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Webster Dictionary :: Tortuous

TORT'UOUS, a. [L. tortuosus.] 1. Twisted; wreathed; winding; as a tortuous train...

Webster Dictionary :: Tortuosity

TORTUOS'ITY, n. [from tortuous.] The state of being twisted or wreathed; wreath;...

Webster Dictionary :: Tortoise-shell

TOR'TOISE-SHELL, n. [tortoise and shell.] The shell or rather scales of the tort...

Webster Dictionary :: Tortoise

TORTOISE, n. tor'tis.] from L. tortus, twisted.] 1. An animal of the genus Testu...

Webster Dictionary :: Tortive

TORT'IVE, a. [L. tortus.] Twisted; wreathed.

Webster Dictionary :: Tortious

TOR'TIOUS, a. [from tort.] Injurious; done by wrong. 1. In law, implying tort, o...

Webster Dictionary :: Tortile

TORT'ILE TOR'TION, n. [L. tortus.] Torment; pain. [Not in use.]

Webster Dictionary :: Tortil

TORT'IL, a. [L. tortilis.] Twisted; wreathed; coiled. In botany, coiled like a r...

Webster Dictionary :: Tort

TORT, n. [L. tortus, twisted, from torqueo. The primary sense is to turn or stra...

Webster Dictionary :: Torsten

TOR'STEN, n. An iron ore of a bright bluish black, _c.

Webster Dictionary :: Torso

TOR'SO, n. The trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as the torso of H...

Webster Dictionary :: Torsion

TOR'SION, n. [L. torsio, from torqueo, to twist.] The act of turning or twisting...

Webster Dictionary :: Torsel

TOR'SEL, n. [supra.] Any thing in a twisted form; as torsels for mantle-trees.

Webster Dictionary :: Torse

TORSE, n. [L. tortus.] In heraldry, a wreath.

Webster Dictionary :: Torridness

TOR'RIDNESS, n. The state of being very hot or parched.

Webster Dictionary :: Torrid

TOR'RID, a. [L. torridus, from torreo, to roast.] 1. Parched; dried with heat; a...

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