Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
torace |
verb t. |
Alt. of Torase |
torase |
verb t. |
To scratch to pieces. |
torose |
adjective |
Cylindrical with alternate swellings and contractions; having the surface covered with rounded prominences. |
torous |
adjective |
Torose. |
torpid |
adjective |
Having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed; as, a torpid limb., Dull; stupid; sluggish; inactive. |
torpor |
noun |
Loss of motion, or of the motion; a state of inactivity with partial or total insensibility; numbness., Dullness; sluggishness; inactivity; as, a torpor of the mental faculties. |
torque |
noun |
A collar or neck chain, usually twisted, especially as worn by ancient barbaric nations, as the Gauls, Germans, and Britons., That which tends to produce torsion; a couple of forces., A turning or twisting; tendency to turn, or cause to turn, about an axis. |
torrid |
adjective |
Parched; dried with heat; as, a torrid plain or desert., Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching. |
torril |
noun |
A worthless woman; also, a worthless horse. |
torsal |
noun |
A torsel. |
torsel |
noun |
A plate of timber for the end of a beam or joist to rest on. |
torsos |
plural |
of Torso |
torula |
noun |
A chain of special bacteria. (b) A genus of budding fungi. Same as Saccharomyces. Also used adjectively. |
torved |
adjective |
Stern; grim. See Torvous. |
tories |
plural |
of Tory |