TorpointA town and civil parish with a town council in eastern Cornwall, England, opposite Plymouth and Devonport in Devon, to which it is linked by ferry (OS grid ref SX4355).
TorquayA town and coastal resort in Torbay borough, in southern Devon, England.
torqueA rotational or twisting effect of a force; a moment of force, defined for measurement purposes as an equivalent straight line force multiplied by the distance from the axis of rotation (SI unit newton-metre or N·m; imperial unit pound-foot or lb·ft, not to be confused with the foot pound-force, commonly "foot-pound", a unit of work or energy)
torrentfishCheimarrichthys fosteri, a freshwater fish native to fast-moving, shallow waters in New Zealand that migrates out to sea as part of its life-cycle.
torrentialComing or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities.
TorridonA small village at the head of Loch Torridon, Highland council area, Scotland, historically in Ross and Cromarty (OS grid ref NG8956).
TorridonianA series of Mesoproterozoic to Neoproterozoic arenaceous and argillaceous sedimentary rocks which occur extensively in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland.
torrijaA traditional Spanish and Latin American variant of French toast, prepared by soaking slices of bread in milk or wine, coating them in beaten egg, and then frying them in oil.
torsaloA parasitic fly, Dermatobia hominis, which lives as a larva in the skin of mammals, including humans, and uses mosquitoes as a vector.
torsatronA stellarator with continuous helical coils, or with a number of discrete coils that produce a similar field.
torseA twist of cloth or wreath, typically placed underneath and forming part of a crest (as an orle or wreath) and customarily shown with six twists, the first tincture being the tincture of the field, the second the tincture of the metal, and so on; rarely, it occurs as a charge.
torsionThe act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction.
torsionalOf, pertaining to, or achieved using torsion
torsionmeterAn instrument for determining the torque on a shaft, and hence the horsepower of an engine, by measuring the amount of twist of a given length of the shaft.
torsitonA quantum of torsional electronic vibration
TorskeA village in Druzhkivka urban hromada, Kramatorsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
torsoThe main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the groin, excluding the head and limbs.
torsoclusionAn acupressure technique in which the pin is inserted into the tissues close to and parallel with the bleeding artery, and its point caused to emerge at a distance.
torsoedHaving a specified kind or number of torsos.
torsorA principal homogeneous space for a group, such that the stabilizer subgroup of any point is trivial.
tortA wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury and can be remedied in civil court, usually through the awarding of damages.
tortaA sandwich, served either hot or cold, on an oblong white sandwich roll, derived from Mexican cuisine.
torteA rich, dense cake, typically made with many eggs and relatively little flour (as opposed to a sponge cake or gâteau).