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Any system of rudders by which the pilot can exert a turning moment about each of the three rectangular axes of an aëroplane or airship.

• Turnbull's blue
  The double cyanide of ferrous and ferric iron, a dark blue amorphous substance having a coppery luster, used in dyeing, calico printing, etc. Cf. Prussian blue, under Prussian.
• Turn-out
  The act of coming forth; a leaving of houses, shops, etc.; esp., a quitting of employment for the purpose of forcing increase of wages; a strike; -- opposed to lockout.
• Whichever
  Alt. of Whichsoever
• THREEHANDED
  Said of games or contests where three persons play against each other, or two against one; as, a three-handed game of cards.
• Momentariness
  The state or quality of being momentary; shortness of duration.
• TURNBULLSBLUE
  The double cyanide of ferrous and ferric iron, a dark blue amorphous substance having a coppery luster, used in dyeing, calico printing, etc. Cf. Prussian blue, under Prussian.
• Systemize
  To reduce to system; to systematize.
• Threepenny
  Costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor; mean.
• Turncoat
  One who forsakes his party or his principles; a renegade; an apostate.
• Turnover
  The act or result of turning over; an upset; as, a bad turnover in a carriage.
• Whichsoever
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one (of two or more) which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• THREELOBED
  Having three lobes. Three-lobed leaf (Bot.), a leaf divided into three parts, the sinuses extending not more than half way to the middle, and either the parts of the sinuses being rounded.
• Momentary
  Done in a moment; continuing only a moment; lasting a very short time; as, a momentary pang.
• TURNIPSHELL
  Any one of several large, thick, spiral marine shells belonging to Rapa and allied genera, somewhat turnip-shaped.
• Systematic
  Alt. of Systematical
• Systemizer
  One who systemizes, or reduces to system; a systematizer.
• Three-pile
  An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile.
• Turnpike
  A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of beasts, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile. See Turnstile, 1.

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