English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Torpedoes (pl. )

of Torpedo

Torpent (a.)

Having no motion or activity; incapable of motion; benumbed; torpid.

Torpescence (n.)

The quality or state or being torpescent; torpidness; numbness; stupidity.

Torpid (a.)

Having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed; as, a torpid limb.

Torpid (a.)

Dull; stupid; sluggish; inactive.

Torpidity (n.)

Same as Torpidness.

Torpidly (adv.)

In a torpid manner.

Torpidness (n.)

The qualityy or state of being torpid.

Torpified (imp. & p. p.)

of Torpify

Torpify (v. t.)

To make torpid; to numb, or benumb.

Torpifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Torpify

Torpitude (n.)

Torpidness.

Torpor (n.)

Loss of motion, or of the motion; a state of inactivity with partial or total insensibility; numbness.

Torpor (n.)

Dullness; sluggishness; inactivity; as, a torpor of the mental faculties.

Torporific (a.)

Tending to produce torpor.

Torquate (a.)

Collared; having a torques, or distinct colored ring around the neck.

torquated (a.)

Having or wearing a torque, or neck chain.

Torque (n.)

A collar or neck chain, usually twisted, especially as worn by ancient barbaric nations, as the Gauls, Germans, and Britons.

Torque (n.)

That which tends to produce torsion; a couple of forces.

Torque (n.)

A turning or twisting; tendency to turn, or cause to turn, about an axis.