turaco | (noun) large brightly crested bird of Africa | Synonyms: touraco, turacou, turakoo |
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turacou | (noun) large brightly crested bird of Africa | Synonyms: touraco, turaco, turakoo |
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turakoo | (noun) large brightly crested bird of Africa | Synonyms: touraco, turaco, turacou |
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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 |
turbaned | (adjective) wearing a turban | - |
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turbid | (adjective) (of liquids) clouded as with sediment | Synonyms: cloudy, mirky, muddy, murky |
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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 | (adjective) of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages | - |
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(adjective) in the shape of a coil | Synonyms: coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, spiralling, volute, voluted, whorled |
(noun) any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates | Synonyms: turbinal, turbinate bone |
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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turbulent | (adjective) (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence | Synonyms: churning, roiled, roiling, roily |
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(adjective) characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination | Synonyms: disruptive, riotous, troubled, tumultuous |
turbulently | (adverb) in a turbulent manner; with turbulence | - |
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(adverb) in a stormy or violent manner | Synonyms: passionately, stormily |
turd | (noun) obscene terms for feces | Synonyms: crap, dirt, poop, shit, shite |
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tureen | (noun) large deep serving dish with a cover; for serving soups and stews | - |
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turf | (noun) range of jurisdiction or influence | - |
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(noun) the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own | - |
(noun) surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots | Synonyms: greensward, sod, sward |
(verb) cover (the ground) with a surface layer of grass or grass roots | - |
turgid | (adjective) ostentatiously lofty in style | Synonyms: bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid |
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(adjective) abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas | Synonyms: bloated, distended, intumescent, puffy, swollen, tumescent, tumid |
turgidity | (noun) pompously embellished language | Synonyms: flatulence, turgidness |
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turgidly | (adverb) in a turgid manner | Synonyms: bombastically |
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turgidness | (noun) pompously embellished language | Synonyms: flatulence, turgidity |
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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 |
(verb) twist suddenly so as to sprain | Synonyms: rick, sprain, twist, wrench, wrick |
(verb) change to the contrary | Synonyms: change by reversal, reverse |
(verb) go sour or spoil | Synonyms: ferment, sour, work |
(verb) pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become | Synonyms: grow |
(verb) undergo a transformation or a change of position or action | Synonyms: change state |
(verb) change color | - |
(verb) become officially one year older | - |
(verb) have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to | Synonyms: call on |
(verb) direct at someone | - |
(verb) shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel | - |
(verb) let (something) fall or spill from a container | Synonyms: release |
(verb) alter the functioning or setting of | - |
(verb) cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form | Synonyms: bend, deform, flex, twist |
(verb) to break and turn over earth especially with a plow | Synonyms: plough, plow |
(verb) to change orientation or direction | - |
(verb) cause to move around a center so as to show another side of | Synonyms: turn over |
(verb) cause to move around or rotate | - |
(verb) pass to the other side of | Synonyms: move around |
(verb) move around an axis or a center | - |
(verb) to send or let go | - |
(verb) cause to move along an axis or into a new direction | - |
(verb) channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something | - |
(verb) get by buying and selling | - |
(verb) accomplish by rotating | - |
(verb) undergo a change or development | Synonyms: become |
(verb) cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics | - |
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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turned | (adjective) moved around an axis or center | - |
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(adjective) in an unpalatable state | Synonyms: off, sour |
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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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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