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Detour :: Detour (n.) A turning; a circuitous route; a deviation from a direct course; as, the detours of the Mississippi..

Spanner :: Spanner (n.) An iron instrument having a jaw to fit a nut or the head of a bolt, and used as a lever to turn it with; a wrench; specifically, a wrench for unscrewing or tightening the couplings of hose..

Turner :: Turner (n.) A person who practices athletic or gymnastic exercises.

Smokejack :: Smokejack (n.) A contrivance for turning a spit by means of a fly or wheel moved by the current of ascending air in a chimney.

Encash :: Encash (v. t.) To turn into cash; to cash.

Quittance :: Quittance (v. t.) Recompense; return; repayment.

Quartan :: Quartan (n.) An intermittent fever which returns every fourth day, reckoning inclusively, that is, one in which the interval between paroxysms is two days..

React :: React (v. i.) To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force; as, every body reacts on the body that impels it from its natural state..

Annual :: Annual (n.) A thing happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary work published once a year.

Turner :: Turner (n.) A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.

Convert :: Convert (v. t.) To turn into another language; to translate.

North :: North (v. i.) To turn or move toward the north; to veer from the east or west toward the north.

Gecko :: Gecko (n.) Any lizard of the family Geckonidae. The geckoes are small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and vertical, elliptical pupils. Their toes are generally expanded, and furnished with adhesive disks, by which they can run over walls and ceilings. They are numerous in warm countries, and a few species are found in Europe and the United States. See Wall gecko, Fanfoot..

Splay :: Splay (v. t.) To turn on one side; to render oblique; to slope or slant, as the side of a door, window, etc..

Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice..

Returning :: Returning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retur.

Reascent :: Reascent (n.) A returning ascent or ascension; acclivity.

Cleat :: Cleat (n.) A device made of wood or metal, having two arms, around which turns may be taken with a line or rope so as to hold securely and yet be readily released. It is bolted by the middle to a deck or mast, etc., or it may be lashed to a rope..

Hemipode :: Hemipode (n.) Any bird of the genus Turnix. Various species inhabit Asia, Africa, and Australia..

Retroact :: Retroact (v. i.) To act backward, or in return; to act in opposition; to be retrospective..

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