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torpid

(of a hibernating animal) dormant; having greatly reduced metabolic activity

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No references found			He had detected the latent sensuality, which unfolded under his delicate sense of her nature's requirements like a torpid, torrid, sensitive blossom. The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context No philosopher was he-- just a plain, commonplace person gifted, for the time being, with a pathological indifference: the organ that he feared consequences with was torpid. Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context Though the artillery of the left wing of the Russians kept up a steady fire on this mass,--visible like a stain now black, now flaming, in the midst of the trackless snow,--this shot and shell seemed to the torpid creatures only one inconvenience the more. Adieu by de Balzac, Honore View in context			Toronto Star, The Toronto, University Toronto, University of Toropa Toropets Toropov, Andrei Toropov, Andrei Dmitrievich Toropov, Nikita Toropov, Nikita Aleksandrovich Tororo Toros Roslin torose torose load cast Torpare Torpedinidae Torpediniformes Torpedo torpedo air flask Torpedo Aviation Torpedo Boat torpedo defense net torpedo exercise head torpedo exploder mechanism Torpedo Tube torpedo warhead extension torpid Torpor Torquato Tasso Torquay torque torque amplifier torque arm torque constant torque converter torque motor torque reaction torque ripple torque viscometer torque wrench torque yarn torque-coil magnetometer torque-load characteristic torque-speed characteristic torque-tube flowmeter torque-type viscometer torque-winding diagram Torquemada Torquemada, Juan de Torquemada, Tomas de Torquemada, Tomás de torquemeter			Torpedoboot Torpedoboot torpedoed torpedoed torpedoed torpedoed torpedoes torpedoes torpedoes torpedoes torpedoing torpedoing torpedoing torpedoing Torpedoist Torpedoman First Class Torpedoman of the Watch Torpedoman Second Class Torpedoman Third Class Torpedoman's Mate Torpedos Torpedos Torpedos Torpedos Torpent Torpescence Torpescence Torpescent Torpescent Torpex torpid torpidity torpidity torpidity torpidity torpidly torpidly torpidly torpidly torpidness torpidness Torpids Torpids Torpids Torpids Torpify Torpitude Torpoint Mosquito Sailing Club torpor torpor torpor torpor torpor retinae torpor retinae torpor retinae torpor retinae torporifc torporific torporific torporific torporific

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