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Scalaria :: Scalaria (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods of the genus Scalaria, or family Scalaridae, having elongated spiral turreted shells, with rounded whorls, usually crossed by ribs or varices. The color is generally white or pale. Called also ladder shell, and wentletrap. See Ptenoglossa, and Wentletrap..

Turret :: Turret (n.) A revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates, within which cannon are mounted. Turrets are used on vessels of war and on land..

Turreted :: Turreted (a.) Formed like a tower; as, a turreted lamp..

Turret :: Turret (n.) A movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries..

Belfry :: Belfry (n.) A room in a tower in which a bell is or may be hung; or a cupola or turret for the same purpose.

Melanian :: Melanian (n.) One of a family of fresh-water pectinibranchiate mollusks, having a turret-shaped shell..

Monitor :: Monitor (n.) A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring successively the several tools in holds into proper position for cutting..

Castled :: Castled (a.) Fortified; turreted; as, castled walls..

Turret :: Turret (n.) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the angles of a larger structure..

Guerite :: Guerite (n.) A projecting turret for a sentry, as at the salient angles of works, or the acute angles of bastions..

Spiss :: Spiry (a.) Of or pertaining to a spire; like a spire, tall, slender, and tapering; abounding in spires; as, spiry turrets..

Turriculated :: Turriculated (a.) Furnished with, or formed like, a small turret or turrets; somewhat turreted..

Tor :: Tor (n.) A tower; a turret.

Turret :: Turret (n.) The elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car. Its sides are pierced for light and ventilation.

Turreted :: Turreted (a.) Furnished with a turret or turrets; specifically (Zool.), having the whorls somewhat flattened on the upper side and often ornamented by spines or tubercles; -- said of certain spiral shells..

Echauguette :: Echauguette (n.) A small chamber or place of protection for a sentinel, usually in the form of a projecting turret, or the like. See Castle..

Turritella :: Turritella (n.) Any spiral marine gastropod belonging to Turritella and allied genera. These mollusks have an elongated, turreted shell, composed of many whorls. They have a rounded aperture, and a horny multispiral operculum..

Castellated :: Castellated (a.) Furnished with turrets and battlements, like a castle; built in the style of a castle..

Antemural :: Antemural (n.) An outwork of a strong, high wall, with turrets, in front of the gateway (as of an old castle), for defending the entrance..

Monitor :: Monitor (n.) An ironclad war vessel, very low in the water, and having one or more heavily-armored revolving turrets, carrying heavy guns..

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