Words that rhyme with magistrature

• amateur 0
  adj 1: engaged in as a pastime; "an amateur painter"; "gained valuable experience in amateur theatricals"; "recreational golfers"; "reading matter that is both recreational and mentally stimulating"; "unpaid extras in the documentary" [syn: amateur, recreational, unpaid] 2: lacking professional skill or expertise; "a very amateurish job"; "inexpert but conscientious efforts"; "an unskilled painting" [syn: amateurish, amateur, inexpert, unskilled] n 1: someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime 2: an athlete who does not play for pay [ant: pro, professional]
• aperture 0
  n 1: a device that controls amount of light admitted 2: a natural opening in something 3: an man-made opening; usually small
• armature 0
  n 1: coil in which voltage is induced by motion through a magnetic field
• candidature 0
  n 1: the campaign of a candidate to be elected [syn: campaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign]
• countersignature 0
  n 1: a second confirming signature endorsing a document already signed [syn: countersignature, countersign]
• curvature 0
  n 1: (medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal; "curvature of the spine" 2: the rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve 3: the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface [syn: curvature, curve]
• denature 0
  v 1: add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb 2: modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished 3: make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes
• discomfiture 0
  n 1: anxious embarrassment [syn: discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment]
• divestiture 0
  n 1: an order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior; "the court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly" 2: the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division
• entablature 0
  n 1: (architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roof
• expenditure 0
  n 1: money paid out; an amount spent [syn: outgo, spending, expenditure, outlay] [ant: income] 2: the act of spending money for goods or services [syn: expending, expenditure] 3: the act of consuming something [syn: consumption, using up, expenditure]
• filature 0
  n 1: a bobbin used in spinning silk into thread
• forfeiture 0
  n 1: something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty; [syn: forfeit, forfeiture] 2: a penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something; "the contract specified forfeits if the work was not completed on time" [syn: forfeit, forfeiture] 3: the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc. [syn: forfeit, forfeiture, sacrifice]
• furniture 0
  n 1: furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy; "they had too much furniture for the small apartment"; "there was only one piece of furniture in the room" [syn: furniture, piece of furniture, article of furniture]
• investiture 0
  n 1: the ceremony of installing a new monarch [syn: coronation, enthronement, enthronization, enthronisation, investiture] 2: the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank [syn: investment, investiture]
• judicature 0
  n 1: an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business [syn: court, tribunal, judicature] 2: the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government [syn: judiciary, judicature, judicatory, judicial system] 3: the act of meting out justice according to the law [syn: administration, judicature] 4: the position of judge [syn: judgeship, judicature]
• legislature 0
  n 1: persons who make or amend or repeal laws [syn: legislature, legislative assembly, legislative body, general assembly, law-makers]
• ligature 0
  n 1: (music) a group of notes connected by a slur 2: character consisting of two or more letters combined into one 3: a metal band used to attach a reed to the mouthpiece of a clarinet or saxophone 4: thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood) 5: something used to tie or bind [syn: binder, ligature] 6: the act of tying or binding things together [syn: tying, ligature]
• literature 0
  n 1: creative writing of recognized artistic value 2: the humanistic study of a body of literature; "he took a course in Russian lit" [syn: literature, lit] 3: published writings in a particular style on a particular subject; "the technical literature"; "one aspect of Waterloo has not yet been treated in the literature" 4: the profession or art of a writer; "her place in literature is secure"
• miniature 0
  adj 1: being on a very small scale; "a miniature camera" n 1: painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts) [syn: miniature, illumination] 2: a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size [syn: miniature, toy]
• musculature 0
  n 1: the muscular system of an organism [syn: muscular structure, musculature, muscle system]
• nature 0
  n 1: the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized; "it is the nature of fire to burn"; "the true nature of jealousy" 2: a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe; "the laws of nature"; "nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women" 3: the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.; "they tried to preserve nature as they found it" 4: the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions; "it is his nature to help others" 5: a particular type of thing; "problems of this type are very difficult to solve"; "he's interested in trains and things of that nature"; "matters of a personal nature"
• nomenclature 0
  n 1: a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology" [syn: terminology, nomenclature, language]
• overture 0
  n 1: orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio 2: something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner" [syn: preliminary, overture, prelude] 3: a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances" [syn: overture, advance, approach, feeler]
• portraiture 0
  n 1: a word picture of a person's appearance and character [syn: portrayal, portraiture, portrait] 2: the activity of making portraits
• posture 0
  n 1: the arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender" [syn: position, posture, attitude] 2: characteristic way of bearing one's body; "stood with good posture" [syn: carriage, bearing, posture] 3: a rationalized mental attitude [syn: position, stance, posture] 4: capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war; "we faced an army of great strength"; "politicians have neglected our military posture" [syn: military capability, military strength, strength, military posture, posture] v 1: behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others; "Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!"; "She postured and made a total fool of herself" [syn: pose, posture] 2: assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often" [syn: model, pose, sit, posture]
• preacher 0
  n 1: someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel [syn: preacher, preacher man, sermonizer, sermoniser]
• prefecture 0
  n 1: the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire) 2: the office of prefect
• prelature 0
  n 1: prelates collectively [syn: prelacy, prelature] 2: the office or station of a prelate [syn: prelacy, prelature]
• premature 0
  adj 1: born after a gestation period of less than the normal time; "a premature infant" [ant: full-term] 2: too soon or too hasty; "our condemnation of him was a bit previous"; "a premature judgment" [syn: previous(p), premature] 3: uncommonly early or before the expected time; "illness led to his premature death"; "alcohol brought him to an untimely end" [syn: premature, untimely]
• primogeniture 0
  n 1: right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son
• puncture 0
  n 1: loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object 2: a small hole made by a sharp object 3: the act of puncturing or perforating v 1: pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into; "puncture a tire" 2: make by piercing; "puncture a hole" 3: reduce or lessen the size or importance of; "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence" [syn: deflate, puncture] 4: cause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing; "puncture an air balloon" 5: be pierced or punctured; "The tire punctured"
• signature 0
  n 1: your name written in your own handwriting 2: a distinguishing style; "this room needs a woman's touch" [syn: touch, signature] 3: a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program [syn: signature, signature tune, theme song] 4: the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key [syn: key signature, signature] 5: a sheet with several pages printed on it; it folds to page size and is bound with other signatures to form a book
• tablature 0
  n 1: a musical notation indicating the fingering to be used
• teacher 0
  n 1: a person whose occupation is teaching [syn: teacher, instructor] 2: a personified abstraction that teaches; "books were his teachers"; "experience is a demanding teacher"
• temperature 0
  n 1: the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity) 2: the somatic sensation of cold or heat
• texture 0
  n 1: the feel of a surface or a fabric; "the wall had a smooth texture" 2: the essential quality of something; "the texture of Neapolitan life" 3: the musical pattern created by parts being played or sung together; "then another melodic line is added to the texture" 4: the characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality 5: the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance); "breadfruit has the same texture as bread"; "sand of a fine grain"; "fish with a delicate flavor and texture"; "a stone of coarse grain" [syn: texture, grain]
• tincture 0
  n 1: a substances that colors metals 2: an indication that something has been present; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension" [syn: trace, vestige, tincture, shadow] 3: a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted" [syn: shade, tint, tincture, tone] 4: (pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution v 1: fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide" [syn: impregnate, infuse, instill, tincture] 2: stain or tint with a color; "The leaves were tinctured with a bright red"
• torture 0
  n 1: extreme mental distress [syn: anguish, torment, torture] 2: unbearable physical pain [syn: torture, torment] 3: intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned" [syn: agony, torment, torture] 4: the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean [syn: distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting] 5: the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession" [syn: torture, torturing] v 1: torment emotionally or mentally [syn: torment, torture, excruciate, rack] 2: subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible" [syn: torture, excruciate, torment]
• trencher 0
  n 1: someone who digs trenches 2: a wooden board or platter on which food is served or carved
• venture 0
  n 1: any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome 2: an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits; "he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it" [syn: speculation, venture] 3: a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit v 1: proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers; "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer" [syn: venture, embark] 2: put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong" [syn: guess, venture, pretend, hazard] 3: put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this" [syn: venture, hazard, adventure, stake, jeopardize]
• vesture 0
  n 1: something that covers or cloaks like a garment; "fields in a vesture of green" 2: a covering designed to be worn on a person's body [syn: clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, habiliment] v 1: provide or cover with a cloak
• viniculture 0
  n 1: the cultivation of grapes and grape vines; grape growing [syn: viticulture, viniculture]
• viticulture 0
  n 1: the cultivation of grapes and grape vines; grape growing [syn: viticulture, viniculture]
• voucher 0
  n 1: someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement [syn: voucher, verifier] 2: a document that serves as evidence of some expenditure 3: a negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed [syn: coupon, voucher]
• vulture 0
  n 1: any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion 2: someone who attacks in search of booty [syn: marauder, predator, vulture, piranha]
• watcher 0
  n 1: a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind); "the spectators applauded the performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers discovered a new star" [syn: spectator, witness, viewer, watcher, looker] 2: a guard who keeps watch [syn: watchman, watcher, security guard] 3: a person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead body
• percher 0
  n 1: a person situated on a perch 2: a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists [syn: Insessores, order Insessores, perching bird, percher]
• confiture 0
  n 1: preserved or candied fruit
• appalachia 0
  n 1: an impoverished coal mining area in the Appalachian Mountains (from Pennsylvania to North Carolina)
• chirr 0
  v 1: make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas
• churr 0
  v 1: make a vibrant sound, as of some birds [syn: churr, whirr]
• crenature 0
  n 1: one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.) [syn: scallop, crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle]
• quadrature 0
  n 1: the construction of a square having the same area as some other figure
• garniture 0
• bircher 0
• coucher 0
• multure 0
• disrupture 0
• clutcher 0
• lutcher 0
• misventure 0
• rudenture 0
• bonaventure 0
• coadventure 0
• chirre 0
• coverture 0
• subminiature 0

See also magistrature definition