
(Surg.) An operation for the repair of an injury or a defect in the walls of the urethra. --U*re`thro*plas"tic a.
- ureas1/5
urea
- noun the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed and in plastics
carbamide.
- noun the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed and in plastics
- ureterovesical1/5
- urens1/5
urens
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- urethrovesical1/5
- urethrotomy1/5
urethrotomy
(Surg.) An incision of the urethra, esp. incision for relief of urethral stricture.
- urethrogram1/5
urethrogram
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- ureterostomy1/5
ureterostomy
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- urethrovaginal1/5
- urethrae1/5
urethra
- noun duct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital duct
- noun duct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital duct
- ureterosigmoidostomy1/5
ureterosigmoidostomy
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- urethroscopy1/5
urethroscopy
(Med.) Examination of the urethra by means of the urethroscope.
- uredospores1/5
uredospore
(Bot.) The thin-walled summer spore which is produced during the so-called Uredo stage of certain rusts. See (in the Supplement) Uredinales ,Heter&oe;cious , etc.
- ureterovaginal1/5
- urediniospores1/5
- urethrostomy1/5
- urethras1/5
urethra
- noun duct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital duct
- noun duct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital duct
- ureterolithotomy1/5
- ureal1/5
ureal
Of or pertaining to urea; containing, or consisting of, urea; as, .ureal deposits
Derived words of ure
- features«Word Popularity Bar5/5
feature
- noun a prominent attribute or aspect of something
characteristic.
- the map showed roads and other features
- generosity is one of his best characteristics
- noun the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin
lineament.
- an expression of pleasure crossed his features
- his lineaments were very regular
- noun a prominent attribute or aspect of something
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measure
- noun any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
step.
- the situation called for strong measures
- the police took steps to reduce crime
- noun how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
amount; quantity.
- noun any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
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structure
- noun a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
construction.
- the structure consisted of a series of arches
- she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons
- noun the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts
- artists must study the structure of the human body
- the structure of the benzene molecule
- noun a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
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figure
- noun a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
fig.
- the area covered can be seen from Figure 2
- noun alternative names for the body of a human being
form; flesh; soma; frame; physique; material body; anatomy; shape; chassis; build; human body; physical body; bod.
- Leonardo studied the human body
- he has a strong physique
- the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
- noun a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
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procedure
- noun a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
process.
- the procedure of obtaining a driver's license
- it was a process of trial and error
- noun a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
operation.
- the operations in building a house
- certain machine tool operations
- noun a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
- measured5/5
measured
- adjective having notes of fixed rhythmic value
mensurable; mensural.
- verb determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of
mensurate; measure out; measure.
- Measure the length of the wall
- adjective having notes of fixed rhythmic value
- measurement5/5
measurement
- noun the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
measuring; mensuration; measure.
- the measurements were carefully done
- his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate
- noun the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
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picture
- noun a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
image; ikon; icon.
- they showed us the pictures of their wedding
- a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them
- noun graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
painting.
- a small painting by Picasso
- he bought the painting as an investment
- his pictures hang in the Louvre
- noun a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
- cultures5/5
culture
- noun a particular society at a particular time and place
civilization; civilisation.
- early Mayan civilization
- noun the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group
- noun a particular society at a particular time and place
- surely5/5
surely
- adverb definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')
certainly; sure; sure enough; sure as shooting; for certain; for sure.
- the results are surely encouraging
- she certainly is a hard worker
- it's going to be a good day for sure
- they are coming, for certain
- they thought he had been killed sure enough
- he'll win sure as shooting
- they sure smell good
- sure he'll come
- adverb definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')
- measurements5/5
measurement
- noun the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
measuring; mensuration; measure.
- the measurements were carefully done
- his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate
- noun the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
- bureau5/5
bureau
- noun an administrative unit of government
office; agency; authority; federal agency; government agency.
- the Central Intelligence Agency
- the Census Bureau
- Office of Management and Budget
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- noun furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
chest; chest of drawers; dresser.
- noun an administrative unit of government
- captured5/5
capture
- noun the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
seizure; gaining control.
- noun a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field
- noun the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
- temperatures5/5
temperature
- noun the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)
- noun the somatic sensation of cold or heat
- noun the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)
- purely5/5
purely
- adverb restricted to something
strictly.
- we talked strictly business
- adverb restricted to something
- assured5/5
assured
- adjective satellite marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence
- she paints with an assured hand
- verb make certain of
insure; assure; ensure; secure; guarantee.
- This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us
- Preparation will guarantee success!
- adjective satellite marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence
- pressures5/5
pressure
- noun the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)
pressure level; force per unit area.
- the compressed gas exerts an increased pressure
- noun a force that compels
- the public brought pressure to bear on the government
- noun the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)
- creatures5/5
creature
- noun a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
animate being; brute; beast; animal; fauna.
- noun a human being; `wight' is an archaic term
wight.
- noun a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
- structured5/5
structured
- adjective having definite and highly organized structure
- a structured environment
- verb give a structure to
structure.
- I need to structure my days
- adjective having definite and highly organized structure
- secured5/5
secure
- verb get by special effort
procure.
- He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed
- verb cause to be firmly attached
fasten; fix.
- fasten the lock onto the door
- she fixed her gaze on the man
- verb get by special effort
- manufacturers5/5
manufacturer
- noun a business engaged in manufacturing some product
manufacturing business; maker.
- noun someone who manufactures something
producer.
- noun a business engaged in manufacturing some product
- injured5/5
injured
- adjective harmed
- injured soldiers
- injured feelings
- verb cause injuries or bodily harm to
wound; injure.
- adjective harmed
- lectures5/5
lecture
- noun a speech that is open to the public
talk; public lecture.
- he attended a lecture on telecommunications
- noun a lengthy rebuke
speech; talking to.
- a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline
- the teacher gave him a talking to
- noun a speech that is open to the public
- poured5/5
pour
- verb cause to run
- pour water over the floor
- verb move in large numbers
swarm; teem; stream; pullulate.
- people were pouring out of the theater
- beggars pullulated in the plaza
- verb cause to run
- manufacturer5/5
manufacturer
- noun a business engaged in manufacturing some product
manufacturing business; maker.
- noun someone who manufactures something
producer.
- noun a business engaged in manufacturing some product
- figured5/5
figured
- adjective satellite (of e.g. fabric design) adorned with patterns
- my dress is richly figured"- Amy Lowell
- verb judge to be probable
calculate; figure; reckon; forecast; estimate; count on.
- adjective satellite (of e.g. fabric design) adorned with patterns
- failures5/5
failure
- noun an act that fails
- his failure to pass the test
- noun an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
- the surprise party was a complete failure
- noun an act that fails
- expenditures5/5
expenditure
- noun money paid out; an amount spent
spending; outlay; outgo.
- noun the act of spending money for goods or services
expending.
- noun money paid out; an amount spent
- manufactured5/5
manufactured
- adjective satellite produced in a large-scale industrial operation
- verb put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; He manufactured a popular cereal"
manufacture; fabricate; construct.
- the company fabricates plastic chairs
- They manufacture small toys
- adjective satellite produced in a large-scale industrial operation
- scriptures5/5
scripture
- noun the sacred writings of the Christian religions
Christian Bible; Bible; Word; Word of God; Holy Writ; Holy Scripture; Book; Good Book.
- he went to carry the Word to the heathen
- noun any writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious group
sacred scripture.
- noun the sacred writings of the Christian religions
- featured5/5
featured
- adjective satellite made a feature or highlight; given prominence
- a featured actor
- a featured item at the sale
- verb have as a feature
feature; have.
- This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France
- adjective satellite made a feature or highlight; given prominence
- coloured5/5
coloured
- adjective having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
colored; colorful.
- colored crepe paper
- the film was in color
- amber-colored heads of grain
- verb modify or bias
color; colour.
- His political ideas color his lectures
- adjective having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
- fractures5/5
fracture
- noun breaking of hard tissue such as bone
break.
- it was a nasty fracture
- the break seems to have been caused by a fall
- noun (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
fault; geological fault; break; faulting; shift.
- they built it right over a geological fault
- he studied the faulting of the earth's crust
- noun breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- pleasures5/5
pleasure
- noun a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
pleasance.
- he was tingling with pleasure
- noun something or someone that provides a source of happiness
delight; joy.
- a joy to behold
- the pleasure of his company
- the new car is a delight
- noun a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
- adventures5/5
adventure
- noun a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
risky venture; escapade; dangerous undertaking.
- verb take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
risk; take a chance; hazard; take chances; chance; gamble; run a risk.
- When you buy these stocks you are gambling
- noun a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
- gestures5/5
gesture
- noun motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
- noun the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
motion.
- noun motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
- bureaucracy5/5
bureaucracy
- noun nonelective government officials
bureaucratism.
- noun a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials
- noun nonelective government officials
- futures4/5
future
- noun the time yet to come
time to come; futurity; hereafter.
- noun a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
future tense.
- noun the time yet to come
- bureaucratic4/5
bureaucratic
- adjective of or relating to or resembling a bureaucrat or bureaucracy
- his bureaucratic behavior annoyed his colleagues
- a bureaucratic nightmare
- adjective of or relating to or resembling a bureaucrat or bureaucracy
- murmured4/5
murmur
- noun a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
murmuring; muttering; mutter; murmuration; mussitation.
- noun a schwa that is incidental to the pronunciation of a consonant
murmur vowel.
- noun a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
- ensures4/5
ensure
- verb make certain of
insure; assure; secure; guarantee.
- This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us
- Preparation will guarantee success!
- verb be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
insure; control; see to it; assure; see; ascertain; check.
- He verified that the valves were closed
- See that the curtains are closed
- control the quality of the product
- verb make certain of
- seizures4/5
seizure
- noun a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease
raptus; ictus.
- he suffered an epileptic seizure
- noun the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
capture; gaining control.
- noun a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease
- insured4/5
insured
- noun a person whose interests are protected by an insurance policy; a person who contracts for an insurance policy that indemnifies him against loss of property or life or health etc.
insured person.
- verb be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
insure; control; see to it; assure; see; ensure; ascertain; check.
- He verified that the valves were closed
- See that the curtains are closed
- control the quality of the product
- noun a person whose interests are protected by an insurance policy; a person who contracts for an insurance policy that indemnifies him against loss of property or life or health etc.
- ventures4/5
venture
- noun any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
- noun an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits
speculation.
- he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it
- noun any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
- endured4/5
endure
- verb put up with something or somebody unpleasant
stomach; brook; support; put up; tolerate; bear; abide; stick out; suffer; digest; stand.
- I cannot bear his constant criticism
- The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
- he learned to tolerate the heat
- She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage
- verb face and withstand with courage
brave out; weather; brave.
- She braved the elements
- verb put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- procurement4/5
procurement
- noun the act of getting possession of something
procurance; procural.
- he was responsible for the procurement of materials and supplies
- noun the act of getting possession of something
- favoured4/5
favour
- noun a feeling of favorable regard
favor.
- noun an inclination to approve
favor.
- that style is in favor this season
- noun a feeling of favorable regard
- treasures4/5
treasure
- noun accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
hoarded wealth.
- the pirates hid their treasure on a small island in the West Indies
- noun art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
gem.
- noun accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
- cured4/5
cured
- adjective satellite freed from illness or injury
recovered; healed.
- the patient appears cured
- the incision is healed
- appears to be entirely recovered
- when the recovered patient tries to remember what occurred during his delirium"- Normon Cameron
- verb provide a cure for, make healthy again
heal; cure; bring around.
- The treatment cured the boy's acne
- The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to
- adjective satellite freed from illness or injury
- configured4/5
configured
- adjective satellite organized so as to give configuration to
- a magnet is surrounded by a configured field
- verb set up for a particular purpose
configure.
- configure my new computer
- configure a plane for a combat mission
- adjective satellite organized so as to give configuration to
- ensured4/5
ensure
- verb make certain of
insure; assure; secure; guarantee.
- This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us
- Preparation will guarantee success!
- verb be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
insure; control; see to it; assure; see; ascertain; check.
- He verified that the valves were closed
- See that the curtains are closed
- control the quality of the product
- verb make certain of
- signatures4/5
signature
- noun your name written in your own handwriting
- noun a distinguishing style
touch.
- this room needs a woman's touch
- noun your name written in your own handwriting
- captures4/5
capture
- noun the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
seizure; gaining control.
- noun a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field
- noun the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
- mixtures4/5
mixture
- noun (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding)
- noun any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
concoction; intermixture.
- he volunteered to taste her latest concoction
- he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade
- noun (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding)
- ventured4/5
venture
- noun any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
- noun an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits
speculation.
- he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it
- noun any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
- pictured4/5
pictured
- adjective satellite seen in the mind as a mental image
envisioned; visualized; visualised.
- the glory of his envisioned future
- the snow-covered Alps pictured in her imagination
- the visualized scene lacked the ugly details of real life
- verb imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
picture; visualize; envision; figure; visualise; image; fancy; project; see.
- I can't see him on horseback!
- I can see what will happen
- I can see a risk in this strategy
- adjective satellite seen in the mind as a mental image
- lecturer4/5
lecturer
- noun a public lecturer at certain universities
lector; reader.
- noun someone who lectures professionally
- noun a public lecturer at certain universities
- picturesque4/5
picturesque
- adjective satellite suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture
- a picturesque village
- adjective satellite strikingly expressive
- a picturesque description of the rainforest
- adjective satellite suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture
- cultured4/5
cultured
- adjective satellite marked by refinement in taste and manners
civilised; polite; civilized; genteel; cultivated.
- cultivated speech
- cultured Bostonians
- cultured tastes
- a genteel old lady
- polite society
- verb grow in a special preparation
culture.
- the biologist grows microorganisms
- adjective satellite marked by refinement in taste and manners
- tortured4/5
tortured
- adjective satellite experiencing intense pain especially mental pain
anguished; tormented.
- an anguished conscience
- a small tormented schoolboy
- a tortured witness to another's humiliation
- verb torment emotionally or mentally
torment; excruciate; torture; rack.
- adjective satellite experiencing intense pain especially mental pain
- labourers4/5
labourer
- noun someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
manual laborer; laborer; jack.
- noun someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
- treasurer4/5
treasurer
- noun an officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds
financial officer.
- noun an officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds
- exposures4/5
exposure
- noun vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain;
- exposure to the weather" or "they died from exposure
- noun the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience
- she denounced the exposure of children to pornography
- noun vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain;
- legislatures4/5
legislature
- noun persons who make or amend or repeal laws
legislative assembly; law-makers; legislative body; general assembly.
- noun persons who make or amend or repeal laws
- insurer4/5
insurer
- noun a financial institution that sells insurance
insurance underwriter; insurance company; underwriter; insurance firm.
- noun a financial institution that sells insurance
- obscured4/5
obscure
- verb make less visible or unclear
befog; haze over; fog; becloud; mist; obnubilate; cloud.
- The stars are obscured by the clouds
- the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley
- verb make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
confuse; obnubilate; blur.
- Her remarks confused the debate
- Their words obnubilate their intentions
- verb make less visible or unclear
- sculptures4/5
sculpture
- noun a three-dimensional work of plastic art
- noun creating figures or designs in three dimensions
carving.
- noun a three-dimensional work of plastic art
- laurel4/5
laurel
- noun any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family
- noun United States slapstick comedian (born in England) who played the scatterbrained and often tearful member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1890-1965)
Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel; Stan Laurel.
- noun any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family
- bureaucrats4/5
bureaucrat
- noun an official of a bureaucracy
administrative official.
- noun an official of a bureaucracy
- securely4/5
securely
- adverb in a secure manner; in a manner free from danger
firmly.
- she held the child securely
- adverb in a confident and unselfconscious manner
- he acts very securely in front of the camera
- adverb in a secure manner; in a manner free from danger
- manufactures4/5
manufacture
- noun the organized action of making of goods and services for sale
industry.
- American industry is making increased use of computers to control production
- noun the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
manufacturing; fabrication.
- the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals
- an improvement in the manufacture of explosives
- manufacturing is vital to Great Britain
- noun the organized action of making of goods and services for sale
- laurence4/5
laurence
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- lauren4/5
lauren
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- architectures4/5
architecture
- noun an architectural product or work
- noun the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings
- architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use
- noun an architectural product or work
- natures4/5
nature
- noun the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
- it is the nature of fire to burn
- the true nature of jealousy
- noun a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe
- the laws of nature
- nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women
- noun the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
- honoured4/5
honour
- noun the state of being honored
honor; laurels.
- noun a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
accolade; honor; award; laurels.
- an award for bravery
- noun the state of being honored
- procured4/5
procure
- verb get by special effort
secure.
- He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed
- verb arrange for sexual partners for others
pander; pimp.
- verb get by special effort
- disclosures4/5
disclosure
- noun the speech act of making something evident
revealing; revelation.
- noun the speech act of making something evident
- pastures4/5
pasture
- noun a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
pastureland; ley; grazing land; lea.
- noun bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
eatage; pasturage; forage; grass.
- noun a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
- reassured4/5
reassured
- adjective satellite having confidence restored; freed from anxiety
- reassured by her praise he pressed on
- verb cause to feel sure; give reassurance to
assure; reassure.
- The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe
- adjective satellite having confidence restored; freed from anxiety
- fractured4/5
fracture
- noun breaking of hard tissue such as bone
break.
- it was a nasty fracture
- the break seems to have been caused by a fall
- noun (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
fault; geological fault; break; faulting; shift.
- they built it right over a geological fault
- he studied the faulting of the earth's crust
- noun breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- nurtured4/5
nurture
- noun the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
rearing; raising.
- noun helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
fostering; upbringing; bringing up; rearing; fosterage; breeding; raising.
- they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
- noun the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
- textures4/5
texture
- noun the feel of a surface or a fabric
- the wall had a smooth texture
- noun the essential quality of something
- the texture of Neapolitan life
- noun the feel of a surface or a fabric
- gestured4/5
gesture
- noun motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
- noun the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
motion.
- noun motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
- fixtures4/5
fixture
- noun an object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household)
- noun a regular patron
regular; habitue.
- an habitue of the racetrack
- a bum who is a Central Park fixture
- noun an object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household)
- insurers4/5
insurer
- noun a financial institution that sells insurance
insurance underwriter; insurance company; underwriter; insurance firm.
- noun a financial institution that sells insurance
- cures4/5
cure
- noun a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
curative; remedy; therapeutic.
- verb provide a cure for, make healthy again
heal; bring around.
- The treatment cured the boy's acne
- The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to
- noun a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
- maureen4/5
maureen
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- endeavoured4/5
endeavour
- noun a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)
endeavor; enterprise.
- he had doubts about the whole enterprise
- noun earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
try; effort; endeavor; attempt.
- made an effort to cover all the reading material
- wished him luck in his endeavor
- she gave it a good try
- noun a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)
- leisurely4/5
leisurely
- adjective satellite not hurried or forced
easygoing; easy.
- an easy walk around the block
- at a leisurely (or easygoing) pace
- adverb in an unhurried way or at one's convenience
at leisure.
- read the manual at your leisure
- he traveled leisurely
- adjective satellite not hurried or forced
- nuremberg4/5
nuremberg
- noun a city in southeastern Germany; site of Allied trials of Nazi war criminals (1945-46)
Nurnberg.
- noun a city in southeastern Germany; site of Allied trials of Nazi war criminals (1945-46)
- assures4/5
assure
- verb make certain of
insure; ensure; secure; guarantee.
- This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us
- Preparation will guarantee success!
- verb inform positively and with certainty and confidence
tell.
- I tell you that man is a crook!
- verb make certain of
- prematurely4/5
prematurely
- adverb (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation
- the child was born prematurely
- adverb too soon; in a premature manner
untimely.
- I spoke prematurely
- adverb (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation
- matured4/5
matured
- adjective satellite fully ripe; at the height of bloom
full-blown.
- a full-blown rose
- verb develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
maturate; mature; grow.
- He matured fast
- The child grew fast
- adjective satellite fully ripe; at the height of bloom
- natured4/5
nature
- noun the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
- it is the nature of fire to burn
- the true nature of jealousy
- noun a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe
- the laws of nature
- nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women
- noun the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
- pressured4/5
pressure
- noun the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)
pressure level; force per unit area.
- the compressed gas exerts an increased pressure
- noun a force that compels
- the public brought pressure to bear on the government
- noun the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)
- assuredly4/5
assuredly
- adverb without a doubt
- the grammar schools were assuredly not intended for the gentry alone
- adverb without a doubt
- sutures4/5
suture
- noun an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)
sutura; fibrous joint.
- noun a seam used in surgery
surgical seam.
- noun an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)
- devoured4/5
devour
- verb destroy completely
- Fire had devoured our home
- verb enjoy avidly
- She devoured his novels
- verb destroy completely
- purest3/5
pure
- adjective free of extraneous elements of any kind
- pure air and water
- pure gold
- pure primary colors
- the violin's pure and lovely song
- pure tones
- pure oxygen
- adjective satellite without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
perfect; double-dyed; complete; gross; arrant; unadulterated; sodding; stark; consummate; utter; thoroughgoing; everlasting; staring.
- an arrant fool
- a complete coward
- a consummate fool
- a double-dyed villain
- gross negligence
- a perfect idiot
- pure folly
- what a sodding mess
- stark staring mad
- a thoroughgoing villain
- utter nonsense
- the unadulterated truth
- adjective free of extraneous elements of any kind
- brochures3/5
brochure
- noun a small book usually having a paper cover
booklet; folder; leaflet; pamphlet.
- noun a small book usually having a paper cover
- surety3/5
surety
- noun something clearly established
- noun property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation
security.
- bankers are reluctant to lend without good security
- noun something clearly established
- literatures3/5
literature
- noun creative writing of recognized artistic value
- noun the humanistic study of a body of literature
lit.
- he took a course in Russian lit
- noun creative writing of recognized artistic value
- departures3/5
departure
- noun the act of departing
going away; going; leaving.
- noun a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
deviation; difference; divergence.
- the deviation from the mean
- noun the act of departing
- infrastructures3/5
infrastructure
- noun the basic structure or features of a system or organization
substructure.
- noun the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
base.
- the industrial base of Japan
- noun the basic structure or features of a system or organization
- diuretics3/5
diuretic
- noun any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess water
diuretic drug; water pill.
- noun any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess water
- postures3/5
posture
- noun the arrangement of the body and its limbs
position; attitude.
- he assumed an attitude of surrender
- noun characteristic way of bearing one's body
bearing; carriage.
- stood with good posture
- noun the arrangement of the body and its limbs
- bureaucracies3/5
bureaucracy
- noun nonelective government officials
bureaucratism.
- noun a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials
- noun nonelective government officials
- aureus3/5
aureus
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- lured3/5
lure
- noun qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
come-on; enticement.
- noun anything that serves as an enticement
come-on; bait; sweetener; hook.
- noun qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
- unstructured3/5
unstructured
- adjective lacking definite structure or organization
- an unstructured situation with no one in authority
- a neighborhood gang with a relatively unstructured system
- children in an unstructured environment often feel insecure
- unstructured inkblots
- adjective satellite lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies
amorphous.
- adjective lacking definite structure or organization
- toured3/5
tour
- noun a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
circuit.
- they took an extended tour of Europe
- we took a quick circuit of the park
- a ten-day coach circuit of the island
- noun a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
go; turn; spell.
- it's my go
- a spell of work
- noun a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
- laurent3/5
laurent
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- treasured3/5
treasured
- adjective satellite characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for
cherished; wanted; precious.
- a cherished friend
- children are precious
- a treasured heirloom
- so good to feel wanted
- verb hold dear
treasure; appreciate; prize; value.
- I prize these old photographs
- adjective satellite characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for
- adventurers3/5
adventurer
- noun a person who enjoys taking risks
venturer.
- noun someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)
explorer.
- noun a person who enjoys taking risks
- enclosures3/5
enclosure
- noun a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose
- noun the act of enclosing something inside something else
envelopment; inclosure; enclosing.
- noun a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose
- labourer3/5
labourer
- noun someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
manual laborer; laborer; jack.
- noun someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
- textured3/5
textured
- adjective satellite having surface roughness
rough-textured; coarse-textured.
- a textured wall of stucco
- a rough-textured tweed
- adjective satellite having surface roughness
- lectured3/5
lecture
- noun a speech that is open to the public
talk; public lecture.
- he attended a lecture on telecommunications
- noun a lengthy rebuke
speech; talking to.
- a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline
- the teacher gave him a talking to
- noun a speech that is open to the public
- strictures3/5
stricture
- noun abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway
stenosis.
- noun severe criticism
- noun abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway
- ruptured3/5
rupture
- noun state of being torn or burst open
- noun a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
rift; severance; falling out; break; breach.
- they hoped to avoid a break in relations
- noun state of being torn or burst open
- armoured3/5
armoured
- adjective used of animals; provided with protective covering
armored.
- verb equip with armor
armor; armour.
- adjective used of animals; provided with protective covering
- lecturers3/5
lecturer
- noun a public lecturer at certain universities
lector; reader.
- noun someone who lectures professionally
- noun a public lecturer at certain universities
- buren3/5
buren
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- conjured3/5
conjure
- verb summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
arouse; raise; invoke; conjure up; bring up; call down; call forth; evoke; put forward; stir.
- raise the specter of unemployment
- he conjured wild birds in the air
- call down the spirits from the mountain
- verb ask for or request earnestly
beseech; bid; entreat; press; adjure.
- The prophet bid all people to become good persons
- verb summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- fissures3/5
fissure
- noun a long narrow depression in a surface
crevice; chap; cranny; crack.
- noun a long narrow opening
crevice; cleft; scissure; crack.
- noun a long narrow depression in a surface
- uninsured3/5
uninsured
- adjective not covered by insurance
- an uninsured motorist
- adjective not covered by insurance
- duress3/5
duress
- noun compulsory force or threat
- confessed under duress
- noun compulsory force or threat
- conjectures3/5
conjecture
- noun a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
speculation.
- speculations about the outcome of the election
- he dismissed it as mere conjecture
- noun a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
guess; supposition; surmisal; hypothesis; speculation; surmise.
- noun a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
- adventurer3/5
adventurer
- noun a person who enjoys taking risks
venturer.
- noun someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)
explorer.
- noun a person who enjoys taking risks
- bureaus3/5
bureau
- noun an administrative unit of government
office; agency; authority; federal agency; government agency.
- the Central Intelligence Agency
- the Census Bureau
- Office of Management and Budget
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- noun furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
chest; chest of drawers; dresser.
- noun an administrative unit of government
- diuretic3/5
diuretic
- noun any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess water
diuretic drug; water pill.
- noun any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess water
- subcultures3/5
subculture
- noun a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs
- noun a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs
- endures3/5
endure
- verb put up with something or somebody unpleasant
stomach; brook; support; put up; tolerate; bear; abide; stick out; suffer; digest; stand.
- I cannot bear his constant criticism
- The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
- he learned to tolerate the heat
- She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage
- verb face and withstand with courage
brave out; weather; brave.
- She braved the elements
- verb put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- laboured3/5
laboured
- adjective satellite lacking natural ease
labored; strained.
- a labored style of debating
- verb work hard
moil; travail; dig; grind; labour; drudge; toil; labor; fag.
- She was digging away at her math homework
- Lexicographers drudge all day long
- adjective satellite lacking natural ease
- unsecured3/5
unsecured
- adjective satellite not firmly fastened or secured
unbarred; unlatched; unlocked; unbolted.
- an unbarred door
- went through the unlatched gate into the street
- an unlocked room
- adjective satellite without financial security
unguaranteed.
- an unsecured note
- adjective satellite not firmly fastened or secured
- restructured3/5
restructure
- verb construct or form anew or provide with a new structure
reconstitute.
- After his accident, he had to restructure his life
- The governing board was reconstituted
- verb construct or form anew or provide with a new structure
- secures3/5
secure
- verb get by special effort
procure.
- He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed
- verb cause to be firmly attached
fasten; fix.
- fasten the lock onto the door
- she fixed her gaze on the man
- verb get by special effort
- overtures3/5
overture
- noun orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
- noun something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
prelude; preliminary.
- training is a necessary preliminary to employment
- drinks were the overture to dinner
- noun orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
- obscures3/5
obscure
- verb make less visible or unclear
befog; haze over; fog; becloud; mist; obnubilate; cloud.
- The stars are obscured by the clouds
- the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley
- verb make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
confuse; obnubilate; blur.
- Her remarks confused the debate
- Their words obnubilate their intentions
- verb make less visible or unclear
- indentured3/5
indentured
- adjective satellite bound by contract
apprenticed; bound; articled.
- verb bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant
indent; indenture.
- an indentured servant
- adjective satellite bound by contract
- laureate3/5
laureate
- noun someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath
- adjective satellite worthy of the greatest honor or distinction
- The nation's pediatrician laureate is preparing to lay down his black bag"- James Traub
- noun someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath
- purer3/5
pure
- adjective free of extraneous elements of any kind
- pure air and water
- pure gold
- pure primary colors
- the violin's pure and lovely song
- pure tones
- pure oxygen
- adjective satellite without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
perfect; double-dyed; complete; gross; arrant; unadulterated; sodding; stark; consummate; utter; thoroughgoing; everlasting; staring.
- an arrant fool
- a complete coward
- a consummate fool
- a double-dyed villain
- gross negligence
- a perfect idiot
- pure folly
- what a sodding mess
- stark staring mad
- a thoroughgoing villain
- utter nonsense
- the unadulterated truth
- adjective free of extraneous elements of any kind
- closures3/5
closure
- noun approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap
closing.
- the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision
- noun a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
cloture; gag rule; gag law.
- noun approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap
- vultures3/5
vulture
- noun any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
- noun someone who attacks in search of booty
predator; piranha; marauder.
- noun any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
- tortures3/5
torture
- noun extreme mental distress
torment; anguish.
- noun unbearable physical pain
torment.
- noun extreme mental distress
- countermeasures3/5
countermeasure
- noun an action taken to offset another action
- noun an action taken to offset another action
- matures3/5
mature
- verb develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
maturate; grow.
- He matured fast
- The child grew fast
- verb develop and work out fully in one's mind
- I need to mature my thoughts
- verb develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
- debentures3/5
debenture
- noun the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future
unsecured bond; debenture bond.
- noun a certificate or voucher acknowledging a debt
- noun the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future
- aurelius3/5
aurelius
- noun Emperor of Rome; nephew and son-in-law and adoptive son of Antonius Pius; Stoic philosopher; the decline of the Roman Empire began under Marcus Aurelius (121-180)
Antoninus; Marcus Aurelius; Marcus Annius Verus; Marcus Aurelius Antoninus.
- noun Emperor of Rome; nephew and son-in-law and adoptive son of Antonius Pius; Stoic philosopher; the decline of the Roman Empire began under Marcus Aurelius (121-180)
- eureka3/5
eureka
The exclamation attributed to Archimedes, who is said to have cried out "Eureka! eureka!" (I have found it! I have found it!), upon suddenly discovering a method of finding out how much the gold of King Hiero's crown had been alloyed. Hence, an expression of triumph concerning a discovery.
- puree3/5
puree
- noun food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender
- verb rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender
strain.
- puree the vegetables for the baby
- noun food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender
- recaptured3/5
recapture
- noun a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount
- noun the act of taking something back
retaking.
- noun a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount
- surest3/5
sure
- adjective having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
certain.
- felt certain of success
- was sure (or certain) she had seen it
- was very sure in his beliefs
- sure of her friends
- adjective satellite exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance
certain.
- be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through
- be sure to lock the doors
- adjective having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
- polyurethane3/5
polyurethane
- noun any of various polymers containing the urethane radical; a wide variety of synthetic forms are made and used as adhesives or plastics or paints or rubber
polyurethan.
- noun any of various polymers containing the urethane radical; a wide variety of synthetic forms are made and used as adhesives or plastics or paints or rubber
- baccalaureate3/5
baccalaureate
- noun a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies
- noun an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies
bachelor's degree.
- noun a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies
- disfigured3/5
disfigured
- adjective satellite having the appearance spoiled
- a disfigured face
- strip mining left a disfigured landscape
- verb mar or spoil the appearance of
deface; blemish; disfigure.
- scars defaced her cheeks
- The vandals disfigured the statue
- adjective satellite having the appearance spoiled
- beauregard3/5
beauregard
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- sculptured3/5
sculptured
- adjective satellite cut into a desired shape
graven; sculpted.
- graven images
- sculptured representations
- verb create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
sculpture; sculpt.
- sculpt a swan out of a block of ice
- adjective satellite cut into a desired shape
- caricatures3/5
caricature
- noun a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
impersonation; imitation.
- verb represent in or produce a caricature of
ape.
- The drawing caricatured the President
- noun a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
- bureaucrat3/5
bureaucrat
- noun an official of a bureaucracy
administrative official.
- noun an official of a bureaucracy
- miniatures3/5
miniature
- noun painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)
illumination.
- noun a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size
toy.
- noun painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)
- ruptures3/5
rupture
- noun state of being torn or burst open
- noun a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
rift; severance; falling out; break; breach.
- they hoped to avoid a break in relations
- noun state of being torn or burst open
- laurels3/5
laurels
- noun a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
honour; accolade; honor; award.
- an award for bravery
- noun the state of being honored
honour; honor.
- noun a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
- conjectured3/5
conjecture
- noun a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
speculation.
- speculations about the outcome of the election
- he dismissed it as mere conjecture
- noun a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
guess; supposition; surmisal; hypothesis; speculation; surmise.
- noun a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
- scoured3/5
scoured
- adjective satellite worn away as by water or ice or wind
eroded.
- verb examine minutely
scour.
- The police scoured the country for the fugitive
- adjective satellite worn away as by water or ice or wind
- lures3/5
lure
- noun qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
come-on; enticement.
- noun anything that serves as an enticement
come-on; bait; sweetener; hook.
- noun qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
- manicured3/5
manicure
- noun professional care for the hands and fingernails
- verb trim carefully and neatly
- manicure fingernails
- noun professional care for the hands and fingernails
- apertures3/5
aperture
- noun a device that controls amount of light admitted
- noun a natural opening in something
- noun a device that controls amount of light admitted
- censured3/5
censure
- noun harsh criticism or disapproval
animadversion.
- noun the state of being excommunicated
exclusion; excommunication.
- noun harsh criticism or disapproval
- punctured3/5
punctured
- adjective satellite having a hole cut through
perforated; perforate; pierced.
- pierced ears
- a perforated eardrum
- a punctured balloon
- verb pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into
puncture.
- puncture a tire
- adjective satellite having a hole cut through
- reconfigured3/5
reconfigured
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- conjures3/5
conjure
- verb summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
arouse; raise; invoke; conjure up; bring up; call down; call forth; evoke; put forward; stir.
- raise the specter of unemployment
- he conjured wild birds in the air
- call down the spirits from the mountain
- verb ask for or request earnestly
beseech; bid; entreat; press; adjure.
- The prophet bid all people to become good persons
- verb summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- tourette3/5
tourette
- noun French neurologist (1857-1904)
Georges Gilles de la Tourette; Gilles de la Tourette.
- noun French neurologist (1857-1904)
- transfigured3/5
transfigure
- verb elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
glorify; spiritualize.
- verb change completely the nature or appearance of
transmogrify; metamorphose.
- In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug
- The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman
- Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection
- verb elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
- microstructures3/5
- epicurean3/5
epicurean
- noun a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
foodie; gourmet; gastronome; bon vivant; epicure.
- adjective of Epicurus or epicureanism
- Epicurean philosophy
- noun a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
- dentures3/5
denture
- noun a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
dental plate; plate.
- noun a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
- laurens3/5
laurens
- noun leader of the American Revolution and president of the Continental Congress (1724-1792)
Henry Laurens.
- noun leader of the American Revolution and president of the Continental Congress (1724-1792)
- soured3/5
soured
- adjective having turned bad
- verb go sour or spoil
ferment; turn; sour; work.
- The milk has soured
- The wine worked
- The cream has turned--we have to throw it out
- adjective having turned bad
- tenured3/5
tenured
- adjective satellite appointed for life and not subject to dismissal except for a grave crime
- an irremovable officer
- a tenured professor
- verb give life-time employment to
tenure.
- She was tenured after she published her book
- adjective satellite appointed for life and not subject to dismissal except for a grave crime
- carburetor3/5
carburetor
- noun mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion
carburettor.
- noun mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion
- denatured3/5
denatured
- adjective satellite changed in nature or natural quality
denaturized; denaturised.
- denatured alcohol
- verb add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb
denature.
- adjective satellite changed in nature or natural quality
- sutured3/5
suture
- noun an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)
sutura; fibrous joint.
- noun a seam used in surgery
surgical seam.
- noun an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)
- uninjured3/5
uninjured
- adjective not injured physically or mentally
- adjective not injured physically or mentally
- surer3/5
sure
- adjective having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
certain.
- felt certain of success
- was sure (or certain) she had seen it
- was very sure in his beliefs
- sure of her friends
- adjective satellite exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance
certain.
- be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through
- be sure to lock the doors
- adjective having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
- featureless2/5
featureless
- adjective satellite lacking distinguishing characteristics or features
- the featureless landscape of the steppe
- adjective satellite lacking distinguishing characteristics or features
- contractures2/5
contracture
- noun an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle
- noun an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle
- injures2/5
injure
- verb cause injuries or bodily harm to
wound.
- verb hurt the feelings of
spite; wound; bruise; hurt; offend.
- She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests
- This remark really bruised my ego
- verb cause injuries or bodily harm to
- insures2/5
insure
- verb be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
control; see to it; assure; see; ensure; ascertain; check.
- He verified that the valves were closed
- See that the curtains are closed
- control the quality of the product
- verb make certain of
assure; ensure; secure; guarantee.
- This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us
- Preparation will guarantee success!
- verb be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- rumoured2/5
rumour
- noun gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
hearsay; rumor.
- verb tell or spread rumors
rumor; bruit.
- It was rumored that the next president would be a woman
- noun gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
- aurelia2/5
aurelia
(Zoöl.) (a) The chrysalis, or pupa of an insect, esp. when reflecting a brilliant golden color, as that of some of the butterflies. (b) A genus of jellyfishes. See Discophora .
- enraptured2/5
enraptured
- adjective satellite feeling great rapture or delight
rhapsodic; rapturous; ecstatic; rapt.
- verb hold spellbound
enthrall; ravish; delight; enthral; enrapture; enchant; transport.
- adjective satellite feeling great rapture or delight
- flavoured2/5
flavour
- noun the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
look; feel; tone; flavor; feeling; smell; spirit.
- the feel of the city excited him
- a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting
- it had the smell of treason
- noun (physics) the six kinds of quarks
flavor.
- noun the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
- prefigured2/5
prefigure
- verb imagine or consider beforehand
- It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured
- verb indicate by signs
omen; auspicate; bode; betoken; portend; foreshadow; predict; foretell; augur; prognosticate; forecast; presage.
- These signs bode bad news
- verb imagine or consider beforehand
- figurehead2/5
figurehead
- noun a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
straw man; nominal head; front; strawman; front man.
- noun figure on the bow of some sailing vessels
- noun a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
- diuresis2/5
diuresis
- noun increased secretion of urine; if not due to increased liquid intake or to the action of a diuretic drug it can be a symptom of diabetes mellitus
- noun increased secretion of urine; if not due to increased liquid intake or to the action of a diuretic drug it can be a symptom of diabetes mellitus
- enamoured2/5
enamour
- verb attract; cause to be enamored
capture; entrance; bewitch; fascinate; trance; captivate; beguile; charm; catch; becharm; enchant; enamor.
- She captured all the men's hearts
- verb attract; cause to be enamored
- naturedly2/5
natured
Having (such) a nature, temper, or disposition; disposed; -- used in composition; as, good- natured , ill-natured , etc.
- harboured2/5
harbour
- noun a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
harbor; haven; seaport.
- noun a place of refuge and comfort and security
harbor.
- noun a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
- configures2/5
configure
- verb set up for a particular purpose
- configure my new computer
- configure a plane for a combat mission
- verb set up for a particular purpose
- junctures2/5
juncture
- noun an event that occurs at a critical time
occasion.
- at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave
- it was needed only on special occasions
- noun a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
critical point; crossroads.
- at that juncture he had no idea what to do
- he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point
- noun an event that occurs at a critical time
- nurtures2/5
nurture
- noun the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
rearing; raising.
- noun helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
fostering; upbringing; bringing up; rearing; fosterage; breeding; raising.
- they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
- noun the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
- humoured2/5
humour
- noun a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
humor; temper; mood.
- whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time
- he was in a bad humor
- noun a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
witticism; wittiness; wit; humor.
- noun a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
- disfigurement2/5
disfigurement
- noun an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen
disfiguration; deformity.
- there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back
- suffering from facial disfiguration
- noun the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
disfiguration; defacement.
- the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion
- he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape
- noun an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen
- manures2/5
manure
- noun any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material
- verb spread manure, as for fertilization
muck.
- noun any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material
- enuresis2/5
enuresis
- noun inability to control the flow of urine and involuntary urination
urinary incontinence.
- noun inability to control the flow of urine and involuntary urination
- natriuretic2/5
natriuretic
- adjective of or relating to natriuresis
- adjective of or relating to natriuresis
- punctures2/5
puncture
- noun loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object
- noun a small hole made by a sharp object
- noun loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object
- tenures2/5
tenure
- noun the term during which some position is held
term of office; incumbency.
- noun the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands
land tenure.
- noun the term during which some position is held
- unmeasured2/5
unmeasured
- adjective impossible to measure
unmeasurable; immensurable; immeasurable.
- unmeasurable reaches of outer space
- adjective satellite not composed of measured syllables; not metrical
- unmeasured prose
- adjective impossible to measure
- sureties2/5
surety
- noun something clearly established
- noun property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation
security.
- bankers are reluctant to lend without good security
- noun something clearly established
- antidiuretic2/5
antidiuretic
- noun a drug that limits the formation of urine
antidiuretic drug.
- noun a drug that limits the formation of urine
- obscurely2/5
obscurely
- adverb in an obscure manner
- this work is obscurely written
- adverb in an obscure manner
- inured2/5
inured
- adjective satellite made tough by habitual exposure
enured; hardened.
- hardened fishermen
- a peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured"- Robert Lynd
- our successors...may be graver, more inured and equable men"- V.S.Pritchett
- verb cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
harden; indurate; inure.
- He was inured to the cold
- adjective satellite made tough by habitual exposure
- caricatured2/5
caricature
- noun a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
impersonation; imitation.
- verb represent in or produce a caricature of
ape.
- The drawing caricatured the President
- noun a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
- raptures2/5
rapture
- noun a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
ecstasy; raptus; transport; exaltation.
- listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens
- noun a state of elated bliss
ecstasy.
- noun a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
- contoured2/5
contour
- noun a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height
contour line.
- noun any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
shape; configuration; form; conformation.
- he could barely make out their shapes
- noun a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height
- reassures2/5
reassure
- verb cause to feel sure; give reassurance to
assure.
- The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe
- verb give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain
- I reassured him that we were safe
- verb cause to feel sure; give reassurance to
- prefectures2/5
prefecture
- noun the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire)
- noun the office of prefect
- noun the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire)
- demurely2/5
demurely
- adverb in a demure manner
- the army girl, tall and demurely pretty, threw a quick side-glance at her
- adverb in a demure manner
- floured2/5
flour
- noun fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain
- verb cover with flour
- flour fish or meat before frying it
- noun fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain
- curettage2/5
curettage
- noun surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette
curettement.
- noun surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette
- dishonoured2/5
dishonour
- noun a state of shame or disgrace
dishonor.
- he was resigned to a life of dishonor
- noun lacking honor or integrity
dishonor.
- noun a state of shame or disgrace
- torturers2/5
torturer
- noun someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion)
- noun someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion)
- censures2/5
censure
- noun harsh criticism or disapproval
animadversion.
- noun the state of being excommunicated
exclusion; excommunication.
- noun harsh criticism or disapproval
- bureaux2/5
bureau
- noun an administrative unit of government
office; agency; authority; federal agency; government agency.
- the Central Intelligence Agency
- the Census Bureau
- Office of Management and Budget
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- noun furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
chest; chest of drawers; dresser.
- noun an administrative unit of government
- curvatures2/5
curvature
- noun (medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal
- curvature of the spine
- noun the rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve
- noun (medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal
- aurea2/5
aurea
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- bureaucratization2/5
bureaucratization
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- transurethral2/5
transurethral
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- creaturely2/5
creature
- noun a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
animate being; brute; beast; animal; fauna.
- noun a human being; `wight' is an archaic term
wight.
- noun a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
- forfeitures2/5
forfeiture
- noun something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty;
forfeit.
- noun a penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something
forfeit.
- the contract specified forfeits if the work was not completed on time
- noun something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty;
- misadventures2/5
misadventure
- noun an instance of misfortune
mischance; mishap.
- noun an instance of misfortune
- conjurer2/5
conjurer
- noun someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience
illusionist; prestidigitator; magician; conjuror.
- noun a witch doctor who practices conjury
conjuror; conjure man.
- noun someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience
- purpurea2/5
purpurea
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- durer2/5
dure
Hard; harsh; severe; rough; toilsome. R.The winter is severe, and life is dure and rude. W. H. Russell.
- prefigures2/5
prefigure
- verb imagine or consider beforehand
- It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured
- verb indicate by signs
omen; auspicate; bode; betoken; portend; foreshadow; predict; foretell; augur; prognosticate; forecast; presage.
- These signs bode bad news
- verb imagine or consider beforehand
- aurelian2/5
aurelian
Of or pertaining to the aurelia.
- torturer2/5
torturer
- noun someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion)
- noun someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion)
- discoloured2/5
discolour
- verb change color, often in an undesired manner
color; discolor; colour.
- The shirts discolored
- verb change color, often in an undesired manner
- epicureans2/5
epicurean
- noun a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
foodie; gourmet; gastronome; bon vivant; epicure.
- adjective of Epicurus or epicureanism
- Epicurean philosophy
- noun a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
- admixtures2/5
admixture
- noun the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something
alloy.
- noun an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base
intermixture.
- the growing medium should be equal parts of sand and loam with an admixture of peat moss and cow manure
- a large intermixture of sand
- noun the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something
- treasurers2/5
treasurer
- noun an officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds
financial officer.
- noun an officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds
- underinsured2/5
- foreclosures2/5
foreclosure
- noun the legal proceedings initiated by a creditor to repossess the collateral for loan that is in default
- noun the legal proceedings initiated by a creditor to repossess the collateral for loan that is in default
- substructures2/5
substructure
- noun the basic structure or features of a system or organization
infrastructure.
- noun lowest support of a structure
foundation; groundwork; understructure; base; fundament; foot.
- it was built on a base of solid rock
- he stood at the foot of the tower
- noun the basic structure or features of a system or organization
- pureed2/5
puree
- noun food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender
- verb rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender
strain.
- puree the vegetables for the baby
- noun food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender
- laureates2/5
laureate
- noun someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath
- adjective satellite worthy of the greatest honor or distinction
- The nation's pediatrician laureate is preparing to lay down his black bag"- James Traub
- noun someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath
- uncultured2/5
uncultured
- adjective satellite (of persons) lacking art or knowledge
uncultivated; artless.
- adjective satellite (of persons) lacking art or knowledge
- perjured2/5
perjure
- verb knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury
- verb knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury
- procures2/5
procure
- verb get by special effort
secure.
- He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed
- verb arrange for sexual partners for others
pander; pimp.
- verb get by special effort
- purebred2/5
purebred
- noun a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses
thoroughbred; pureblood.
- adjective bred for many generations from member of a recognized breed or strain
- noun a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses
- coloureds2/5
colour
- noun any material used for its color
color; coloring material; colouring material.
- she used a different color for the trim
- noun a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
color; people of color; people of colour.
- noun any material used for its color
- aurelio2/5
aurelio
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- insureds2/5
insured
- noun a person whose interests are protected by an insurance policy; a person who contracts for an insurance policy that indemnifies him against loss of property or life or health etc.
insured person.
- verb be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
insure; control; see to it; assure; see; ensure; ascertain; check.
- He verified that the valves were closed
- See that the curtains are closed
- control the quality of the product
- noun a person whose interests are protected by an insurance policy; a person who contracts for an insurance policy that indemnifies him against loss of property or life or health etc.
- fissured2/5
fissure
- noun a long narrow depression in a surface
crevice; chap; cranny; crack.
- noun a long narrow opening
crevice; cleft; scissure; crack.
- noun a long narrow depression in a surface
- indentures2/5
indenture
- noun a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
indentation.
- noun formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt
- noun a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
- naturel2/5
natural
- noun someone regarded as certain to succeed
- he's a natural for the job
- noun a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
cancel.
- noun someone regarded as certain to succeed
- surefire2/5
surefire
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- tinctures2/5
tincture
- noun a substances that colors metals
- noun an indication that something has been present
vestige; shadow; trace.
- there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim
- a tincture of condescension
- noun a substances that colors metals
- allurements2/5
allurement
- noun attractiveness
- its allurement was its remoteness
- noun the power to entice or attract through personal charm
allure; temptingness.
- noun attractiveness
- superstructures2/5
superstructure
- noun structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck
- noun structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck
- leisured2/5
leisured
- adjective satellite free from duties or responsibilities
- he writes in his leisure hours
- life as it ought to be for the leisure classes"- J.J.Chapman
- even the artist and the sculptor were not regarded...as leisured men"- Ida Craven
- adjective satellite free from duties or responsibilities
- ligatures2/5
ligature
- noun (music) a group of notes connected by a slur
- noun character consisting of two or more letters combined into one
- noun (music) a group of notes connected by a slur
- venturesome2/5
venturesome
- adjective satellite disposed to venture or take risks
audacious; daring; venturous.
- audacious visions of the total conquest of space
- an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas
- the most daring of contemporary fiction writers
- a venturesome investor
- a venturous spirit
- adjective satellite disposed to venture or take risks
- polyurethanes2/5
polyurethane
- noun any of various polymers containing the urethane radical; a wide variety of synthetic forms are made and used as adhesives or plastics or paints or rubber
polyurethan.
- noun any of various polymers containing the urethane radical; a wide variety of synthetic forms are made and used as adhesives or plastics or paints or rubber
- measureless2/5
measureless
- adjective satellite without limits in extent or size or quantity
limitless; illimitable.
- limitless vastness of our solar system
- adjective satellite without limits in extent or size or quantity
- savoured2/5
savour
- noun the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
nip; tang; flavour; savor; sapidity; smack; flavor; relish.
- verb have flavor; taste of something
taste; savor.
- noun the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- turenne2/5
- usurer2/5
usurer
- noun someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
moneylender; shylock; loan shark.
- noun someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
- laurentian2/5
laurentian
Pertaining to, or near, the St. Lawrence River; as, the .Laurentian hills
- picturesqueness2/5
picturesqueness
- noun the quality of being strikingly expressive or vivid
- noun visually vivid and pleasing
- noun the quality of being strikingly expressive or vivid
- sureness2/5
sureness
- noun freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
confidence; self-confidence; self-assurance; authority; assurance.
- his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular
- after that failure he lost his confidence
- she spoke with authority
- noun the quality of being steady and unfailing
- sureness of hand
- noun freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
- adventuresome2/5
adventuresome
- adjective willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises
adventurous.
- adventurous pioneers
- the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy
- adjective willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises
- aureole2/5
aureole
- noun the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse
corona.
- noun an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
glory; gloriole; nimbus; aura; halo.
- noun the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse
- multicoloured2/5
multicoloured
- adjective satellite having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
painted; multi-coloured; varicoloured; multicolour; varicolored; motley; pied; particolored; multi-color; multicolored; multicolor; particoloured; piebald; multi-colored; multi-colour; calico.
- a jester dressed in motley
- the painted desert
- a particolored dress
- a piebald horse
- pied daisies
- adjective satellite having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
- epicureanism2/5
epicureanism
- noun a doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient Greek philosophers
- noun a doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient Greek philosophers
- abjured2/5
abjure
- verb formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
retract; resile; forswear; recant.
- He retracted his earlier statements about his religion
- She abjured her beliefs
- verb formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
- picturesquely2/5
picturesquely
- adverb in a picturesque manner
- in the building trade such a trader is picturesquely described as a `brass plate' merchant
- adverb in a picturesque manner
- allured2/5
allure
- noun the power to entice or attract through personal charm
allurement; temptingness.
- verb dispose or incline or entice to
tempt.
- We were tempted by the delicious-looking food
- noun the power to entice or attract through personal charm
- lectureship2/5
lectureship
- noun the post of lecturer
- noun the post of lecturer
- tureen2/5
tureen
- noun large deep serving dish with a cover; for serving soups and stews
- noun large deep serving dish with a cover; for serving soups and stews
- hydroxyurea2/5
- pastureland2/5
pastureland
- noun a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
pasture; ley; grazing land; lea.
- noun a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
- procureur2/5
procureur
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- erasures2/5
erasure
- noun a correction made by erasing
- there were many erasures in the typescript
- noun a surface area where something has been erased
- another word had been written over the erasure
- noun a correction made by erasing
- duree2/5
- immured2/5
immure
- verb lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
incarcerate; jug; remand; lag; gaol; jail; put away; imprison; put behind bars.
- The suspects were imprisoned without trial
- the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
- verb lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- usurers2/5
usurer
- noun someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
moneylender; shylock; loan shark.
- noun someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
- sulfonylureas2/5
sulfonylurea
- noun antidiabetic consisting of any of several drugs that reduce the level of glucose in the blood; used to treat diabetes mellitus
- noun antidiabetic consisting of any of several drugs that reduce the level of glucose in the blood; used to treat diabetes mellitus
- monocultures2/5
monoculture
- noun the cultivation of a single crop (on a farm or area or country)
- noun the cultivation of a single crop (on a farm or area or country)
- nurturer2/5
nurture
- noun the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
rearing; raising.
- noun helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
fostering; upbringing; bringing up; rearing; fosterage; breeding; raising.
- they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
- noun the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
- augured2/5
augur
- noun (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy
auspex.
- verb indicate by signs
omen; prefigure; auspicate; bode; betoken; portend; foreshadow; predict; foretell; prognosticate; forecast; presage.
- These signs bode bad news
- noun (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy
- procurements2/5
procurement
- noun the act of getting possession of something
procurance; procural.
- he was responsible for the procurement of materials and supplies
- noun the act of getting possession of something
- reinsurer2/5
reinsure
- verb provide additional insurance for
- verb insure again by transferring to another insurance company all or a part of a liability assumed
- verb provide additional insurance for
- burette2/5
burette
- noun measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration
buret.
- noun measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration
- carburetors2/5
carburetor
- noun mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion
carburettor.
- noun mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion
- maturer2/5
mature
- verb develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
maturate; grow.
- He matured fast
- The child grew fast
- verb develop and work out fully in one's mind
- I need to mature my thoughts
- verb develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
- clamoured2/5
clamour
- noun loud and persistent outcry from many people
clamor; clamoring; hue and cry; clamouring.
- he ignored the clamor of the crowd
- verb utter or proclaim insistently and noisily
clamor.
- The delegates clamored their disappointment
- noun loud and persistent outcry from many people
- bureaucratized2/5
bureaucratized
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- embrasures2/5
embrasure
- noun an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
porthole; port.
- noun an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
- manured2/5
manure
- noun any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material
- verb spread manure, as for fertilization
muck.
- noun any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material
- sulfonylurea2/5
sulfonylurea
- noun antidiabetic consisting of any of several drugs that reduce the level of glucose in the blood; used to treat diabetes mellitus
- noun antidiabetic consisting of any of several drugs that reduce the level of glucose in the blood; used to treat diabetes mellitus
- suretyship2/5
suretyship
The state of being surety; the obligation of a person to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another. Bouvier.
- detoured2/5
detour
- noun a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)
roundabout way.
- verb travel via a detour
- noun a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)
- bureaucratically2/5
bureaucratically
- adverb in a bureaucratic manner
- his bureaucratically petty behavior annoyed her
- adverb with respect to bureaucracy
- it's bureaucratically complicated
- adverb in a bureaucratic manner
- pastured2/5
pasture
- noun a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
pastureland; ley; grazing land; lea.
- noun bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
eatage; pasturage; forage; grass.
- noun a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
- divestitures2/5
divestiture
- noun an order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior
- the court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly
- noun the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division
- noun an order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior
- chauffeured2/5
chauffeur
- noun a man paid to drive a privately owned car
- verb drive someone in a vehicle
drive around.
- noun a man paid to drive a privately owned car
- preconfigured2/5
- occurence2/5
occurrence
- noun an event that happens
occurrent; natural event; happening.
- noun an instance of something occurring
- a disease of frequent occurrence
- the occurrence (or presence) of life on other planets
- noun an event that happens
- venturers2/5
venturer
- noun a merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture that sends goods overseas)
merchant-venturer.
- noun a person who enjoys taking risks
adventurer.
- noun a merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture that sends goods overseas)
- maturely2/5
maturely
- adverb in a mature manner
- she acts very maturely for her age
- adverb in a mature manner
- insecurely2/5
insecurely
- adverb in a tentative and self-conscious manner
- she always acts very insecurely in the presence of her father
- adverb in a manner involving risk
- our positions here at the university are rather insecurely supported by grant money
- adverb in a tentative and self-conscious manner
- allurement2/5
allurement
- noun attractiveness
- its allurement was its remoteness
- noun the power to entice or attract through personal charm
allure; temptingness.
- noun attractiveness
- conjunctures2/5
conjuncture
- noun a critical combination of events or circumstances
- noun a critical combination of events or circumstances
- vesicoureteral2/5
vesicoureteral
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- curette2/5
curette
- noun a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
curet.
- noun a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
- pasteurella2/5
- mauretania2/5
mauretania
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- procurer2/5
procurer
- noun someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
pander; pimp; fancy man; ponce; pandar; panderer.
- noun someone who obtains or acquires
securer.
- the procurer of opera tickets
- noun someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
- reconfigures2/5
- carburettor2/5
carburettor
- noun mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion
carburetor.
- noun mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion
- venturer2/5
venturer
- noun a merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture that sends goods overseas)
merchant-venturer.
- noun a person who enjoys taking risks
adventurer.
- noun a merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture that sends goods overseas)
- tinctured2/5
tincture
- noun a substances that colors metals
- noun an indication that something has been present
vestige; shadow; trace.
- there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim
- a tincture of condescension
- noun a substances that colors metals
- saussurean2/5
- reinsurers2/5
- adventuress2/5
adventuress
- noun a woman adventurer
- verb take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
risk; take a chance; hazard; take chances; chance; adventure; gamble; run a risk.
- When you buy these stocks you are gambling
- noun a woman adventurer
- thiourea2/5
thiourea
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- structureless2/5
structureless
Without a definite structure, or arrangement of parts; without organization; devoid of cells; homogeneous; as, a .structureless membrane
- recaptures2/5
recapture
- noun a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount
- noun the act of taking something back
retaking.
- noun a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount
- impostures2/5
imposture
- noun pretending to be another person
impersonation.
- noun pretending to be another person
- conjurers2/5
conjurer
- noun someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience
illusionist; prestidigitator; magician; conjuror.
- noun a witch doctor who practices conjury
conjuror; conjure man.
- noun someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience
- raptured2/5
rapture
- noun a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
ecstasy; raptus; transport; exaltation.
- listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens
- noun a state of elated bliss
ecstasy.
- noun a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
- devourer2/5
devourer
- noun someone who eats greedily or voraciously
- noun someone who eats greedily or voraciously
- commissures2/5
commissure
- noun a bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord
- noun a bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord
- injurer2/5
injure
- verb cause injuries or bodily harm to
wound.
- verb hurt the feelings of
spite; wound; bruise; hurt; offend.
- She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests
- This remark really bruised my ego
- verb cause injuries or bodily harm to
- nurturers2/5
nurturers
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- assurer2/5
assure
- verb make certain of
insure; ensure; secure; guarantee.
- This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us
- Preparation will guarantee success!
- verb inform positively and with certainty and confidence
tell.
- I tell you that man is a crook!
- verb make certain of
- figureheads2/5
figurehead
- noun a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
straw man; nominal head; front; strawman; front man.
- noun figure on the bow of some sailing vessels
- noun a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
- measurer2/5
measurer
- noun a person who makes measurements
- noun a person who makes measurements
- nureyev2/5
nureyev
- noun Russian dancer who was often the partner of Dame Margot Fonteyn and who defected to the United States in 1961 (born in 1938)
Rudolf Nureyev.
- noun Russian dancer who was often the partner of Dame Margot Fonteyn and who defected to the United States in 1961 (born in 1938)
- uncured2/5
uncured
- adjective satellite not seasoned
- uncured pelts
- adjective satellite not seasoned
- armatures2/5
armature
- noun coil in which voltage is induced by motion through a magnetic field
- noun coil in which voltage is induced by motion through a magnetic field
- armourer2/5
armourer
- noun a worker skilled in making armor or arms
armorer.
- a sword made by a famous English armorer
- noun an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc.
armorer; artificer.
- noun a worker skilled in making armor or arms
- refigured2/5
refigure
To figure again. Shak.
- bucuresti2/5
bucuresti
- noun national capital and largest city of Romania in southeastern Romania
Bucharest; Bucharesti; capital of Romania.
- noun national capital and largest city of Romania in southeastern Romania
- manicures2/5
manicure
- noun professional care for the hands and fingernails
- verb trim carefully and neatly
- manicure fingernails
- noun professional care for the hands and fingernails
- periurethral2/5
- adjured2/5
adjure
- verb ask for or request earnestly
beseech; bid; entreat; press; conjure.
- The prophet bid all people to become good persons
- verb command solemnly
- verb ask for or request earnestly
- inurement2/5
inurement
Use; practice; discipline; habit; custom.
- nuremburg2/5
- unruptured2/5
- sinecures2/5
sinecure
- noun a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached
- noun an office that involves minimal duties
- noun a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached
- sures2/5
sure
- adjective having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
certain.
- felt certain of success
- was sure (or certain) she had seen it
- was very sure in his beliefs
- sure of her friends
- adjective satellite exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance
certain.
- be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through
- be sure to lock the doors
- adjective having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
- pleasured2/5
pleasure
- noun a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
pleasance.
- he was tingling with pleasure
- noun something or someone that provides a source of happiness
delight; joy.
- a joy to behold
- the pleasure of his company
- the new car is a delight
- noun a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
- disjunctures2/5
disjuncture
- noun state of being disconnected
disconnection; disjunction; disconnectedness.
- noun state of being disconnected
- madurese2/5
- aventures2/5
adventure
- noun a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
risky venture; escapade; dangerous undertaking.
- verb take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
risk; take a chance; hazard; take chances; chance; gamble; run a risk.
- When you buy these stocks you are gambling
- noun a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
- sulphuretted2/5
sulphuretted
- adjective treated or impregnated with sulfur
sulfuretted; sulfurized.
- sulfuretted hydrogen
- adjective treated or impregnated with sulfur
- tonsured2/5
tonsured
- adjective satellite having a bald spot either shaved or natural
- tonsured monks
- verb shave the head of a newly inducted monk
tonsure.
- adjective satellite having a bald spot either shaved or natural
- laurentius1/5
laurentius
- noun Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
St. Lawrence; Saint Lawrence; Lawrence.
- noun Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
- centaurea1/5
centaurea
(Bot.) A large genus of composite plants, related to the thistles and including the cornflower or bluebottle ( Centaurea Cyanus ) and the star thistle (C. Calcitrapa ).
- nomenclatures1/5
nomenclature
- noun a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
language; terminology.
- legal terminology
- biological nomenclature
- the language of sociology
- noun a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
- restructures1/5
restructure
- verb construct or form anew or provide with a new structure
reconstitute.
- After his accident, he had to restructure his life
- The governing board was reconstituted
- verb construct or form anew or provide with a new structure
- immatures1/5
immature
- adjective characteristic of a lack of maturity
- immature behavior
- adjective (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
young.
- young people
- adjective characteristic of a lack of maturity
- adventured1/5
adventure
- noun a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
risky venture; escapade; dangerous undertaking.
- verb take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
risk; take a chance; hazard; take chances; chance; gamble; run a risk.
- When you buy these stocks you are gambling
- noun a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
- buret1/5
buret
- noun measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration
burette.
- noun measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration
- allures1/5
allure
- noun the power to entice or attract through personal charm
allurement; temptingness.
- verb dispose or incline or entice to
tempt.
- We were tempted by the delicious-looking food
- noun the power to entice or attract through personal charm
- flexures1/5
flexure
- noun the state of being flexed (as of a joint)
flection; flexion.
- noun an angular or rounded shape made by folding
plication; crease; fold; bend; crimp.
- a fold in the napkin
- a crease in his trousers
- a plication on her blouse
- a flexure of the colon
- a bend of his elbow
- noun the state of being flexed (as of a joint)
- assuredness1/5
assuredness
- noun great coolness and composure under strain
sang-froid; cool; aplomb; poise.
- keep your cool
- noun great coolness and composure under strain
- murex1/5
murex
(Zoöl.) A genus of marine gastropods, having rough, and frequently spinose, shells, which are often highly colored inside; the rock shells. They abound in tropical seas.
- neurectomy1/5
neurectomy
- noun surgical removal of all or part of a nerve
- noun surgical removal of all or part of a nerve
- transfigures1/5
transfigure
- verb elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
glorify; spiritualize.
- verb change completely the nature or appearance of
transmogrify; metamorphose.
- In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug
- The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman
- Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection
- verb elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
- injurers1/5
injurer
One who injures or wrongs.
- natriuresis1/5
natriuresis
- noun the presence of abnormally large amounts of sodium in the urine
- noun the presence of abnormally large amounts of sodium in the urine
- unrecaptured1/5
- pureness1/5
pureness
- noun being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
purity.
- noun the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
whiteness; sinlessness; purity; innocence.
- noun being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
- curet1/5
curet
- noun a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
curette.
- noun a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
- procurers1/5
procurer
- noun someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
pander; pimp; fancy man; ponce; pandar; panderer.
- noun someone who obtains or acquires
securer.
- the procurer of opera tickets
- noun someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
- inclosures1/5
inclosure
- noun something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter
enclosure.
- noun the act of enclosing something inside something else
envelopment; enclosure; enclosing.
- noun something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter
- postured1/5
posture
- noun the arrangement of the body and its limbs
position; attitude.
- he assumed an attitude of surrender
- noun characteristic way of bearing one's body
bearing; carriage.
- stood with good posture
- noun the arrangement of the body and its limbs
- naturellement1/5
- bureaucratisation1/5
bureaucratisation
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- surefooted1/5
surefooted
- adjective satellite not liable to stumble or fall
footsure; sure-footed.
- on surefooted donkeys
- adjective satellite not liable to error in judgment or action
confident; sure-footed.
- most surefooted of the statesmen who dealt with the depression"- Walter Lippman
- demonstrates a surefooted storytelling talent"- Michiko Kakutani
- adjective satellite not liable to stumble or fall
- purees1/5
puree
- noun food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender
- verb rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender
strain.
- puree the vegetables for the baby
- noun food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender
- pasturelands1/5
pastureland
- noun a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
pasture; ley; grazing land; lea.
- noun a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
- armourers1/5
armourer
- noun a worker skilled in making armor or arms
armorer.
- a sword made by a famous English armorer
- noun an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc.
armorer; artificer.
- noun a worker skilled in making armor or arms
- sourer1/5
sour
- noun a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar
- noun the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
tartness; sourness.
- noun a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar
- disfigures1/5
disfigure
- verb mar or spoil the appearance of
deface; blemish.
- scars defaced her cheeks
- The vandals disfigured the statue
- verb mar or spoil the appearance of
- pedicures1/5
pedicure
- noun professional care for the feet and toenails
- verb care for one's feet by cutting and shaping the nails, etc.
- noun professional care for the feet and toenails
- curers1/5
curer
One who cures; a healer; a physician.
- aures1/5
aures
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- bulbourethral1/5
bulbourethral
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- aureum1/5
aureum
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- remeasured1/5
remeasure
To measure again; to retrace. They followed him . . . The way they came, their steps remeasured right. Fairfax.
- baccalaureat1/5
baccalaureat
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- duret1/5
duret
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- untenured1/5
- procuress1/5
procuress
- noun a woman pimp
- verb get by special effort
procure; secure.
- He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed
- noun a woman pimp
- epicures1/5
epicure
- noun a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
foodie; gourmet; gastronome; epicurean; bon vivant.
- noun a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
- douloureux1/5
douloureux
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- sured1/5
sure
- adjective having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
certain.
- felt certain of success
- was sure (or certain) she had seen it
- was very sure in his beliefs
- sure of her friends
- adjective satellite exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance
certain.
- be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through
- be sure to lock the doors
- adjective having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
- remeasurement1/5
remeasurement
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- coiffures1/5
coiffure
- noun the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
hairdo; hairstyle; coif; hair style.
- verb arrange attractively
do; set; coiffe; coif; dress; arrange.
- dress my hair for the wedding
- noun the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
- postbaccalaureate1/5
postbaccalaureate
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- sulphonylureas1/5
- creatureliness1/5
- measurers1/5
measurer
- noun a person who makes measurements
- noun a person who makes measurements
- durell1/5
durell
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- mures1/5
- perjurer1/5
perjurer
- noun a person who deliberately gives false testimony
false witness.
- noun a person who deliberately gives false testimony
- curer1/5
cure
- noun a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
curative; remedy; therapeutic.
- verb provide a cure for, make healthy again
heal; bring around.
- The treatment cured the boy's acne
- The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to
- noun a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
- quadratures1/5
quadrature
- noun the construction of a square having the same area as some other figure
- noun the construction of a square having the same area as some other figure
- dures1/5
dure
Hard; harsh; severe; rough; toilsome. R.The winter is severe, and life is dure and rude. W. H. Russell.
- succoured1/5
succour
- noun assistance in time of difficulty
succor; relief; ministration.
- the contributions provided some relief for the victims
- verb help in a difficult situation
succor.
- noun assistance in time of difficulty
- curettes1/5
curette
- noun a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
curet.
- noun a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
- entablatures1/5
entablature
- noun (architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roof
- noun (architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roof
- countercultures1/5
counterculture
- noun a culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture
- noun a culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture
- murena1/5
- lectureships1/5
lectureship
- noun the post of lecturer
- noun the post of lecturer
- carburettors1/5
carburettor
- noun mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion
carburetor.
- noun mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion
- bureaucratism1/5
bureaucratism
- noun nonelective government officials
bureaucracy.
- noun nonelective government officials
- occurences1/5
occurrence
- noun an event that happens
occurrent; natural event; happening.
- noun an instance of something occurring
- a disease of frequent occurrence
- the occurrence (or presence) of life on other planets
- noun an event that happens
- purpureum1/5
purpureum
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- tabouret1/5
tabouret
- noun a low stool in the shape of a drum
taboret.
- noun a low stool in the shape of a drum
- surette1/5
- subcultured1/5
subculture
- noun a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs
- noun a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs
- inures1/5
inure
- verb cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
harden; indurate.
- He was inured to the cold
- verb cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
- unobscured1/5
unobscured
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- remanufactured1/5
remanufactured
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- reinsured1/5
reinsure
- verb provide additional insurance for
- verb insure again by transferring to another insurance company all or a part of a liability assumed
- verb provide additional insurance for
- tureens1/5
tureen
- noun large deep serving dish with a cover; for serving soups and stews
- noun large deep serving dish with a cover; for serving soups and stews
- denatures1/5
denature
- verb add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb
- verb modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished
- verb add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb
- biuret1/5
biuret
(Chem.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, C2O2N3H5, formed by heating urea. It is intermediate between urea and cyanuric acid.
- gravures1/5
gravure
- noun a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print
intaglio; intaglio printing.
- noun a printing plate used in the process of gravure
- noun a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print
- purpureus1/5
purpureus
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- statured1/5
stature
- noun high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement
- a man of great stature
- noun (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot
height.
- noun high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement
- macrostructures1/5
- disfigurements1/5
disfigurement
- noun an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen
disfiguration; deformity.
- there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back
- suffering from facial disfiguration
- noun the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
disfiguration; defacement.
- the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion
- he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape
- noun an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen
- unmatured1/5
- sulphuret1/5
sulphuret
(Chem.) A sulphide; Obsoles.as, a .sulphuret of potassium
- abjures1/5
abjure
- verb formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
retract; resile; forswear; recant.
- He retracted his earlier statements about his religion
- She abjured her beliefs
- verb formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
- sulphureous1/5
sulphureous
Consisting of sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur, or brimstone; impregnated with sulphur. Her snakes united, sulphureous waters drink. Pope.
--Sul*phu"re*ous*ly , adv. --Sul*phu"re*ous*ness , n.
- belaboured1/5
belabour
- verb to work at or to absurd length
belabor.
- belabor the obvious
- verb beat soundly
belabor.
- verb to work at or to absurd length
- uncoloured1/5
uncoloured
- adjective without color
uncolored.
- pure water is uncolored
- adjective without color
- statures1/5
stature
- noun high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement
- a man of great stature
- noun (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot
height.
- noun high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement
- murein1/5
- tourer1/5
tourer
- noun someone who travels for pleasure
holidaymaker; tourist.
- noun large open car seating four with folding top
touring car; phaeton.
- noun someone who travels for pleasure
- aureoles1/5
aureole
- noun the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse
corona.
- noun an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
glory; gloriole; nimbus; aura; halo.
- noun the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse
- perjurers1/5
perjurer
- noun a person who deliberately gives false testimony
false witness.
- noun a person who deliberately gives false testimony
- fleurette1/5
- investitures1/5
investiture
- noun the ceremony of installing a new monarch
enthronization; enthronement; coronation; enthronisation.
- noun the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank
investment.
- noun the ceremony of installing a new monarch
- devourers1/5
devourer
- noun someone who eats greedily or voraciously
- noun someone who eats greedily or voraciously
- indentureship1/5
- disfavoured1/5
disfavour
- noun the state of being out of favor
disfavor.
- he is in disfavor with the king
- noun an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group
disfavor; dislike; disapproval.
- noun the state of being out of favor
- exclosures1/5
- annexures1/5
- obscurer1/5
obscure
- verb make less visible or unclear
befog; haze over; fog; becloud; mist; obnubilate; cloud.
- The stars are obscured by the clouds
- the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley
- verb make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
confuse; obnubilate; blur.
- Her remarks confused the debate
- Their words obnubilate their intentions
- verb make less visible or unclear
- picturegoer1/5
- candidatures1/5
candidature
- noun the campaign of a candidate to be elected
campaigning; electioneering; candidacy; political campaign.
- noun the campaign of a candidate to be elected
- pures1/5
pure
- adjective free of extraneous elements of any kind
- pure air and water
- pure gold
- pure primary colors
- the violin's pure and lovely song
- pure tones
- pure oxygen
- adjective satellite without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
perfect; double-dyed; complete; gross; arrant; unadulterated; sodding; stark; consummate; utter; thoroughgoing; everlasting; staring.
- an arrant fool
- a complete coward
- a consummate fool
- a double-dyed villain
- gross negligence
- a perfect idiot
- pure folly
- what a sodding mess
- stark staring mad
- a thoroughgoing villain
- utter nonsense
- the unadulterated truth
- adjective free of extraneous elements of any kind
- taurean1/5
taurean
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- cocultures1/5
- obscurest1/5
obscure
- verb make less visible or unclear
befog; haze over; fog; becloud; mist; obnubilate; cloud.
- The stars are obscured by the clouds
- the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley
- verb make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
confuse; obnubilate; blur.
- Her remarks confused the debate
- Their words obnubilate their intentions
- verb make less visible or unclear
- nontenured1/5
nontenure
(Law) A plea of a defendant that he did not hold the land, as affirmed.
- uncaptured1/5
- fureur1/5
- vestures1/5
vesture
- noun something that covers or cloaks like a garment
- fields in a vesture of green
- noun a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
habiliment; wear; clothing; wearable; article of clothing.
- noun something that covers or cloaks like a garment
- aurei1/5
- sulphonylurea1/5
sulphonylurea
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- cystourethrography1/5
cystourethrography
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- purebreds1/5
purebred
- noun a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses
thoroughbred; pureblood.
- adjective bred for many generations from member of a recognized breed or strain
- noun a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses
- bureaucratised1/5
bureaucratised
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- overpressured1/5
overpressure
- noun a transient air pressure greater than the surrounding atmospheric pressure
- the overpressure of the blast kills by lethal concussion
- noun a transient air pressure greater than the surrounding atmospheric pressure
- atropurpurea1/5
atropurpurea
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- aureola1/5
aureola
(R. C. Theol.) A celestial crown or accidental glory added to the bliss of heaven, as a reward to those (as virgins, martyrs, preachers, etc.) who have overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil.
- refigures1/5
refigure
To figure again. Shak.
- pressureless1/5
- unmanufactured1/5
unmanufactured
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- securer1/5
securer
- noun someone who obtains or acquires
procurer.
- the procurer of opera tickets
- adjective free from fear or doubt; easy in mind
unafraid; untroubled; secure.
- he was secure that nothing will be held against him
- noun someone who obtains or acquires
- premeasured1/5
- carbureted1/5
carburet
- verb combine with carbon
- verb combine with carbon
- microcultures1/5
- voitures1/5
- coureur1/5
coureur
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- coiffured1/5
coiffure
- noun the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
hairdo; hairstyle; coif; hair style.
- verb arrange attractively
do; set; coiffe; coif; dress; arrange.
- dress my hair for the wedding
- noun the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
- overpressures1/5
overpressure
- noun a transient air pressure greater than the surrounding atmospheric pressure
- the overpressure of the blast kills by lethal concussion
- noun a transient air pressure greater than the surrounding atmospheric pressure
- agricultures1/5
agriculture
- noun a large-scale farming enterprise
agribusiness; factory farm.
- noun the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
farming; husbandry.
- noun a large-scale farming enterprise
- surement1/5
surement
A making sure; surety. Obs.Every surement and every bond. Chaucer.
- unhonoured1/5
- outpoured1/5
outpour
To pour out. Milton.
- maturers1/5
mature
- verb develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
maturate; grow.
- He matured fast
- The child grew fast
- verb develop and work out fully in one's mind
- I need to mature my thoughts
- verb develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
- portraitures1/5
portraiture
- noun a word picture of a person's appearance and character
portrayal; portrait.
- noun the activity of making portraits
- noun a word picture of a person's appearance and character
- silures1/5
silure
(Zoöl.) A fish of the genus Silurus , as the sheatfish; a siluroid.
- durex1/5
durex
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- cocultured1/5
- nonstructured1/5
- unpicturesque1/5
unpicturesque
- adjective satellite without beauty or charm
unlovely.
- adjective satellite without beauty or charm
- carburetted1/5
- mismeasurement1/5
mismeasurement
Wrong measurement.
- pasteurellosis1/5
pasteurellosis
- noun an acute infectious disease characterized by pneumonia and blood infection
hemorrhagic septicemia.
- noun an acute infectious disease characterized by pneumonia and blood infection
- laureateship1/5
laureateship
State, or office, of a laureate.
- laurentians1/5
laurentian
Pertaining to, or near, the St. Lawrence River; as, the .Laurentian hills
- tourelles1/5
- pureeing1/5
puree
- noun food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender
- verb rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender
strain.
- puree the vegetables for the baby
- noun food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender
- furnitures1/5
furniture
- noun furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy
piece of furniture; article of furniture.
- they had too much furniture for the small apartment
- there was only one piece of furniture in the room
- noun furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy
- enuretic1/5
enuretic
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- admeasurement1/5
- favourers1/5
favourers
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- aureolus1/5
aureolus
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- aureate1/5
aureate
- adjective satellite elaborately or excessively ornamented
florid; flamboyant.
- flamboyant handwriting
- the senator's florid speech
- adjective satellite having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
gilded; gilt; gold; golden.
- long aureate (or golden) hair
- a gold carpet
- adjective satellite elaborately or excessively ornamented
- featurette1/5
featurette
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- carburetion1/5
- taureans1/5
- demureness1/5
demureness
- noun the trait of behaving with reserve and decorum
- noun the affectation of being demure in a provocative way
coyness.
- noun the trait of behaving with reserve and decorum
- unarmoured1/5
unarmoured
- adjective used of animals; without protective covering
unarmored.
- adjective (used of persons or things military) without protective armor
unarmored.
- adjective used of animals; without protective covering
- pourer1/5
pour
- verb cause to run
- pour water over the floor
- verb move in large numbers
swarm; teem; stream; pullulate.
- people were pouring out of the theater
- beggars pullulated in the plaza
- verb cause to run
- suburethral1/5
suburethral
(Anat.) Situated under the urethra, or under its orifice.
- curetted1/5
curet
- noun a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
curette.
- noun a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
- prestructured1/5
- pleurectomy1/5
- flourescent1/5
- pastourelle1/5
- amurensis1/5
amurensis
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- figurer1/5
figurer
- noun an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)
calculator; estimator; computer; reckoner.
- noun an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)
- conures1/5
conure
(Zoöl.) An American parrakeet of the genus Conurus . Many species are known. SeeParrakeet .
- sciureus1/5
sciureus
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- moistures1/5
moisture
- noun wetness caused by water
wet.
- drops of wet gleamed on the window
- noun wetness caused by water
- neurenteric1/5
neurenteric
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the neuron and the enteron; as, the . See Illust. ofneurenteric canal, which, in embroys of many vertebrates, connects the medullary tube and the primitive intestineEctoderm .
- procureurs1/5
- maturest1/5
mature
- verb develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
maturate; grow.
- He matured fast
- The child grew fast
- verb develop and work out fully in one's mind
- I need to mature my thoughts
- verb develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
- displeasures1/5
displeasure
- noun the feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something
- noun the feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something
- sculpturesque1/5
sculpturesque
- adjective satellite resembling sculpture
sculptured; modeled; sculptural.
- her finely modeled features
- rendered with...vivid sculptural effect
- the sculpturesque beauty of the athletes' bodies
- adjective satellite resembling sculpture
- bureaucratese1/5
- favourer1/5
favour
- noun a feeling of favorable regard
favor.
- noun an inclination to approve
favor.
- that style is in favor this season
- noun a feeling of favorable regard
- noninsured1/5
- securest1/5
secure
- verb get by special effort
procure.
- He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed
- verb cause to be firmly attached
fasten; fix.
- fasten the lock onto the door
- she fixed her gaze on the man
- verb get by special effort
- cultureless1/5
cultureless
Having no culture.
- polycultures1/5
- nonbureaucratic1/5
- securement1/5
securement
The act of securing; protection. R.Society condemns the securement in all cases of perpetual protection by means of perpetual imprisonment. C. A. Ives.
- photogravures1/5
photogravure
- noun printing from an intaglio plate prepared by photographic methods
- noun an intaglio print produced by gravure
heliogravure; gravure.
- noun printing from an intaglio plate prepared by photographic methods
- filatures1/5
filature
- noun a bobbin used in spinning silk into thread
- noun a bobbin used in spinning silk into thread
- hachures1/5
hachure
- noun shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
crosshatch; hatching; hatch.
- noun shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
- saussurea1/5
saussurea
- noun genus of herbs of temperate and cool regions of Eurasia
genus Saussurea.
- noun genus of herbs of temperate and cool regions of Eurasia
- megastructures1/5
- immaturely1/5
immaturely
- adverb in an immature manner
jejunely.
- his teenage son still behaves very immaturely
- adverb in an immature manner
- creaturehood1/5
- burel1/5
burel
Same as Borrel .
- aureomycin1/5
aureomycin
- noun a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases
chlortetracycline.
- noun a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases
- unfractured1/5
- adjures1/5
adjure
- verb ask for or request earnestly
beseech; bid; entreat; press; conjure.
- The prophet bid all people to become good persons
- verb command solemnly
- verb ask for or request earnestly
- satureja1/5
satureja
- noun savory
Satureia; genus Satureja; genus Satureia.
- noun savory
- treasurership1/5
treasurership
- noun the position of treasurer
- noun the position of treasurer
- laurelled1/5
laurelled
- adjective crowned with or as if with laurel symbolizing victory
crowned; laureled.
- adjective crowned with or as if with laurel symbolizing victory
- carbureter1/5
- venipunctures1/5
venipuncture
- noun (medicine) puncture of a vein through the skin in order to withdraw blood for analysis or to start an intravenous drip or to inject medication or a radiopaque dye
- noun (medicine) puncture of a vein through the skin in order to withdraw blood for analysis or to start an intravenous drip or to inject medication or a radiopaque dye
- sourest1/5
sour
- noun a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar
- noun the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
tartness; sourness.
- noun a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar
- tourers1/5
tourer
- noun someone who travels for pleasure
holidaymaker; tourist.
- noun large open car seating four with folding top
touring car; phaeton.
- noun someone who travels for pleasure
- souren1/5
- futureless1/5
futureless
- adjective satellite having no prospect or hope of a future
- adjective satellite having no prospect or hope of a future
- sulphurets1/5
sulphuret
(Chem.) A sulphide; Obsoles.as, a .sulphuret of potassium
- mured1/5
- cocksureness1/5
cocksureness
- noun total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant
overconfidence; certitude.
- noun total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant
- tricoloured1/5
tricolour
- noun a flag having three colored stripes (especially the French flag)
tricolor.
- noun a flag having three colored stripes (especially the French flag)
- lurex1/5
- ligatured1/5
ligature
- noun (music) a group of notes connected by a slur
- noun character consisting of two or more letters combined into one
- noun (music) a group of notes connected by a slur
- jointures1/5
jointure
- noun (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower
legal jointure.
- noun the act of making or becoming a single unit
union; uniting; unification; conjugation.
- the union of opposing factions
- he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays
- noun (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower
- strictured1/5
stricture
- noun abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway
stenosis.
- noun severe criticism
- noun abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway
- curets1/5
curet
- noun a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
curette.
- noun a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
- burettes1/5
burette
- noun measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration
buret.
- noun measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration
- chaussures1/5
- venturesomeness1/5
venturesomeness
- noun the trait of being adventurous
adventurousness.
- noun the trait of being adventurous
- unpressured1/5
- neighboured1/5
neighbour
- noun a person who lives (or is located) near another
neighbor.
- noun a nearby object of the same kind
neighbor.
- Fort Worth is a neighbor of Dallas
- what is the closest neighbor to the Earth?
- noun a person who lives (or is located) near another
- lemures1/5
lemures
Spirits or ghosts of the departed; specters. The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint. Milton.
- bureaucratizing1/5
bureaucratizing
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- ligures1/5
ligure
A kind of precious stone. The third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. Ex. xxviii. 19.
- aureolin1/5
- leisureliness1/5
leisureliness
- noun slowness by virtue of being leisurely
- noun slowness by virtue of being leisurely
- pureblood1/5
pureblood
- noun a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses
thoroughbred; purebred.
- adjective satellite having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal
thoroughbred; pedigreed; pedigree; pureblooded.
- noun a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses
- bureaucratize1/5
bureaucratize
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- particoloured1/5
particoloured
- adjective satellite having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
painted; multi-coloured; varicoloured; multicolour; varicolored; motley; pied; particolored; multi-color; multicolored; multicoloured; multicolor; piebald; multi-colored; multi-colour; calico.
- a jester dressed in motley
- the painted desert
- a particolored dress
- a piebald horse
- pied daisies
- adjective satellite having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
- procuresses1/5
procuress
- noun a woman pimp
- verb get by special effort
procure; secure.
- He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed
- noun a woman pimp
- fleuret1/5
fleuret
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- unsureness1/5
unsureness
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- sepultures1/5
sepulture
- noun the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
burial; interment; inhumation; entombment.
- noun a chamber that is used as a grave
sepulchre; sepulcher; burial chamber.
- noun the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
- lecturette1/5
- antibureaucratic1/5
- ordures1/5
ordure
- noun solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
dejection; BM; stool; faecal matter; feces; faeces; fecal matter.
- noun solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
- laureola1/5
laureola
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- enraptures1/5
enrapture
- verb hold spellbound
enthrall; ravish; delight; enthral; enchant; transport.
- verb hold spellbound
- capturer1/5
capturer
- noun a person who captures and holds people or animals
captor.
- noun a person who captures and holds people or animals
- scourer1/5
scourer
- noun someone who cleanses by scouring
- noun someone who travels widely and energetically
- he was a scourer of the seven seas
- noun someone who cleanses by scouring
- endurer1/5
endure
- verb put up with something or somebody unpleasant
stomach; brook; support; put up; tolerate; bear; abide; stick out; suffer; digest; stand.
- I cannot bear his constant criticism
- The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
- he learned to tolerate the heat
- She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage
- verb face and withstand with courage
brave out; weather; brave.
- She braved the elements
- verb put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- nervures1/5
nervure
- noun any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ
vein.
- noun one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect
vein.
- noun any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ
- adventuresses1/5
adventuress
- noun a woman adventurer
- verb take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
risk; take a chance; hazard; take chances; chance; adventure; gamble; run a risk.
- When you buy these stocks you are gambling
- noun a woman adventurer
- picturephone1/5
picturephone
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- murmurers1/5
murmurer
- noun a person who speaks softly and indistinctly
mumbler; mutterer.
- noun a person who speaks softly and indistinctly
- laurer1/5
- azurea1/5
azurea
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- eurekas1/5
eureka
- noun an alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient; used as resistance wire
constantan.
- noun a town in northwest California on an arm of the Pacific Ocean
- noun an alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient; used as resistance wire
- baccalaureus1/5
- unmanured1/5
- prefigurement1/5
prefigurement
The act of prefiguring; prefiguration; also, that which is prefigured. Carlyle.
- reinjured1/5
reinjured
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- tourelle1/5
tourelle
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- immurement1/5
immurement
- noun the state of being imprisoned
imprisonment; incarceration; captivity.
- he was held in captivity until he died
- the imprisonment of captured soldiers
- his ignominious incarceration in the local jail
- he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon
- noun the state of being imprisoned
- baccalaureates1/5
baccalaureate
- noun a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies
- noun an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies
bachelor's degree.
- noun a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies
- surefootedness1/5
surefootedness
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- unsurely1/5
unsure
- adjective lacking self-confidence
shy; timid; diffident.
- stood in the doorway diffident and abashed
- problems that call for bold not timid responses
- a very unsure young man
- adjective lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance
incertain; uncertain.
- uncertain of his convictions
- unsure of himself and his future
- moving with uncertain (or unsure) steps
- an uncertain smile
- touched the ornaments with uncertain fingers
- adjective lacking self-confidence
- perdures1/5
perdure
To last or endure for a long time; to be perdurable or lasting. ArchaicThe mind perdures while its energizing may construct a thousand lines. Hickok.
- intermixtures1/5
intermixture
- noun any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
concoction; mixture.
- he volunteered to taste her latest concoction
- he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade
- noun an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base
admixture.
- the growing medium should be equal parts of sand and loam with an admixture of peat moss and cow manure
- a large intermixture of sand
- noun any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
- censurers1/5
censurer
One who censures. Sha.
- factures1/5
facture
The act or manner of making or doing anything; -- now used of a literary, musical, or pictorial production. Bacon.
- untextured1/5
- renatured1/5
- leisures1/5
leisure
- noun time available for ease and relaxation
leisure time.
- his job left him little leisure
- noun freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity
- he lacked the leisure for golf
- noun time available for ease and relaxation
- mauresque1/5
- unfavoured1/5
- leisurewear1/5
leisurewear
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- pourers1/5
- featurettes1/5
- structurelessness1/5
structurelessness
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- apertured1/5
aperture
- noun a device that controls amount of light admitted
- noun a natural opening in something
- noun a device that controls amount of light admitted
- kynurenic1/5
kynurenic
(Physiol. Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from the urine of dogs. By decomposition the acid yields a nitrogenous base (called kynurin) and carbonic acid. Written also cynurenic .
- prematures1/5
premature
- adjective born after a gestation period of less than the normal time
- a premature infant
- adjective satellite too soon or too hasty
previous.
- our condemnation of him was a bit previous
- a premature judgment
- adjective born after a gestation period of less than the normal time
- pedicured1/5
pedicure
- noun professional care for the feet and toenails
- verb care for one's feet by cutting and shaping the nails, etc.
- noun professional care for the feet and toenails
- bicoloured1/5
bicoloured
- adjective satellite having two colors
bicolored; bicolor; bicolour; bichrome; dichromatic.
- a bicolor flower
- a bicolored postage stamp
- adjective satellite having two colors
- curetting1/5
curet
- noun a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
curette.
- noun a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
- tablatures1/5
tablature
- noun a musical notation indicating the fingering to be used
- noun a musical notation indicating the fingering to be used
- judicatures1/5
judicature
- noun an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
tribunal; court.
- noun the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government
judicatory; judicial system; judiciary.
- noun an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
- premanufactured1/5
- carburetter1/5
- comburendo1/5
- nourritures1/5
- unfigured1/5
- mismeasured1/5
- assurers1/5
assurer
One who assures. Specifically: One who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter.
- enured1/5
enured
- adjective satellite made tough by habitual exposure
inured; hardened.
- hardened fishermen
- a peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured"- Robert Lynd
- our successors...may be graver, more inured and equable men"- V.S.Pritchett
- adjective satellite made tough by habitual exposure
- cureall1/5
cureall
A remedy for all diseases, o for all ills; a panacea.
- recontoured1/5
- pubourethral1/5
- structurer1/5
structure
- noun a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
construction.
- the structure consisted of a series of arches
- she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons
- noun the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts
- artists must study the structure of the human body
- the structure of the benzene molecule
- noun a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
- scourers1/5
scourer
- noun someone who cleanses by scouring
- noun someone who travels widely and energetically
- he was a scourer of the seven seas
- noun someone who cleanses by scouring
- touret1/5
touret
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- censurer1/5
censure
- noun harsh criticism or disapproval
animadversion.
- noun the state of being excommunicated
exclusion; excommunication.
- noun harsh criticism or disapproval
- garnitures1/5
garniture
That which garnishes; ornamental appendage; embellishment; furniture; dress. The pomp of groves and garniture of fields. Beattie.
- sulphurea1/5
sulphurea
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- geopressured1/5
- saurel1/5
saurel
- noun large elongated compressed food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe
Trachurus trachurus; horse mackerel.
- noun a California food fish
Spanish mackerel; jack mackerel; Trachurus symmetricus; horse mackerel.
- noun large elongated compressed food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe
- cureless1/5
cureless
Incapable of cure; incurable. With patience undergo A cureless ill, since fate will have it so. Dryden.
- mauretanian1/5
- tonsures1/5
tonsure
- noun the shaved crown of a monk's or priest's head
- noun shaving the crown of the head by priests or members of a monastic order
- noun the shaved crown of a monk's or priest's head
- parures1/5
- unsutured1/5
- aureoled1/5
aureoled
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- impurely1/5
impure
- adjective combined with extraneous elements
- adjective (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene
- impure thoughts
- adjective combined with extraneous elements
- nondisclosures1/5
- murmurer1/5
murmurer
- noun a person who speaks softly and indistinctly
mumbler; mutterer.
- noun a person who speaks softly and indistinctly
- uncensured1/5
uncensured
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- textureless1/5
- unassured1/5
unassured
- adjective satellite lacking boldness or confidence
- adjective satellite lacking boldness or confidence
- pureblooded1/5
pureblooded
- adjective satellite having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal
thoroughbred; pedigreed; pureblood; pedigree.
- adjective satellite having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal
- confitures1/5
- unbureaucratic1/5
- burets1/5
buret
- noun measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration
burette.
- noun measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration
- incisures1/5
incisure
- noun (anatomy) a notch or small hollow
incisura.
- noun (anatomy) a notch or small hollow
- oversecured1/5
- thioureas1/5
- pleasureless1/5
pleasureless
Devoid of pleasure. G. Eliot.
- measuredly1/5
measuredly
- adverb in a deliberate unhurried manner
deliberately.
- she was working deliberately
- adverb in a deliberate unhurried manner
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