英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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Turnwrest
(n.)
Designating a cumbersome style of plow used in England,
esp. in Kent.
Turnwrest
(n.)
designating a kind of hillside plow.
Turonian
(n.)
One of the subdivisions into which the Upper Cretaceous
formation of Europe is divided.
Turpentine
(n.)
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.)
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.)
A heavy yellow powder, Hg3O2SO4, which consists of a basic
mercuric sulphate; -- called also turpeth mineral.
Turpin
(n.)
A land tortoise.
Turpitude
(n.)
Inherent baseness or vileness of principle, words, or
actions; shameful wickedness; depravity.
Turquois
(n.)
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
(n.)
Alt. of Turquois
Turquoise
(a.)
Having a fine light blue color, like that of choice
mineral turquoise.
Turrel
(n.)
A certain tool used by coopers.
Turret
(n.)
A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at
one of the angles of a larger structure.
Turret
(n.)
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.)
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.)
The elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger
car. Its sides are pierced for light and ventilation.
Turreted
(a.)
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.)
Formed like a tower; as, a turreted lamp.
Turribant
(n.)
A turban.
Turrical
(a.)
Of or pertaining to a turret, or tower; resembling a
tower.