| 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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| turnt | (adjective) extermely excited, especially about or at a part | - |
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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 |
| (verb) hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation | - |
| (verb) overturn accidentally | Synonyms: capsize, turn turtle |
| 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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| unadventurous | (adjective) lacking in boldness | - |
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| uncultured | (adjective) (of persons) lacking art or knowledge | Synonyms: artless, uncultivated |
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| understructure | (noun) lowest support of a structure | Synonyms: base, foot, foundation, fundament, groundwork, substructure |
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| undisturbed | (adjective) untroubled by interference or disturbance | - |
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| unnatural | (adjective) not in accordance with or determined by nature; contrary to nature | - |
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| (adjective) not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm | Synonyms: abnormal |
| (adjective) speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression | Synonyms: affected |
| unnaturalised | (adjective) not having acquired citizenship | Synonyms: unnaturalized |
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| unnaturalized | (adjective) not having acquired citizenship | Synonyms: unnaturalised |
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| unnaturally | (adverb) not according to nature; not by natural means | Synonyms: artificially, by artificial means |
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| (adverb) in an unnatural way | - |
| (adverb) in a manner at variance with what is natural or normal | - |
| unnaturalness | (noun) the quality of being unnatural or not based on natural principles | - |
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| unperturbed | (adjective) free from emotional agitation or nervous tension | Synonyms: unflurried, unflustered, unruffled |
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| unpictured | (adjective) not pictured | Synonyms: undepicted |
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| unpicturesque | (adjective) without beauty or charm | Synonyms: unlovely |
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| unsaturated | (adjective) used of a compound (especially of carbon) containing atoms sharing more than one valence bond | - |
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| (adjective) not saturated; capable of dissolving more of a substance at a given temperature | - |
| (adjective) (of color) not chromatically pure; diluted | - |
| unstructured | (adjective) lacking definite structure or organization | - |
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| (adjective) lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies | Synonyms: amorphous |
| unturned | (adjective) not turned | - |
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| upturn | (noun) an upward movement or trend as in business activity | - |
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| upturned | (adjective) (used of noses) turned up at the end | Synonyms: retrousse, tip-tilted |
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| (adjective) having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom | Synonyms: overturned, upset |
| uraturia | (noun) presence of abnormally large amounts of uric acid in the urine; symptom of gout | - |
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| venipuncture | (noun) (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 | - |
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| venture | (noun) any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome | - |
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| (noun) a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit | - |
| (noun) an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits | Synonyms: speculation |
| (verb) put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation | Synonyms: guess, hazard, pretend |
| (verb) put at risk | Synonyms: adventure, hazard, jeopardize, stake |
| (verb) proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers | Synonyms: embark |
| venturer | (noun) a person who enjoys taking risks | Synonyms: adventurer |
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| (noun) a merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture that sends goods overseas) | Synonyms: merchant-venturer |
| venturesome | (adjective) disposed to venture or take risks | Synonyms: audacious, daring, venturous |
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| venturesomeness | (noun) the trait of being adventurous | Synonyms: adventurousness |
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| venturi | (noun) a tube with a constriction; used to control fluid flow (as in the air inlet of a carburetor) | - |
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| venturous | (adjective) disposed to venture or take risks | Synonyms: audacious, daring, venturesome |
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| vestiture | (noun) an archaic term for clothing | - |
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| vesture | (noun) a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | Synonyms: article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, wear, wearable |
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| (noun) something that covers or cloaks like a garment | - |
| (verb) provide or cover with a cloak | - |
| viniculture | (noun) the cultivation of grapes and grape vines; grape growing | Synonyms: viticulture |
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| viticulture | (noun) the cultivation of grapes and grape vines; grape growing | Synonyms: viniculture |
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| viticulturist | (noun) a cultivator of grape vine | - |
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| vulture | (noun) any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion | - |
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| (noun) someone who attacks in search of booty | Synonyms: marauder, piranha, predator |
| vulturine | (adjective) living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey | Synonyms: predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturous |
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| vulturous | (adjective) living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey | Synonyms: predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine |
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| wafture | (noun) the act of signaling by a movement of the hand | Synonyms: wave, waving |
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