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51tangled — adjective 1. in a confused mass (Freq. 5) pushed back her tangled hair the tangled ropes • Ant: ↑untangled • Similar to: ↑afoul, ↑foul, ↑ …
52twisting — I noun 1. the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑distortion, ↑overrefinement, ↑straining, ↑torture • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
53twisty — adjective marked by repeated turns and bends a tortuous road up the mountain winding roads are full of surprises had to steer the car down a twisty track • Syn: ↑tortuous, ↑twisting, ↑winding, ↑voluminous …
54tor´tu|ous|ness — tor|tu|ous «TR chu uhs», adjective. 1. full of twists, turns, or bends; twisting; winding; crooked: »We found the river s course very tortuous. We wind through tortuous ravines (John Tyndall). SYNONYM(S): sinuous, serpentine, zigzag, circuitous.… …
55tor´tu|ous|ly — tor|tu|ous «TR chu uhs», adjective. 1. full of twists, turns, or bends; twisting; winding; crooked: »We found the river s course very tortuous. We wind through tortuous ravines (John Tyndall). SYNONYM(S): sinuous, serpentine, zigzag, circuitous.… …
56tor|tu|ous — «TR chu uhs», adjective. 1. full of twists, turns, or bends; twisting; winding; crooked: »We found the river s course very tortuous. We wind through tortuous ravines (John Tyndall). SYNONYM(S): sinuous, serpentine, zigzag, circuitous. 2.… …
57Chad of Mercia — For the 8th century bishop of Hereford, see Ceadda of Hereford. Chad Bishop of York Image of Chad in a stained glass window from Holy Cross Monastery, West Park, New York Diocese …
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59Intracranial dolichoectasias — The term dolichoectasia means elongation and distension. It is used to characterize arteries throughout the human body which have shown significant deterioration of their tunica intima (and occasionally the tunica media), weakening the vessel… …
60torturous — torturously, adv. /tawr cheuhr euhs/, adj. pertaining to, involving, or causing torture or suffering. [1490 1500; < AF; OF tortureus. See TORTURE, OUS] Usage. TORTUROUS refers specifically to what involves or causes pain or suffering: prisoners… …
