12-letter words that end in ure
- multiculture — 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.
- multipicture — having or involving several pictures
- name capture — (reduction) In beta reduction, when a term containing a free occurrence of a variable v is substituted into another term where v is bound the free v becomes spuriously bound or "captured". E.g. (\ x . \ y . x y) y --> \ y . y y (WRONG) This problem arises because two distinct variables have the same name. The most common solution is to rename the bound variable using alpha conversion: (\ x . \ y' . x y') y --> \ y' . y y' Another solution is to use de Bruijn notation. Note that the argument expression, y, contained a free variable. The whole expression above must therefore be notionally contained within the body of some lambda abstraction which binds y. If we never reduce inside the body of a lambda abstraction (as in reduction to weak head normal form) then name capture cannot occur.
- nomenclature — a set or system of names or terms, as those used in a particular science or art, by an individual or community, etc.
- nonclemature — Misspelling of nomenclature.
- oil pressure — force that keeps engine lubricated
- olericulture — the cultivation of vegetables for the home or market.
- open texture — the failure of natural languages to determine future usage, particularly the ability of predicates to permit the construction of borderline cases
- orthodonture — orthodontia (def 2).
- overexposure — excessive exposure, especially of photographic film or a sensitized plate to light rays.
- overpressure — pressure in excess of normal atmospheric pressure, as that caused by an explosion's shock wave or created in an accelerating airplane.
- peradventure — chance, doubt, or uncertainty.
- permaculture — a system of cultivation intended to maintain permanent agriculture or horticulture by relying on renewable resources and a self-sustaining ecosystem.
- photogravure — any of various processes, based on photography, by which an intaglio engraving is formed on a metal plate, from which ink reproductions are made.
- pipe rupture — A pipe rupture is a break in a pipeline.
- pisciculture — the breeding, rearing, and transplantation of fish by artificial means.
- postexposure — occurring after a photo or image has been taken
- postfracture — taking place after a fracture
- predeparture — of, pertaining to or implemented during the stage prior to departure
- prestructure — mode of building, construction, or organization; arrangement of parts, elements, or constituents: a pyramidal structure.
- pure culture — the growth of only one microorganism in a culture.
- recomforture — consolation; comfort
- rich mixture — A rich mixture is a fuel/air mixture containing an excessive proportion of fuel.
- self-torture — the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
- silviculture — the cultivation of forest trees; forestry.
- solid figure — a figure that has three dimensions
- somatopleure — the double layer formed by the association of the upper layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the overlying ectoderm, functioning in the formation of the body wall and amnion.
- stick figure — a diagrammatic drawing representing a human or animal, usually made with one line each for the torso and appendages, and often a circle for the head.
- subminiature — subminiature camera.
- substructure — a structure forming the foundation of a building or other construction.
- superculture — 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.
- sylviculture — the cultivation of forest trees; forestry.
- tape measure — a long, flexible strip or ribbon, as of cloth or metal, marked with subdivisions of the foot or meter and used for measuring.
- the creature — whiskey or other intoxicating liquor
- vasoligature — vasoligation.
- venepuncture — the puncture of a vein for surgical or therapeutic purposes or for collecting blood specimens for analysis.
- venipuncture — the puncture of a vein for surgical or therapeutic purposes or for collecting blood specimens for analysis.
- venus figure — Venus (def 3).
- vermiculture — the raising and production of earthworms and their by-products.
- vitrifacture — the making of glass or glass products
- word picture — a description in words, especially one that is unusually vivid: She drew a word picture of a South Pacific sunset.