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Tortricid
a.
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Of or pertaining to Tortix, or the family Tortricidae.
Tortrix
n.
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Any one of numerous species of small moths of the family Tortricidae, the larvae of which usually roll up the leaves of plants on which they live; -- also called leaf roller.
Tortrix
n.
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A genus of tropical short-tailed snakes, which are not venomous. One species (Tortrix scytalae) is handsomely banded with black, and is sometimes worn alive by the natives of Brazil for a necklace.
Tortulous
a.
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Swelled out at intervals like a knotted cord.
Tortuose
a.
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Wreathed; twisted; winding.
Tortuoslty
n.
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the quality or state of being tortuous.
Tortuous
a.
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Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla.
Tortuous
a.
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Fig.: Deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous; deceitful.
Tortuous
a.
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Injurious: tortious.
Tortuous
a.
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Oblique; -- applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) which ascend most rapidly and obliquely.
Torturable
a.
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Capable of being tortured.
Torture
n.
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Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; as, torture of mind.
Torture
n.
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Especially, severe pain inflicted judicially, either as punishment for a crime, or for the purpose of extorting a confession from an accused person, as by water or fire, by the boot or thumbkin, or by the rack or wheel.
Torture
n.
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The act or process of torturing.
Tortured
imp. & p. p.
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of Torture
Torturing.
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Torture
Torture
v. t.
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To put to torture; to pain extremely; to harass; to vex.
Torture
v. t.
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To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as, to torture an accused person.
Torture
v. t.
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To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort.
Torture
v. t.
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To keep on the stretch, as a bow.
Torturer
n.
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One who tortures; a tormentor.
Torturingly
adv.
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So as to torture.
Torturous
a.
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Involving, or pertaining to, torture.
Torulae
pl.
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of Torula
Torula
n.
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A chain of special bacteria. (b) A genus of budding fungi. Same as Saccharomyces. Also used adjectively.
Torulaform
a.
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Having the appearance of a torula; in the form of a little chain; as, a torulaform string of micrococci.
Torulose
a.
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Same as Torose.
Torulous
a.
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Same as Torose.
Tori
pl.
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of Torus
Torus
n.
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A lage molding used in the bases of columns. Its profile is semicircular. See Illust. of Molding.