Vocabulary : Turmoil to Turned

Turmoil : Harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult; disturbance; worrying confusion. ;; To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry. ;; To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion.
Turmoiled : of Turmoil
Turmoiling : of Turmoil
Turn : To make a turn about or around (something); to go or pass around by turning; as, to turn a corner. ;; To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wholly, or repeatedly; to make to change position so as to present other sides in given directions; to make to face otherwise; as, to turn a wheel or a spindle; to turn the body or the head. ;; To cause to present a different side uppermost or outmost; to make the upper side the lower, or the inside to be the outside of; to reverse the position of; as, to turn a box or a board; to turn a coat. ;; To give another direction, tendency, or inclination to; to direct otherwise; to deflect; to incline differently; -- used both literally and figuratively; as, to turn the eyes to the heavens; to turn a horse from the road, or a ship from her course; to turn the attention to or from something. ;; To change from a given use or office; to divert, as to another purpose or end;
Turnbroach : A turnspit.
Turn-buckle : A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc. ;; A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp.
Turnbull's blue : The double cyanide of ferrous and ferric iron, a dark blue amorphous substance having a coppery luster, used in dyeing, calico printing, etc. Cf. Prussian blue, under Prussian.
Turncoat : One who forsakes his party or his principles; a renegade; an apostate.
Turndown : Capable of being turned down; ;; designating, or pertaining to, an incandescent lamp with a small additional filament which can be made incandescent when only a small amount of light is required. ;; Made to wear with the upper part turned down; as, a turndown collar.
Turned : of Turn
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