centipedal

• Long, centipedal creatures at the edges of my vision, rippling and undulating, taking on the translucence of the brick and blending in completely.

Flushing Out Shriek: An Afterword–Notes, Fragments, Research, Alternate Scenes 2009

Well, Fulkerson has brought his centipedal mind to bear on the subject, and he's suggested that old

A Hazard of New Fortunes — Volume 2 William Dean Howells 1878

Well, Fulkerson has brought his centipedal mind to bear on the subject, and he's suggested that old

A Hazard of New Fortunes — Complete William Dean Howells 1878

They bit venomously, below the belt, they grabbed at and hung on to any part of the body that came handy; they rolled over and over, intertwined so closely as to appear like one convulsed, centipedal monster.

When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood Marion Harland 1876

I afterwards had a good deal of sport out of the club, for these initiations, as you may imagine, were sometimes very comical spectacles, especially when the aspirant for centipedal honors happened to be of a timid disposition.

The Story of a Bad Boy Thomas Bailey Aldrich 1871

The centipedal prolixity that resulted went to Eli by letter, thus entitled --

The Cloister and the Hearth Charles Reade 1849

Well, Fulkerson has brought his centipedal mind to bear on the subject, and he's suggested that old German friend of mine I was telling you of -- the one I met in the restaurant -- the friend of my youth. "

Complete March Family Trilogy William Dean Howells 1878

After a decent interval for the genius of criticism to seem to have been sitting under his frown, Dr. Middleton rejoined with sober jocularity: "No, sir, it will not pass; and your uncertainty in regard to the run of the line would only be extended were the line centipedal.

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

After a decent interval for the genius of criticism to seem to have been sitting under his frown, Dr. Middleton rejoined with sober jocularity: "No, sir, it will not pass; and your uncertainty in regard to the run of the line would only be extended were the line centipedal.

The Egoist George Meredith 1868