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MOVEMENTS |
Motions |
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GYRATIONS |
Spiral motions |
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GESTICULATION |
Antic tricks or motions. |
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FILIBUSTER |
To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other
artifices. |
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CADENCE |
Harmony and proportion in motions, as of a well-managed
horse. |
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THWARTER |
A disease in sheep, indicated by shaking, trembling, or
convulsive motions. |
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SENSORIAL |
Of or pertaining to the sensorium; as, sensorial
faculties, motions, powers. |
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EPHEMERIST |
One who studies the daily motions and positions of the
planets. |
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GESTICULATE |
To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use
postures. |
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SEISMOGRAPH |
An apparatus for registering the shocks and undulatory
motions of earthquakes. |
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TRAVERSE |
To use the posture or motions of opposition or
counteraction, as in fencing. |
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PLANETARY |
Of or pertaining to the planets; as, planetary
inhabitants; planetary motions; planetary year. |
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TUMBLER |
One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions
of the body; an acrobat. |
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VERMIFORM |
Resembling a worm in form or motions; vermicular; as,
the vermiform process of the cerebellum. |
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TRAMMEL |
A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a
horse and making him amble. |
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REVERTENT |
A remedy which restores the natural order of the
inverted irritative motions in the animal system. |
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SPRAWL |
To move, when lying down, with awkward extension and
motions of the limbs; to scramble in creeping. |
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ASSOCIATE |
Connected by habit or sympathy; as, associate motions,
such as occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions. |
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CONSENSUAL |
Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or reflex
action, and not by conscious volition; as, consensual motions. |
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QUAKE |
To be agitated with quick, short motions continually
repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble. |
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SCOUT |
To go on the business of scouting, or watching the
motions of an enemy; to act as a scout. |
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NAUTILUS |
A variety of diving bell, the lateral as well as vertical
motions of which are controlled, by the occupants. |
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SENSITIVE |
Of or pertaining to sensation; depending on sensation;
as, sensitive motions; sensitive muscular motions excited by
irritation. |
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HYDROKINETIC |
Of or pertaining to the motions of fluids, or the
forces which produce or affect such motions; -- opposed to hydrostatic. |
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WRIGGLE |
To move the body to and fro with short, writhing
motions, like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about. |