TRESSES Synonyms

• a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss

• a very small distance or space

• filamentous hairlike growth on a plant

• any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal

• cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments

• a filamentous projection or process on an organism

• long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck

• growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being

• cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors

• to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop

• make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip

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

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

• a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine

• a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb

• tubing that is wound in a spiral

• reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit

• to wind or move in a spiral course

• make without a potter's wheel

• wind around something in coils or loops

• 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 fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed

• a strand or cluster of hair

• a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun

• enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it

• a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key

• any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured

• fasten with a lock

• keep engaged

• become rigid or immoveable

• hold in a locking position

• become engaged or intermeshed with one another

• hold fast (in a certain state)

• place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape

• pass by means through a lock in a waterway

• build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels

• a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole

• a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels

• line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable

• a necklace made by stringing objects together

• a very slender natural or synthetic fiber

• a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)

• leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue

• drive (a vessel) ashore

• bring to the ground

• a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair

• trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains

• make by braiding or interlacing

• decorate with braids or ribbons

• form or weave into a braid or braids

• a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair

• any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape

• make by braiding or interlacing

• weave into plaits

• 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