| BRISURE | • brisure n. Any part of a rampart or parapet which deviates from the general direction. • brisure n. (Heraldry) A mark of cadency or difference. • BRISURE n. (French) a part of a parapet breaking from the general direction. |
| CENSURE | • censure n. The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension. • censure n. An official reprimand. • censure n. Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment. |
| CLOSURE | • closure n. An event or occurrence that signifies an ending. • closure n. A feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period. • closure n. A device to facilitate temporary and repeatable opening and closing. |
| ERASURE | • erasure n. The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration. • erasure n. The state of having been erased; total blankness. • erasure n. The place where something has been erased. |
| FISSURE | • fissure n. A long, narrow crack or opening made by breaking or splitting, especially in rock or earth. • fissure n. (Anatomy) A groove, deep furrow, elongated cleft or tear between body parts or in the substance of an organ; a sulcus. • fissure n. (Anatomy) A break or slit in tissue usually at the junction of skin and mucous membrane. |
| FRISURE | • frisure n. The dressing of the hair by curling. • FRISURE n. (French) the dressing of the hair by crisping or curling. |
| LEASURE | • leasure n. Misspelling of leisure. • Leasure prop.n. A surname. • LEASURE n. (Spenser) leisure. |
| LEISURE | • leisure n. Freedom provided by the cessation of activities. • leisure n. Free time, time free from work or duties. • leisure n. Time at one’s command, free from engagement; convenient opportunity; hence, convenience; ease. |
| MEASURE | • measure n. A prescribed quantity or extent. • measure n. The act or result of measuring. • measure n. Metrical rhythm. |
| MORSURE | • morsure n. The act of biting. • MORSURE n. (Latin) a bite. |
| SEASURE | • SEASURE n. (obsolete) a seizure, also SEISURE, SEYSURE. |
| SEISURE | • seisure n. Obsolete form of seizure. • SEISURE n. the act of seizing, or the state of being seized, also SEASURE, SEIZURE, SEYSURE. |
| SEYSURE | • seysure n. Obsolete form of seizure. • SEYSURE n. (Shakespeare) a seizure, also SEASURE, SEISURE. |
| TONSURE | • tonsure v. (Christianity, Buddhism) To shave the crown of the head as a sign of humility and religious vocation. • tonsure n. A ritual shaving of this kind. • tonsure n. The bald patch resulting from being tonsured. |