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Nouns
(n)
spiral
a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center
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helix
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spiral
a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle
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(n)
spiral
a continuously accelerating change in the economy
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(n)
spiral
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volute
ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center
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(n)
coil
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spiral
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volute
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whorl
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helix
a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
“a coil of rope”
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(n)
spiral
flying downward in a helical path with a large radius
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Verbs
(v)
gyrate
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spiral
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coil
to wind or move in a spiral course
“the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action”
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“black smoke coiling up into the sky”
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“the young people gyrated on the dance floor”
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(v)
spiral
form a spiral
“The path spirals up the mountain”
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(v)
corkscrew
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spiral
move in a spiral or zigzag course
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Adjectives
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coiling
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helical
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spiral
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spiraling
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volute
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voluted
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whorled
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turbinate
in the shape of a coil
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