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SPIRAL |
Helix |
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COIL |
Helix |
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HELICES |
Of Helix |
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HELIXES |
Of Helix |
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HELICIFORM |
Having the form of a helix; spiral. |
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STROMBULIFORM |
Coiled into the shape of a screw or a helix. |
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TWIST |
To follow a helical or spiral course; to be in the form
of a helix. |
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ANTIHELIX |
The curved elevation of the cartilage of the ear, within
or in front of the helix. See Ear. |
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HELICAL |
Of or pertaining to, or in the form of, a helix; spiral;
as, a helical staircase; a helical spring. |
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HELICIN |
A glucoside obtained as a white crystalline substance by
partial oxidation of salicin, from a willow (Salix Helix of Linnaeus.) |
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SPIRIFER |
...of the
genus Spirifer, or Delthyris, and allied genera, in which the long
calcareous supports of the arms form a large spiral, or helix, on each... |
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VOLUTE |
A spiral scroll which forms the chief feature of the Ionic
capital, and which, on a much smaller scale, is a feature in the
Corinthian and Comp... |
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PULMONATA |
An extensive division, or sub-class, of
hermaphrodite gastropods, in which the mantle cavity is modified into
an air-breathing organ, as in Hel... |
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IVY |
A plant of the genus Hedera (H. helix), common in Europe. Its
leaves are evergreen, dark, smooth, shining, and mostly five-pointed;
the flowers... |
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HELIX |
A nonplane curve whose tangents are all equally inclined to
a given plane. The common helix is the curve formed by the thread of
the ordinary s... |
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SNAIL |
Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing
gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the
family Helicidae... |