Tortuoslty :: Tortuoslty (n.) the quality or state of being tortuous.
Tortuous :: Tortuous (a.) Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla..
Tortuous :: Tortuous (a.) Oblique; -- applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) which ascend most rapidly and obliquely.
Torturable :: Torturable (a.) Capable of being tortured.
Torture :: Torture (n.) Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; as, torture of mind..
Torture :: Torture (n.) Especially, severe pain inflicted judicially, either as punishment for a crime, or for the purpose of extorting a confession from an accused person, as by water or fire, by the boot or thumbkin, or by the rack or wheel..
Torture :: Torture (n.) The act or process of torturing.
Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To put to torture; to pain extremely; to harass; to vex.
Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as, to torture an accused person..
Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort.
Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To keep on the stretch, as a bow..