2. Pompous, bombastic, tumid, puffy, inflated, stilted, grandiloquent, declamatory, rhetorical, ostentatious, turgent, grandiose, fustian, high-flown.

Turgidity, n.

    1. Swelling, distention, turgescence, turgidness.
    2. Bombast, inflation, turgidness, grandiloquence, pompous style.

Turgidness, n. See Turgidity.

Turk, n. Ottoman, Mahometan.

Turkey-cock, n. Gobbler (colloq.).

Turkey-stone, n. Novaculite, Turkey oil-stone, oil-stone, whetstone, hone.

Turkish, a. Ottoman, of the Turks.

Turkish bath. Sudatory, sweating-bath, vapor bath.

Turkishness, n. Turcism.

Turko, n. Zouave.

Turkois, n. Turcois, turquoise.

Turk’s-cap, n. Melon-thistle, turk’s-head (Melocactus communis).

Turl-pin, n. Beghard, Picard, Lollard.

Turmaline, n. Tourmaline.

Turmeric paper. Curcuma paper.

Turmoil, n. Tumult, agitation, disturbance, disorder, turbulence, confusion, commotion, uproar, bustle, huddle, hurly-burly, trouble, harassing labor.

Turn, v. a.

    1. Revolve, move round, turn round, make go round.
    2. Cause to deviate, cast, deflect, inflect, bend, incline differently, change the direction of.
    3. Divert, transfer, use, employ.
    4. Reverse the position of, turn over.
    5. Shape (as in a lathe), form, mould, fashion.

  By PanEris using Melati.

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