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Uncinate :: Uncinate (a.) Hooked; bent at the tip in the form of a hook; as, an uncinate process..

Vermetus :: Vermetus (n.) Any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging to Vermetus and allied genera, of the family Vermetidae. Their shells are regularly spiral when young, but later in life the whorls become separate, and the shell is often irregularly bent and contorted like a worm tube..

Fret :: Fret (n.) An ornament consisting of smmall fillets or slats intersecting each other or bent at right angles, as in classical designs, or at obilique angles, as often in Oriental art..

Cry :: Cry (v. i.) The crackling noise made by block tin when it is bent back and forth.

Reflected :: Reflected (a.) Bent backward or outward; reflexed.

Belly :: Belly (n.) The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back..

Saddle-shaped :: Saddle-shaped (a.) Bent on each side of a mountain or ridge, without being broken at top; -- said of strata..

Saddle-shaped :: Saddle-shaped (a.) Bent down at the sides so as to give the upper part a rounded form.

Flexile :: Flexile (a.) Flexible; pliant; pliable; easily bent; plastic; tractable.

Lintel :: Lintel (n.) A horizontal member spanning an opening, and carrying the superincumbent weight by means of its strength in resisting crosswise fracture..

Incavated :: Incavated (a.) Made hollow; bent round or in.

Hamate :: Hamate (a.) Hooked; bent at the end into a hook; hamous.

Reclining :: Reclining (a.) Recumbent.

Lambent :: Lambent (a.) Twinkling or gleaming; fickering.

Scythe :: Scythe (n.) An instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like, by hand, composed of a long, curving blade, with a sharp edge, made fast to a long handle, called a snath, which is bent into a form convenient for use..

Crank :: Crank (n.) A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. See Bell crank..

Electro-magnet :: Electro-magnet (n.) A mass, usually of soft iron, but sometimes of some other magnetic metal, as nickel or cobalt, rendered temporarily magnetic by being placed within a coil of wire through which a current of electricity is passing. The metal is generally in the form of a bar, either straight, or bent into the shape of a horseshoe..

Hoop :: Hoop (n.) A pliant strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form, and united at the ends, for holding together the staves of casks, tubs, etc..

Deflected :: Deflected (a.) Bent downward; deflexed.

Inflexibility :: Inflexibility (n.) The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; firmness of will or purpose; unbending pertinacity; steadfastness; resoluteness; unchangeableness; obstinacy..

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