10-letter words containing ure
- judicature — the administration of justice, as by judges or courts.
- laureation — The act of crowning with laurel; the act of conferring an academic degree, or honorary title.
- laurel oak — an oak, Quercus laurifolia, of the southeastern U.S., found in moist areas and having shiny dark green leaves.
- laurentian — of or relating to the St. Lawrence River.
- laurentius — Saint, Lawrence, Saint.
- lay figure — a jointed model of the human body, usually of wood, from which artists work in the absence of a living model.
- leisureful — Providing leisure, restful.
- licensures — the granting of licenses, especially to engage in professional practice.
- literature — writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays.
- lithuresis — the passage of gravel in the urine.
- maculature — (dated) Blotting paper.
- mastigures — Plural form of mastigure.
- matureness — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- mauretania — an ancient kingdom in NW Africa: it included the territory that is modern Morocco and part of Algeria.
- measure up — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- measuredly — In a measured fashion.
- miniatures — Plural form of miniature.
- misfeature — a distorted feature.
- mismeasure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- misventure — an unfortunate undertaking; misadventure.
- naturelike — the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- neurectomy — the removal of part or all of a nerve.
- non-mature — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- non-secure — of or relating to a channel of communication, esp on the internet, that is not restricted to authorized users and is not therefore guaranteed to be private and confidential
- noninsured — Not insured.
- nontenured — not having tenure.
- nunciature — the office or the term of service of a nuncio.
- outmeasure — to measure out
- overinsure — to insure in excess of actual value
- overmature — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- paradoxure — any of a number of palm civet species
- phosphuret — a phosphate
- pleno jure — with full authority.
- preclosure — the act of closing; the state of being closed.
- preculture — the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
- prefecture — the office, jurisdiction, territory, or official residence of a prefect.
- prefixture — something used or added as a prefix
- premeasure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- projecture — a projection beyond the surface
- pure laine — (in Quebec) a person belonging to a long-established family of French descent
- pure vowel — a vowel that is pronounced with more or less unvarying quality without any glide; monophthong
- quadrature — the act of squaring.
- rampasture — a large attic room.
- recapturer — a person who recaptures something or someone
- recureless — incapable of cure or recovery
- red-figure — pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece in the latter part of the 6th and the 5th centuries b.c., characterized chiefly by figurative representations in red against a black-slip background, details painted in the design, and the introduction of three-dimensional illusion in the rendering of form and space.
- refracture — the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
- rejoindure — the act of joining again; a reunion
- roquelaure — a cloak reaching to the knees, worn by men during the 18th century.
- saussurean — pertaining to or characteristic of the theories of Ferdinand de Saussure, especially the view that a language consists of a network of interrelated elements in contrast.