15-letter words containing ure
- primary insurer — A primary insurer is the insurance company that first sells insurance to a client, who later purchases reinsurance.
- program picture — a motion picture produced on a low budget, usually shown as the second film of a double feature.
- pure and simple — sheer, utter
- pure land sects — Mahayana Buddhist sects venerating the Buddha as the compassionate saviour
- royal enclosure — at the Royal Ascot horse-race meeting, an area of Ascot racecourse which is reserved for the Royal Family, members, and their guests
- sagittal suture — a serrated line on the top of the skull that marks the junction of the two parietal bones
- secundogeniture — the state of being the second born child
- self-caricature — a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
- self-disclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
- semimanufacture — a product which forms an intermediate stage in the manufacture of another, often more complex product
- senior lecturer — a university teacher who does not hold a professorship.
- sigmoid flexure — Zoology. an S -shaped curve in a body part.
- simple fracture — a fracture in which the bone does not pierce the skin.
- special feature — an article differing from the normal format and focusing on a particular topic
- splanchnopleure — the double layer formed by the association of the lower layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the underlying entoderm, which develops into the embryonic viscera.
- static pressure — the pressure exerted by a fluid that is not moving or flowing.
- stress fracture — a hairline crack in a bone, especially of a foot or leg, caused by repeated or prolonged stress and often occurring in runners, dancers, and soldiers (march fracture)
- superbureaucrat — an important or highly powerful bureaucrat
- sylvian fissure — lateral fissure.
- talking picture — Older Use. a motion picture with accompanying synchronized speech, singing, etc.
- tax expenditure — any reduction in government revenue through preferential tax treatment, as deductions or credits.
- technostructure — the group or class of technically skilled administrators, scientists, and engineers who manage and influence business, the economy, and government affairs.
- torture chamber — a room where somebody is caused extreme physical pain, esp in order to extract information, break resistance, etc
- travel brochure — a brochure, often from a travel agency, which advertises holidays, hotels, etc
- tread a measure — to dance
- treasure island — (italics) a novel (1883) by R. L. Stevenson.
- turgor pressure — the pressure exerted on a plant cell wall by water passing into the cell by osmosis
- vapour pressure — the pressure exerted by a vapour. The saturated vapour pressure is that exerted by a vapour in equilibrium with its solid or liquid phase at a particular temperature
- venture capital — funds invested or available for investment in a new or unproven business enterprise.
- venturesomeness — the quality or state of being venturesome
- viewing figures — the number of people watching a television programme