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Bowingly :: Bowingly (adv.) In a bending manner.

Intorsion :: Intorsion (n.) The bending or twining of any part of a plant toward one side or the other, or in any direction from the vertical..

Timber :: Timber (n.) A rib, or a curving piece of wood, branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a vertical direction. One timber is composed of several pieces united..

Flexure :: Flexure (n.) The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending..

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

Stubby :: Stubborn (a.) Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding; persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; not yielding to reason or persuasion; refractory; harsh; -- said of persons and things; as, stubborn wills; stubborn ore; a stubborn oak; as stubborn as a mule..

Incurved :: Incurved (a.) Bending gradually toward the axis or center, as branches or petals..

Unbending :: Unbending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Unben.

Nod :: Nod (n.) A dropping or bending forward of the upper oart or top of anything.

Sagging :: Sagging (n.) A bending or sinking between the ends of a thing, in consequence of its own, or an imposed, weight; an arching downward in the middle, as of a ship after straining. Cf. Hogging..

Reflexive :: Reflexive (a.) Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past.

Deflexure :: Deflexure (n.) A bending or turning aside; deflection.

Throat :: Throat (v. t.) To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending..

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

Stoop :: Stoop (n.) The act of stooping, or bending the body forward; inclination forward; also, an habitual bend of the back and shoulders..

Set :: Set (n.) Permanent change of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring..

Twist :: Twist (n.) The act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a convolution; a bending.

Stereoscopic :: Stereoscope (n.) An optical instrument for giving to pictures the appearance of solid forms, as seen in nature. It combines in one, through a bending of the rays of light, two pictures, taken for the purpose from points of view a little way apart. It is furnished with two eyeglasses, and by refraction or reflection the pictures are superimposed, so as to appear as one to the observer..

Bending :: Bending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ben.

Pliant :: Pliant (v.) Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart..

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