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tumultuous(dictionary)

F-16 (sh) and tumultuous (iou)


F-16 (sh)




or Fighting Falcon

Single-seat, single-engine jet fighter built by Lockheed Martin Corp.

The first model was delivered to the U.S. Air Force in 1978; it has since been sold to more than a dozen Other countries. Produced to fill the need for a lightweight, cost-effective fighter, it is 49 ft (15 m) long and has a wingspan of 31 ft (9.5 m). It can accelerate to more than twice the speed of sound, and its weaponry includes a 20-mm rotary cannon and attachments under the wings and fuselage for a variety of bombs and missiles.


tumultuous (iou)



tumultuous adjective. M16.
[Old French (mod. tumultueux), or Latin tumultus TUMULT: see -OUS.]
Full of tumult or commotion; causing a tumult; disorderly, turbulent; uproarious. M16.
E. Edwards His house was beset by a tumultuous crowd. R. Lowell A trying and tumultuous visit from my mother. J. Masson Psychoanalysis..cannot transform the tumultuous storm of human Relationships into..artificial calm.
b. Tending to excite tumult; seditious. Only in 17.
Of an action or agent: irregular and violent; agitated, tempestuous. M17.
E. K. Kane A roaring and tumultuous river.
fig. Of an emotion or thought: disturbed, confused, turbulent. M17.
tumultuously adverb M16.
tumultuousness noun E17.