Webster's Dictionary 1913

3565

Tormentful

Tor‐ment″ful (?), a. Full of torment; causing, or accompainied by, torment; excruciating. Tillotson.

3566

Tormentil

Tor″men‐til (?), n. [F. tormentille; cf. Pr., It., & NL. tormentilla, Sp. tormentila; all fr. L. tormentum pain. So called because it is said to allay pain. See Torment.] (Bot.)...

3567

Tormenting

Tor‐ment″ing (?), a. Causing torment; as, a tormenting dream. — Tor‐ment″ing‐ly, adv.

3568

Tormentise

Tor″ment‐ise (?), n. [See Torment.] Torture; torment. Chaucer.

3569

Tormentor

Tor‐ment″or (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, torments; one who inflicts penal anguish or tortures. Jer. Taylor.Thoughts, my tormentors, armed with deadly stings. Milton.2. (Ag...

3570

Tormentress

Tor‐ment″ress (?), n. A woman who torments.Fortune ordinarily cometh after to whip and punish them, as the scourge and tormentress of glory and honor. Holland.

3571

Tormentry

Tor″ment‐ry (?), n. Anything producing torment, annoyance, or pain. Chaucer.

3572

Tormina

‖Tor″mi‐na (?), n. pl.(Med.) acute, colicky pains; gripes.

3573

Torminous

Tor″mi‐nous (?), a.(Med.) Affected with tormina; griping.

3574

Torn

Torn (?), p. p. of Tear.

3575

Tornado

Tor‐na″do (?), n.; pl.Tornadoes (#). [From Sp. or Pg. tornar to turn, return, L. tornare to turn, hence, a whirling wind. The Sp. & Pg. tornada is a return. See Turn.] A violent...

3576

Tornaria

‖Tor‐na″ri‐a (?), n.; pl.Tornariæ (#). [NL., fr. L. tornare to turn.] (Zoöl.) The peculiar free swimming larva of Balanoglossus. See Illust. in Append.

3577

Torose

To‐rose″ (?), a. [L. torosus full of muscle, brawny, fleshy. See Torus.] Cylindrical with alternate swellings and contractions; having the surface covered with rounded prominences.

3578

Torosity

To‐ros″i‐ty (?), n. The quality or state of being torose.

3579

Torous

Torous (?), a. Torose.

3580

Torpedinous

Tor‐ped″i‐nous (?), a. Of or pertaining to a torpedo; resembling a torpedo; exerting a benumbing influence; stupefying; dull; torpid.Fishy were his eyes; torpedinous was his man...

3581

Torpedo

Tor‐pe″do (?), n.; pl.Torpedoes (#). [L. torpedo, -inis, from torpere to be stiff, numb, or torpid. See Torpid.]1. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes bel...

3582

Torpedo (2)

Tor‐pe″do, v. t. to destroy by, or subject to the action of, a torpedo. London Spectator.

3583

Torpedo (3)

Tor‐pe″do, n. An automobile with a torpedo body.

3584

Torpedo body

Tor‐pe″do body. An automobile body which is built so that the side surfaces are flush.

3585

Torpedo boom

Tor‐pe″do boom. A spar formerly carried by men-of-war, having a torpedo on its end.

3586

Torpedo catcher

Tor‐pe″do catch″er. A small fast vessel for pursuing and destroying torpedo boats.

3587

Torpedo shell

Torpedo shell. (Ordnance) A shell longer than a deck-piercing shell, with thinner walls and a larger cavity for the bursting charge, which consists of about 130 pounds of high e...

3588

Torpedo station

Torpedo station. A headquarters for torpedo vessels and their supplies, usually having facilities for repairs and for instruction and experiments. The principal torpedo station ...

3589

Torpedo stern

Torpedo stern. A broad stern without overhang, flattened on the bottom, used in some torpedo and fast power boats. It prevents settling in the water at high speed.

3590

Torpedo tube

Torpedo tube. (Nav.) A tube fixed below or near the water line through which a torpedo is fired, usually by a small charge of gunpowder. On torpedo vessels the tubes are on deck...

3591

Torpedo-boat destroyer

Tor‐pe″do–boat′ de‐stroy″er. A larger, swifter, and more powerful armed type of torpedo boat, originally intended principally for the destruction of torpedo boats, but later use...