TuranismA movement aiming at close cooperation or political unification of various supposedly related ethnic groups, claimed to have all originated from Turan.
turbanetteA pad held on the head by combs, to protect a hairstyle when a hat is worn.
turbaningA ceremony in Hausa-Fulani culture, in which someone is formally installed in a new position of power or traditional importance in the community.
turbiteenA breed of domesticated pigeon, Columba livia, with a frontal spot and large cheek patches.
turbithA type of purgative drug made from the root of a type of morning glory plant (Operculina turpethum); or the plant itself.
TurbivA rural settlement, the administrative centre of the settlement hromada of the same name in Vinnytsia Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1545.
turbochargeTo increase the power of (an internal combustion engine, either Otto or Diesel cycle) by compressing the inlet air with power extracted from the exhaust air (through using a turbocharger).
turbodieselA diesel engine fitted with a turbocharger.
turbodrillA drill used in oil wells etc in which the bit is rotated by a turbine motor within the well.
turboelectricThat uses electric generators to convert the mechanical energy of a turbine into electric energy and electric motors to convert it back into mechanical energy to power the driveshafts.
turboencabulatorA fictional machine whose name is used to illustrate the perils of excessive jargon in technical writing.
turboexpanderA centrifugal or axial-flow turbine through which a high-pressure gas is expanded to produce work that is often used to drive a compressor.
turbofanA turbojet engine having a (usually ducted) fan that drives a stream of air that partly bypasses the turbojet portion; in high-bypass-ratio types, most of the thrust comes from the bypass portion rather than the turbojet portion, and this can be thought of in simplistic terms as that the turbojet portion drives the fan and the fan propels the aircraft.
turbomolecularThat uses a high-speed turbine to drive molecules (of a gas) in a specific direction
turbomycinAny of a group of antibiotics, produced by soil microorganisms, that were isolated using metagenomics
turbonillidAny sea snail in the family Turbonillidae, now considered to be the pyramidellid subfamily Turbonillinae.
turbopauseThe altitude in the Earth's atmosphere below which turbulent mixing dominates, at about 60 miles or 100 km, which separates the heterosphere from the homosphere.
turbopetrolBeing or relating to a turbocharged petrol engine.
turbopropA type of gas turbine aircraft engine that drives and obtains essentially all thrust from an external (typically unducted) propeller.
turbopumpA device consisting of a pump and a turbine mounted on the same shaft.
turboramjetAn aircraft engine that is a hybrid of a ramjet and turbofan.
turborocketA jet engine where the turbine that turns the inlet compressor is powered by a rocket engine.
turbosailA ship that uses rotating vertical cylinders instead of sails
turboshaftA gas-turbine engine designed to transmit power by means of a geared shaft, used in helicopters and for land and marine vehicular and stationary applications.
turbosuperchargerA turbocharger, an exhaust-powered turbine used to power increased air intake to an internal combustion engine; an exhaust-turbine powered (in place of engine-powered) supercharger.
turbotAny member of the species Scophthalmus maximus (syn. Psetta maxima) of flatfish native to Europe.
turbotlikeResembling or characteristic of a turbot.