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- English Word Torpitude Definition Torpidness.
- English Word Torpor Definition Loss of motion, or of the motion; a state of inactivity with partial or total insensibility; numbness.
- English Word Torpor Definition Dullness; sluggishness; inactivity; as, a torpor of the mental faculties.
- English Word Torporific Definition Tending to produce torpor.
- English Word Torquate Definition Collared; having a torques, or distinct colored ring around the neck.
- English Word torquated Definition Having or wearing a torque, or neck chain.
- English Word Torque Definition A collar or neck chain, usually twisted, especially as worn by ancient barbaric nations, as the Gauls, Germans, and Britons.
- English Word Torque Definition That which tends to produce torsion; a couple of forces.
- English Word Torque Definition A turning or twisting; tendency to turn, or cause to turn, about an axis.
- English Word Torqued Definition Wreathed; twisted.
- English Word Torqued Definition Twisted; bent; -- said of a dolphin haurient, which forms a figure like the letter S.
- English Word Torques Definition A cervical ring of hair or feathers, distinguished by its color or structure; a collar.
- English Word Torrefaction Definition The act or process of torrefying, or the state of being torrefied.
- English Word Torrefied Definition of Torrefy
- English Word Torrefy Definition To dry by a fire.
- English Word Torrefy Definition To subject to scorching heat, so as to drive off volatile ingredients; to roast, as ores.
- English Word Torrefy Definition To dry or parch, as drugs, on a metallic plate till they are friable, or are reduced to the state desired.
- English Word Torrefying Definition of Torrefy
- English Word Torrent Definition A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.
- English Word Torrent Definition Fig.: A violent or rapid flow; a strong current; a flood; as, a torrent of vices; a torrent of eloquence.
- English Word Torrent Definition Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream.
- English Word Torrential Definition Alt. of Torrentine
- English Word Torrentine Definition Of or pertaining to a torrent; having the character of a torrent; caused by a torrent .
- English Word Torricellian Definition Of or pertaining to Torricelli, an Italian philosopher and mathematician, who, in 1643, discovered that the rise of a liquid in a tube, as in the barometer, is due to atmospheric pressure. See Barometer.
- English Word Torrid Definition Parched; dried with heat; as, a torrid plain or desert.
- English Word Torrid Definition Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching.
- English Word Torridity Definition Torridness.
- English Word Torridness Definition The quality or state of being torrid or parched.
- English Word Torril Definition A worthless woman; also, a worthless horse.
- English Word Torrock Definition A gull.