5 letter word starting with tor

Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words
torch noun A light or luminary formed of some combustible substance, as of resinous wood; a large candle or flambeau, or a lamp giving a large, flaring flame., A flashlight.
toret noun A Turret., A ring for fastening a hawk’s leash to the jesses; also, a ring affixed to the collar of a dog, etc.
torse noun A wreath., A developable surface. See under Developable.
torsk noun The cusk. See Cusk., The codfish. Called also tusk.
torsi plural of Torso
torso noun The human body, as distinguished from the head and limbs; in sculpture, the trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as, the torso of Hercules.
torta noun a flat heap of moist, crushed silver ore, prepared for the patio process.
torus noun A lage molding used in the bases of columns. Its profile is semicircular. See Illust. of Molding., One of the ventral parapodia of tubicolous annelids. It usually has the form of an oblong thickening or elevation of the integument with rows of uncini or hooks along the center. See Illust. under Tubicolae., The receptacle, or part of the flower on which the carpels stand., See 3d Tore, 2.