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torrid
(encz) | torrid,vášnivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Torrid
(gcide) | Torrid \Tor"rid\, a. [L. torridus, fr. torrere to parch, to
burn, akin to E. Thist: cf. F. torride. See Thirst.]
1. Parched; dried with heat; as, a torrid plain or desert.
"Barca or Cyrene's torrid soil." --Milton.
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2. Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning;
parching. "Torrid heat." --Milton.
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Torrid zone (Geog.), that space or board belt of the earth,
included between the tropics, over which the sun is
vertical at some period of every year, and the heat is
always great.
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torrid
(wn) | torrid
adj 1: characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an
ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a
fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned
appeal"; "a torrid love affair" [syn: ardent,
fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid,
torrid]
2: emotionally charged and vigorously energetic; "a torrid
dance"; "torrid jazz bands"; "hot trumpets and torrid
rhythms"
3: extremely hot; "the torrid noonday sun"; "sultry sands of the
dessert" |
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torrid
(encz) | torrid,vášnivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
torridity
(encz) | torridity,vyprahlost n: Zdeněk Brož |
torridly
(encz) | torridly, |
torridness
(encz) | torridness,vyprahlost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Subtorrid
(gcide) | Subtorrid \Sub*tor"rid\, a.
Nearly torrid.
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Torrid zone
(gcide) | Torrid \Tor"rid\, a. [L. torridus, fr. torrere to parch, to
burn, akin to E. Thist: cf. F. torride. See Thirst.]
1. Parched; dried with heat; as, a torrid plain or desert.
"Barca or Cyrene's torrid soil." --Milton.
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2. Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning;
parching. "Torrid heat." --Milton.
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Torrid zone (Geog.), that space or board belt of the earth,
included between the tropics, over which the sun is
vertical at some period of every year, and the heat is
always great.
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Torridity
(gcide) | Torridity \Tor*rid"i*ty\, n.
Torridness. [R.]
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Torridness
(gcide) | Torridness \Tor"rid*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being torrid or parched.
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torrid
(wn) | torrid
adj 1: characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an
ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a
fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned
appeal"; "a torrid love affair" [syn: ardent,
fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid,
torrid]
2: emotionally charged and vigorously energetic; "a torrid
dance"; "torrid jazz bands"; "hot trumpets and torrid
rhythms"
3: extremely hot; "the torrid noonday sun"; "sultry sands of the
dessert" |
torrid zone
(wn) | Torrid Zone
n 1: the part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of
Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by a hot
climate [syn: Torrid Zone, tropical zone, tropics] |
torridity
(wn) | torridity
n 1: extreme heat |
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