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- English Word Turrel Definition A certain tool used by coopers.
- English Word Turret Definition A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the angles of a larger structure.
- English Word Turret Definition 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.
- English Word Turret Definition A revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates, within which cannon are mounted. Turrets are used on vessels of war and on land.
- English Word Turret Definition The elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car. Its sides are pierced for light and ventilation.
- English Word Turreted Definition 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.
- English Word Turreted Definition Formed like a tower; as, a turreted lamp.
- English Word Turribant Definition A turban.
- English Word Turrical Definition Of or pertaining to a turret, or tower; resembling a tower.
- English Word Turriculate Definition Alt. of Turriculated
- English Word Turriculated Definition Furnished with, or formed like, a small turret or turrets; somewhat turreted.
- English Word Turrilite Definition Any fossil ammonite of the genus Turrilites. The shell forms an open spiral with the later whorls separate.
- English Word Turritella Definition Any spiral marine gastropod belonging to Turritella and allied genera. These mollusks have an elongated, turreted shell, composed of many whorls. They have a rounded aperture, and a horny multispiral operculum.
- English Word Turritelloid Definition Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the turritellas.
- English Word Turtle Definition The turtledove.
- English Word Turtle Definition Any one of the numerous species of Testudinata, especially a sea turtle, or chelonian.
- English Word Turtle Definition The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press.
- English Word Turtle-footed Definition Slow-footed.
- English Word Turtle-shell Definition The turtle cowrie.
- English Word Turtledove Definition Any one of numerous species of pigeons belonging to Turtur and allied genera, native of various parts of the Old World; especially, the common European species (Turtur vulgaris), which is noted for its plaintive note, affectionate disposition, and devotion to its mate.