Words Ending -URE

105 total entries across 2 section(s)

Note: this list is built from spelling, not meaning. Some words here end with the right letters but do not really use the suffix in its usual sense. They are included on purpose: for Scrabble we suggest learning the suffix as a letter pattern rather than learning the meanings.

7-Letter Words Ending with -URE (57 entries)

FRONT	WORD	BACK	DEFINITION
—	BORDURE	S	[n. -S] · a border around a shield
—	BRAVURE	—	< BRAVURA, [n. -RAS or -RE] · fine musical technique
—	CAPTURE	DRS	[v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to take by force or cunning
—	CENSURE	DRS	[v. -SURED, -SURING, -SURES] · to criticize severely
—	CLOSURE	DS	[v. -SURED, -SURING, -SURES] · to cloture / [x] { closure cloture § closures clotures § closure closured closures closuring cloture clotured clotures cloturing }
—	CLOTURE	DS	[v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to end a debate by calling for a vote / [x] { closure cloture § closures clotures § closure closured closures closuring cloture clotured clotures cloturing }
—	COENURE	S	[n. -S] · coenurus «a tapeworm larva»
—	CONJURE	DRS	[v. -JURED, -JURING°, -JURES] · to summon a spirit
—	COUTURE	S	[n. -S] · the business of dressmaking / [x] { couture couturier couturiere § coutures couturieres couturiers }
—	CULTURE	DS	[v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to make fit for raising crops
—	DASYURE	S	[n. -S] · a flesh-eating~ mammal
—	DENTURE	S	[n. -S] · a set of teeth - DENTURAL [a.]
—	EPICURE	S	[n. -S] · a gourmet
—	ERASURE	S	[n. -S] · the act of erasing / [x] { erasure rasure § erasures rasures }
—	FACTURE	S	[n. -S] · the act of making something
—	FAILURE	S	[n. -S] · the act of failing
—	FEATURE	DS	[v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to give special prominence to
—	FISSURE	DS	[v. -SURED, -SURING, -SURES] · to split
—	FIXTURE	S	[n. -S] · a permanent part or appendage of a house
—	FLEXURE	S	[n. -S] · the act of bending - FLEXURAL [a.]
—	GESTURE	DRS	[v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to express by bodily motion
—	GRAVURE	S	[n. -S] · a printing process
—	GUIPURE	S	[n. -S] · a type of lace
—	GYPLURE	S	[n. -S] · a synthetic attractant to trap gypsy moths
—	HACHURE	DS	[v. -CHURED, -CHURING, -CHURES] · to make a hatching on a map
—	LECTURE	DRS	[v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to expound on a specific subject
—	LEISURE	DS	[n. -S] · freedom from the demands of work or duty - LEISURED [a.]
—	MEASURE	DRS	[v. -SURED, -SURING, -SURES] · to ascertain the dimensions, quantity, or capacity of
—	MIXTURE	S	[n. -S] · something produced by mixing
—	MULTURE	S	[n. -S] · a fee paid to a miller for grinding grain
—	NERVURE	S	[n. -S] · a vascular ridge on a leaf / [x] { nervule nervure § nervules nervures }
—	NURTURE	DRS	[v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to nourish
—	OBSCURE	DRS	[a. -SCURER, -SCUREST] · dark or indistinct / ----- [v. -SCURED, -SCURING, -SCURES] · to make obscure
—	ORATURE	S	[n. -S] · oral forms of literature, such as folklore
—	PASTURE	DRS	[v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to put in a pasture
—	PERDURE	DS	[v. -DURED, -DURING, -DURES] · to continue to exist
—	PERJURE	DRS	[v. -JURED, -JURING, -JURES] · to make a perjurer of
—	PICTURE	DS	[v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to make a visual representation of
—	POSTURE	DRS	[v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to assume a particular position
—	PRECURE	DS	[v. -CURED, -CURING, -CURES] · to cure beforehand
—	PROCURE	DRS	[v. -CURED, -CURING, -CURES°] · to obtain by effort
—	PURPURE	S	[n. -S] · the heraldic color purple
—	RAPTURE	DS	[v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to fill with great joy
—	RONDURE	S	[n. -S] · a circle or sphere
—	RUPTURE	DS	[v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to burst
—	SEISURE	S	[n. -S] · seizure / [x] { seisure seizure § seisures seizures § seisure seizure seizures }
—	SEIZURE	S	[n. -S] · the act of seizing / [x] { seisure seizure § seisures seizures § seisure seizure seizures }
—	SOILURE	S	[n. -S] · a stain or smudge
—	STATURE	DS	[n. -S] · the natural height of a human or animal body - STATURED [a.] (=statured)
—	TEXTURE	DS	[v. -TURED, -TURING°, -TURES] · to make by weaving
—	TONSURE	DS	[v. -SURED, -SURING, -SURES] · to shave the head of
—	TORTURE	DRS	[v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to subject to severe physical pain
—	VENTURE	DRS	[v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to risk
—	VERDURE	DS	[n. -S] · green vegetation - VERDURED [a.] / [x] { verdure § verdures § verdure verdures § verdant verdured verdurous virid }
—	VESTURE	DS	[v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to clothe
—	VULTURE	S	[n. -S] · a bird of prey
—	WAFTURE	S	[n. -S] · waftage «the act of wafting» / [x] { waftage wafture § waftages waftures }

8-Letter Words Ending with -URE (48 entries)

FRONT	WORD	BACK	DEFINITION
—	APERTURE	DS	[n. -S] · an opening
—	ARCATURE	S	[n. -S] · a small arcade
—	ARMATURE	DS	[v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to furnish with armor
—	BROCHURE	S	[n. -S] · a pamphlet
—	CEINTURE	S	[n. -S] · a belt for the waist / [x] { ceinture cincture § ceintures cinctures § cinctured cinctures cincturing § cinctured }
—	CINCTURE	DS	[v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to gird or encircle / [x] { ceinture cincture § ceintures cinctures § cinctured cinctures cincturing § cinctured }
—	COCKSURE	—	[a.] · certain
—	COENDURE	DS	[v. -DURED, -DURING, -DURES] · to endure together
—	COIFFURE	DS	[v. -FURED, -FURING, -FURES] · to coif / [x] { coif coiffe coiffes coiffure quaff quiff § coiffures coifs § coif coifed coiffe coiffed coiffes coiffing coiffure coiffured coiffures coiffuring coifing coifs quaff quiff § coiffured }
—	COINSURE	DRS	[v. -SURED, -SURING, -SURES] · to insure with another
—	CREATURE	S	[n. -S] · a living being / [x] { creature critter crittur § creatures critters critturs }
—	CUBATURE	S	[n. -S] · cubical content / [x] { cubage cubature § cubages cubatures }
—	CYNOSURE	S	[n. -S] · a center of attraction
—	DENATURE	DS	[v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to deprive of natural qualities
—	DOUBLURE	S	[n. -S] · the lining of a book cover
—	EXPOSURE	S	[n. -S] · the act of exposing / [x] { exposal exposure § exposals exposures }
—	FILATURE	S	[n. -S] · the reeling of silk from cocoons
—	FRACTURE	DRS	[v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to break
—	GENITURE	S	[n. -S] · birth
—	HUMITURE	S	[n. -S] · a combined measurement of temperature and humidity
—	IMMATURE	RS	[a. -ER, -EST] · not fully grown or developed / ----- [n. -S] · an immature individual (=immaturer immaturest)
—	INCISURE	S	[n. -S] · a notch or cleft of a body part
—	INSECURE	R	[a. -ER, -EST] · unsafe (=insecurer insecurest)
—	JOINTURE	DS	[v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to set aside property as an inheritance
—	JUNCTURE	S	[n. -S] · the act of joining
—	LIGATURE	DS	[v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to ligate «to bind» / [x] { ligatures § ligate ligated ligates ligating ligature ligatured ligatures ligaturing § ligated ligatured }
—	MANICURE	DS	[v. -CURED, -CURING, -CURES] · to trim and polish the fingernails of
—	MOISTURE	S	[n. -S] · condensed or diffused liquid
—	OSSATURE	S	[n. -S] · a framework
—	OVERCURE	DS	[v. -CURED, -CURING, -CURES] · to cure too long
—	OVERSURE	—	[a.] · too sure
C	OVERTURE	DS	[v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to propose
—	PEDICURE	DS	[v. -CURED, -CURING, -CURES] · to administer a cosmetic treatment to the feet and toenails
—	PLEASURE	DS	[v. -SURED, -SURING, -SURES] · to please
—	PRESSURE	DS	[v. -SURED, -SURING, -SURES] · to apply force to
—	PUNCTURE	DS	[v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to pierce with a pointed object
P	REASSURE	DS	[v. -SURED, -SURING, -SURES] · to assure again +
P	REFIGURE	DS	[v. -URED, -URING, -URES] · to figure again +
—	REINJURE	DS	[v. -JURED, -JURING, -JURES] · to injure again +
—	REINSURE	DRS	[v. -SURED, -SURING, -SURES] · to insure again +
C	RENATURE	DS	[v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to restore natural qualities
—	RESECURE	DS	[v. -CURED, -CURING, -CURES] · to secure again +
—	SCISSURE	S	[n. -S] · a lengthwise cut
—	SINECURE	S	[n. -S] · an office or position requiring little or no work
—	TINCTURE	DS	[v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to tinge / [x] { tinct tincture tinge § tincts tinctures tinges § tinct tincted tincting tincts tincture tinctured tinctures tincturing tinge tinged tingeing tinges tinging § tinctured tincturing }
—	TREASURE	DRS	[v. -URED, -URING, -URES] · to value highly
—	TRESSURE	S	[n. -S] · a type of heraldic design / [x] { tressour tressure § tressours tressures }
—	TUBULURE	S	[n. -S] · a short tubular opening