| APERTURE | • aperture n. A small or narrow opening, gap, slit, or hole. • aperture n. (Optics) A hole which restricts the diameter of the lightpath through one plane in an optical system. • aperture n. (Space flight, communication) The (typically) large-diameter antenna used for receiving and transmitting… |
| COUVERTURE | • couverture n. Chocolate prepared for covering cakes and sweets; a covering of such chocolate. • couverture n. Alternative spelling of coverture. |
| COVERTURE | • coverture n. (Law, historical) A common law doctrine developed in England during the Middle Ages, whereby a woman’s… • coverture n. Alternative spelling of couverture. • coverture n. Shelter, hiding place. |
| DEPARTURE | • departure n. The act of departing or something that has departed. • departure n. A deviation from a plan or procedure. • departure n. (Euphemistic) A death. |
| DISCOVERTURE | • discoverture n. (Obsolete) discovery. • discoverture n. (Obsolete, law) A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband. • DISCOVERTURE n. the state of being discovert, not married. |
| NURTURE | • nurture n. The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care. • nurture n. That which nourishes; food; diet. • nurture n. The environmental influences that contribute to the development of an individual (as opposed to "nature"). |
| OVERTURE | • overture n. (Obsolete) An opening; a recess or chamber. • overture n. (Obsolete) Disclosure; discovery; revelation. • overture n. (Often in plural) An approach or proposal made to initiate communication, establish a relationship etc. |
| PARTURE | • parture n. (Obsolete) departure. • PARTURE n. (Spenser) a departure. |
| PREDEPARTURE | • predeparture adj. Occurring before or in preparation for one’s departure. • predeparture n. (Rare) The time or preparations leading up to one’s departure. • PREDEPARTURE adj. preceding a departure. |
| RECOMFORTURE | • recomforture n. (Obsolete) The act of recomforting; restoration of comfort. • RECOMFORTURE n. (Shakespeare) consolation. |
| SUPPORTURE | • SUPPORTURE n. support. |
| TORTURE | • torture n. The intentional causing of somebody’s experiencing agony. • torture n. (Chiefly literary) The "suffering of the heart" imposed by one on another, as in personal relationships. • torture n. (Colloquial) (often as "absolute torture") Stage fright; severe embarrassment. |