Definition of contort

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

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Serpula :: Serpula (n.) Any one of numerous species of tubicolous annelids of the genus Serpula and allied genera of the family Serpulidae. They secrete a calcareous tube, which is usually irregularly contorted, but is sometimes spirally coiled. The worm has a wreath of plumelike and often bright-colored gills around its head, and usually an operculum to close the aperture of its tube when it retracts..
Posture :: Posture (v. i.) To assume a particular posture or attitude; to contort the body into artificial attitudes, as an acrobat or contortionist; also, to pose..
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..
Twisted :: Twisted (a.) Contorted; crooked spirally; subjected to torsion; hence, perverted..
Contertionist :: Contertionist (n.) One who makes or practices contortions.
Struggle :: Struggle (n.) A violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body; agony; distress.
Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
Obvoluted :: Obvoluted (a.) Overlapping; contorted; convolute; -- applied primarily, in botany, to two opposite leaves, each of which has one edge overlapping the nearest edge of the other, and secondarily to a circle of several leaves or petals which thus overlap..
Sneer :: Sneer (n.) A smile, grin, or contortion of the face, indicative of contempt; an indirect expression or insinuation of contempt..
Contort :: Contort (v. t.) To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest..
Contortion :: Contortion (n.) A twisting; a writhing; wry motion; a twist; as, the contortion of the muscles of the face..
Contortive :: Contortive (a.) Expressing contortion.
Contorsion :: Contorsion (n.) See Contortion.
Contorted :: Contorted (a.) Twisted back upon itself, as some parts of plants..
Contorted :: Contorted (a.) Arranged so as to overlap each other; as, petals in contorted or convolute aestivation..
Contortuplicate :: Contortuplicate (a.) Plaited lengthwise and twisted in addition, as the bud of the morning-glory..
Tripestone :: Tripestone (n.) A variety of anhydrite composed of contorted plates fancied to resemble pieces of tripe.
Tumble :: Tumble (v. i.) To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat.
Knurl :: Knurl (n.) A contorted knot in wood; a crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection.
Ranch :: Ranch (v. t.) To wrench; to tear; to sprain; to injure by violent straining or contortion.
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