turgor | (noun) (biology) the normal rigid state of fullness of a cell or blood vessel or capillary resulting from pressure of the contents against the wall or membrane | - |
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turkey | (noun) large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food | Synonyms: Meleagris gallopavo |
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(noun) an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual | Synonyms: bomb, dud |
(noun) flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted | - |
(noun) a person who does something thoughtless or annoying | Synonyms: joker |
turmeric | (noun) ground dried rhizome of the turmeric plant used as seasoning | - |
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(noun) widely cultivated tropical plant of India having yellow flowers and a large aromatic deep yellow rhizome; source of a condiment and a yellow dye | Synonyms: Curcuma domestica, Curcuma longa |
turmoil | (noun) disturbance usually in protest | Synonyms: agitation, excitement, hullabaloo, upheaval |
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(noun) violent agitation | Synonyms: tumult |
(noun) a violent disturbance | Synonyms: convulsion, upheaval |
turn | (noun) the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course | Synonyms: turning |
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(noun) the act of turning away or in the opposite direction | - |
(noun) taking a short walk out and back | - |
(noun) a favor for someone | Synonyms: good turn |
(noun) (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession | Synonyms: play |
(noun) turning or twisting around (in place) | Synonyms: twist |
(noun) a short performance that is part of a longer program | Synonyms: act, bit, number, routine |
(noun) a movement in a new direction | Synonyms: turning |
(noun) an unforeseen development | Synonyms: turn of events, twist |
(noun) a circular segment of a curve | Synonyms: bend, crook, twist |
(noun) (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive | Synonyms: bout, round |
(noun) a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else) | Synonyms: go, spell, tour |
turnability | (noun) The property of being able to turn | - |
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turnabout | (noun) turning in the opposite direction | Synonyms: reversal, reverse, reversion, turnaround |
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(noun) a decision to reverse an earlier decision | Synonyms: change of mind, flip-flop, reversal, turnaround |
turnaround | (noun) turning in the opposite direction | Synonyms: reversal, reverse, reversion, turnabout |
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(noun) act or process of unloading and loading and servicing a vessel or aircraft for a return trip | Synonyms: turnround |
(noun) an area sufficiently large for a vehicle to turn around | - |
(noun) a decision to reverse an earlier decision | Synonyms: change of mind, flip-flop, reversal, turnabout |
(noun) time need to prepare a vessel or ship for a return trip | Synonyms: turnaround time |
turnbuckle | (noun) an oblong metal coupling with a swivel at one end and an internal thread at the other into which a threaded rod can be screwed in order to form a unit that can be adjusted for length or tension | - |
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turncoat | (noun) a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. | Synonyms: apostate, deserter, ratter, recreant, renegade |
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turncock | (noun) faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid | Synonyms: cock, stopcock |
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(noun) one employed to control water supply by turning water mains on and off | - |
turndown | (noun) the act of refusing an offer | Synonyms: nonacceptance |
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turner | (noun) cooking utensil having a flat flexible part and a long handle; used for turning or serving food | Synonyms: food turner |
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(noun) one of two persons who swing ropes for jumpers to skip over in the game of jump rope | - |
(noun) a lathe operator | - |
(noun) a tumbler who is a member of a turnverein | - |
turnery | (noun) products made on a lathe | - |
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(noun) workshop where objects are made on a lathe | - |
turning | (noun) the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course | Synonyms: turn |
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(noun) act of changing in practice or custom | - |
(noun) the activity of shaping something on a lathe | - |
(noun) the end-product created by shaping something on a lathe | - |
(noun) a movement in a new direction | Synonyms: turn |
(noun) a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe | - |
turnip | (noun) root of any of several members of the mustard family | - |
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(noun) widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root | Synonyms: Brassica rapa, white turnip |
turnkey | (noun) someone who guards prisoners | Synonyms: gaoler, jailer, jailor, prison guard, screw |
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turnoff | (noun) a side road where you can turn off | - |
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(noun) something causing antagonism or loss of interest | Synonyms: negative stimulation |
turnout | (noun) attendance for a particular event or purpose (as to vote in an election) | - |
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(noun) (ballet) the outward rotation of a dancer's leg from the hip | - |
(noun) what is produced in a given time period | Synonyms: output, outturn |
(noun) a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park | Synonyms: widening |
(noun) a set of clothing (with accessories) | Synonyms: getup, outfit, rig |
(noun) a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass | Synonyms: railroad siding, sidetrack, siding |
(noun) the group that gathers together for a particular occasion | - |
turnover | (noun) the act of upsetting something | Synonyms: overturn, upset |
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(noun) the volume measured in dollars | Synonyms: dollar volume |
(noun) a dish made by folding a piece of pastry over a filling | - |
(noun) the ratio of the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workers | Synonyms: employee turnover, turnover rate |
turnpike | (noun) an expressway on which tolls are collected | Synonyms: toll road |
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(noun) (from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid | - |
turnround | (noun) act or process of unloading and loading and servicing a vessel or aircraft for a return trip | Synonyms: turnaround |
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turnspit | (noun) a roasting spit that can be turned | - |
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turnstile | (noun) a gate consisting of a post that acts as a pivot for rotating arms; set in a passageway for controlling the persons entering | - |
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turnstone | (noun) migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food | - |
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turntable | (noun) a circular horizontal platform that rotates a phonograph record while it is being played | - |
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(noun) a rotatable platform with a track; used to turn locomotives and cars | - |
(noun) a revolving tray placed on a dining table | Synonyms: lazy Susan |
turnup | (noun) the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg | Synonyms: cuff |
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turnverein | (noun) a club of tumblers or gymnasts | - |
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turpentine | (noun) an oleoresin obtained from conifers (especially pines) | Synonyms: gum terpentine |
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(noun) volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally | Synonyms: oil of turpentine, spirit of turpentine, turps |
turpitude | (noun) a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice | Synonyms: depravity |
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turps | (noun) volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally | Synonyms: oil of turpentine, spirit of turpentine, turpentine |
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turquoise | (noun) a shade of blue tinged with green | Synonyms: aqua, aquamarine, cobalt blue, greenish blue, peacock blue |
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(noun) a blue to grey green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate | - |
turreae | (noun) any of numerous trees and shrubs grown for their beautiful glossy foliage and sweetly fragrant starry flowers | - |
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turret | (noun) a small tower extending above a building | - |
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(noun) a self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation | Synonyms: gun enclosure, gun turret |
turtle | (noun) any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming | - |
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(noun) a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar | Synonyms: polo-neck, turtleneck |
turtledove | (noun) any of several Old World wild doves | - |
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(noun) small Australian dove | Synonyms: Australian turtledove, Stictopelia cuneata |
turtlehead | (noun) showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple | Synonyms: Chelone glabra, shell-flower, shellflower, snake-head, snakehead |
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turtleneck | (noun) a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar | Synonyms: polo-neck, turtle |
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turtler | (noun) someone whose occupation is hunting turtles | - |
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tush | (noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie |
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tushery | (noun) writing of poor quality; characterized by affected choice of archaic words | - |
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tusk | (noun) a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog | - |
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(noun) a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses | Synonyms: ivory |
tusker | (noun) any mammal with prominent tusks (especially an elephant or wild boar) | - |
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tussah | (noun) oriental moth that produces brownish silk | Synonyms: Antheraea mylitta, tusseh, tusser, tussore, tussur |
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tusseh | (noun) oriental moth that produces brownish silk | Synonyms: Antheraea mylitta, tussah, tusser, tussore, tussur |
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tusser | (noun) oriental moth that produces brownish silk | Synonyms: Antheraea mylitta, tussah, tusseh, tussore, tussur |
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tussle | (noun) disorderly fighting | Synonyms: dogfight, hassle, rough-and-tumble, scuffle |
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tussock | (noun) a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass | Synonyms: tuft |
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tussore | (noun) oriental moth that produces brownish silk | Synonyms: Antheraea mylitta, tussah, tusseh, tusser, tussur |
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tussur | (noun) oriental moth that produces brownish silk | Synonyms: Antheraea mylitta, tussah, tusseh, tusser, tussore |
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tutee | (noun) learns from a tutor | - |
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tutelage | (noun) teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately) | Synonyms: tuition, tutorship |
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(noun) attention and management implying responsibility for safety | Synonyms: care, charge, guardianship |
tutor | (noun) a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.) | Synonyms: coach, private instructor |
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tutorial | (noun) a session of intensive tuition given by a tutor to an individual or to a small number of students | - |
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tutorship | (noun) teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately) | Synonyms: tuition, tutelage |
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tutsan | (noun) deciduous bushy Eurasian shrub with golden yellow flowers and reddish-purple fruits from which a soothing salve is made in Spain | Synonyms: common St John's wort, Hypericum androsaemum |
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tutu | (noun) very short skirt worn by ballerinas | Synonyms: ballet skirt |
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tux | (noun) semiformal evening dress for men | Synonyms: black tie, dinner jacket, tuxedo |
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tuxedo | (noun) semiformal evening dress for men | Synonyms: black tie, dinner jacket, tux |
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