| LURE | • lure n. (Also figurative) Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure. • lure n. (Fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish. • lure n. (Falconry) A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk. |
| ALURE | • alure n. (Obsolete) A walk or passage. • ALURE n. (obsolete) a walk behind battlements; a gallery. |
| ALLURE | • allure n. The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction. • allure v. (Transitive) To entice; to attract. • allure n. (Dated) Gait; bearing. |
| COLURE | • colure n. (Astronomy) Either of two great circles (meridians) that intersect at the poles and either the equinoxes or solstices. • COLURE n. a celestial circle that intersects another at the poles. |
| VELURE | • velure n. (Dated) A fabric similar to velvet. • velure n. A silk or plush pad for smoothing or giving lustre to silk hats. • velure v. (Transitive) To dress with a velure. |
| FAILURE | • failure n. State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success. • failure n. Omission to do something, whether or not it was attempted, especially something that ought to have been done. • failure n. An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure or incapable of success. |
| GYPLURE | • gyplure n. A potent gypsy moth attractant synthesized from ricinoleic acid. • GYPLURE n. a synthetic attractant to trap gypsy moths. |
| SOILURE | • soilure n. Making or becoming dirty; soiling, staining. • SOILURE n. a stain or smudge. |
| CISELURE | • CISELURE n. (French) the art of chasing metal. |
| DOUBLURE | • doublure n. An elaborately decorated leather flyleaf in a book. • doublure n. The reflexed margin of a trilobite carapace. • DOUBLURE n. (French) an ornamental lining on the inside of a book, of leather or vellum. |
| ENCOLURE | • encolure n. The neck of a horse. • ENCOLURE n. a mane of a horse. |
| TUBULURE | • tubulure n. (Chemistry) A short tubular opening at the top of a retort, or at the top or side of a bottle; a tubulation. • TUBULURE n. a short tubular opening. |
| CANNELURE | • cannelure n. (Firearms) A ringlike groove, such as that around the cylinder of an elongated bullet for small arms… • CANNELURE n. (French) a groove or fluting, esp. around a bullet etc. |
| CHEVELURE | • chevelure n. The nebulous part of a comet or star. • chevelure n. A head of hair. • chevelure n. A periwig. |
| CRAQUELURE | • craquelure n. (Art) The distinctive pattern of hairline cracks in the surface of an old painting. • CRAQUELURE n. (French) fine cracking that appears in old paintings. |