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Hellbender :: Hellbender (n.) A large North American aquatic salamander (Protonopsis horrida or Menopoma Alleghaniensis). It is very voracious and very tenacious of life. Also called alligator, and water dog..

Bend :: Bend (n.) same as caisson disease. Usually referred to as the bends.

Unbend :: Unbend (v. i.) To cease to be bent; to become straight or relaxed.

Offset :: Offset (n.) An abrupt bend in an object, as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside..

Retroversion :: Retroversion (n.) A turning or bending backward; also, the state of being turned or bent backward; displacement backwards; as, retroversion of the uterus..

Intorsion :: Intorsion (n.) A winding, bending, or twisting..

Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To bend by force, as something stiff or strong; to force or put by bending, as a beam into its sockets, and allowing it to straighten when in place; -- often with in, out, etc.; as, to spring in a slat or a bar..

Unbend :: Unbend (v. i.) To relax in exertion, attention, severity, or the like; hence, to indulge in mirth or amusement..

Elbow :: Elbow (n.) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, and the like; a sudden turn in a line of coast or course of a river; also, an angular or jointed part of any structure, as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent..

Wiggle :: Wiggle (v. t.) To move to and fro with a quick, jerking motion; to bend rapidly, or with a wavering motion, from side to side; to wag; to squirm; to wriggle; as, the dog wiggles his tail; the tadpole wiggles in the water..

Declination :: Declination (n.) The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head..

Jim-crow :: Jim-crow (n.) A machine for bending or straightening rails.

Stool :: Stool (n.) A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil.

Plash :: Plash (v. t.) To cut partly, or to bend and intertwine the branches of; as, to plash a hedge..

Lozengy :: Lozengy (a.) Divided into lozenge-shaped compartments, as the field or a bearing, by lines drawn in the direction of the bend sinister..

Bower :: Bower (v. & n.) One who bows or bends.

Bend :: Bend (v. t.) To apply closely or with interest; to direct.

Heeltool :: Heeltool (n.) A tool used by turners in metal, having a bend forming a heel near the cutting end..

Unbending :: Unbending (a.) Not bending; not suffering flexure; not yielding to pressure; stiff; -- applied to material things.

Deflection :: Deflection (n.) The act of turning aside, or state of being turned aside; a turning from a right line or proper course; a bending, esp. downward; deviation..

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