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Hairpin :: Hairpin (n.) A pin, usually forked, or of bent wire, for fastening the hair in place, -- used by women..

Recurvirostral :: Recurvirostral (a.) Having the beak bent upwards.

Incumbent :: Incumbent (a.) Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else; as, the incumbent toe of a bird..

Campylotropous :: Campylotropous (a.) Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close together..

Semiflexed :: Semiflexed (a.) Half bent.

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

Recline :: Recline (v. i.) To assume, or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to recline on a couch..

Curvant :: Curvant (p. pr.) Bowed; bent; curved.

Decumbent :: Decumbent (a.) Reclining on the ground, as if too weak to stand, and tending to rise at the summit or apex; as, a decumbent stem..

Incumbent :: Incumbent (a.) Lying, resting, or imposed, as a duty or obligation; obligatory; always with on or upon..

Crush :: Crush (v. t.) To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight..

Labent :: Labent (a.) Slipping; sliding; gliding.

Imminent :: Imminent (a.) (With upon) Bent upon; attentive to.

Refracted :: Refracted (a.) Bent backward angularly, as if half-broken; as, a refracted stem or leaf..

Bent :: Bent (a. & p. p.) Strongly inclined toward something, so as to be resolved, determined, set, etc.; -- said of the mind, character, disposition, desires, etc., and used with on; as, to be bent on going to college; he is bent on mischief..

Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints..

Bowl-legged :: Bowl-legged (a.) Having crooked legs, esp. with the knees bent outward..

Nutant :: Nutant (a.) Nodding; having the top bent downward.

Hamite :: Hamite (n.) A fossil cephalopod of the genus Hamites, related to the ammonites, but having the last whorl bent into a hooklike form..

Tortuous :: Tortuous (a.) Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla..

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