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Vertex :: Vertex (n.) A turning point; the principal or highest point; top; summit; crown; apex.

Turningness :: Turningness (n.) The quality of turning; instability; tergiversation.

Turntable :: Turntable (n.) A large revolving platform, for turning railroad cars, locomotives, etc., in a different direction; -- called also turnplate..

Right-about :: Right-about (n.) A turning directly about by the right, so as to face in the opposite direction; also, the quarter directly opposite; as, to turn to the right-about..

Redition :: Redition (n.) Act of returning; return.

Dextrose :: Dextrose (n.) A sirupy, or white crystalline, variety of sugar, C6H12O6 (so called from turning the plane of polarization to the right), occurring in many ripe fruits. Dextrose and levulose are obtained by the inversion of cane sugar or sucrose, and hence called invert sugar. Dextrose is chiefly obtained by the action of heat and acids on starch, and hence called also starch sugar. It is also formed from starchy food by the action of the amylolytic ferments of saliva and pancreatic juice..

Circumflex :: Circumflex (a.) Moving or turning round; circuitous.

Frequency :: Frequency (n.) The condition of returning frequently; occurrence often repeated; common occurence; as, the frequency of crimes; the frequency of miracles..

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..

Quotidian :: Quotidian (n.) Anything returning daily; especially (Med.), an intermittent fever or ague which returns every day..

Routine :: Routine (n.) A round of business, amusement, or pleasure, daily or frequently pursued; especially, a course of business or offical duties regularly or frequently returning..

Crapaudine :: Crapaudine (n.) Turning on pivots at the top and bottom; -- said of a door.

Pivotal :: Pivotal (a.) Of or pertaining to a pivot or turning point; belonging to, or constituting, a pivot; of the nature of a pivot; as, the pivotalopportunity of a career; the pivotal position in a battle..

Voluble :: Voluble (a.) Easily rolling or turning; easily set in motion; apt to roll; rotating; as, voluble particles of matter..

Diversion :: Diversion (n.) The act of turning aside from any course, occupation, or object; as, the diversion of a stream from its channel; diversion of the mind from business..

Pirouette :: Pirouette (n.) A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing.

Turning :: Turning (n.) The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding; a bending course; a fiexure; a meander..

Anatiferous :: Anatiferous (a.) Producing ducks; -- applied to Anatifae, under the absurd notion of their turning into ducks or geese. See Barnacle..

Inadvertent :: Inadvertent (a.) Not turning the mind to a matter; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive.

Levo- :: Levo- () Turning the plane of polarized light to the left; as, levotartaric acid; levoracemic acid; levogyratory crystals, etc..

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