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Turnverein
n.
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A company or association of gymnasts and athletes.
Turnwrest
n.
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Designating a cumbersome style of plow used in England, esp. in Kent.
Turnwrest
n.
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designating a kind of hillside plow.
Turonian
n.
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One of the subdivisions into which the Upper Cretaceous formation of Europe is divided.
Turpentine
n.
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A semifluid or fluid oleoresin, primarily the exudation of the terebinth, or turpentine, tree (Pistacia Terebinthus), a native of the Mediterranean region. It is also obtained from many coniferous trees, especially species of pine, larch, and fir.
Turpeth
n.
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The root of Ipom/a Turpethum, a plant of Ceylon, Malabar, and Australia, formerly used in medicine as a purgative; -- sometimes called vegetable turpeth.
Turpeth
n.
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A heavy yellow powder, Hg3O2SO4, which consists of a basic mercuric sulphate; -- called also turpeth mineral.
Turpin
n.
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A land tortoise.
Turpitude
n.
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Inherent baseness or vileness of principle, words, or actions; shameful wickedness; depravity.
Turquoise
n.
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Alt. of Turquois
Turquois
n.
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A hydrous phosphate of alumina containing a little copper; calaite. It has a blue, or bluish green, color, and usually occurs in reniform masses with a botryoidal surface.
Turquoise
a.
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Having a fine light blue color, like that of choice mineral turquoise.
Turrel
n.
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A certain tool used by coopers.
Turret
n.
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A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the angles of a larger structure.
Turret
n.
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A movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries.
Turret
n.
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A revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates, within which cannon are mounted. Turrets are used on vessels of war and on land.
Turret
n.
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The elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car. Its sides are pierced for light and ventilation.
Turreted
a.
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Furnished with a turret or turrets; specifically (Zool.), having the whorls somewhat flattened on the upper side and often ornamented by spines or tubercles; -- said of certain spiral shells.
Turreted
a.
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Formed like a tower; as, a turreted lamp.
Turribant
n.
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A turban.
Turrical
a.
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Of or pertaining to a turret, or tower; resembling a tower.
Turriculate
a.
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Alt. of Turriculated
Turriculated
a.
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Furnished with, or formed like, a small turret or turrets; somewhat turreted.
Turrilite
n.
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Any fossil ammonite of the genus Turrilites. The shell forms an open spiral with the later whorls separate.
Turritella
n.
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Any spiral marine gastropod belonging to Turritella and allied genera. These mollusks have an elongated, turreted shell, composed of many whorls. They have a rounded aperture, and a horny multispiral operculum.
Turritelloid
a.
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Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the turritellas.
Turtle
n.
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The turtledove.
Turtle
n.
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Any one of the numerous species of Testudinata, especially a sea turtle, or chelonian.
Turtle
n.
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The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press.
Turtledove
n.
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Any one of numerous species of pigeons belonging to Turtur and allied genera, native of various parts of the Old World; especially, the common European species (Turtur vulgaris), which is noted for its plaintive note, affectionate disposition, and devotion to its mate.