13-letter words containing ure
- figure of fun — If you describe someone as a figure of fun, you mean that people think they are ridiculous.
- figure-ground — a property of perception in which there is a tendency to see parts of a visual field as solid, well-defined objects standing out against a less distinct background.
- figured glass — plate or sheet glass having a pattern rolled onto one side of the surface.
- flash picture — a photograph made using flash photography.
- focal seizure — an epileptic manifestation arising from a localized anomaly in the brain, as a small tumor or scar, and usually involving a single motor or sensory mechanism but occasionally spreading to other areas and causing convulsions and loss of consciousness.
- force majeure — an unexpected and disruptive event that may operate to excuse a party from a contract.
- fracture zone — a long, narrow rift on the ocean floor, separating areas of differing depth: where such a zone crosses a mid-ocean ridge, it displaces the ridge by faulting.
- furniture van — a van designed to move the furniture of a house, office, etc, to another place
- future farmer — a member of the Future Farmers of America.
- gabriel fauré — Gabriel Urbain [ga-bree-el oor-ban] /ga briˈɛl urˈbɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1845–1924, French composer.
- good-humoured — having or showing a pleasant, amiable mood: a good-humored man; a good-humored remark.
- goodnaturedly — In a good-natured manner.
- half measures — inadequate measures or actions
- hard-featured — having stern, harsh, or unattractive features.
- haute couture — high fashion; the most fashionable and influential dressmaking and designing.
- heart failure — a condition in which the heart fatally ceases to function.
- high pressure — intense or stressful situation
- high-coloured — (of the complexion) deep red or purplish; florid
- high-pressure — having or involving a pressure above the normal: high-pressure steam.
- hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
- ideal mixture — An ideal mixture is a mixture in which the concentration of any part taken from it is the same as the average for the whole.
- indentureship — a deed or agreement executed in two or more copies with edges correspondingly indented as a means of identification.
- index futures — a form of financial futures based on projected movement of a share price index, such as the Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Share Index
- infostructure — The technical infrastructure supporting an information system.
- injured party — victim
- inter-assured — to make (a future event) sure; ensure: This contract assures the company's profit this month.
- joint venture — business: joint enterprise
- joint-venture — to establish or enter a joint venture or partnership.
- key signature — (in notation) the group of sharps or flats placed after the clef to indicate the tonality of the music following.
- laurel cherry — a tree, Prunus caroliniana, of the rose family, of the southeastern U.S., having small, milky-white flowers and black, shiny fruit.
- laurel family — the plant family Lauraceae, characterized by evergreen or deciduous trees having simple, leathery leaves, aromatic bark and foliage, clusters of small green or yellow flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or drupe, and including the avocado, bay, laurels of the genera Laurus and Umbellularia, sassafras, spicebush (Lindera benzoin), and the trees that yield camphor and cinnamon.
- laurel wreath — a wreath of interlocking laurel leaves and branches, which can be worn on the head to represent victory
- law of nature — an empirical truth of great generality, conceived of as a physical (but not a logical) necessity, and consequently licensing counterfactual conditionals
- lecture notes — notes that are taken by someone attending a lecture
- leisureliness — The property of being leisurely.
- liposculpture — the surgical removal of subcutaneous fat and its transplant to another part of the body, as to fill out facial contours.
- loop diuretic — any of a group of diuretics, including frusemide, that act by inhibiting resorption of salts from Henle's loop of the kidney tubule
- manicure case — a case for holding small tools designed to care for the fingernails
- manufacturers — Plural form of manufacturer.
- many-coloured — having many colours
- measure up to — to fulfil (expectations, standards, etc)
- megastructure — a very large, usually high-rise building or a complex of such buildings used for many purposes, as for apartments, offices, stores, theaters, and athletic facilities.
- micropuncture — the puncture of a cell, renal tubule, etc., by a laser beam or micropipette
- misadventured — (obsolete) unfortunate.
- misadventurer — a person who experiences misadventure or misfortune
- misadventures — Plural form of misadventure.
- misconfigured — Simple past tense and past participle of misconfigure.
- misconjecture — the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof.
- moose pasture — land considered to be worthless, esp when lacking in extractable mineral deposits
- mother figure — a woman embodying or seeming to embody the qualities of an idealized conception of the female parent, eliciting from others the emotional responses that a child typically has toward its mother.