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111sinuate sinuous wavy — curved curved adj. 1. not straight; having or marked by curves. Opposite of {straight}. Note: [Narrower terms: {arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed}; {falcate, sickle shaped}; {flexuous}; {incurvate, incurved}: {recurved, recurvate}; …
112sinusoidal — curved curved adj. 1. not straight; having or marked by curves. Opposite of {straight}. Note: [Narrower terms: {arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed}; {falcate, sickle shaped}; {flexuous}; {incurvate, incurved}: {recurved, recurvate}; …
113To carry on — Carry Car ry, v. i. 1. To act as a bearer; to convey anything; as, to fetch and carry. [1913 Webster] 2. To have propulsive power; to propel; as, a gun or mortar carries well. [1913 Webster] 3. To hold the head; said of a horse; as, to carry well …
114goat — noun (plural goats) Etymology: Middle English gote, from Old English gāt; akin to Old High German geiz goat, Old Norse geit, Latin haedus kid Date: before 12th century 1. a. or plural goat any of various hollow horned ruminant mammals (especially …
115Nissen hut — noun Etymology: Peter N. Nissen died 1930 British mining engineer Date: 1917 a prefabricated shelter with a semicircular arching roof of corrugated iron sheeting and a concrete floor …
116Quonset — trademark used for a prefabricated shelter having a semicircular arching roof of corrugated metal …
117rooster tail — noun Date: 1946 a high arching spray (as of water, dust, or snow) thrown up behind a fast moving motorboat, motor vehicle, or skier …
118white-tailed deer — noun Date: 1849 a North American deer (Odocoileus virginianus) with a rather long tail white on the undersurface and the males of which have forward arching antlers called also whitetail deer …
119camber — I. verb (cambered; cambering) Etymology: French cambrer, from Middle French cambre curved, from Latin camur Date: 1627 intransitive verb to curve upward in the middle transitive verb 1. to arch slightly 2. to impart camber to …
120crown — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English coroune, crowne, from Anglo French corone, from Latin corona wreath, crown, from Greek korōnē culmination, something curved like a crow s beak, literally, crow; akin to Latin cornix crow …
