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

Jerk :: "Jerk (v. t.) To give a quick and suddenly arrested thrust, push, pull, or twist, to; to yerk; as, to jerk one with the elbow; to jerk a coat off..

Throw :: Throw (v. t.) To twist two or more filaments of, as silk, so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; -- sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver..

Worsted :: Worsted (n.) Fine and soft woolen yarn, untwisted or lightly twisted, used in knitting and embroidery..

Twist :: Twist (v. i.) To follow a helical or spiral course; to be in the form of a helix.

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

Strepsipterous :: Strepsiptera (n. pl.) A group of small insects having the anterior wings rudimentary, and in the form of short and slender twisted appendages, while the posterior ones are large and membranous. They are parasitic in the larval state on bees, wasps, and the like; -- called also Rhipiptera. See Illust. under Rhipipter..

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

Flexible :: Flexible (a.) Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle..

Contort :: Contort (v. t.) To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest..

Throw-crook :: Throw-crook (n.) An instrument used for twisting ropes out of straw.

Writhen :: Writhen (a.) Having a twisted distorted from.

Turnkey :: Turnkey (n.) An instrument with a hinged claw, -- used for extracting teeth with a twist..

Ravel :: Ravel (v. i.) To become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be relieved of intricacy.

Stitch :: Stitch (v. i.) A contortion, or twist..

Single :: Single (n.) The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness..

Forewiste :: Forewiste (imp. sing.) of Forewit.

Complicate :: Complicate (v. t.) To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult.

Tippet :: Tippet (n.) A length of twisted hair or gut in a fish line.

Scroggy :: Scroggy (a.) Abounding in scrog; also, twisted; stunted..

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