CURLI Synonyms

• the shape of something rotating rapidly

• a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain

• the action of coiling or twisting or winding together

• a bottle opener that pulls corks

• move in a spiral or zigzag course

• American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)

• a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

• lock of hair in the shape of a spiral or curl

• form a curl, curve, or kink

• shape one's body into a curl

• wind around something in coils or loops

• twist or roll into coils or ringlets

• play the Scottish game of curling

• a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

• a short twisting line

• a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target

• (of hair) making curls or having been made to curl

• having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend

• type genus of the family Helicidae

• a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle

• a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops

• a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)

• a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight

• a person with unusual sexual tastes

• an eccentric idea

• a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation

• curl tightly

• form a curl, curve, or kink

• (computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained

• a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

• lock of hair in the shape of a spiral or curl

• a little ring

• any of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae

• a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

• a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)

• move through text or graphics in order to display parts that do not fit on the screen

• a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center

• a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle

• a continuously accelerating change in the economy

• ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center

• a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops

• flying downward in a helical path with a large radius

• in the shape of a coil

• to wind or move in a spiral course

• form a spiral

• move in a spiral or zigzag course

• in the shape of a coil

• a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight

• the act of rotating rapidly

• turn in a twisting or spinning motion

• cause to spin

• an unforeseen development

• an interpretation of a text or action

• any clever maneuver

• the act of rotating rapidly

• a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments

• a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight

• a circular segment of a curve

• a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself

• a jerky pulling movement

• a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair

• social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s

• the act of winding or twisting

• turning or twisting around (in place)

• to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

• cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form

• turn in the opposite direction

• form into a spiral shape

• form into twists

• extend in curves and turns

• do the twist

• twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates

• practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive

• twist suddenly so as to sprain

• marked by repeated turns and bends

• ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center

• a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops

• in the shape of a coil

• a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

• lock of hair in the shape of a spiral or curl

• a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops

• the act of winding or twisting

• marked by repeated turns and bends

• of a path e.g.