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Swivel :: Swivel (a.) A small piece of ordnance, turning on a point or swivel; -- called also swivel gun..

Turn :: Turn (n.) The act of turning; movement or motion about, or as if about, a center or axis; revolution; as, the turn of a wheel..

Weathercock :: Weathercock (n.) A vane, or weather vane; -- so called because originally often in the figure of a cock, turning on the top of a spire with the wind, and showing its direction..

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

By-turning :: By-turning (n.) An obscure road; a way turning from the main road.

Heliotropism :: Heliotropism (n.) The phenomenon of turning toward the light, seen in many leaves and flowers..

Syncopal :: Synclinorium (n.) A mountain range owing its origin to the progress of a geosynclinal, and ending in a catastrophe of displacement and upturning..

Key :: Key (n.) An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lock and operated by turning in its place..

Fan :: Fan (n.) An instrument for cooling the person, made of feathers, paper, silk, etc., and often mounted on sticks all turning about the same pivot, so as when opened to radiate from the center and assume the figure of a section of a circle..

Stylus :: Stylus (n.) That needle-shaped part at the tip of the playing arm of phonograph which sits in the groove of a phonograph record while it is turning, to detect the undulations in the phonograph groove and convert them into vibrations which are transmitted to a system (since 1920 electronic) which converts the signal into sound; also called needle. The stylus is frequently composed of metal or diamond..

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye..

Reviving :: Reviving (a. & n.) Returning or restoring to life or vigor; reanimating.

Hypostrophe :: Hypostrophe (n.) The act of a patient turning himself.

Multiversant :: Multiversant (a.) Turning into many shapes; assuming many forms; protean.

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

Homing :: Homing (a.) Home-returning; -- used specifically of carrier pigeons.

Circumflex :: Circumflex (a.) Moving or turning round; circuitous.

Elbow :: Elbow (n.) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, and the like; a sudden turn in a line of coast or course of a river; also, an angular or jointed part of any structure, as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent..

Flexure :: Flexure (n.) The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending..

Obversion :: Obversion (n.) The act of turning toward or downward.

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