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Loop :: Loop (n.) A wire forming part of a main circuit and returning to the point from which it starts.

Drummond Light :: Drummond light () A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition, upon a ball of lime; or a stream of oxygen gas through a flame of alcohol upon a ball or disk of lime; -- called also oxycalcium light, or lime light..

Antistrophe :: Antistrophe (n.) The retort or turning of an adversary's plea against him.

Photodrome :: Photodrome (n.) An apparatus consisting of a large wheel with spokes, which when turning very rapidly is illuminated by momentary flashes of light passing through slits in a rotating disk. By properly timing the succession of flashes the wheel is made to appear to be motionless, or to rotate more or less slowly in either direction..

Wryneck :: Wryneck (n.) Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genus Jynx, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European species (J. torguilla); -- so called from its habit of turning the neck around in different directions. Called also cuckoo's mate, snakebird, summer bird, tonguebird, and writheneck..

Matter-of-fact :: Matter-of-fact (a.) Adhering to facts; not turning aside from absolute realities; not fanciful or imaginative; commonplace; dry.

Swivel :: Swivel (a.) A small piece of ordnance, turning on a point or swivel; -- called also swivel gun..

Quotidian :: Quotidian (a.) Occurring or returning daily; as, a quotidian fever..

Anfractuous :: Anfractuous (a.) Winding; full of windings and turnings; sinuous; tortuous; as, the anfractuous spires of a born..

Roller :: Roller (n.) Any one of numerous species of Old World picarian birds of the family Coraciadae. The name alludes to their habit of suddenly turning over or tumbling in flight..

Homing :: Homing (a.) Home-returning; -- used specifically of carrier pigeons.

Digression :: Digression (n.) A turning aside from the right path; transgression; offense.

Multiversant :: Multiversant (a.) Turning into many shapes; assuming many forms; protean.

Introversion :: Introversion (n.) The act of introverting, or the state of being introverted; the act of turning the mind inward..

Backwater :: Backwater (n.) Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer..

Carnification :: Carnification (n.) The act or process of turning to flesh, or to a substance resembling flesh..

Turn :: Turn (v. i.) To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory turns well..

Rummage :: Rummage (v. t.) To search or examine thoroughly by looking into every corner, and turning over or removing goods or other things; to examine, as a book, carefully, turning over leaf after leaf..

Reflux :: Reflux (a.) Returning, or flowing back; reflex; as, reflux action..

Reciprocation :: Reciprocation (n.) The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning; as, the reciprocation of kindnesses..

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