disturbance | (noun) the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion | - |
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(noun) a noisy fight | Synonyms: affray, fray, ruffle |
(noun) activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption | Synonyms: perturbation |
(noun) electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication | Synonyms: interference, noise |
(noun) a disorderly outburst or tumult | Synonyms: commotion, disruption, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do |
(noun) (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness | Synonyms: folie, mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder |
(noun) an unhappy and worried mental state | Synonyms: perturbation, upset |
disturber | (noun) a troubler who interrupts or interferes with peace and quiet; someone who causes disorder and commotion | - |
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imperturbability | (noun) calm and unruffled self-assurance | Synonyms: coolness, imperturbableness |
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imperturbableness | (noun) calm and unruffled self-assurance | Synonyms: coolness, imperturbability |
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masturbation | (noun) manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure | Synonyms: onanism |
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masturbator | (noun) a person who practices masturbation | Synonyms: onanist |
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perturbation | (noun) the act of causing disorder | Synonyms: disruption |
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(noun) a disposition that is confused or nervous and upset | Synonyms: fluster |
(noun) activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption | Synonyms: disturbance |
(noun) (physics) a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly | - |
(noun) an unhappy and worried mental state | Synonyms: disturbance, upset |
turban | (noun) a traditional Muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head | - |
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(noun) a small round woman's hat | Synonyms: pillbox, toque |
turbidity | (noun) muddiness created by stirring up sediment or having foreign particles suspended | Synonyms: turbidness |
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turbidness | (noun) muddiness created by stirring up sediment or having foreign particles suspended | Synonyms: turbidity |
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turbinal | (noun) any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates | Synonyms: turbinate, turbinate bone |
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turbinate | (noun) any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates | Synonyms: turbinal, turbinate bone |
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turbine | (noun) rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate | - |
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turbofan | (noun) a jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust | Synonyms: fan-jet, fanjet, fanjet engine, turbofan engine, turbojet, turbojet engine |
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(noun) an airplane propelled by a fanjet engine | Synonyms: fan-jet, fanjet, turbojet |
turbogenerator | (noun) generator consisting of a steam turbine coupled to an electric generator for the production of electric power | - |
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turbojet | (noun) a jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust | Synonyms: fan-jet, fanjet, fanjet engine, turbofan, turbofan engine, turbojet engine |
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(noun) an airplane propelled by a fanjet engine | Synonyms: fan-jet, fanjet, turbofan |
turboprop | (noun) an airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine | Synonyms: propjet, turbo-propeller plane |
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turbot | (noun) a large brownish European flatfish | Synonyms: Psetta maxima |
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(noun) flesh of a large European flatfish | - |
turbulence | (noun) unstable flow of a liquid or gas | Synonyms: turbulency |
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(noun) a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally) | Synonyms: Sturm und Drang, upheaval |
(noun) instability in the atmosphere | - |
turbulency | (noun) unstable flow of a liquid or gas | Synonyms: turbulence |
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