| ANTINATURE | • antinature adj. Opposing or destructive to nature, particularly in its sense as the material world and its nonhuman inhabitants. • ANTINATURE adj. against nature. |
| CALLIATURE | • CALLIATURE n. an old term for a tropical dyewood, perhaps red-sanders, also CALIATOUR. |
| CARICATURE | • caricature n. A pictorial representation of someone in which distinguishing features are exaggerated for comic effect. • caricature n. A grotesque misrepresentation. • caricature n. (Computing) In facial recognition systems, a face that has been modified to look less like the average… |
| COLORATURE | • colorature n. (Music) An elaborate melody, particularly in vocal music and especially in operatic singing of the 18th… • COLORATURE n. a highly ornamented, virtuoso (musical passage); a singer, esp. soprano, of such music, also COLORATURA. |
| CRISPATURE | • crispature n. The state of being crispate. • CRISPATURE n. a curling. |
| DISFEATURE | • disfeature v. (Transitive) To deprive of features; to mar the features of. • DISFEATURE v. to deprive of features; to mar the features of, also DEFEATURE. |
| JUDICATURE | • judicature n. The administration of justice by judges and courts; judicial process. • judicature n. The office or authority of a judge; jurisdiction. • judicature n. Judges collectively; a court or group of courts; the judiciary. |
| LITERATURE | • literature n. The body of all written works. • literature n. The collected creative writing of a nation, people, group, or culture. • literature n. (Usually preceded by the) All the papers, treatises, etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject. |
| MACULATURE | • maculature n. (Dated) Blotting paper. • maculature n. (Figuratively) Paper waste; printed materials that may not be read, such as junk mail. • MACULATURE n. blotting paper. |
| MISFEATURE | • misfeature n. An undesirable or incorrect feature. • MISFEATURE v. a bad or distorted feature or trait. |
| NUNCIATURE | • nunciature n. The status or rank of a nuncio. • nunciature n. The building and staff of a nuncio; the equivalent of an embassy for the Holy See. • nunciature n. The term of service of a nuncio. |
| OVERMATURE | • overmature adj. Excessively mature. • OVERMATURE adj. excessively mature. |
| QUADRATURE | • quadrature n. The process of making something square; squaring. • quadrature n. (Mathematics) The act or process of constructing a square that has the same area as a given plane figure… • quadrature n. (Mathematics, numerical analysis) The calculation of a definite integral by numerical means. |
| TUBULATURE | • tubulature n. (Chemistry) A tubulure. • TUBULATURE n. tubes collectively. |
| USURPATURE | • usurpature n. (Archaic) Usurpation. • USURPATURE n. usurpation. |