[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

torrid \tor"rid\, a. l. torridus, fr. torrere to parch, to
   burn, akin to e. thist: cf. f. torride. see thirst.
   1. parched; dried with heat; as, a torrid plain or desert.
      "barca or cyrene's torrid soil." --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning;
      parching. "torrid heat." --milton.
      1913 webster

   torrid zone geog., that space or board belt of the earth,
      included between the tropics, over which the sun is
      vertical at some period of every year, and the heat is
      always great.
      1913 webster
see also:
thirst torrid zone 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

torrid zone
     n : the part of the earth's surface between the tropic of cancer
         and the tropic of capricorn; characterized by a hot
         climate syn: tropical zone, tropics
see also:
tropical zone tropics 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

28 moby thesaurus words for "torrid zone":
   antarctic zone, arctic circle, arctic zone, frigid zones,
   tropic of cancer, tropic of capricorn, variable zones, climate,
   clime, equator, furnace, hell, horse latitudes, inferno, latitude,
   longitude, longitude in arc, meridian, oven, parallel,
   prime meridian, roaring forties, steam bath, subtropics, the line,
   tropic, tropics, zone

Torrid Zone >> T Words
Torrid Zone, definition of term: Torrid Zone
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Torrid >> T Words
Torrid, definition of term: Torrid
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Zone >> Z Words
Zone, definition of term: Zone
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Transition Zone >> T Words
Transition Zone, definition of term: Transition Zone
transition+zone_pag1.html

Twilight Zone >> T Words
Twilight Zone, definition of term: Twilight Zone
twilight+zone_pag1.html

Tropical Zone >> T Words
Tropical Zone, definition of term: Tropical Zone
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Time Zone >> T Words
Time Zone, definition of term: Time Zone
time+zone_pag1.html

Erogenous Zone >> E Words
Erogenous Zone, definition of term: Erogenous Zone
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Combat Zone >> C Words
Combat Zone, definition of term: Combat Zone
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Frigid Zone >> F Words
Frigid Zone, definition of term: Frigid Zone
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