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Wrest :: Wrest (v. t.) To turn from truth; to twist from its natural or proper use or meaning by violence; to pervert; to distort.

Whirl :: Whirl (v. t.) A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached..

Cotton :: Cotton (n.) A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two thirds of an inch to an inch and a half..

Strepsorhine :: Strepsorhine (a.) Having twisted nostrils; -- said of the lemurs.

Warper :: Warper (n.) One who, or that which, warps or twists out of shape..

Wriggle :: Wriggle (v. t.) To move with short, quick contortions; to move by twisting and squirming; like a worm..

Entwine :: Entwine (v. t.) To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round..

Spiration :: Spiranthy (n.) The occasional twisted growth of the parts of a flower.

Cast :: Cast (v. i.) To warp; to become twisted out of shape.

Hyalonema :: Hyalonema (n.) A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted together like the strands of a color. The stem of the Japanese species (H. Sieboldii), called glass-rope, has long been in use as an ornament. See Glass-rope..

Fagend :: Fagend (n.) An end of poorer quality, or in a spoiled condition, as the coarser end of a web of cloth, the untwisted end of a rope, ect..

Twire :: Twire (n.) A twisted filament; a thread.

Untwirl :: Untwirl (v. t.) To untwist; to undo.

Wicking :: Wicking (n.) the material of which wicks are made; esp., a loosely braided or twisted cord or tape of cotton..

Narwhal :: Narwhal (n.) An arctic cetacean (Monodon monocerous), about twenty feet long. The male usually has one long, twisted, pointed canine tooth, or tusk projecting forward from the upper jaw like a horn, whence it is called also sea unicorn, unicorn fish, and unicorn whale. Sometimes two horns are developed, side by side..

Candle :: Candle (n.) A slender, cylindrical body of tallow, containing a wick composed of loosely twisted linen of cotton threads, and used to furnish light..

Streptothrix :: Streptoneura (n. pl.) An extensive division of gastropod Mollusca in which the loop or visceral nerves is twisted, and the sexes separate. It is nearly to equivalent to Prosobranchiata..

Wrench :: Wrench (n.) To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist, or force by violence..

Torsibillty :: Torsibillty (n.) The tendency, as of a rope, to untwist after being twisted..

Slub :: Slub (v. t.) To draw out and twist slightly; -- said of slivers of wool.

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