Tortility

Tortility
Tortility Tor*til"i*ty, n. The quality or state of being tortile, twisted, or wreathed. [1913 Webster]

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  • circumlocution — Synonyms and related words: ambages, anfractuosity, circling, circuition, circuitousness, circuitry, circularity, circulation, circumambages, circumambience, circumambiency, circumambulation, circumbendibus, circumflexion, circummigration,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • crinkle — Synonyms and related words: ambages, anfractuosity, bristle, circuitousness, circumambages, circumbendibus, circumlocution, circumvolution, cocker, cockle, contort, convolution, corkscrew, corrugate, corrugation, crankle, crease, crimp, crimple,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • involution — Synonyms and related words: absorption, addition, ambages, anfractuosity, approximation, circuitousness, circumambages, circumbendibus, circumlocution, circumvolution, comedown, complexity, complexness, complication, convolution, crabbedness,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • meander — Synonyms and related words: Chinese puzzle, Gordian knot, Rube Goldberg contraption, S curve, ambages, amble, anfractuosity, bat around, bend, bending, bends, bow, bowing, bum, can of worms, circuitousness, circumambages, circumbendibus,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • meandering — Synonyms and related words: Byzantine, O shaped, aberrant, aberrative, affluent, aimlessness, ambages, ambagious, anfractuosity, anfractuous, backhanded, balled up, bent, billowing, billowy, circling, circuition, circuitous, circuitousness,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • torsion — Synonyms and related words: ambages, anamorphism, anamorphosis, anfractuosity, asymmetry, buckle, circuitousness, circumambages, circumbendibus, circumlocution, circumvolution, contortion, convolution, crinkle, crinkling, crookedness, deflection …   Moby Thesaurus

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