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Circumflexion :: Circumflexion (n.) A winding about; a turning; a circuity; a fold.

Lock :: Lock (n.) A device for keeping a wheel from turning.

Entortilation :: Entortilation (n.) A turning into a circle; round figures.

Apheliotropic :: Apheliotropic (a.) Turning away from the sun; -- said of leaves, etc..

Cam :: Cam (n.) A turning or sliding piece which, by the shape of its periphery or face, or a groove in its surface, imparts variable or intermittent motion to, or receives such motion from, a rod, lever, or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it..

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..

Hydrotropic :: Hydrotropic (a.) Turning or bending towards moisture, as roots..

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

Supination :: Supination (n.) The act of turning the hand palm upward; also, position of the hand with the palm upward..

Bouleversement :: Bouleversement (n.) Complete overthrow; disorder; a turning upside down.

Facing :: Facing (n.) The movement of soldiers by turning on their heels to the right, left, or about; -- chiefly in the pl..

Speculate :: Speculate (v. i.) To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to speculate on questions in religion; to speculate on political events..

Stopcock :: Stopcock (n.) A bib, faucet, or short pipe, fitted with a turning stopper or plug for permitting or restraining the flow of a liquid or gas; a cock or valve for checking or regulating the flow of water, gas, etc., through or from a pipe, etc..

Refluent :: Refluent (a.) Flowing back; returning; ebbing.

Rummage :: Rummage (n.) A searching carefully by looking into every corner, and by turning things over..

Anniversary :: Anniversary (a.) Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast..

Deflection :: Deflection (n.) The act of turning aside, or state of being turned aside; a turning from a right line or proper course; a bending, esp. downward; deviation..

Turning :: Turning (n.) A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is turned.

Septennial :: Septennial (a.) Happening or returning once in every seven years; as, septennial elections in England..

Roll :: Roll (n.) To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface; as, to roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel..

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