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Worm :: Worm (n.) The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound to economize space. See Illust. of Still..

Secant :: Secant (a.) A line that cuts another; especially, a straight line cutting a curve in two or more points..

Conjugate :: Conjugate (a.) Presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; -- frequently used in pure and applied mathematics with reference to two quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc..

Plantain :: Plantain (n.) The fruit of this plant. It is long and somewhat cylindrical, slightly curved, and, when ripe, soft, fleshy, and covered with a thick but tender yellowish skin. The plantain is a staple article of food in most tropical countries, especially when cooked..

Arch :: Arch (n.) Usually a curved member made up of separate wedge-shaped solids, with the joints between them disposed in the direction of the radii of the curve; used to support the wall or other weight above an opening. In this sense arches are segmental, round (i. e., semicircular), or pointed..

Latus Rectum :: Latus rectum () The line drawn through a focus of a conic section parallel to the directrix and terminated both ways by the curve. It is the parameter of the principal axis. See Focus, and Parameter..

Bandy :: Bandy (a.) Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side outward; as, a bandy leg..

Sickle :: Sickle (n.) A reaping instrument consisting of a steel blade curved into the form of a hook, and having a handle fitted on a tang. The sickle has one side of the blade notched, so as always to sharpen with a serrated edge. Cf. Reaping hook, under Reap..

Engrail :: Engrail (v. i.) To form an edging or border; to run in curved or indented lines.

Coronis :: Coronis (n.) The curved line or flourish at the end of a book or chapter; hence, the end..

Cusp :: Cusp (n.) A multiple point of a curve at which two or more branches of the curve have a common tangent.

Revolve :: Revolve (v. i.) To move in a curved path round a center; as, the planets revolve round the sun..

Gore :: Gore (v.) One of the abatements. It is made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point..

Incurved :: Incurved (a.) Bending gradually toward the axis or center, as branches or petals..

Parabolical :: Parabolical (a.) Having the form or nature of a parabola; pertaining to, or resembling, a parabola; as, a parabolic curve..

Soft :: Soft (superl.) Having, or consisting of, a gentle curve or curves; not angular or abrupt; as, soft outlines..

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The mold of a ship when she begins to curve in at the rungheads; any part of a ship shaped in a segment of a circle.

Curvilinead :: Curvilinead (n.) An instrument for drawing curved lines.

Scribe :: Scribe (v. t.) To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a molding, or the like; -- so called because the workman marks, or scribe, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts..

Recurved :: Recurved (a.) Curved in an opposite or uncommon direction; bent back; as, a bird with a recurved bill; flowers with recurved petals..

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