Putnam's Word Book
Chapter 238 : turning inward. introversion.turning over or backward. inversion, reversal.turning poi

turning inward. introversion.

turning over or backward. inversion, reversal.

turning point. crisis; pivot. a.s.sociated Words: pivotal, critical.

turning upside down. inversion, reversal.

turning wrong side out. extroversion, eversion.

turnip-shaped, a. napiform.

turnkey, n. warder.

turn upside down. invert, reverse.

turtle, n. tortoise; terrapin.

tussle, n. struggle, contest, scuffle, conflict.

twaddle, n. flummery, balderdash, fustian, moons.h.i.+ne.

twelve, n. dozen. a.s.sociated Words: dodecagon, dodecahedral, dodecahedron, duodecimal, duodecimfid, duodecimo, duodecuple, duodenary.

twenty, n. score. a.s.sociated Words: vicenary, vigesimal, vigesimation, icosahedron.

twenty years. a.s.sociated Word: vicennial.

twig, n. spray, branch, sprig, switch.

twilight, n. dusk, evening. a.s.sociated Words: crepuscular, crepusculous.

twine, v. entwine, encircle, wreathe.

twinkle, v. blink, wink; flash, sparkle, scintillate.

twinkling, n. sparkling, scintillation, flash, twinkle.

twist, v. contort, writhe, squirm, convolve, pervert, coil, wrench, distort.

twisted, a. contorted, awry, tortuous, coiled, perverted.

twisting, n. contortion, convolution, writhing, torsion, wrench, distortion, perversion.

twit, v. taunt, upbraid, reproach.

twitch, n. jerk; twitching, vellication.--v. jerk, s.n.a.t.c.h, vellicate.

twitter, n. chirp, chirrup.

two, n. couple, pair, brace, doublet, dyad, team, span, twain; twins.

a.s.sociated Words: dual, duality, double, dualism, duplex, duplicate, duplication, bifarious, binary, dimidiate, dimidiation, duet, dialogue, duarchy, bisect, bisection, halve.

two bodies. a.s.sociated Word: bicorporal.

two colors. a.s.sociated Words: dichromatic, dichromatism, dichromic.

two-faced, a. Ja.n.u.s-faced, bifacial.

two fingers. a.s.sociated Word: bidigitate.

twofold, a. double, duplicate.

two-footed, a. biped.

two-footed animal. biped.

two-forked, a. bifurcated, bifurcate, dichotomous.

two-handed, a. bimanous; ambidextrous.

two-handed animals. Bimana.

two-headed, a. bicephalous.

two hundred years. a.s.sociated Words: bicentenary, bicentennial.

two languages. a.s.sociated Words: bilingual, diglot, bilingualism, bilinguist.

two-legged, a. biped.

two letters. a.s.sociated Words: biliteral, biliteralism, diphthong, digraph, duoliteral.

two months. a.s.sociated Word: bi-monthly.

two parties. a.s.sociated Words: bipartisan, bipartisans.h.i.+p.

two parts. a.s.sociated Words: bipartible, bipart.i.te, bipart.i.tion, bipartient, bisect, bisection.

two poles. a.s.sociated Words: bipolar, bipolarity.

two-sided, a. double-faced, bilateral.

two weeks, fortnight. a.s.sociated Words: bi-weekly, fortnightly.

two years. a.s.sociated Words: biennial, biennially.

type, n. symbol, token, representation; model, exemplar, phototype, archetype. Antonyms: ant.i.type, variant, monstrosity.