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1 | 99% | 6 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 37% | 8 | Like the shape of a snail shell | |
3 | 37% | 10 | Marine snail shell with a coiled shape | |
Snail Shell Shape Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "SPIRAL" which means:
- noun
- • 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 adjective satellite
- • In the shape of a coil verb
- • To wind or move in a spiral course
- • Form a spiral
- • Move in a spiral or zigzag course adjective
- • Helical, like a spiral
An example sentence would be:
- • "I love the beautiful spiral staircase in this old mansion."
- • "The hurricane formed a massive spiral in the ocean."
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1 | Having a shape similar to a snail's shell | |
2 | Legume with a unique shape resembling a snail's shell | |
3 | Sea snail with a mother-of-pearl shell
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4 | Shell for a sea snail
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5 | Snail's shell
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05 Dec 1983 | New York Times / 05 Dec 1983 |
6 | Snail minus a shell
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7 | Word in the medieval period for a slow-moving lazy person, that later came to describe any dilatory animal or vehicle, such as a shell-less snail
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