Words that rhyme with structure

• acupuncture 0
  n 1: treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin [syn: acupuncture, stylostixis]
• architecture 0
  n 1: an architectural product or work 2: the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use" 3: the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect 4: (computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software; "the architecture of a computer's system software" [syn: computer architecture, architecture]
• cincture 0
  n 1: a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers [syn: girdle, cincture, sash, waistband, waistcloth]
• conjecture 0
  n 1: a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence); "speculations about the outcome of the election"; "he dismissed it as mere conjecture" [syn: speculation, conjecture] 2: a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence [syn: guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis] 3: reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence v 1: to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps" [syn: speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose]
• conjuncture 0
  n 1: a critical combination of events or circumstances
• culture 0
  n 1: a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization" [syn: culture, civilization, civilisation] 2: the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group 3: all the knowledge and values shared by a society [syn: acculturation, culture] 4: (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar); "the culture of cells in a Petri dish" 5: a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad [syn: polish, refinement, culture, cultivation, finish] 6: the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization; "the developing drug culture"; "the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture" 7: the raising of plants or animals; "the culture of oysters" v 1: grow in a special preparation; "the biologist grows microorganisms"
• disjuncture 0
  n 1: state of being disconnected [syn: disjunction, disjuncture, disconnection, disconnectedness] [ant: connectedness, connection, link]
• fracture 0
  n 1: breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall" [syn: fracture, break] 2: (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust" [syn: fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break] 3: the act of cracking something [syn: fracture, crack, cracking] v 1: violate or abuse; "This writer really fractures the language" 2: interrupt, break, or destroy; "fracture the balance of power" 3: break into pieces; "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle" 4: become fractured; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe" 5: break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle" 6: fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey" [syn: fracture, break]
• infrastructure 0
  n 1: the basic structure or features of a system or organization [syn: infrastructure, substructure] 2: the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial base of Japan" [syn: infrastructure, base]
• juncture 0
  n 1: an event that occurs at a critical time; "at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave"; "it was needed only on special occasions" [syn: juncture, occasion] 2: a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made; "at that juncture he had no idea what to do"; "he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point" [syn: juncture, critical point, crossroads] 3: the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made [syn: articulation, join, joint, juncture, junction]
• lecture 0
  n 1: a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture on telecommunications" [syn: lecture, public lecture, talk] 2: a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" [syn: lecture, speech, talking to] 3: teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class) [syn: lecture, lecturing] v 1: deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?" [syn: lecture, talk] 2: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast]
• manufacture 0
  n 1: the organized action of making of goods and services for sale; "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production" [syn: industry, manufacture] 2: the act of making something (a product) from raw materials; "the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals"; "an improvement in the manufacture of explosives"; "manufacturing is vital to Great Britain" [syn: fabrication, manufacture, manufacturing] v 1: put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"; He manufactured a popular cereal" [syn: manufacture, fabricate, construct] 2: make up something artificial or untrue [syn: fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent] 3: produce naturally; "this gland manufactures a specific substance only" 4: create or produce in a mechanical way; "This novelist has been manufacturing his books following his initial success"
• picture 0
  n 1: a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface; "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them" [syn: picture, image, icon, ikon] 2: graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre" [syn: painting, picture] 3: a clear and telling mental image; "he described his mental picture of his assailant"; "he had no clear picture of himself or his world"; "the events left a permanent impression in his mind" [syn: mental picture, picture, impression] 4: a situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century" [syn: picture, scene] 5: illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; "the dictionary had many pictures" [syn: picture, pictorial matter] 6: a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location" [syn: movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick] 7: the visible part of a television transmission; "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone" [syn: video, picture] 8: a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"; "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters" [syn: word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization, characterisation] 9: a typical example of some state or quality; "the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair" 10: a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light- sensitive material [syn: photograph, photo, exposure, picture, pic] v 1: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy" [syn: visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image] 2: show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting" [syn: picture, depict, render, show]
• prefecture 0
  n 1: the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire) 2: the office of prefect
• 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"
• restructure 0
  v 1: construct or form anew or provide with a new structure; "After his accident, he had to restructure his life"; "The governing board was reconstituted" [syn: restructure, reconstitute]
• rupture 0
  n 1: state of being torn or burst open 2: a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations" [syn: rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling out] 3: the act of making a sudden noisy break v 1: separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper" [syn: tear, rupture, snap, bust]
• stricture 0
  n 1: abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway [syn: stenosis, stricture] 2: severe criticism
• substructure 0
  n 1: the basic structure or features of a system or organization [syn: infrastructure, substructure] 2: lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" [syn: foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure]
• superstructure 0
  n 1: structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck
• 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"
• chirr 0
  v 1: make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas
• venipuncture 0
  n 1: (medicine) puncture of a vein through the skin in order to withdraw blood for analysis or to start an intravenous drip or to inject medication or a radiopaque dye
• churr 0
  v 1: make a vibrant sound, as of some birds [syn: churr, whirr]
• facture 0
• microstructure 0
• venepuncture 0
• chirre 0

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