Turgescing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Turgesce
Turgesce (v. i.) To become turgid; to swell or be inflated.
Turgescence (n.) Alt. of Turgescency
Turgescency (n.) The act of swelling, or the state of being swollen, or turgescent.
Turgescency (n.) Empty magnificence or pompousness; inflation; bombast; turgidity.
Turgescent (a.) Becoming turgid or inflated; swelling; growing big.
Turgid (a.) Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent or expansive force; swelled; swollen; bloated; inflated; tumid; -- especially applied to an enlarged part of the body; as, a turgid limb; turgid fruit.
Turgid (a.) Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious; bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking.
Turgidity (n.) The quality or state of being turgid.
Turgidous (a.) Turgid.
Turiones (pl. ) of Turio
Turio (n.) A shoot or sprout from the ground.
Turiole (n.) The golden oriole.
Turion (n.) Same as Turio.
Turioniferous (a.) Producing shoots, as asparagus.
Turk (n.) A member of any of numerous Tartar tribes of Central Asia, etc.; esp., one of the dominant race in Turkey.
Turk (n.) A native or inhabitant of Turkey.
Turk (n.) A Mohammedan; esp., one living in Turkey.
Turk (n.) The plum weevil. See Curculio, and Plum weevil, under Plum.
Turkeis (a.) Turkish.
Turkey (n.) An empire in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia.
Turkeys (pl. ) of Turkey
Turkey (n.) Any large American gallinaceous bird belonging to the genus Meleagris, especially the North American wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), and the domestic turkey, which was probably derived from the Mexican wild turkey, but had been domesticated by the Indians long before the discovery of America.
Turkeys (a.) Turkish.
Turkic (a.) Turkish.
Turkis (n.) Turquois.
Turkish (a.) Of or pertaining to Turkey or the Turks.
Turkish (n.) The language spoken by Turks, esp. that of the people of Turkey.
Turkism (n.) Same as Turcism.
Turkle (n.) A turtle.
Turkos (pl. ) of Turko
Turko (n.) One of a body of native Algerian tirailleurs in the French army, dressed as a Turk.
Turkois (n. & a.) Turquoise.
Turkomans (pl. ) of Turkoman
Turkoman (n.) Same as Turcoman.
Turlupin (n.) One of the precursors of the Reformation; -- a nickname corresponding to Lollard, etc.
Turm (n.) A troop; a company.
Turmaline (n.) See Tourmaline.
Turmeric (n.) An East Indian plant of the genus Curcuma, of the Ginger family.
Turmeric (n.) The root or rootstock of the Curcuma longa. It is externally grayish, but internally of a deep, lively yellow or saffron color, and has a slight aromatic smell, and a bitterish, slightly acrid taste. It is used for a dye, a medicine, a condiment, and a chemical test.
Turmeric (a.) Of or pertaining to turmeric; resembling, or obtained from, turmeric; specif., designating an acid obtained by the oxidation of turmerol.
Turmerol (n.) Turmeric oil, a brownish yellow, oily substance extracted from turmeric by ligroin.
Turmoil (n.) Harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult; disturbance; worrying confusion.
Turmoiled (imp. & p. p.) of Turmoil
Turmoiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Turmoil
Turmoil (v. t.) To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry.
Turmoil (v. i.) To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion.
Turned (imp. & p. p.) of Turn
Turning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Turn
Turn (v. t.) To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wholly, or repeatedly; to make to change position so as to present other sides in given directions; to make to face otherwise; as, to turn a wheel or a spindle; to turn the body or the head.
Turn (v. t.) To cause to present a different side uppermost or outmost; to make the upper side the lower, or the inside to be the outside of; to reverse the position of; as, to turn a box or a board; to turn a coat.
Turn (v. t.) To give another direction, tendency, or inclination to; to direct otherwise; to deflect; to incline differently; -- used both literally and figuratively; as, to turn the eyes to the heavens; to turn a horse from the road, or a ship from her course; to turn the attention to or from something.
Turn (v. t.) To change from a given use or office; to divert, as to another purpose or end; to transfer; to use or employ; to apply; to devote.
Turn (v. t.) To change the form, quality, aspect, or effect of; to alter; to metamorphose; to convert; to transform; -- often with to or into before the word denoting the effect or product of the change; as, to turn a worm into a winged insect; to turn green to blue; to turn prose into verse; to turn a Whig to a Tory, or a Hindu to a Christian; to turn good to evil, and the like.
Turn (v. t.) To form in a lathe; to shape or fashion (anything) by applying a cutting tool to it while revolving; as, to turn the legs of stools or tables; to turn ivory or metal.
Turn (v. t.) Hence, to give form to; to shape; to mold; to put in proper condition; to adapt.
Turn (v. t.) To translate; to construe; as, to turn the Iliad.
Turn (v. t.) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle, etc.: as, to turn cider or wine; electricity turns milk quickly.
Turn (v. t.) To sicken; to nauseate; as, an emetic turns one's stomach.
Turn (v. i.) To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man turns on his heel.
Turn (v. i.) Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge; to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact.
Turn (v. i.) To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to issue.
Turn (v. i.) To be deflected; to take a different direction or tendency; to be directed otherwise; to be differently applied; to be transferred; as, to turn from the road.
Turn (v. i.) To be changed, altered, or transformed; to become transmuted; also, to become by a change or changes; to grow; as, wood turns to stone; water turns to ice; one color turns to another; to turn Mohammedan.
Turn (v. i.) To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory turns well.
Turn (v. i.) To become acid; to sour; -- said of milk, ale, etc.
Turn (v. i.) To become giddy; -- said of the head or brain.
Turn (v. i.) To be nauseated; -- said of the stomach.
Turn (v. i.) To become inclined in the other direction; -- said of scales.
Turn (v. i.) To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; -- said of the tide.
Turn (v. i.) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
Turn (v. i.) To invert a type of the same thickness, as temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.
Turn (n.) The act of turning; movement or motion about, or as if about, a center or axis; revolution; as, the turn of a wheel.
Turn (n.) Change of direction, course, or tendency; different order, position, or aspect of affairs; alteration; vicissitude; as, the turn of the tide.
Turn (n.) One of the successive portions of a course, or of a series of occurrences, reckoning from change to change; hence, a winding; a bend; a meander.
Turn (n.) A circuitous walk, or a walk to and fro, ending where it began; a short walk; a stroll.
Turn (n.) Successive course; opportunity enjoyed by alternation with another or with others, or in due order; due chance; alternate or incidental occasion; appropriate time.
Turn (n.) Incidental or opportune deed or office; occasional act of kindness or malice; as, to do one an ill turn.
Turn (n.) Convenience; occasion; purpose; exigence; as, this will not serve his turn.
Turn (n.) Form; cast; shape; manner; fashion; -- used in a literal or figurative sense; hence, form of expression; mode of signifying; as, the turn of thought; a man of a sprightly turn in conversation.
Turn (n.) A change of condition; especially, a sudden or recurring symptom of illness, as a nervous shock, or fainting spell; as, a bad turn.
Turn (n.) A fall off the ladder at the gallows; a hanging; -- so called from the practice of causing the criminal to stand on a ladder which was turned over, so throwing him off, when the signal was given.
Turn (n.) A round of a rope or cord in order to secure it, as about a pin or a cleat.
Turn (n.) A pit sunk in some part of a drift.
Turn (n.) A court of record, held by the sheriff twice a year in every hundred within his county.
Turn (n.) Monthly courses; menses.
Turn (n.) An embellishment or grace (marked thus, /), commonly consisting of the principal note, or that on which the turn is made, with the note above, and the semitone below, the note above being sounded first, the principal note next, and the semitone below last, the three being performed quickly, as a triplet preceding the marked note. The turn may be inverted so as to begin with the lower note, in which case the sign is either placed on end thus /, or drawn thus /.
Turnbroach (n.) A turnspit.
Turn-buckle (n.) A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc.
Turn-buckle (n.) A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp.
Turnbull's blue () The double cyanide of ferrous and ferric iron, a dark blue amorphous substance having a coppery luster, used in dyeing, calico printing, etc. Cf. Prussian blue, under Prussian.
Turncoat (n.) One who forsakes his party or his principles; a renegade; an apostate.
Turnep (n.) See Turnip.
Turner (n.) One who turns; especially, one whose occupation is to form articles with a lathe.
Turner (n.) A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.
Turner (n.) A person who practices athletic or gymnastic exercises.
Turnerite (n.) A variety of monazite.
Turnery (n.) The art of fashioning solid bodies into cylindrical or other forms by means of a lathe.
Turnery (n.) Things or forms made by a turner, or in the lathe.
Turney (n. & v.) Tourney.