All spiral synonyms
spiΒ·ral
S s noun spiral
- crispation β the act of curling or state of being curled
- gnarl β a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- helix β a spiral.
- waterspout β Also called rainspout. a pipe running down the side of a house or other building to carry away water from the gutter of the roof.
- knot β either of two large sandpipers, Calidris canutus or C. tenuirostris, that breed in the Arctic and winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
- whorl β a circular arrangement of like parts, as leaves or flowers, around a point on an axis; verticil.
- curlicue β Curlicues are decorative twists and curls, usually carved or made with a pen.
- flection β the act of bending.
- frizz β the state of being frizzed.
- nosedive β a plunge of an aircraft with the forward part pointing downward.
- coil β A coil of rope or wire is a length of it that has been wound into a series of loops.
- flexure β the act of flexing or bending.
verb spiral
- camber β A camber is a gradual downward slope from the centre of a road to each side of it.
- loop β a hot bloom of pasty consistency, to be worked under a hammer or in rolls.
- crisped β (especially of food) hard but easily breakable; brittle: crisp toast.
- girdled β a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
- cambering β a slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
- inflect β to modulate (the voice).
- escalate β Increase rapidly.
- ensphere β (transitive) To place in a sphere; to envelop.
- glissade β a skillful glide over snow or ice in descending a mountain, as on skis or a toboggan.
- concaved β curved like a segment of the interior of a circle or hollow sphere; hollow and curved. Compare convex (def 1).
- go around β an act or instance of going around something, as a circle, course, or traffic pattern, and returning to the starting point.
- circuited β Simple past tense and past participle of circuit.
- gyrate β to move in a circle or spiral, or around a fixed point; whirl.
- zigzagged β a line, course, or progression characterized by sharp turns first to one side and then to the other.
- inflected β to modulate (the voice).
- winging β either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
- girdling β a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
- convolute β to form into a twisted, coiled, or rolled shape
- concaving β curved like a segment of the interior of a circle or hollow sphere; hollow and curved. Compare convex (def 1).
- circuiting β Present participle of circuit.
- frizzed β the state of being frizzed.
- convolve β to wind or roll together; coil; twist
adjective spiral
- orbed β Having the form of an orb; round; spherical.
- counterclockwise β If something is moving counterclockwise, it is moving in the opposite direction to the direction in which the hands of a clock move.
- orbicular β like an orb; circular; ringlike; spherical; rounded.
- orbiculate β orbicular; rounded.
- circling β a closed plane curve consisting of all points at a given distance from a point within it called the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 = r 2 .
- curling β a game played on ice, esp in Scotland and Canada, in which heavy stones with handles (curling stones) are slid towards a target (tee)
- radial β arranged like radii or rays.
- coiled β Coiled means in the form of a series of loops.
adj spiral
- discoid β having the form of a discus or disk; flat and circular.
- knurly β having knurls or knots; gnarled.
- agee β awry, crooked, or ajar
- crooked β If you describe something as crooked, especially something that is usually straight, you mean that it is bent or twisted.
- catawampus β askew; awry
- domical β domelike.
- globose β having the shape of a globe; globelike.
- efferent β conveying or conducting away from an organ or part (opposed to afferent).