swan-neck

The verified empirically scientific theory is "non-life tends to remain non-life" and this was the case since Pasteur's famous swan-neck flask experiments where he "pasteurized" away the bacteria.

Another Look 2009

Because of the horns, the instrument had a "swan-neck"-like curve in it.

The kithara 2010

Who loves not swan-neck and gazelle-like eyes, iii.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Each print was framed in the same way, and had a swan-neck light curling out of the wall above it.

The Art Thief Noah Charney 2007

My grandmother was named Edith... evokes Eadytha of the swan-neck.

Character names in historical fiction Carla 2006

He stooped, and blew upon the dusty stone, and as the dust flew away from his breath, a shining bronze swan-neck was revealed.

Shaman's Crossing Hobb, Robin 2005

The swan-neck cock made a slight creaking noise as it compressed the mainspring, then there was a click as the pawl took the strain and Hagman hinged the backsight up as high as it would go, then lined its notch with the blade-sight dovetailed at the muzzle.

Sharpe's Havoc Cornwell, Bernard 2003

Out in the lake a humped back broke surface, glistening grey like wet slate, and a long swan-neck lifted in a shining rain of droplets, casting about.

The Gates of Noon Rohan, Michael Scott, 1951- 1992

The glass was covered with a graceful design in moldings, and the pediments were of various shapes, the swan-neck being a favorite.

Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today Lucy Abbot Throop

The room was not exactly modern, not quite Colonial and just a little short of French Empire; the furnishings presented straight planes and swan-neck supports, black mirrors and electric hurricane lamps, chromium and tapestry; there was unity in a single attribute: in the expensiveness of everything.

The Fountainhead Rand, Ayn 1943