KINKS Synonyms

• English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004)

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

• twist (a body part) into a strained position

• an angular or rounded shape made by folding

• someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers

• a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled

• make ridges into by pinching together

• curl tightly

• 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

• the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes

• a line on a graph representing data

• a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter

• the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface

• curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)

• turn sharply; change direction abruptly

• extend in curves and turns

• form an arch or curve

• bend or cause to bend

• form a curl, curve, or kink

• the condition of being formed into small tight curls

• curl tightly

• fry something until it curls and becomes crisp

• curl tightly

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

• a stack of hay

• pile in ricks

• twist suddenly so as to sprain

• 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

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

• twist suddenly so as to sprain

• curl tightly