Definition of crooked

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Crooked (a.) Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right.

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Cammock :: Cammock (n.) A plant having long hard, crooked roots, the Ononis spinosa; -- called also rest-harrow. The Scandix Pecten-Veneris is also called cammock..
Curvirostral :: Curvirostral (a.) Having a crooked beak, as the crossbill..
Right :: Right (a.) To bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to set upright; to make right or straight (that which has been wrong or crooked); to correct.
Crump :: Crump (a.) Crooked; bent.
Obuncous :: Obuncous (a.) Hooked or crooked in an extreme degree.
Right :: Right (a.) Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line..
Rille :: Rille (n.) One of certain narrow, crooked valleys seen, by aid of the telescope, on the surface of the moon..
Rickets :: Rickets (n. pl.) A disease which affects children, and which is characterized by a bulky head, crooked spine and limbs, depressed ribs, enlarged and spongy articular epiphyses, tumid abdomen, and short stature, together with clear and often premature mental faculties. The essential cause of the disease appears to be the nondeposition of earthy salts in the osteoid tissues. Children afflicted with this malady stand and walk unsteadily. Called also rachitis..
Kimbo :: Kimbo (a.) Crooked; arched; bent.
Hump :: Hump (n.) A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back..
Scrabble :: Scrabble (v. t.) To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to scribble; to scrawl..
Crooken :: Crooken (v. t.) To make crooked.
Bowl-legged :: Bowl-legged (a.) Having crooked legs, esp. with the knees bent outward..
Bunch-backed :: Bunch-backed (a.) Having a bunch on the back; crooked.
Dachshund :: Dachshund (n.) One of a breed of small dogs with short crooked legs, and long body; -- called also badger dog. There are two kinds, the rough-haired and the smooth-haired..
Bend :: Bend (v. t.) To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee..
Bandy :: Bandy (a.) Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side outward; as, a bandy leg..
Indirectness :: Indirectness (n.) The quality or state of being indirect; obliquity; deviousness; crookedness.
Crookedness :: Crookedness (n.) The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness..
Straightly :: Straightly (adv.) In a right line; not crookedly.
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