Definitions
Etymologies
- From Latin tortilis, from the participle stem of torqueō ("twist, turn"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Her uncorseted figure, with only a thin silken gown upon it, wreathed harmoniously in tortile oscillations, her long, black hair flying about her flushed face, and her soul afire with her thoughts and simulations.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘tortile’.
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phrontistery-t
from phrontistery.info
tyromancy, tyroma, tyroid, tyriasis, tyrannicide, typtology, typothetae, typomania, typography, typographia, typhonic, typhomania and 930 more...
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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Twined, Coiled or Rolled Up
Adjectives meaning twined, coiled or rolled up
scorpioid, cincinnal, circinate, spiral, helical, volute, convolute, tortile, involute, circumvolute, cincinnate
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Coiled
Adjectives meaning coiled
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Shape Words
shapely adjectives and descriptors
clithridiate, botryose, fimbriate, filiciform, plumaceous, rhipidate, auriculate, belemnoid, cirriform, scyphate, falcate, cortinate and 127 more...
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