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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

Turkish
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Turkey or its people or language; `Turkish towels`

Turkish bath
steam bath noun you sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold shower

Turkish boxwood
noun very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box); used in delicate woodwork: musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks

Turkish coffee
noun drink made from pulverized coffee beans; usually sweetened

Turkish Delight
noun a jellied candy typically flavored with rose water

Turkish Hizballah
noun an ethnic Kurdish group of Sunni extremists formed in the late 1980s in southeastern Turkey; seeks to replace Turkey`s secular regime with an Islamic state and strict shariah law; responsible for bombings and the torture and murder of Turkish and Kurdish journalists and businessmen; receives support from Iran

Turkish lira
noun the basic unit of money in Turkey

Turkish monetary unit
noun monetary unit in Turkey

Turkish tobacco
noun a dark aromatic tobacco of eastern Europe that is used in cigarettes

Turkish towel
terry towel noun a bath towel with rough loose pile

Turkistan
Turkestan noun a historical region of central Asia that was a center for trade between the East and the West

Turkmen
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Turkmenistan or its people or culture

Turkmen monetary unit
noun monetary unit in Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan
Turkomen noun a republic in Asia east of the Caspian Sea and south of Kazakhstan and north of Iran; an Asian soviet from 1925 to 1991

Turkoman
Turkmen noun a member of a Turkic people living in Turkmenistan and neighboring areas

turmeric
noun ground dried rhizome of the turmeric plant used as seasoning

turmoil
noun a violent disturbance; `the convulsions of the stock market`

turn
bout noun (sports) a period of play during which one team is on the offensive

turn
twist noun an unforeseen development; `events suddenly took an awkward turn`

turn a loss
verb fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit; `I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!`; `The company turned a loss after the first year`

turn a nice dime
turn a nice penny verb make a satisfactory profit; `The company turned a nice dime after a short time`

turn a trick
verb have a customer, of a prostitute

turn away
verb turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest

turn back
verb turn inside out or upside down

turn in
verb carry out (performances); `They turned in a splendid effort`; `They turned in top jobs for the second straight game`

turn of events
twist noun an unforeseen development; `events suddenly took an awkward turn`

turn of phrase
turn of expression noun a distinctive spoken or written expression; `John`s succinct turn of phrase persuaded her that it would not be a good idea`

turn of the century
noun the period from about ten years before to ten years after a new century

turn on a dime
verb have a small turning radius; `My little subcompact car turns on a dime!`

turn out
verb result or end; `How will the game turn out?`

turn over
knock over verb cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; `The cat knocked over the flower vase`; `the clumsy customer turned over the vase`; `he tumped over his beer`

turn-on
noun something causing excitement or stimulating interest

turnabout
turnaround noun turning in the opposite direction

turnaround
noun an area sufficiently large for a vehicle to turn around

turnaround
noun act or process of unloading and loading and servicing a vessel or aircraft for a return trip

turnbuckle
noun an oblong metal coupling with a swivel at one end and an internal thread at the other into which a threaded rod can be screwed in order to form a unit that can be adjusted for length or tension

turncock
noun one employed to control water supply by turning water mains on and off

turned
adjective moved around an axis or center

turned out
adjective dressed well or smartly; `the girls were well turned out and smart`

turner
food turner noun cooking utensil having a flat flexible part and a long handle; used for turning or serving food

Turner
noun United States historian who stressed the role of the western frontier in American history (1861-1951)

Turner`s syndrome
noun a chromosomal disorder in females who have only one X chromosome; marked by dwarfism and heart abnormalities and underdeveloped sex organs

turnery
noun products made on a lathe

Turnicidae
family Turnicidae noun small Old World birds resembling but not related to true quail

turning
turn noun a movement in a new direction; `the turning of the wind`

turning
noun the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course; `he took a turn to the right`

turnip
noun root of any of several members of the mustard family

turnip bed
noun a bed in which turnips are growing

turnip greens
noun tender leaves of young white turnips

turnip plant
noun any of several widely cultivated plants having edible roots

turnip-shaped
adjective shaped in the form of a turnip

Turnix
genus Turnix noun type genus of the Turnicidae: button quail

turnoff
negative stimulation noun something causing antagonism or loss of interest

turnout
noun attendance for a particular event or purpose (as to vote in an election); `the turnout for the rally`

turnout
noun a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park

turnover
noun a dish made by folding a piece of pastry over a filling

turnpike
noun an expressway on which tolls are collected

turnround
noun act or process of unloading and loading and servicing a vessel or aircraft for a return trip

turnspit
noun a roasting spit that can be turned

turnstile
noun a gate consisting of a post that acts as a pivot for rotating arms; set in a passageway for controlling the persons entering

turnstone
noun migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food

turntable
noun a circular horizontal platform that rotates a phonograph record while it is being played

turntable
noun a revolving tray placed on a dining table

turnverein
noun a club of tumblers or gymnasts

turpentine
gum terpentine noun obtained from conifers (especially pines)

turpentine
spirit of turpentine noun volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally

turpentine camphor weed
camphorweed noun aromatic plant of western United States

Turpin
Dick Turpin noun English highwayman (1706-1739)

turquoise
noun a blue to grey green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate; `blue turquoise is valued as a gemstone`

turreae
noun any of numerous trees and shrubs grown for their beautiful glossy foliage and sweetly fragrant starry flowers

turret
noun a small tower extending above a building

turret clock
noun a clock with more than one dial to show the time in all directions from a tower

Turritis
genus Turritis noun closely related to and often included in genus Arabis

Turritis glabra
Arabis glabra noun or genus Arabis: erect cress widely distributed throughout Europe

Tursiops
genus Tursiops noun a genus of Delphinidae

turtle
noun any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming

turtle soup
green turtle soup noun soup usually made of the flesh of green turtles

turtledove
noun any of several Old World wild doves

turtlehead
snakehead noun showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple

turtleneck
turtlenecked adjective having a high tubular collar fitting closely around the neck

turtleneck collar
polo-neck collar noun a high close-fitting turnover collar

turtler
noun someone whose occupation is hunting turtles

Tuscaloosa
noun a university town in west central Alabama

Tuscan
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Tuscany or its people

Tuscan order
noun a Roman order that resembles the Doric order but without a fluted shaft

Tuscany
Toscana noun a region in central Italy

Tuscarora
noun the Iroquoian language spoken by the Tuscarora

tushery
noun writing of poor quality; characterized by affected choice of archaic words

tusk
noun a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog

Tuskegee
noun a town in eastern Alabama

tusker
noun any mammal with prominent tusks (especially an elephant or wild boar)

tussah
tusseh noun oriental moth that produces brownish silk

Tussaud
Marie Tussaud noun French modeler (resident in England after 1802) who made wax death masks of prominent victims of the French Revolution and toured Britain with her wax models; in 1835 she opened a permanent waxworks exhibition in London (1761-1850)

Tussilago
genus Tussilago noun genus of low creeping yellow-flowered perennial herbs of north temperate regions: coltsfoots; in some classifications includes species often placed in other genera especially Homogyne and Petasites

tussock bellflower
spreading bellflower noun European perennial bellflower that grows in clumps with spreading stems and blue or white flowers

tussock caterpillar
noun larva of a tussock moth

Tutankhamen
noun Pharaoh of Egypt around 1358 BC; his tomb was discovered almost intact by Howard Carter in 1922

tutee
noun learns from a tutor

tutelage
tuition noun teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately)

Tutelo
noun the Siouan language spoken by the Tutelo