turbinates
plural of turbinate
• subnitrate, tribunates, tube trains
Source: Wiktionary
Tur"bi*nate, v. i.
Definition: To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl. [R.]
Tur"bi*nate, Tur"bi*na`ted, a. Etym: [L. turbinatus, turbo, turben, - inis, a whirl, top.]
1. Whirling in the manner of a top. A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole. Bentley.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root.
3. (Anat.)
Definition: Turbinal.
4. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 June 2024
(noun) a night flight from which the passengers emerge with eyes red from lack of sleep; “he took the redeye in order to get home the next morning”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
