| BISTORT | • bistort n. Any of several perennial herbs, classified in genera Bistorta, Persicaria, or Polygonum, having spikes… • BISTORT n. a plant of the dock family with a twisted astringent root, aka snakeweed. |
| CONTORT | • contort v. (Transitive) To twist in a violent manner. • contort v. (Intransitive) To twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression. • CONTORT v. to twist out of shape. |
| DETORTS | • detorts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detort. • DETORT v. (obsolete) to untwist. |
| DISTORT | • distort v. (Transitive) To bring something out of shape, to misshape. • distort v. (Intransitive, ergative) To become misshapen. • distort v. (Transitive) To give a false or misleading account of. |
| EXTORTS | • extorts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extort. • EXTORT v. to obtain something by violence or intimidation. |
| INTORTS | • intorts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intort. • INTORT v. to twist inwards. |
| RETORTS | • retorts n. Plural of retort. • retorts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of retort. • RETORT v. to answer back. |
| TORTIES | • torties n. Plural of tortie. • TORTIE n. (short for) tortoiseshell. |
| TORTILE | • tortile adj. (Rare) Twisted, winding, contorted. • TORTILE adj. twisted. |
| TORTIVE | • tortive adj. Twisted; wreathed. • TORTIVE adj. (Shakespeare) turned awry. |
| TORTONI | • tortoni n. Any of several sorts of ice-cream flavoured with rum or sherry, often containing chopped cherries and… • TORTONI n. (Italian) a rich ice-cream flavoured with wine and containing chopped fruit. |
| TORTRIX | • tortrix n. (Entomology) A tortrix moth, any member of the family Tortricidae. • Tortrix prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Tortricidae – certain moths. • TORTRIX n. a kind of small moth. |
| TORTURE | • torture n. The intentional causing of somebody’s experiencing agony. • torture n. (Chiefly literary) The "suffering of the heart" imposed by one on another, as in personal relationships. • torture n. (Colloquial) (often as "absolute torture") Stage fright; severe embarrassment. |