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Gibbous :: Gibbous (a.) Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon..

Curveted :: Curveted (imp. & p. p.) of Curve.

Roach-backed :: Roach-backed (a.) Having a back like that of roach; -- said of a horse whose back a convex instead of a concave curve.

Sicklewort :: Sicklewort (n.) A plant of the genus Coronilla (C. scorpioides); -- so named from its curved pods.

Curvated :: Curvated (a.) Bent in a regular form; curved.

Nonplane :: Nonplane (a.) Not lying in one plane; -- said of certain curves.

Wart Hog :: Wart hog () Either one of two species of large, savage African wild hogs of the genus Phacoch/rus. These animals have a pair of large, rough, fleshy tubercles behind the tusks and second pair behind the eyes. The tusks are large and strong, and both pairs curve upward. The body is scantily covered with bristles, but there is long dorsal mane. The South African species (Phacoch/rus Aethiopicus) is the best known. Called also vlacke vark. The second species (P. Aeliani) is native of the coasts of

Arch :: Arch (n.) Any part of a curved line.

Crook :: Crook (n.) To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve.

Flexicostate :: Flexicostate (a.) Having bent or curved ribs.

Litate :: Litate (a.) Forked, with the points slightly curved outward..

Evolvent :: Evolvent (n.) The involute of a curve. See Involute, and Evolute..

Flexure :: Flexure (n.) A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.

Parenthesis :: Parenthesis (n.) A word, phrase, or sentence, by way of comment or explanation, inserted in, or attached to, a sentence which would be grammatically complete without it. It is usually inclosed within curved lines (see def. 2 below), or dashes..

Arched :: Arched (a.) Made with an arch or curve; covered with an arch; as, an arched door..

Engrailed :: Engrailed (a.) Indented with small concave curves, as the edge of a bordure, bend, or the like..

Ordinate :: Ordinate (n.) The distance of any point in a curve or a straight line, measured on a line called the axis of ordinates or on a line parallel to it, from another line called the axis of abscissas, on which the corresponding abscissa of the point is measured..

Graduator :: Graduator (n.) An instrument for dividing any line, right or curve, into small, regular intervals..

Gradient :: Gradient (n.) The rate of increase or decrease of a variable magnitude, or the curve which represents it; as, a thermometric gradient..

Orthogonally :: Orthogonally (adv.) Perpendicularly; at right angles; as, a curve cuts a set of curves orthogonally..

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