Acclimature :: Acclimature (n.) The act of acclimating, or the state of being acclimated..
Armature :: Armature (n.) Armor; whatever is worn or used for the protection and defense of the body, esp. the protective outfit of some animals and plants..
Armature :: Armature (n.) A piece of soft iron used to connect the two poles of a magnet, or electro-magnet, in order to complete the circuit, or to receive and apply the magnetic force. In the ordinary horseshoe magnet, it serves to prevent the dissipation of the magnetic force..
Armature :: Armature (n.) Iron bars or framing employed for the consolidation of a building, as in sustaining slender columns, holding up canopies, etc..
Disarmature :: Disarmature (n.) The act of divesting of armature.
Immature :: Immature (a.) Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans..
Immature :: Immature (a.) Premature; untimely; too early; as, an immature death..
Limature :: Limature (n.) That which is filed off; filings.
Mature :: Mature (superl.) Brought by natural process to completeness of growth and development; fitted by growth and development for any function, action, or state, appropriate to its kind; full-grown; ripe..
Mature :: Mature (superl.) Completely worked out; fully digested or prepared; ready for action; made ready for destined application or use; perfected; as, a mature plan..
Mature :: Mature (superl.) Of or pertaining to a condition of full development; as, a man of mature years..
Mature :: Mature (superl.) Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration..
Mature :: Mature (v. t.) To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in; to ripen; to complete; as, to mature one's plans..
Mature :: Mature (v. i.) To advance toward maturity; to become ripe; as, wine matures by age; the judgment matures by age and experience..
Mature :: Mature (v. i.) Hence, to become due, as a note..
Premature :: Premature (a.) Mature or ripe before the proper time; as, the premature fruits of a hotbed..
Premature :: Premature (a.) Happening, arriving, existing, or performed before the proper or usual time; adopted too soon; too early; untimely; as, a premature fall of snow; a premature birth; a premature opinion; premature decay..