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Black saltwort
Saltwort Salt"wort`, n. (Bot.) A name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, as the Batis maritima, and the glasswort. See Glasswort. Black saltwort, the sea milkwort.
Burstwort
Burstwort Burst"wort`, n. (Bot.) A plant (Herniaria glabra) supposed to be valuable for the cure of hernia or rupture.
Frostwort
Frostwort Frost`wort", n. (Bot.) Same as Frostweed.
Gutwort
Gutwort Gut"wort`, n. (Bot.) A plant, Globularia Alypum, a violent purgative, found in Africa.
Hartwort
Hartwort Hart"wort`, n. (Bot.) A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe (Tordylium maximum). Note: The name is often vaguely given to other plants of the same order, as species of Seseli and Bupleurum.
Knotwort
Knotwort Knot"wort (-w[^u]rt`), n. (Bot.) A small, herbaceous, trailing plant, of the genus Illecebrum (I. verticillatum).
Lustwort
Lustwort Lust"wort` n. (Bot.) See Sundew.
lustwort
Sundew Sun"dew`, n. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Drosera, low bog plants whose leaves are beset with pediceled glands which secrete a viscid fluid that glitters like dewdrops and attracts and detains insects. After an insect is caught, the glands curve inward like tentacles and the leaf digests it. Called also lustwort.
Outworth
Outworth Out*worth", v. t. To exceed in worth. [R.]
Petworth marble
Petworth marble Pet"worth mar"ble A kind of shell marble occurring in the Wealden clay at Petworth, in Sussex, England; -- called also Sussex marble.
Saltwort
Saltwort Salt"wort`, n. (Bot.) A name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, as the Batis maritima, and the glasswort. See Glasswort. Black saltwort, the sea milkwort.
Sweetwort
Sweetwort Sweet"wort`, n. Any plant of a sweet taste.
Tentwort
Tentwort Tent"wort`, n. (Bot.) A kind of small fern, the wall rue. See under Wall.
Throatwort
Throatwort Throat"wort`, n. (Bot.) A plant (Campanula Trachelium) formerly considered a remedy for sore throats because of its throat-shaped corolla.
Trustworthiness
Trustworthy Trust"wor`thy, a. Worthy of trust or confidence; trusty. -- Trust"wor`thi*ness, n.
Trustworthy
Trustworthy Trust"wor`thy, a. Worthy of trust or confidence; trusty. -- Trust"wor`thi*ness, n.
Wartwort
Wartwort Wart"wort`, n. (Bot.) A name given to several plants because they were thought to be a cure for warts, as a kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia), and the nipplewort (Lampsana communis).
Whitworth ball
Whitworth ball Whit"worth ball` (Gun.) A prejectile used in the Whitworth gun.

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- Twort is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: Frederick Twort (1877–1950), English bacteriologist Flora Twort (1893–1985), English...
- Frederick William Twort FRS (22 October 1877 – 20 March 1950) was an English bacteriologist and was the original discoverer in 1915 of bacteriophages...
- Flora Caroline Twort (24 June 1893 – 1985) was an English painter who specialised in watercolours and pastels of the scenes and people of Petersfield...
- Keith William Twort Raffan (born 21 June 1949) is a former British politician. From 1983 to 1992, he served in the British House of Commons as the Conservative...
- from 1720. Flora Twort (1893-1985) was an English artist who specialised in watercolours and pastels of the scenes and people. Twort pursued the arts...
- subsequent discovery and partial characterization of bacteriophages by Frederick Twort and Félix d'Herelle further catalyzed the field, and by the early 20th century...
- discovery of bacteriophages was reported by British bacteriologist Frederick Twort in 1915 and by French microbiologist Felix d'Hérelle in 1917. D'Hérelle...
- followed scarlet fever. Bacteriophages were discovered in 1915 by Frederick Twort. His work was overlooked and bacteriophages were later rediscovered by Felix...
- Plumber's Handbook. Craftsman Book Company. ISBN 1-57218-056-0. Alan Charles Twort; Gordon J. Rees (2003). Civil Engineering Project Management. Elsevier....
- a very fine porcelain filter. In 1915, British bacteriologist Frederick Twort, superintendent of the Brown Institution of London, discovered a small agent...