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- English Word Torsal Definition A torsel.
- English Word Torse Definition A wreath.
- English Word Torse Definition A developable surface. See under Developable.
- English Word Torsel Definition A plate of timber for the end of a beam or joist to rest on.
- English Word Torsi Definition of Torso
- English Word Torsibillty Definition The tendency, as of a rope, to untwist after being twisted.
- English Word Torsion Definition 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.
- English Word Torsion Definition 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.
- English Word Torsional Definition Of or pertaining to torsion; resulting from torsion, or the force with which a thread or wire returns to a state of rest after having been twisted round its axis; as, torsional force.
- English Word Torsk Definition The cusk. See Cusk.
- English Word Torsk Definition The codfish. Called also tusk.
- English Word Torso Definition The human body, as distinguished from the head and limbs; in sculpture, the trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as, the torso of Hercules.
- English Word Torsos Definition of Torso
- English Word Tort Definition Mischief; injury; calamity.
- English Word Tort Definition Any civil wrong or injury; a wrongful act (not involving a breach of contract) for which an action will lie; a form of action, in some parts of the United States, for a wrong or injury.
- English Word Tort Definition Stretched tight; taut.
- English Word Torta Definition a flat heap of moist, crushed silver ore, prepared for the patio process.
- English Word Torteau Definition A roundel of a red color.
- English Word Torteaus Definition of Torteau
- English Word Torticollis Definition See Wryneck.
- English Word Tortile Definition Twisted; wreathed; coiled.
- English Word Tortility Definition The quality or state of being tortile, twisted, or wreathed.
- English Word Tortilla Definition An unleavened cake, as of maize flour, baked on a heated iron or stone.
- English Word Tortion Definition Torment; pain.
- English Word Tortious Definition Injurious; wrongful.
- English Word Tortious Definition Imploying tort, or privat injury for which the law gives damages; involing tort.
- English Word Tortiously Definition In a tortous manner.
- English Word Tortive Definition Twisted; wreathed.
- English Word Tortoise Definition Any one of numerous species of reptiles of the order Testudinata.
- English Word Tortoise Definition Same as Testudo, 2.