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Twist :: Twist (v. i.) To be contorted; to writhe; to be distorted by torsion; to be united by winding round each other; to be or become twisted; as, some strands will twist more easily than others..

Anfracture :: Anfracture (n.) A mazy winding.

Serpentine :: Serpentine (a.) Resembling a serpent; having the shape or qualities of a serpent; subtle; winding or turning one way and the other, like a moving serpent; anfractuous; meandering; sinuous; zigzag; as, serpentine braid..

Boyau :: Boyau (n.) A winding or zigzag trench forming a path or communication from one siegework to another, to a magazine, etc..

Vine :: Vine (n.) Hence, a climbing or trailing plant; the long, slender stem of any plant that trails on the ground, or climbs by winding round a fixed object, or by seizing anything with its tendrils, or claspers; a creeper; as, the hop vine; the bean vine; the vines of melons, squashes, pumpkins, and other cucurbitaceous plants..

Curl :: Curl (v.) A ringlet, especially of hair; anything of a spiral or winding form..

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

Insinuation :: Insinuation (n.) The act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in..

Volubile :: Volubile (a.) Turning, or whirling; winding; twining; voluble..

Corkscrew :: Corkscrew (v. t.) To press forward in a winding way; as, to corkscrew one's way through a crowd..

Crank :: Crank (n.) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.

Winding :: Winding (n.) A call by the boatswain's whistle.

Serpentry :: Serpentry (n.) A winding like a serpent's.

Kink :: Kink (n.) A twist or loop in a rope or thread, caused by a spontaneous doubling or winding upon itself; a close loop or curl; a doubling in a cord..

Turn :: Turn (n.) One of the successive portions of a course, or of a series of occurrences, reckoning from change to change; hence, a winding; a bend; a meander..

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

Twining :: Twining (a.) Winding around something; twisting; embracing; climbing by winding about a support; as, the hop is a twinning plant..

Creeky :: Creeky (a.) Containing, or abounding in, creeks; characterized by creeks; like a creek; winding..

Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To unite by winding one thread, strand, or other flexible substance, round another; to form by convolution, or winding separate things round each other; as, to twist yarn or thread..

Bine :: Bine (n.) The winding or twining stem of a hop vine or other climbing plant.

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