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slovo definícia torr (encz) torr, n: torr (wn) torr n 1: a unit of pressure equal to 0.001316 atmosphere; named after Torricelli [syn: torr, millimeter of mercury, {mm Hg}]

podobné slovo definícia leptorrhine (encz) leptorrhine, adj: leptorrhinian (encz) leptorrhinian, adj: leptorrhinic (encz) leptorrhinic, adj: otorrhea (encz) otorrhea, n: schistorrhachis (encz) schistorrhachis, n: steatorrhea (encz) steatorrhea, n: torrance (encz) Torrance,Torrance n: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA, město - Spojené státy americké Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad torrent (encz) torrent,bystřina [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskačtorrent,proud n: Zdeněk Brožtorrent,příval n: Zdeněk Brož torrential (encz) torrential,prudký adj: Zdeněk Brož torrents (encz) torrents,přívaly n: pl. Zdeněk Brož torreya (encz) torreya,toreja n: [bio.] nahosemenný jehličnan Jirka Daněktorreya,toreya n: [bot.] nahosemenný jehličnan Jirka Daněk torricelli (encz) Torricelli, torrid (encz) torrid,vášnivý adj: Zdeněk Brož torridity (encz) torridity,vyprahlost n: Zdeněk Brož torridly (encz) torridly, torridness (encz) torridness,vyprahlost n: Zdeněk Brož torrance (czen) Torrance,Torrancen: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA, město - Spojené státy americké Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad Astacus torrentium (gcide) Stone \Stone\, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[=a]n; akin to OS. & OFries. st[=e]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten, Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. ?, ?, a pebble. [root]167. Cf. Steen.] 1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. "Dumb as a stone." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for mortar. --Gen. xi. 3. [1913 Webster] Note: In popular language, very large masses of stone are called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone is much and widely used in the construction of buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers, abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like. [1913 Webster] 2. A precious stone; a gem. "Many a rich stone." --Chaucer. "Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Something made of stone. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Lend me a looking-glass; If that her breath will mist or stain the stone, Why, then she lives. --Shak. [1913 Webster] (b) A monument to the dead; a gravestone. --Gray. [1913 Webster] Should some relenting eye Glance on the where our cold relics lie. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 4. (Med.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus. [1913 Webster] 5. One of the testes; a testicle. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 6. (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a cherry or peach. See Illust. of Endocarp. [1913 Webster] 7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice varies with the article weighed. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] Note: The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8 lbs.; of cheese, 16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5 lbs. [1913 Webster] 8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness; insensibility; as, a heart of stone. [1913 Webster] I have not yet forgot myself to stone. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 9. (Print.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also imposing stone. [1913 Webster] Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone falcon, or stone-falcon. Compounded with some adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone; as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still, etc. [1913 Webster] Atlantic stone, ivory. [Obs.] "Citron tables, or Atlantic stone." --Milton. Bowing stone. Same as Cromlech. --Encyc. Brit. Meteoric stones, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as after the explosion of a meteor. Philosopher's stone. See under Philosopher. Rocking stone. See Rocking-stone. Stone age, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for weapons and tools; -- called also flint age. The {bronze age} succeeded to this. Stone bass (Zool.), any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus Serranus and allied genera, as Serranus Couchii, and Polyprion cernium of Europe; -- called also sea perch. Stone biter (Zool.), the wolf fish. Stone boiling, a method of boiling water or milk by dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among savages. --Tylor. Stone borer (Zool.), any animal that bores stones; especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow in limestone. See Lithodomus, and Saxicava. Stone bramble (Bot.), a European trailing species of bramble (Rubus saxatilis). Stone-break. [Cf. G. steinbrech.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Saxifraga; saxifrage. Stone bruise, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a bruise by a stone. Stone canal. (Zool.) Same as Sand canal, under Sand. Stone cat (Zool.), any one of several species of small fresh-water North American catfishes of the genus Noturus. They have sharp pectoral spines with which they inflict painful wounds. Stone coal, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal. Stone coral (Zool.), any hard calcareous coral. Stone crab. (Zool.) (a) A large crab (Menippe mercenaria) found on the southern coast of the United States and much used as food. (b) A European spider crab (Lithodes maia). Stone crawfish (Zool.), a European crawfish ({Astacus torrentium}), by many writers considered only a variety of the common species (Astacus fluviatilis). Stone curlew. (Zool.) (a) A large plover found in Europe ({Edicnemus crepitans}). It frequents stony places. Called also thick-kneed plover or bustard, and thick-knee. (b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.] (c) The willet. [Local, U.S.] Stone crush. Same as Stone bruise, above. Stone eater. (Zool.) Same as Stone borer, above. Stone falcon (Zool.), the merlin. Stone fern (Bot.), a European fern (Asplenium Ceterach) which grows on rocks and walls. Stone fly (Zool.), any one of many species of pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus Perla and allied genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers for bait. The larvae are aquatic. Stone fruit (Bot.), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry. Stone grig (Zool.), the mud lamprey, or pride. Stone hammer, a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other, -- used for breaking stone. Stone hawk (Zool.), the merlin; -- so called from its habit of sitting on bare stones. Stone jar, a jar made of stoneware. Stone lily (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid. Stone lugger. (Zool.) See Stone roller, below. Stone marten (Zool.), a European marten (Mustela foina) allied to the pine marten, but having a white throat; -- called also beech marten. Stone mason, a mason who works or builds in stone. Stone-mortar (Mil.), a kind of large mortar formerly used in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short distances. Stone oil, rock oil, petroleum. Stone parsley (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Seseli Labanotis}). See under Parsley. Stone pine. (Bot.) A nut pine. See the Note under Pine, and Pi[~n]on. Stone pit, a quarry where stones are dug. Stone pitch, hard, inspissated pitch. Stone plover. (Zool.) (a) The European stone curlew. (b) Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the genus Esacus; as, the large stone plover ({Esacus recurvirostris}). (c) The gray or black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.] (d) The ringed plover. (e) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Also applied to other species of limicoline birds. Stone roller. (Zool.) (a) An American fresh-water fish (Catostomus nigricans) of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive, often with dark blotches. Called also stone lugger, stone toter, hog sucker, hog mullet. (b) A common American cyprinoid fish ({Campostoma anomalum}); -- called also stone lugger. Stone's cast, or Stone's throw, the distance to which a stone may be thrown by the hand; as, they live a stone's throw from each other. Stone snipe (Zool.), the greater yellowlegs, or tattler. [Local, U.S.] Stone toter. (Zool.) (a) See Stone roller (a), above. (b) A cyprinoid fish (Exoglossum maxillingua) found in the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a three-lobed lower lip; -- called also cutlips. To leave no stone unturned, to do everything that can be done; to use all practicable means to effect an object. [1913 Webster] Otorrhoea (gcide) Otorrhoea \O`tor*rh[oe]"a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. o'y^s, 'wto`s, the ear + ? to flow.] (Med.) A flow or running from the ear, esp. a purulent discharge. [1913 Webster] Spermatorrhea (gcide) Spermatorrhea \Sper`ma*tor*rhe"a\, Spermatorrhoea \Sper`ma*tor*rhoe"a\,, n. [NL., fr. Gr. spe`rma, -atos, seed + ??? to flow.] (Med.) Abnormally frequent involuntary emission of the semen without copulation. [1913 Webster] Spermatorrhoea (gcide) Spermatorrhea \Sper`ma*tor*rhe"a\, Spermatorrhoea \Sper`ma*tor*rhoe"a\,, n. [NL., fr. Gr. spe`rma, -atos, seed + ??? to flow.] (Med.) Abnormally frequent involuntary emission of the semen without copulation. [1913 Webster] Subtorrid (gcide) Subtorrid \Sub*tor"rid\, a. Nearly torrid. [1913 Webster] Torrefaction (gcide) Torrefaction \Tor`re*fac"tion\, n. [L. torrefacere,torrefactum, to torrefy: cf. F. torr['e]faction. See Torrefy.] The act or process of torrefying, or the state of being torrefied. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] Torrefied (gcide) Torrefy \Tor"re*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Torrefied; p. pr. & vb. n. Torrefying.] [L. torrere to parch + -fy: cf. F. torr['e]fier, L. torrefacere.] [Written also torrify.] 1. To dry by a fire. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] 2. (Metal.) To subject to scorching heat, so as to drive off volatile ingredients; to roast, as ores. [1913 Webster] 3. (Pharm.) To dry or parch, as drugs, on a metallic plate till they are friable, or are reduced to the state desired. [1913 Webster] Torrefy (gcide) Torrefy \Tor"re*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Torrefied; p. pr. & vb. n. Torrefying.] [L. torrere to parch + -fy: cf. F. torr['e]fier, L. torrefacere.] [Written also torrify.] 1. To dry by a fire. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] 2. (Metal.) To subject to scorching heat, so as to drive off volatile ingredients; to roast, as ores. [1913 Webster] 3. (Pharm.) To dry or parch, as drugs, on a metallic plate till they are friable, or are reduced to the state desired. [1913 Webster] Torrefying (gcide) Torrefy \Tor"re*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Torrefied; p. pr. & vb. n. Torrefying.] [L. torrere to parch + -fy: cf. F. torr['e]fier, L. torrefacere.] [Written also torrify.] 1. To dry by a fire. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] 2. (Metal.) To subject to scorching heat, so as to drive off volatile ingredients; to roast, as ores. [1913 Webster] 3. (Pharm.) To dry or parch, as drugs, on a metallic plate till they are friable, or are reduced to the state desired. [1913 Webster] Torrens system (gcide) Torrens system \Tor"rens sys`tem\ A system of registration of titles to land (as distinct from registration of deeds) introduced into South Australia by the Real Property (or Torrens) Act (act 15 of 1857-58), drafted by Sir Robert Torrens (1814-84). Its essential feature is the guaranty by the government of properly registered titles. The system has been generally adopted in Australia and British Columbia, and in its original or a modified form in some other countries, including some States of the United States. Hence Torrens title, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Torrens title (gcide) Torrens system \Tor"rens sys`tem\ A system of registration of titles to land (as distinct from registration of deeds) introduced into South Australia by the Real Property (or Torrens) Act (act 15 of 1857-58), drafted by Sir Robert Torrens (1814-84). Its essential feature is the guaranty by the government of properly registered titles. The system has been generally adopted in Australia and British Columbia, and in its original or a modified form in some other countries, including some States of the United States. Hence Torrens title, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Torrent (gcide) Torrent \Tor"rent\, n. [F., fr. L. torrens, -entis, fr. torrens burning, roaring, boiling, p. pr. of torrere to dry by heat, to burn. See Torrid.] 1. A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice. [1913 Webster] The roaring torrent is deep and wide. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: A violent or rapid flow; a strong current; a flood; as, a torrent of vices; a torrent of eloquence. [1913 Webster] At length, Erasmus, that great injured name, . . . Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age. --Pope. [1913 Webster]Torrent \Tor"rent\, a. [See Torrent, n.] Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream. "Waves of torrent fire." --Milton. [1913 Webster] Torrential Torrential (gcide) Torrential \Tor*ren"tial\, Torrentine \Tor*ren"tine\, a. Of or pertaining to a torrent; having the character of a torrent; caused by a torrent . [R.] [1913 Webster] Torrentine (gcide) Torrential \Tor*ren"tial\, Torrentine \Tor*ren"tine\, a. Of or pertaining to a torrent; having the character of a torrent; caused by a torrent . [R.] [1913 Webster] Torreya Californica (gcide) Nutmeg \Nut"meg\, n. [OE. notemuge; note nut + OF. muge musk, of the same origin as E. musk; cf. OF. noix muguette nutmeg, F. noix muscade. See Nut, and Musk.] (Bot.) The kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg tree ({Myristica fragrans}), a native of the Molucca Islands, but cultivated elsewhere in the tropics. [1913 Webster] Note: This fruit is a nearly spherical drupe, of the size of a pear, of a yellowish color without and almost white within. This opens into two nearly equal longitudinal valves, inclosing the nut surrounded by its aril, which is mace. The nutmeg is an aromatic, very grateful to the taste and smell, and much used in cookery. Other species of Myristica yield nutmegs of inferior quality. [1913 Webster] American nutmeg, Calabash nutmeg, or Jamaica nutmeg, the fruit of a tropical shrub (Monodora Myristica). It is about the size of an orange, and contains many aromatic seeds imbedded in pulp. Brazilian nutmeg, the fruit of a lauraceous tree, Cryptocarya moschata. California nutmeg, a tree of the Yew family ({Torreya Californica}), growing in the Western United States, and having a seed which resembles a nutmeg in appearance, but is strongly impregnated with turpentine. Clove nutmeg, the Ravensara aromatica, a lauraceous tree of Madagascar. The foliage is used as a spice, but the seed is acrid and caustic. Jamaica nutmeg. See American nutmeg (above). Nutmeg bird (Zool.), an Indian finch (Munia punctularia). Nutmeg butter, a solid oil extracted from the nutmeg by expression. Nutmeg flower (Bot.), a ranunculaceous herb ({Nigella sativa}) with small black aromatic seeds, which are used medicinally and for excluding moths from furs and clothing. Nutmeg liver (Med.), a name applied to the liver, when, as the result of heart or lung disease, it undergoes congestion and pigmentation about the central veins of its lobules, giving it an appearance resembling that of a nutmeg. Nutmeg melon (Bot.), a small variety of muskmelon of a rich flavor. Nutmeg pigeon (Zool.), any one of several species of pigeons of the genus Myristicivora, native of the East Indies and Australia. The color is usually white, or cream-white, with black on the wings and tail. Nutmeg wood (Bot.), the wood of the Palmyra palm. Peruvian nutmeg, the aromatic seed of a South American tree (Laurelia sempervirens). Plume nutmeg (Bot.), a spicy tree of Australia (Atherosperma moschata). [1913 Webster] Torreya taxifolia (gcide) Stinking \Stink"ing\, a. & n. from Stink, v. [1913 Webster] Stinking badger (Zool.), the teledu. Stinking cedar (Bot.), the California nutmeg tree; also, a related tree of Florida (Torreya taxifolia). [1913 Webster] Torricellian (gcide) Torricellian \Tor`ri*cel"li*an\, a. Of or pertaining to Torricelli, an Italian philosopher and mathematician, who, in 1643, discovered that the rise of a liquid in a tube, as in the barometer, is due to atmospheric pressure. See Barometer. [1913 Webster] Torricellian tube, a glass tube thirty or more inches in length, open at the lower end and hermetically sealed at the upper, such as is used in the barometer. Torricellian vacuum (Physics), a vacuum produced by filling with a fluid, as mercury, a tube hermetically closed at one end, and, after immersing the other end in a vessel of the same fluid, allowing the inclosed fluid to descend till it is counterbalanced by the pressure of the atmosphere, as in the barometer. --Hutton. [1913 Webster] Torricellian tube (gcide) Torricellian \Tor`ri*cel"li*an\, a. Of or pertaining to Torricelli, an Italian philosopher and mathematician, who, in 1643, discovered that the rise of a liquid in a tube, as in the barometer, is due to atmospheric pressure. See Barometer. [1913 Webster] Torricellian tube, a glass tube thirty or more inches in length, open at the lower end and hermetically sealed at the upper, such as is used in the barometer. Torricellian vacuum (Physics), a vacuum produced by filling with a fluid, as mercury, a tube hermetically closed at one end, and, after immersing the other end in a vessel of the same fluid, allowing the inclosed fluid to descend till it is counterbalanced by the pressure of the atmosphere, as in the barometer. --Hutton. [1913 Webster] Torricellian vacuum (gcide) Torricellian \Tor`ri*cel"li*an\, a. Of or pertaining to Torricelli, an Italian philosopher and mathematician, who, in 1643, discovered that the rise of a liquid in a tube, as in the barometer, is due to atmospheric pressure. See Barometer. [1913 Webster] Torricellian tube, a glass tube thirty or more inches in length, open at the lower end and hermetically sealed at the upper, such as is used in the barometer. Torricellian vacuum (Physics), a vacuum produced by filling with a fluid, as mercury, a tube hermetically closed at one end, and, after immersing the other end in a vessel of the same fluid, allowing the inclosed fluid to descend till it is counterbalanced by the pressure of the atmosphere, as in the barometer. --Hutton. [1913 Webster]Vacuum \Vac"u*um\ (v[a^]k"[-u]*[u^]m), n.; pl. E. Vacuums (v[a^]k"[-u]*[u^]mz), L. Vacua (v[a^]k"[-u]*[.a]). [L., fr. vacuus empty. See Vacuous.] 1. (Physics) A space entirely devoid of matter (called also, by way of distinction, absolute vacuum); hence, in a more general sense, a space, as the interior of a closed vessel, which has been exhausted to a high or the highest degree by an air pump or other artificial means; as, water boils at a reduced temperature in a vacuum. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] 2. The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc.; as, a vacuum of 26 inches of mercury, or 13 pounds per square inch. [1913 Webster] Vacuum brake, a kind of continuous brake operated by exhausting the air from some appliance under each car, and so causing the pressure of the atmosphere to apply the brakes. Vacuum pan (Technol.), a kind of large closed metallic retort used in sugar making for boiling down sirup. It is so connected with an exhausting apparatus that a partial vacuum is formed within. This allows the evaporation and concentration to take place at a lower atmospheric pressure and hence also at a lower temperature, which largely obviates the danger of burning the sugar, and shortens the process. Vacuum pump. Same as Pulsometer, 1. Vacuum tube (Phys.), (a) a glass tube provided with platinum electrodes and exhausted, for the passage of the electrical discharge; a Geissler tube. (a) any tube used in electronic devices, containing a vacuum and used to control the flow of electrons in a circuit, as a vacuum diode, triode, tetrode, or pentode. Vacuum valve, a safety valve opening inward to admit air to a vessel in which the pressure is less than that of the atmosphere, in order to prevent collapse. Torricellian vacuum. See under Torricellian. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching. "Torrid heat." --Milton. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching. "Torrid heat." --Milton. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Torridity (gcide) Torridity \Tor*rid"i*ty\, n. Torridness. [R.] [1913 Webster] Torridness (gcide) Torridness \Tor"rid*ness\, n. The quality or state of being torrid or parched. [1913 Webster] torrify (gcide) Torrefy \Tor"re*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Torrefied; p. pr. & vb. n. Torrefying.] [L. torrere to parch + -fy: cf. F. torr['e]fier, L. torrefacere.] [Written also torrify.] 1. To dry by a fire. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] 2. (Metal.) To subject to scorching heat, so as to drive off volatile ingredients; to roast, as ores. [1913 Webster] 3. (Pharm.) To dry or parch, as drugs, on a metallic plate till they are friable, or are reduced to the state desired. [1913 Webster] Torril (gcide) Torril \Tor"ril\, n. A worthless woman; also, a worthless horse. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster] Torrock (gcide) Torrock \Tor"rock\, n. (Zool.) A gull. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] anthericum torreyi (wn) Anthericum torreyi n 1: plant having basal grasslike leaves and a narrow open cluster of starlike yellowish-orange flowers atop a leafless stalk; southwestern United States; only species of Anthericum growing in North America [syn: amber lily, Anthericum torreyi] evangelista torricelli (wn) Evangelista Torricelli n 1: Italian physicist who invented the mercury barometer (1608-1647) [syn: Torricelli, Evangelista Torricelli] genus plectorrhiza (wn) genus Plectorrhiza n 1: small genus of Australian orchids [syn: Plectorrhiza, genus Plectorrhiza] genus torreya (wn) genus Torreya n 1: nutmeg-yews [syn: Torreya, genus Torreya] leptorrhine (wn) leptorrhine adj 1: having a long narrow nose [syn: leptorrhine, leptorhine, leptorrhinian, leptorrhinic] [ant: broadnosed, catarrhine, catarrhinian, platyrhine, platyrhinian, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian, platyrrhinic] leptorrhinian (wn) leptorrhinian adj 1: having a long narrow nose [syn: leptorrhine, leptorhine, leptorrhinian, leptorrhinic] [ant: broadnosed, catarrhine, catarrhinian, platyrhine, platyrhinian, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian, platyrrhinic] leptorrhinic (wn) leptorrhinic adj 1: having a long narrow nose [syn: leptorrhine, leptorhine, leptorrhinian, leptorrhinic] [ant: broadnosed, catarrhine, catarrhinian, platyrhine, platyrhinian, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian, platyrrhinic] otorrhea (wn) otorrhea n 1: discharge from the external ear pinus torreyana (wn) Pinus torreyana n 1: medium-sized five-needled pine of southwestern California having long cylindrical cones [syn: Torrey pine, Torrey's pine, soledad pine, grey-leaf pine, {sabine pine}, Pinus torreyana] plectorrhiza (wn) Plectorrhiza n 1: small genus of Australian orchids [syn: Plectorrhiza, genus Plectorrhiza] schistorrhachis (wn) schistorrhachis n 1: a not uncommon congenital defect in which a vertebra is malformed; unless several vertebrae are affected or there is myelomeningocele there are few symptoms; can be diagnosed by amniocentesis [syn: spina bifida, rachischisis, schistorrhachis] steatorrhea (wn) steatorrhea n 1: the presence of greater than normal amounts of fat in the feces which are frothy and foul smelling and floating; a symptom of disorders of fat metabolism and malabsorption syndrome thomas wentworth storrow higginson (wn) Thomas Wentworth Storrow Higginson n 1: United States writer and soldier who led the first Black regiment in the Union Army (1823-1911) [syn: Higginson, Thomas Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Storrow Higginson] torrent (wn) torrent n 1: a heavy rain [syn: downpour, cloudburst, deluge, waterspout, torrent, pelter, soaker] 2: a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid); "the houses were swept away in the torrent" [syn: torrent, violent stream] 3: an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" [syn: flood, inundation, deluge, torrent] torrential (wn) torrential adj 1: relating to or resulting from the action of a torrent; "torrential erosion"; "torrential adaptations seen in some aquatic forms" 2: resembling a torrent in force and abundance; "torrential applause"; "torrential abuse"; "the torrential facility and fecundity characteristic of his style"- Winthrop Sargeant 3: pouring in abundance; "torrential rains" torreon (wn) Torreon n 1: a city in northern Mexico to the west of Monterrey torres strait (wn) Torres Strait n 1: a strait between northeastern Australia and southern New Guinea that connects the Coral Sea with the Arafura Sea torrey pine (wn) Torrey pine n 1: medium-sized five-needled pine of southwestern California having long cylindrical cones [syn: Torrey pine, Torrey's pine, soledad pine, grey-leaf pine, {sabine pine}, Pinus torreyana] torrey tree (wn) Torrey tree n 1: rare small evergreen of northern Florida; its glossy green leaves have an unpleasant fetid smell when crushed [syn: stinking cedar, stinking yew, Torrey tree, {Torreya taxifolia}]