| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| torcher | noun | One who gives light with a torch, or as if with a torch. |
| torgoch | noun | The saibling. |
| torilto | noun | A species of Turnix (Turnix sylvatica) native of Spain and Northen Africa. |
| torment | noun | An engine for casting stones., Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind., That which gives pain, vexation, or misery., To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture., To pain; to distress; to afflict., To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with importunities, or with petty annoyances., To put into great agitation. |
| tormina | noun pl. | acute, colicky pains; gripes. |
| tornado | noun | A violent whirling wind; specifically (Meteorol.), a tempest distinguished by a rapid whirling and slow progressive motion, usually accompaned with severe thunder, lightning, and torrents of rain, and commonly of short duration and small breadth; a small cyclone. |
| torpedo | noun | Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical shocks. Called also crampfish, and numbfish. See Electrical fish, under Electrical., An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them up., A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel, beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so arranged that they will be exploded when touched by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is closed by an operator on shore., A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive charge, and projected from a ship against another ship at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise automatic in its action against a distant ship., A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be exploded by electricity or by stepping on it., A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive wheels, — used as an alarm signal., An explosive cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a bored oil well, and there exploded, to clear the well of obstructions or to open communication with a source of supply of oil., A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object., to destroy by, or subject to the action of, a torpedo. |
| torpent | adjective | Having no motion or activity; incapable of motion; benumbed; torpid. |
| torpify | verb t. | To make torpid; to numb, or benumb. |
| torqued | adjective | Wreathed; twisted., Twisted; bent; — said of a dolphin haurient, which forms a figure like the letter S. |
| torques | noun | A cervical ring of hair or feathers, distinguished by its color or structure; a collar. |
| torrefy | verb t. | To dry by a fire., To subject to scorching heat, so as to drive off volatile ingredients; to roast, as ores., To dry or parch, as drugs, on a metallic plate till they are friable, or are reduced to the state desired. |
| torrent | noun | A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice., Fig.: A violent or rapid flow; a strong current; a flood; as, a torrent of vices; a torrent of eloquence., Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream. |
| torrock | noun | A gull. |
| torsion | noun | The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction., That force with which a thread, wire, or rod of any material, returns, or tends to return, to a state of rest after it has been twisted; torsibility. |
| torteau | noun | A roundel of a red color. |
| tortile | adjective | Twisted; wreathed; coiled. |
| tortion | noun | Torment; pain. |
| tortive | adjective | Twisted; wreathed. |
| tortrix | noun | 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., 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. |
| torture | noun | Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; as, torture of mind., 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., The act or process of torturing., To put to torture; to pain extremely; to harass; to vex., To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as, to torture an accused person., To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort., To keep on the stretch, as a bow. |
| torulae | plural | of Torula |
| torvity | adjective | Sourness or severity of countenance; sterness. |
| torvous | adjective | Sour of aspect; of a severe countenance; stern; grim. |
| toryism | noun | The principles of the Tories. |