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- 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.
- 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.