7-letter words containing ure
- miscure — An incorrect cure of any kind.
- mixture — a product of mixing.
- monture — a mounting or a means for supporting or fixing something in place
- morsure — a bite or the act of biting
- multure — a toll or fee given to the proprietor of a mill for the grinding of grain, usually consisting of a fixed proportion of the grain brought or of the flour made.
- mureins — Plural form of murein.
- murexes — Plural form of murex.
- natured — having a temperament of a particular kind (usually used in combination): good-natured.
- natures — Plural form of nature.
- nervure — Botany, Zoology. a vein, as of a leaf or the wing of an insect.
- nureyev — Rudolf (Hametovich) [khuh-mye-tuh-vyich] /xʌˈmyɛ tə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1938–93, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer; Austrian citizen 1982.
- nurture — to feed and protect: to nurture one's offspring.
- obscure — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- occured — Misspelling of occurred.
- odoured — Alt form odored.
- ordures — Plural form of ordure.
- outdure — to last longer than
- pandure — bandore.
- parture — departure
- pasture — Rogier [French raw-zhee-ey] /French rɔ ʒiˈeɪ/ (Show IPA), or Roger [French raw-zhey] /French rɔˈʒeɪ/ (Show IPA), de la [French duh-la] /French də la/ (Show IPA), Weyden, Rogier van der.
- perdure — to continue or last permanently; endure.
- perjure — to render (oneself) guilty of swearing falsely or of willfully making a false statement under oath or solemn affirmation: The witness perjured herself when she denied knowing the defendant.
- picture — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
- plexure — the act of weaving together or something which has been interwoven
- posture — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- precure — the process of curing a synthetic resin prior to subjecting it to another process
- procure — to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
- pulture — the right of foresters to claim food, drink, and lodging from the inhabitants of a forest for their own maintenance; provisions claimed in this way
- purpure — the tincture or color purple.
- rapture — ecstatic joy or delight; joyful ecstasy.
- rondure — a circle or sphere.
- rupture — the act of breaking or bursting: The flood led to the rupture of the dam.
- scoured — to range over, as in a search: They scoured the countryside for the lost child.
- scourer — a person who scours or ranges about.
- seasure — a seizure
- secured — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- securer — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- seisure — an act of seisin
- seizure — the act or an instance of seizing.
- silures — a powerful and warlike tribe of ancient Britain, living chiefly in SE Wales, who fiercely resisted Roman invaders in the 1st century ad.
- soilure — a stain.
- soleure — French name of Solothurn.
- stature — the height of a human or animal body.
- taurean — Taurus (sense 3)
- tenured — of, having, or eligible for tenure, especially in a college or university: There are three tenured professors in the history department.
- texture — the visual and especially tactile quality of a surface: rough texture.
- tonsure — the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- torture — the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
- turenne — Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne de [ahn-ree duh la toor doh-vern-yuh duh] /ɑ̃ˈri də la ˈtur doʊˈvɛrn yə də/ (Show IPA), 1611–75, French general and marshal.
- uncured — a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.