(geography, meteorology) Area located in the middle of the USA, where tornadoes are particularly frequent and intense.

A room equipped for carrying out torture.

(obsolete) rory-tory

(obsolete) boisterous, uproarious

(obsolete) boisterously, uproariously

(obsolete) loud (in sound or in colour)

plural of torture chamber

Synonym of Black Turtle

Synonym of Black Turtle of the North

A huge land tortoise, especially the Aldabra giant tortoise Aldabrachelys gigantea, from the Seychelles, or the Galápagos tortoise Chelonoidis niger, from the Galápagos Islands.