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Series of rowing races at the University of Oxford
of Torpids) in these years. Women's divisions in Torpids have existed since 1978. This was delayed from 1977 when the river was flooded and Torpids was
Torpids
British rowing club
undefeated in Torpids, the longest run of any college by far.[citation needed] In 2006 Oriel claimed the first ever double headship in Torpids, rowing over
Oriel_College_Boat_Club
State of decreased physiological activity in an animal
metabolic rate allows the prolonged survival of animals capable of entering torpid states. Torpor is recorded in all three mammalian subclasses placentals
Torpor
British rowing club
helped BCBC to top the bumps charts for both Torpids and Summer Eights in 2008 and 2009. The BCBC Torpids campaign of 2008 was the most successful campaign
Balliol_College_Boat_Club
College of the University of Oxford
River in Torpids and 4th in Summer Eights, and the women held 3rd and 2nd for Torpids and Summer Eights respectively. Pembroke Men's 2nd Torpids also bumped
Pembroke_College,_Oxford
Series of rowing races at the University of Oxford
Summer Torpids, which was held instead because the 2021 Torpids races were also cancelled due to the pandemic response. Both Summer Eights and Torpids resumed
Eights_Week
Collegiate research university in England
to the termly intercollegiate rowing regattas: Christ Church Regatta, Torpids, and Summer Eights. In addition, there are higher standard university wide
University_of_Oxford
Rowing club at the University of Oxford
but in the 1830s, a second series of races, known as “Torpids” came into being. Originally, Torpids appears to have been held for crews inferior to those
University College Boat Club (Oxford)
University_College_Boat_Club_(Oxford)
College of the University of Oxford
particular the two intercollegiate bumps races, Torpids and Eights Week. As of 2018, Oriel holds 33 Torpids men's headships, the most of any college. It
Oriel_College,_Oxford
British rowing club
externally. The women's first VIII last gained Torpids headship in 2019 and last won blades in Torpids in 2022. They also held headship in Summer VIIIs
Wadham_College_Boat_Club
College of the University of Oxford
Torpids 2021 and the women's first boat winning blades in both Torpids 2023 and Summer Eights 2023. The college was last Head of the river in Torpids
The_Queen's_College,_Oxford
UK rowing club
title Head of the River eight times in Summer Eights and five times in Torpids, more than any other women's rowing team from the University of Oxford
Somerville_College_Boat_Club
British rowing club
intercollegiate bumps racing, having won 50 headships across both Summer Eights and Torpids - the second most of any Oxford college - and have provided more rowers
Christ_Church_Boat_Club
2010 film by Christopher Nolan
straightforward, and even criticize its overarching themes as "the stuff of torpid platitudes", online discussion has been much more positive. Heated debate
Inception
British rowing club
in 1875 originally as St. Catharine's Boat Club, the club takes part in Torpids and Summer Eights and is affiliated to the British Rowing and Oxford University
St Catherine's College Boat Club
St_Catherine's_College_Boat_Club
2008 live album by The Arrogant Worms
Torpid is an album by the Canadian comedy music group, The Arrogant Worms. Torpid was the twelfth album for the band and was released on September 30
Torpid_(album)
Family of songbirds
of Torpidity in the Violet-Green Swallow" (PDF). Condor. 68 (1): 102–103. doi:10.2307/1365178. JSTOR 1365178. Serventy, D. L. (1970). "Torpidity in the
Swallow
British rowing club
Regatta. The club was last Head of the River in Eights in 1957 and in Torpids in 1958. A women's boat first competed in 1981 after admission of women
The_Queen's_College_Boat_Club
Form of rowing race
1827.[citation needed] At Oxford, an additional bumping regatta, known as Torpids, was begun in 1838. This regatta was originally for men who had not rowed
Bumps_race
Order of flying mammals
(Nyctimene robinsoni). Torpid states last longer in the summer for megabats than in the winter. During hibernation, bats enter a torpid state and decrease
Bat
British rowing club
Division in Torpids 1930. Moving into the 2nd Division for the first time in 1931, the SEH VIII got six bumps in the then six day Torpids format. The
St_Edmund_Hall_Boat_Club
British rowing club
1991, 'Victory', and St Benet's Hall became regular contenders in the Torpids and Summer Eights races in Oxford. The subsequent 30 years saw the men's
St_Benet's_Hall_Boat_Club
Indian Hindi-language Vigilante film
of The Indian Express gave the film a mixed review and stated, "Though a torpid screenplay fails the subject of the movie, veteran actor Amol Palekar stays
200:_Halla_Ho
British rowing club
College, Oxford. It was established in 1838 and competes every year in Torpids and Summer Eights, the intercollegiate bumps races at the University of
Merton_College_Boat_Club
British rowing club
men's boat has steadily climbed the Torpids and Summer Eights leagues, most recently reaching division three of Torpids in 2022 and remaining in division
St_Hilda's_College_Boat_Club
River in southern England
universities The Oxford University bumping races known as Eights Week and Torpids Other regattas, head races and university bumping races are held along
River_Thames
British rowing club
the southern bank of The Isis (River Thames). The Boat Club competes in Torpids and Summer Eights bumps races in Oxford. Notable St Peter's oarsmen include
St_Peter's_College_Boat_Club
American actor (born 1979)
Kenny believed Isaac, though a "charismatic and dynamic" actor, "feel[s] so torpid here", and "fares poorly through no fault of his own". Years after Apocalypse's
Oscar_Isaac
College of the University of Oxford
Headship back again in 1982 until 1984. The Boat Club was also able to win Torpids Headship in the Women's division in 1986. Emily Davison, suffragette Barbara
St_Hugh's_College,_Oxford
Rowing club of Green Templeton College, University of Oxford
college in the university's inter-collegiate bumps races known as the Torpids and Summer Eights and since 2010 has provided multiple representatives
Green_Templeton_Boat_Club
Ancient Roman god of desire, affection and erotic love
in the hope of benefitting from it herself, whereupon she falls into a torpid sleep. Cupid finds her in this state and revives her by returning the sleep
Cupid
King of Spain from 1759 to 1788
reduced, and the Spanish Inquisition, though not abolished, was rendered torpid. In the meantime, much-antiquated legislation that tended to restrict trade
Charles_III_of_Spain
College of the University of Oxford
Merton's women have done better in recent years, gaining the headship in Torpids in 2003 and rowing over to defend the title in 2004.[citation needed] The
Merton_College,_Oxford
Sport where individuals or teams row boats by oar
A "bump" during Torpids at the University of Oxford, 1999: Jesus College Men's 1st VIII catch Hertford College.
Rowing_(sport)
College of the University of Oxford
are in the first division of Torpids and Eights Week, with both M1 and W1 winning "blades" in the 2015 edition of Torpids. The boats and club room are
Hertford_College,_Oxford
during late autumn and winter, when many of the mounted individuals are torpid. 35% of matings during this period are homosexual. These coercive copulations
Homosexual behavior in animals
Homosexual_behavior_in_animals
Family of birds
nuttallii, is unique as a bird that undergoes a form of hibernation, becoming torpid and with a much reduced body temperature for weeks or months, although other
Nightjar
College of the University of Oxford
SJCBC has achieved this in the club's 150-year history. The women's 1st Torpid "won blades" three years in succession from 2011 to 2013, and in 2013 also
St_John's_College,_Oxford
College of the University of Oxford
races, Eights Week and Torpids. In recent history, the MCBC men's rowers won Eights Week between 2004 and 2007, and the Torpids most recently in 2008 (for
Magdalen_College,_Oxford
Leaders in the formation of the United States
faculties, as well as those of the understanding are debased, and rendered torpid by it." The Continental Association contained a clause which banned any
Founding Fathers of the United States
Founding_Fathers_of_the_United_States
Arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia
Nature however provides nothing in vain, we may suppose that even these torpid, senseless creatures are wisely intended to fill up one of the great links
Koala
College of the University of Oxford
in Eights Week in 1887 and several years from 1896. The club headed the Torpids competition in 1882, 1896, and 1900 to 1904. The club represented Great
New_College,_Oxford
Part of animal's throat
abundant, causing their crop to bulge. They subsequently sit, sleepy or half torpid, to digest their food. Most raptors, including hawks, eagles and vultures
Crop_(anatomy)
Syntactically well-formed, semantically incongruous phrase
furiously" as the wildness of "a state-like sleep, as that of inertness, torpidity, numbness." Jakobson gave the example that if "[someone's] hatred never
Colorless green ideas sleep furiously
Colorless_green_ideas_sleep_furiously
British rowing club
of the River in Torpids between 1980 and 1983. In 1993, the women's 1st VIII won their "blades" in the first divisions of both Torpids and Eights Week
Jesus College Boat Club (Oxford)
Jesus_College_Boat_Club_(Oxford)
Seasonal movement of birds
an eyewitness. However, he writes that "as to swallows being found in a torpid state during the winter in the Isle of Wight or any part of this country
Bird_migration
2016 film by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi
a strong and borderline unintelligible accent and comports herself with torpid model languor at all times". Elizabeth Kerr from The Hollywood Reporter
Shin_Godzilla
College of the University of Oxford
races, but the women's 1st VIII was Head of the River in the spring races, Torpids, between 1980 and 1983. Jesus boats have also had other successful seasons:
Jesus_College,_Oxford
British rowing club
(as well as nine days in Torpids), the third-best record of crews currently on the water. Double blades (blades in Torpids and Eights in the same year)
Regent's Park College Boat Club
Regent's_Park_College_Boat_Club
British rowing club
has competed since 1969 and takes part in the collegiate competitions Torpids and Summer Eights. Due to the membership being drawn from graduate colleges
Wolfson College Boat Club (Oxford)
Wolfson_College_Boat_Club_(Oxford)
1988 studio album by Dinosaur Jr.
in a 1988 review for the magazine, noting Dinosaur Jr.'s predominantly "torpid" approach and commenting that the music "trepidates everyday reality away"
Bug_(Dinosaur_Jr._album)
British rowing club
Oxford and at Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The Boat Club competes primarily in Torpids and Summer Eights (bumps races) in Oxford. However, it also races at various
Exeter_College_Boat_Club
Common name for a type of bird
when prey is abundant, until their crops bulge, and sit, sleepy or half torpid, to digest their food. These birds do not carry food to their young in their
Vulture
College of the University of Oxford
St Antony's 1st men's boat bump St Catherine's, Torpids 2023
St_Antony's_College,_Oxford
College of the University of Oxford
however, "The President shall have the power to stop smoking while the Torpid [a rowing eight entering a regatta in Hilary Term] and the Eight [an eight
Lincoln_College,_Oxford
Retrieved 6 February 2024. "With Imran Khan Jailed, Pakistan's Election May Be Torpid, But the Aftermath Might Not Be". Council on Foreign Relations. 5 February
2024 Pakistani general election
2024_Pakistani_general_election
British rowing club
addition to the 1815 "headship", the club has won both the Summer Eights and Torpids headship many times, and has recorded numerous victories in most events
Brasenose_College_Boat_Club
College of the University of Oxford
membership of certain VIIIs or race with distinction in Summer Eights or Torpids. These blazers have blue and yellow trim and a blue Beaufort portcullis
Lady_Margaret_Hall,_Oxford
Species of mammal
of energy in order to raise the body temperature. After awaking from a torpid state, these marsupials actively seek out areas in which they can bask in
Fat-tailed_dunnart
Species of bird
These birds require frequent feeding while active during the day and become torpid at night to conserve energy. Because of their small size, they are vulnerable
Rufous_hummingbird
American indie folk band
Abebe, Nitsuh (June 24, 2011). "Bon Iver's Indie Soft-Rock: Transcendent or Torpid? - Slideshow". Vulture. Retrieved October 19, 2020. "Examining Bon Iver's
Bon_Iver
Species of reptile
trees and are found at greater heights. Frilled lizards do not enter torpidity during the dry season, but they can greatly reduce their energy usage
Frilled_lizard
Species of gastropod
with his four eye-bearing tentacles. So strange a recovery from a long torpid condition, only equalled by that of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, deserved
Eremina_desertorum
2024 film score by Jerskin Fendrix
spare musical accompaniment allows Kinds of Kindness to maintain the same torpid rhythm from start to finish (there's a lot of chanting)." Credits adapted
Kinds of Kindness (soundtrack)
Kinds_of_Kindness_(soundtrack)
Flood-meadow in Oxford, England
starts very early to allow rowers to go to the boathouses. Eights Week and Torpids, Oxford University's two main rowing events, and Christ Church Regatta
Christ_Church_Meadow
Ancient Greek goddess, the personification of sloth and laziness
deities Aether and Gaia. According to Statius, Aergia was said to be the 'torpid' guard in the court of Hypnos (Sleep) in the Underworld. "In] the hollow
Aergia
Species of bird
food by dropping their body temperature and metabolic rate, entering a torpid state. Except when nesting, swifts spend their lives in the air, living
Common_swift
American economist (1933–2026)
new methods and products. Every dynamic economy has its doldrums and even torpid economies may rise, perhaps with delay, to an extraordinary opportunity
Edmund_Phelps
College of University of Oxford
Keble College Boat Club, the college rowing club, competes annually in Torpids and Summer Eights. Keble has also had significant success in football,
Keble_College,_Oxford
(tórnos) tornado, tournament, turn torpe- be numb Latin torpere torpent, torpid, torpor torqu-, tort- twist Latin torquere, tortus contort, distort, extort
List of Greek and Latin roots in English/T
List_of_Greek_and_Latin_roots_in_English/T
Species of bird
been speculated that certain birds, including swallows, enter a state of torpidity during harsh winter conditions. Few observations of this decrease in body
Violet-green_swallow
2011 novel by Deborah Harkness
criticized the subject matter and wrote that "this novel's pacing is so torpid that readers may feel that aged, too." Comparisons have been made between
A_Discovery_of_Witches
UK rowing association
Fours (Michaelmas Term) Isis Winter League (Michaelmas and Hilary Term) Torpids (Hilary Term) Summer Eights (Trinity Term) Oxford University Rowing Clubs
Oxford University Rowing Clubs
Oxford_University_Rowing_Clubs
PGmc *īdalaz PGmc *falgō sleeping slumbering idle fallow dormant hibernate torpid dormiēns hībernātus torpidus PGmc *smæl PGmc *lūtilaz PGmc *tindaz Old English
List of Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English
List_of_Germanic_and_Latinate_equivalents_in_English
2003 Indian film
Meera in their house and applying his prayers and healing oils on Meera's torpid legs. However this is only short-lived. In an unsuspecting hour of healing
Meerayude Dukhavum Muthuvinte Swapnavum
Meerayude_Dukhavum_Muthuvinte_Swapnavum
2001 studio album by Puddle of Mudd
sound and jettisoned everything else that made it special. The result was torpid pseudo-grunge made by the sort of bros who Cobain would have loathed. Like
Come Clean (Puddle of Mudd album)
Come_Clean_(Puddle_of_Mudd_album)
1998 American film
said, "The film contains nothing you haven't seen before; in fact, the torpid fight choreography, familiar Southern California locations, and hokey sound
The_Prophet_(1998_film)
American rower (born 1982)
Oxford, where she stroked the college men's eight to a victory in both Torpids (spring intercollegiate races) and the Oxford University Summer Eights
Caryn_Davies
Self-report personality test
exacting will power, control, self-sentimental Relaxed, placid, tranquil, torpid, patient, composed low drive Tension (Q4) Tense, high-energy, impatient
16PF_Questionnaire
Name for the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England
most important Oxford University regatta, in the Trinity term (summer), Torpids in the Hilary term (early spring) and Tamesis Regatta for novices in the
The_Isis
Skáldskaparmál, Ynglingatal Dvalinn "the dormant one", "the one slumbering", "Torpid" Alvíssmál, Fáfnismál, Grímnismál, Gylfaginning, Hávamál, Hervarar saga
List of dwarfs in Norse mythology
List_of_dwarfs_in_Norse_mythology
2001 film by Lee Demarbre
film, finding that "the comedy is slack, the song lyrics feeble, the pace torpid". Ken Eisner of Variety took a more neutral view, finding that "the film
Jesus_Christ_Vampire_Hunter
Science fiction film by John V. Soto
to her own, with disastrous consequences — isn't enough to transcend a torpid screenplay". Best Feature Film at the Austin Revolution Film Festival (2017
The Gateway (2017 Australian film)
The_Gateway_(2017_Australian_film)
while its whaleboats go out). Ishmael contrasts him with the "dull and torpid in his intellects" — and paler and much older — steward Dough-Boy, describing
List_of_Moby-Dick_characters
Book by Carl Linnaeus
some appear to live promiscuously on land or in the water, and some are torpid during the winter." Linnaeus divided the amphibians based upon the limb
10th edition of Systema Naturae
10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae
Argentine comics series
as "an unquiet conscience of humanity, a witness, sometimes sorrowfully torpid, of the great and small events of the Man, though often a rebellious one
Mort_Cinder
Debut studio album by American Football
like Jets to Brazil. However, he unfavorably described Kinsella as a "torpid vocalist" whose voice he believed made him sound like an older person. Pitchfork's
American Football (1999 album)
American_Football_(1999_album)
1958 film by Otto Preminger
elegant, ice cold, charade of emotions, completely artificial and eventually torpid." Others enjoyed it rather more and it had some unexpected fans. François
Bonjour_Tristesse_(1958_film)
British university rowing club
Boat Club) Founded 1863 (1863) Head of the River Women: 2013 Torpids Headship Men's Torpids: 1946, 1961, 1967 University University of Oxford Colours
St John's College Boat Club (Oxford)
St_John's_College_Boat_Club_(Oxford)
Family of cartilaginous fishes
this genus, whose own name has the same Latin origin as the English word torpid, meaning "sluggish" or "lethargic", presumably the sensations one would
Torpedinidae
French actor (born 1974)
April 2023. Lodge, Guy (27 May 2022). "'Pacifiction' Review: Albert Serra's Torpid Tahitian Getaway is Cryptic But Curiously Hypnotic". Variety. Retrieved
Benoît_Magimel
1994 studio album by Tom Petty
and music critic Robert Christgau felt that Petty sounded "wilted" and "torpid". Four singles were released from the album between 1994 and 1995, the most
Wildflowers_(Tom_Petty_album)
Lack of intelligence
lack of intelligence, care or reason), dullness of feeling or sensation (torpidity, senselessness, insensitivity), or lacking interest or point (vexing,
Stupidity
Ancient Roman aqueduct in Italy
supplement the flow of other aqueducts when needed—rendering waters in those too torpid in the process. The building of Aqua Anio Novus was lacking in quality,
Aqua_Anio_Novus
Species of rodent
not hibernate; however, during severe winter seasons they can fall into a torpid state, a decrease in physiological activity. Predators of wood mice include
Wood_mouse
Topics referred to by the same term
Cambridge University (February–March) May Bumps, Cambridge University (June) Torpids, Oxford University (March) Head race Head of the River Amstel (the Netherlands)
Head_of_the_River
(tórnos) tornado, tournament, turn torpe- be numb Latin torpere torpent, torpid, torpor torqu-, tort- twist Latin torquere, tortus contort, distort, extort
List of Greek and Latin roots in English/P–Z
List_of_Greek_and_Latin_roots_in_English/P–Z
French sociopolitical system before 1789
of great violence could free the living organism within. Institutionally torpid, economically immobile, culturally atrophied and socially stratified, this
Ancien_régime
Family of marsupials
trouble maintaining their body temperature and they enter a state known as torpidity (not to be confused with hibernation, which is not known in marsupials)
Acrobatidae
College of the University of Oxford
team in 1921. It competes in both of the annual university bumps races, Torpids and Summer Eights. The women are the most successful women's rowing team
Somerville_College,_Oxford
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Goddess Durga
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strength of walls
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Cloud
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Norwegian and Swedish form of Latin Laurus, LAURIS means "laurel."
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Native American Dakota name HINTO means "blue."
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