Nouns Containing TUR

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return
1. document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
2. a coming to or returning home
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picture
1. a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
2. graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
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future
1. the time yet to come
2. a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
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natural
1. someone regarded as certain to succeed
2. a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
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nature
1. the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
2. a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe
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turn
1. a circular segment of a curve
2. the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
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culture
1. a particular society at a particular time and place
2. the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group
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furniture
1. furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy
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structure
1. a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
2. the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts
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feature
1. a prominent attribute or aspect of something
2. the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin
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manufacturer
1. a business engaged in manufacturing some product
2. someone who manufactures something
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century
1. a period of 100 years
2. ten 10s
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literature
1. creative writing of recognized artistic value
2. the humanistic study of a body of literature
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temperature
1. the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)
2. the somatic sensation of cold or heat
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architecture
1. an architectural product or work
2. the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings
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manufacturing
1. the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
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adventure
1. a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
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agriculture
1. a large-scale farming enterprise
2. the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
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infrastructure
1. the basic structure or features of a system or organization
2. the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
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turkey
1. large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
2. a person who does something thoughtless or annoying
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signature
1. your name written in your own handwriting
2. a distinguishing style
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capture
1. the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
2. a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field
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lecture
1. a speech that is open to the public
2. a lengthy rebuke
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turning
1. the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
2. act of changing in practice or custom
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venture
1. any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
2. an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits
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torture
1. extreme mental distress
2. unbearable physical pain
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departure
1. the act of departing
2. a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
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legislature
1. persons who make or amend or repeal laws
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turner
1. a tumbler who is a member of a turnverein
2. a lathe operator
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expenditure
1. money paid out; an amount spent
2. the act of spending money for goods or services
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manufacture
1. the organized action of making of goods and services for sale
2. the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
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mixture
1. (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding)
2. any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
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moisture
1. wetness caused by water
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sculpture
1. a three-dimensional work of plastic art
2. creating figures or designs in three dimensions
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texture
1. the feel of a surface or a fabric
2. the essential quality of something
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miniature
1. painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)
2. a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size
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turtle
1. a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
2. any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming
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creature
1. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
2. a living being
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turnover
1. the ratio of the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workers
2. a dish made by folding a piece of pastry over a filling
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maturity
1. the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed
2. state of being mature; full development
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scripture
1. any writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious group
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lecturer
1. a public lecturer at certain universities
2. someone who lectures professionally
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aperture
1. a device that controls amount of light admitted
2. a natural opening in something
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turbine
1. rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate
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turf
1. surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
2. the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own
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turquoise
1. a blue to grey green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate
2. a shade of blue tinged with green
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acupuncture
1. treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin
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disturbance
1. activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption
2. an unhappy and worried mental state
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fracture
1. breaking of hard tissue such as bone
2. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
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fixture
1. an object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household)
2. a regular patron
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aquaculture
1. rearing aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for food
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supernatural
1. supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
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gesture
1. motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
2. the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
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couture
1. high fashion designing and dressmaking
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saturation
1. the process of totally saturating something with a substance
2. the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid
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horticulture
1. the cultivation of plants
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posture
1. the arrangement of the body and its limbs
2. characteristic way of bearing one's body
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turnaround
1. time need to prepare a vessel or ship for a return trip
2. a decision to reverse an earlier decision
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pasture
1. a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
2. bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
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turnout
1. the group that gathers together for a particular occasion
2. a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park
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overture
1. orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
2. something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
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turbulence
1. unstable flow of a liquid or gas
2. instability in the atmosphere
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nomenclature
1. a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
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turntable
1. a circular horizontal platform that rotates a phonograph record while it is being played
2. a revolving tray placed on a dining table
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curvature
1. (medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal
2. the rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve
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turnkey
1. someone who guards prisoners
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naturalist
1. an advocate of the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms
2. a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology)
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turnpike
1. (from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid
2. an expressway on which tolls are collected
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nurture
1. the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
2. helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
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conjecture
1. a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
2. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
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forfeiture
1. something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty
2. a penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something
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liturgy
1. a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship
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turmoil
1. a violent disturbance
2. violent agitation
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rupture
1. state of being torn or burst open
2. a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
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tablature
1. a musical notation indicating the fingering to be used
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sturgeon
1. large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe; widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone
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rapture
1. a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
2. a state of elated bliss
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naturalization
1. the quality of being brought into conformity with nature
2. the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship
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perturbation
1. an unhappy and worried mental state
2. (physics) a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly
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prefecture
1. the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire)
2. the office of prefect
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stature
1. high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement
2. (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot
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maturation
1. coming to full development; becoming mature
2. (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
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centurion
1. (ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers
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downturn
1. a worsening of business or economic activity
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naturist
1. a person who practices nudity for reasons of health or religion
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multiculturalism
1. the doctrine that several different cultures (rather than one national culture) can coexist peacefully and equitably in a single country
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caricature
1. a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
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puncture
1. loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object
2. a small hole made by a sharp object
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adventurer
1. a person who enjoys taking risks
2. someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)
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turbidity
1. muddiness created by stirring up sediment or having foreign particles suspended
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turret
1. a small tower extending above a building
2. a self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation
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vulture
1. any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
2. someone who attacks in search of booty
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recapture
1. a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount
2. the act of taking something back
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venturi
1. a tube with a constriction; used to control fluid flow (as in the air inlet of a carburetor)
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overturn
1. the act of upsetting something
2. an improbable and unexpected victory
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indenture
1. a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
2. formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt
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suture
1. an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)
2. a seam used in surgery
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lecturing
1. teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
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torturing
1. the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason
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turtleneck
1. a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
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juncture
1. an event that occurs at a critical time
2. a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
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admixture
1. the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something
2. an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base
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portraiture
1. a word picture of a person's appearance and character
2. the activity of making portraits
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nocturne
1. a pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano)
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denture
1. a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
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subculture
1. a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs
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naturalism
1. (philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations
2. an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description
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quadrature
1. the construction of a square having the same area as some other figure
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turmeric
1. widely cultivated tropical plant of India having yellow flowers and a large aromatic deep yellow rhizome; source of a condiment and a yellow dye
2. ground dried rhizome of the turmeric plant used as seasoning
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turnip
1. widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root
2. root of any of several members of the mustard family
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venturer
1. a merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture that sends goods overseas)
2. a person who enjoys taking risks
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tincture
1. a substance that colors or dyes
2. an indication that something has been present
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naturopathy
1. a method of treating disease using food and exercise and heat to assist the natural healing process
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futurist
1. a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) will be fulfilled in the future
2. someone who predicts the future
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divestiture
1. 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
2. the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division
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superstructure
1. structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck
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turd
1. obscene terms for feces
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posturing
1. adopting a vain conceited posture
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viticulture
1. the cultivation of grapes and grape vines; grape growing
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turban
1. a traditional Muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head
2. a small round woman's hat
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armature
1. coil in which voltage is induced by motion through a magnetic field
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substructure
1. the basic structure or features of a system or organization
2. lowest support of a structure
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cloture
1. a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
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picturing
1. visual imagery
2. visual representation as by photography or painting
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debenture
1. the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future
2. a certificate or voucher acknowledging a debt
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silviculture
1. the branch of forestry dealing with the development and care of forests
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futurity
1. the time yet to come
2. the quality of being in or of the future
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futurism
1. an artistic movement in Italy around 1910 that tried to express the energy and values of the machine age
2. the position that the meaning of life should be sought in the future
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outturn
1. what is produced in a given time period
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upturn
1. an upward movement or trend as in business activity
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candidature
1. the campaign of a candidate to be elected
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couturier
1. someone who designs clothing
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naturism
1. going without clothes as a social practice
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ligature
1. (music) a group of notes connected by a slur
2. character consisting of two or more letters combined into one
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counterculture
1. a culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture
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prematurity
1. the state of being premature
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turndown
1. the act of refusing an offer
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immaturity
1. not having reached maturity
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turpentine
1. an oleoresin obtained from conifers (especially pines)
2. volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally
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aventurine
1. a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals
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acculturation
1. the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture
2. all the knowledge and values shared by a society
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lectureship
1. the post of lecturer
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turnoff
1. something causing antagonism or loss of interest
2. a side road where you can turn off
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miniaturization
1. act of making on a greatly reduced scale
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misadventure
1. an instance of misfortune
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musculature
1. the muscular system of an organism
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floriculture
1. the cultivation of flowering plants
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arboriculture
1. the tending of and caring for trees
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structuralism
1. linguistics defined as the analysis of formal structures in a text or discourse
2. an anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomena
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turboprop
1. an airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine
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naturalness
1. the quality of being natural or based on natural principles
2. the quality of innocent naivete
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tureen
1. large deep serving dish with a cover; for serving soups and stews
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monoculture
1. the cultivation of a single crop (on a farm or area or country)
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hematuria
1. the presence of blood in the urine; often a symptom of urinary tract disease
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imprimatur
1. formal and explicit approval
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turpitude
1. a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
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stricture
1. abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway
2. severe criticism
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contracture
1. an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle
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investiture
1. the ceremony of installing a new monarch
2. the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank
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guttural
1. a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat
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turtledove
1. small Australian dove
2. any of several Old World wild doves
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turnbuckle
1. an oblong metal coupling with a swivel at one end and an internal thread at the other into which a threaded rod can be screwed in order to form a unit that can be adjusted for length or tension
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turnstile
1. a gate consisting of a post that acts as a pivot for rotating arms; set in a passageway for controlling the persons entering
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