ADVENTURE | • adventure n. The encountering of risks; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the… • adventure n. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event. • adventure n. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account. |
ATTAINTURE | • attainture n. (Obsolete) A state of being found guilty of an offence. • attainture n. (Obsolete) Imputation of dishonour. • attainture n. (Obsolete) Unhealthy bodily condition. |
AVENTURE | • aventure n. (Obsolete) accident; chance; adventure. • aventure n. (Obsolete) a mischance causing a person’s death without felony, as by drowning, or falling into the fire. • aventure v. Obsolete form of adventure. |
CALENTURE | • calenture n. A heat stroke or fever, often suffered in the tropics. • calenture n. A delirium occurring from such symptoms, in which a stricken sailor pictures the sea as grassy meadows… • CALENTURE n. (historical) sunstroke, or other fever or delirium due to heat. |
CEINTURE | • ceinture n. A belt or girdle. • CEINTURE n. (French) a belt for the waist. |
DEBENTURE | • debenture n. A certificate that certifies an amount of money owed to someone; a certificate of indebtedness. • debenture n. (Obsolete) A certificate of a loan made to the government; a government bond. • debenture n. (Finance, US) A type of debt instrument secured only by the general credit or promise to pay of the… |
DENTURE | • denture n. A set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit. • denture n. An artificial replacement of one or more teeth. • denture n. (Often in the plural) a complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth. |
DISADVENTURE | • disadventure n. (Obsolete) Misadventure, misfortune. • DISADVENTURE n. (Spenser) a mishap, also DISAVENTURE. |
DISAVENTURE | • disaventure n. (Obsolete) misfortune. • DISAVENTURE n. (Spenser) a mishap, also DISADVENTURE. |
GARMENTURE | • garmenture n. (Archaic) clothing; dress. • GARMENTURE n. clothing, dress. |
INDENTURE | • indenture n. (Law) A contract which binds a person to work for another, under specified conditions, for a specified… • indenture n. (Law, often in the plural) A document, written as duplicates separated by indentations, specifying such a contract. • indenture n. An indentation; a recess. |
JOINTURE | • jointure n. (Obsolete) A joining; a joint. • jointure n. (Law) An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after her husband’s death, for her own life… • jointure v. (Transitive) To settle a jointure upon. |
MISADVENTURE | • misadventure n. An accidental mishap or misfortune. • MISADVENTURE n. a misfortune, also MISVENTURE. |
MISVENTURE | • misventure n. (Archaic) misadventure. • MISVENTURE n. a misadventure, also MISADVENTURE. |
MONTURE | • monture n. A mounting, setting, or frame. • MONTURE n. (French) a mounting, setting or frame. |
PAINTURE | • painture n. (Obsolete) The art of painting. • painture n. (Obsolete, countable) A painting. • PAINTURE n. the art of painting. |
PERADVENTURE | • peradventure adv. (Archaic) Perchance or maybe; perhaps; supposing. • peradventure n. Chance, doubt or uncertainty. • PERADVENTURE adj. by chance. |
TAINTURE | • tainture n. (Obsolete) Dirtiness; uncleanliness; contamination, tainting. • TAINTURE n. defilement. |
VENTURE | • venture n. A risky or daring undertaking or journey. • venture n. An event that is not, or cannot be, foreseen. • venture n. The thing risked; especially, something sent to sea in trade. |