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Turgid
- adjective - abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh"
- ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"
Turgor
- noun - (biology) the normal rigid state of fullness of a cell or blood vessel or capillary resulting from pressure of the contents against the wall or membrane
Turgot
- noun - French economist who in 1774 was put in control of finances by Louis XVI; his proposals for reforms that involved abolishing feudal privileges made him unpopular with the aristocracy and in 1776 he was dismissed (1727-1781)
Turing
- noun - English mathematician who conceived of the Turing machine and broke German codes during World War II (1912-1954)
Turkey
- noun - a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923
- a person who does something thoughtless or annoying; "some joker is blocking the driveway"
- an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned"
- flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted
- large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
Turkic
- adjective - a subfamily of Altaic languages
- of or relating to the people who speak the Turkic language
Turned
- verb -
- accomplish by rotating; "turn a somersault"; "turn cartwheels"
- alter the functioning or setting of; "turn the dial to 10"; "turn the heat down"
- become officially one year older; "She is turning 50 this year"
- cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics; "The princess turned the frog into a prince by kissing him"; "The alchemists tried to turn lead into gold"
- cause to move along an axis or into a new direction; "turn your face to the wall"; "turn the car around"; "turn your dance partner around"
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of; "turn a page of a book"
- cause to move around or rotate; "turn a key"; "turn your palm this way"
- change color; "In Vermont, the leaves turn early"
- change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learne