Word Finder - turner

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One who or that which turns.

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A person who turns and shapes wood etc. on a lathe

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A kitchen utensil used for turning food.

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A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.

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A very dry pitch on which the ball will turn with ease.

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An acrobat or gymnast especially a member of the German Turnvereine, German-American gymnastic clubs that also served as nationalist political groups.

Turner thinks that in this respect the account in Gal.

Gerard, who succeeded Turner, and after him Parkinson, calls it gilloflower, and thus it travelled from its original orthography until it was called July-flower by those who knew not whence it was derived."

Except in the Sierra Leone peninsula, Sherbro Island and Turner's Peninsula, the colony proper does not extend inland to a greater depth than half a mile.

This is succeeded by Turner's Peninsula (in reality an island).

In its lower course the Bum passes through the Mendi country and enters the network of lagoons and creeks separated from the ocean by the long low tract of Turner's Peninsula.

To stop the traffic in Sherbro Island General Charles Turner concluded in 1825 a treaty with its rulers putting the island, Turner's Peninsula and other places under British protection.

The wood of the horse-chestnut is soft, and serves only for the making of water-pipes, for turner's work and common carpentry, as a source of charcoal for gunpowder, and as fuel.

Other eminent residents were Turner, who occupied Sandycombe Lodge, and painted many of his famous works here, Henry Fielding the novelist, and Tennyson.

Later, the names of Turner, Rossetti, Whistler, Leigh Hunt, Carlyle (whose house in Cheyne Row is preserved as a public memorial), Count D'Orsay, and Isambard Brunel, are intimately connected with Chelsea.

The dying off of older branches and the vigorous growth of shoots nearer the apex of the stem produce a form of tree illustrated by the stone pine of the Mediterranean region (Pinus Pinea), which Turner has rendered familiar in his " Childe Harold's Pilgrimage " and other pictures of Italian scenery.

The principal public buildings include the Turner memorial hospital, the Longmore hall, and the Institute.

Dr Turner 2 gives a good description of this process.

His first nominee, Dr Richard Turner, resolutely declined the honour, declaring that he would be unintelligible to the people; and Cranmer could only answer that English was spoken in Ireland, though he did indeed doubt whether it was spoken in the diocese of Armagh.

Candidates must provide an accompanist or page turner (or both) if required.

Bill Shannon's career began as a trainee accountant with Hutton, Turner, Lawson, now part of Ernst & Young.

These radical insights brought him to a passionate advocacy of Turner, another spirit in advance of his era.

In this case the turner may have to apply some downward force in order to keep the bevel in contact with the wood.

The American company CNN, which is owned by the billionaire Ted Turner, is the model of the ' information age ' .

Turner's reputation has not been helped by biographers determined to see all his actions in the worst possible light.

The Bengali tobacco cessation project is located at the Dental Institute, 6th floor, Turner Street E1.

Top of the pots Turner nominee Grayson Perry's first artwork was a plate depicting a crucifixion, called Kinky Sex.

There are notorious examples of public art, such as those entered for the Turner prize, which cause derision or outrage.

Upon learning the results of the eviction nomination, which placed Anthea Turner and himself in jeopardy, Eubank was characteristically ebullient.

A few women with Turner syndrome have normal ovulatory menstrual cycles during a short time in their life and so are potentially fertile.

If only the nations of the world could emulate these situations, " said the headmistress of the Dersingham Road school, Deirdre Turner.

Malcolm 27 Nov 2005 The only thing unaffordable in the Turner Pension Report is Gordon, the modern day highwayman.

Turner's vision remains as vital today, expressing as it does the often inchoate and funereal qualities of the Venetian experience.

Turner's prolific research interests made him an equally industrious writer and editor.

Instrumental in bringing EDA to Send was Sue Turner, the gym instructor, who noticed the obsessive way some women weighed themselves.

Turner's life had been made intolerable through the treatment by the headteacher.

It shows the influence of the great French landscapist Claude Lorraine, as well as Constable and Turner.

The point was made by no less a person that Adair Turner no leftist he!

In September 1889, Fred Turner was appointed librarian for Brentford.

To the ash tree in the same mead, by the river, which ash tree is marked WT for William Turner.

Martin Turner takes you on a journey from the motion of a microscopic particle to the creation of imaginary moonscapes.

Buy UK or Buy US Alex Garland's cult novel ' The Beach ' - a real page turner once you get going!

Over all another amazing story with many twists and turns that results in a great page turner.

The Turner Prize is sometimes fantastic and sometimes questionable but always interesting.

This is an authentic recreation of Hermione's Time Turner as seen in the movie Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban.

I doubt whether these will be embraced by the hard-nosed tabloid reporters who stir up instant outrage over Turner Prize exhibitions.

Turner showed no reticence in coming to the issue.

Official concern has been raised about large piles of crushed rubble on the site of the former Turner Brothers asbestos factory.

The Joiner's is losing out to what Pete Turner calls " Japanese seaweed.

But so, too, has the Turner prize, offering an annual showcase for the country's most influential artists.

Malcolm Turner Cheshire ' I was speechless, just squeaking!

She was born in 1857 in Bootle, Lancashire, the daughter of Ben THORPE, a journeyman stonemason, and Sarah TURNER.

This was eventually superceded by the present CD library, which includes a rich jazz collection, the bequest of Gordon Turner.

How little you advertising burt turner in the range.

We have a resident wood turner available 5 days a week to answer your queries.

The Mill is also open to all should the more experienced turner wish to turn any individual item of their choice.