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Critical :: Critical (n.) Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis, turning point, or specially important juncture; important as regards consequences; hence, of doubtful issue; attended with risk; dangerous; as, the critical stage of a fever; a critical situation..

Reversion :: Reversion (n.) The act of returning, or coming back; return..

Remeant :: Remeant (a.) Coming back; returning.

Doubling :: Doubling (n.) A turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice..

Entropium :: Entropium (n.) The inversion or turning in of the border of the eyelids.

Broad :: Broad (n.) A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.

Rolling :: Rolling (a.) Rotating on an axis, or moving along a surface by rotation; turning over and over as if on an axis or a pivot; as, a rolling wheel or ball..

Counterbore :: Counterbore (v. t.) To form a counterbore in, by boring, turning, or drilling; to enlarge, as a hole, by means of a counterbore..

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..

Swifter :: Swifter (n.) A rope used to retain the bars of the capstan in their sockets while men are turning it.

Double :: Double (a.) To make of two thicknesses or folds by turning or bending together in the middle; to fold one part upon another part of; as, to double the leaf of a book, and the like; to clinch, as the fist; -- often followed by up; as, to double up a sheet of paper or cloth..

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..

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

Mandrel :: Mandrel (n.) The live spindle of a turning lathe; the revolving arbor of a circular saw. It is usually driven by a pulley.

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

Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free..

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

Allegorization :: Allegorization (n.) The act of turning into allegory, or of understanding in an allegorical sense..

Reflection :: Reflection (n.) The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected..

Versor :: Versor (n.) The turning factor of a quaternion.

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