Nouns Containing URE

Here's the list of all the 1239 Nouns Containing URE in the English Language.

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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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figure
1. a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
2. alternative names for the body of a human being
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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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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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pressure
1. the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)
2. a force that compels
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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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procedure
1. a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
2. a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
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failure
1. an act that fails
2. an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
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adventure
1. a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
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measure
1. any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
2. how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
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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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exposure
1. vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain
2. the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience
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signature
1. your name written in your own handwriting
2. a distinguishing style
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bureau
1. an administrative unit of government
2. furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
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leisure
1. time available for ease and relaxation
2. freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity
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measurement
1. the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
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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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pleasure
1. a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
2. something or someone that provides a source of happiness
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lecture
1. a speech that is open to the public
2. a lengthy rebuke
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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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disclosure
1. the speech act of making something evident
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torture
1. extreme mental distress
2. unbearable physical pain
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brochure
1. a small book usually having a paper cover
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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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procurement
1. the act of getting possession of something
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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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cure
1. a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
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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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treasure
1. accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
2. art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
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closure
1. approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap
2. a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
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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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treasurer
1. an officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds
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insured
1. 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.
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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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enclosure
1. a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose
2. the act of enclosing something inside something else
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creature
1. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
2. a living being
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tenure
1. the term during which some position is held
2. the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands
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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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laurel
1. any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family
2. (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory
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aperture
1. a device that controls amount of light admitted
2. a natural opening in something
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foreclosure
1. the legal proceedings initiated by a creditor to repossess the collateral for loan that is in default
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insurer
1. a financial institution that sells insurance
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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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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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seizure
1. a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease
2. the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
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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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horticulture
1. the cultivation of plants
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lure
1. qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
2. anything that serves as an enticement
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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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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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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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manure
1. any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material
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bureaucracy
1. nonelective government officials
2. a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials
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polyurethane
1. 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
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nomenclature
1. a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
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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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baccalaureate
1. a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies
2. an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies
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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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allure
1. the power to entice or attract through personal charm
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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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surety
1. something clearly established
2. property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation
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lures
1. qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
2. anything that serves as an enticement
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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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urea
1. the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed and in plastics
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tablature
1. a musical notation indicating the fingering to be used
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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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azure
1. a light shade of blue
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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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labourer
1. someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
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manicure
1. professional care for the hands and fingernails
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laureate
1. someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath
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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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erasure
1. a correction made by erasing
2. a surface area where something has been erased
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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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urethane
1. an ester of carbamic acid
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carburetor
1. mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion
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pedicure
1. professional care for the feet and toenails
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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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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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censure
1. harsh criticism or disapproval
2. the state of being excommunicated
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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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puree
1. food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender
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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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fissure
1. a long narrow depression in a surface
2. a long narrow cleft
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purebred
1. a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses
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denture
1. a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
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composure
1. steadiness of mind under stress
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acupressure
1. treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body
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urethra
1. duct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital duct
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displeasure
1. the feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something
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laurels
1. a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
2. the state of being honored
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diuretic
1. any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess water
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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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quadrature
1. the construction of a square having the same area as some other figure
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bureaux
1. an administrative unit of government
2. furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
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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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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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duress
1. compulsory force or threat
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superstructure
1. structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck
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viticulture
1. the cultivation of grapes and grape vines; grape growing
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armature
1. coil in which voltage is induced by motion through a magnetic field
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bureaucrat
1. an official of a bureaucracy
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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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tourer
1. someone who travels for pleasure
2. large open car seating four with folding top
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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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candidature
1. the campaign of a candidate to be elected
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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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overexposure
1. the act of exposing film to too much light or for too long a time
2. the act of exposing someone excessively to an influencing experience
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epicurean
1. a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
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counterculture
1. a culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture
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gravure
1. 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
2. a printing plate used in the process of gravure
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ureter
1. either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder
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countermeasure
1. an action taken to offset another action
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epicure
1. a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
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lectureship
1. the post of lecturer
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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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flexure
1. the state of being flexed (as of a joint)
2. an angular or rounded shape made by folding
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arboriculture
1. the tending of and caring for trees
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figurehead
1. a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
2. figure on the bow of some sailing vessels
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disfigurement
1. an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen
2. the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
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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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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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carburettor
1. mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion
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