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  • 31whorled — Synonyms and related words: ambagious, anfractuous, circuitous, circumlocutory, cochlear, cochleate, convolutional, corkscrew, corkscrewy, flexuose, flexuous, helical, helicoid, involute, involuted, involutional, labyrinthine, mazy, meandering,… …

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  • 32winding — Synonyms and related words: aberrant, aberrative, ambages, ambagious, anfractuosity, anfractuous, bending, circuitous, circuitousness, circumambages, circumbendibus, circumlocution, circumlocutory, circumvolution, convoluted, convolution,… …

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  • 33serpentine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. snaky, reptilian, herpetic; sinuous, slithery; winding, tortuous, snaking; cunning, wily, venomous, cold blooded. See convolution. Ant., straight [forward]. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. snakelike,… …

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  • 34sinuous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. winding, curvy; devious, convoluted. See circuity, deviation, deception. Ant., straight[forward]. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Twisted] Syn. crooked, circuitous, curved; see indirect , twisted 1 . 2.… …

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  • 35tortuous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. spiral, snaky, sinuous, serpentine; winding, crooked. See convolution. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Winding] Syn. snaky, sinuous, twisting; see crooked 1 , winding . 2. [Not straightforward] Syn.… …

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  • 36snaky — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Twisting] Syn. twisting, serpentine, entwined; see indirect , twisted 1 , winding . 2. [Sneaky] Syn. subtle, crafty, treacherous; see sly 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Repeatedly curving in alternate directions …

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  • 37winding — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. turning, gyrating, gyring, spiraling, twisting, snaky, serpentine, convoluted, dextrorse, dextrorsal, sinistrorse. Ant. straight*, direct*, vertical*. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Repeatedly curving in alternate… …

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  • 38anfractuous — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Repeatedly curving in alternate directions: flexuous, meandrous, serpentine, sinuous, snaky, tortuous, winding. See REPETITION, STRAIGHT. 2. Not taking a direct or straight line or course: circuitous, circular …

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  • 39flexuous — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Repeatedly curving in alternate directions: anfractuous, meandrous, serpentine, sinuous, snaky, tortuous, winding. See REPETITION, STRAIGHT. 2. Capable of being shaped, bent, or drawn out, as by hammering or… …

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  • 40River — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Water in motion. < N PARAG:River >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 running water running water GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 jet jet spirt spurt squirt spout spray splash rush gush …

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