turgid
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh"
turgid
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"
turgidity
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ pompously embellished language
turgidly
— Biord
– Engelsk
~ in a turgid manner; "he lectured bombastically about his theories"
turgidness
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ pompously embellished language
Triticum turgidum
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta; grown especially in southern Russia, North Africa, and northern central North America
turgor
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ (biology) the normal rigid state of fullness of a cell or blood vessel or capillary resulting from pressure of the contents against the wall or membrane
turgot
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ French economist who in 1774 was put in control of finances by Louis XVI; his proposals for reforms that involved abolishing feudal privileges made him unpopular with the aristocracy and in 1776 he was dismissed (1727-1781)