15-letter words containing ure
- absence seizure — petit mal.
- adventuresomely — In an adventuresome manner.
- angular measure — the units used to measure angles. Compare angle1 (def 1c).
- antibureaucracy — Opposed to bureaucracy.
- antiforeclosure — opposed to the process of foreclosure
- assured tenancy — an agreement between a government-approved body such as a housing association and a tenant for occupation of a newly-built house or flat at an agreed market rent, under which the tenant has security of tenure
- ballpark figure — approximate number
- bearded vulture — lammergeier
- bureau of mines — a division of the Department of the Interior, created in 1910, that studies the nation's mineral resources and inspects mines.
- buried treasure — A surprising piece of code found in some program. While usually not wrong, it tends to vary from crufty to bletcherous, and has lain undiscovered only because it was functionally correct, however horrible it is. Used sarcastically, because what is found is anything *but* treasure. Buried treasure almost always needs to be dug up and removed. "I just found that the scheduler sorts its queue using bubble sort! Buried treasure!"
- cabinet picture — a small easel painting, usually under 3 feet (0.9 meters) in width and formerly exhibited in a cabinet or special room.
- canteen culture — the alleged clannishness of the police force, whereby the prevalent attitudes inhibit officers from reporting or speaking out against malpractice, racism, etc
- casual labourer — a person who is employed on a temporary, rather than a permanent or regular basis
- class structure — social hierarchy
- closed fracture — simple fracture.
- coffee-coloured — having the colour of coffee; dark brown; light brown
- copper-coloured — of a reddish-brown colour
- counter-culture — Counter-culture is a set of values, ideas, and ways of behaving that are completely different from those of the rest of society.
- counter-measure — A counter-measure is an action that you take in order to weaken the effect of another action or a situation, or to make it harmless.
- countercultures — Plural form of counterculture.
- countermeasures — Plural form of countermeasure.
- counterpressure — an opposing pressure
- coureur de bois — a French Canadian woodsman or Métis who traded with Native Americans for furs
- culture complex — a group of culture traits all interrelated and dominated by one essential trait: Nationalism is a culture complex.
- culture jamming — a form of political and social activism which, by means of fake adverts, hoax news stories, pastiches of company logos and product labels, computer hacking, etc, draws attention to and at the same time subverts the power of the media, governments, and large corporations to control and distort the information that they give to the public in order to promote consumerism, militarism, etc
- culture pattern — a group of interrelated culture traits of some continuity.
- culture vulture — a person considered to be excessively, and often pretentiously, interested in the arts
- culture-shocked — a state of bewilderment and distress experienced by an individual who is suddenly exposed to a new, strange, or foreign social and cultural environment.
- curtain lecture — a scolding or rebuke given in private, esp by a wife to her husband
- debenture stock — stock that pays a fixed rate of interest at fixed intervals
- debureaucratize — to divide an administrative agency or office into bureaus.
- departure board — a board in an airport, bus terminal, etc displaying the times and destinations of future departures
- double exposure — the act of exposing the same film, frame, plate, etc., twice.
- economy measure — any method of reducing expenditure and hence saving money
- electropuncture — a therapy in which a small electric current is passed through the body via electrodes placed on the skin
- erosive mixture — An erosive mixture is a mixture containing substances that wear away components or cause problems with the flow of oil along pipelines.
- eureka stockade — a violent incident in Ballarat, Australia, in 1854 between gold miners and the military, as a result of which the miners won their democratic rights in the state parliament
- feature article — a feature article in a newspaper or magazine deals in depth with a topic or person
- fellow creature — a kindred creature, especially a fellow human being.
- figure of eight — figure eight.
- figure of merit — a measure of the efficiency of a helicopter in hover
- freak of nature — a person or animal that is born or grows with abnormal physical features.
- freeze-fracture — to prepare (material) for the electron microscope by freeze fracturing.
- french overture — a short piece in three movements common in the 17th and 18th centuries
- furniture depot — a shop that sells the movable, generally functional, articles that equip a room, house, etc
- furniture mover — person: removal worker
- furniture store — shop: sells furnishings
- future interest — an interest in personal or real property, the possession and enjoyment of which is to commence at a later date.
- get the picture — understand
- heather mixture — cloth made from a mixture of different yarns, predominantly grey but with flecks of different colours
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