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Convolve :: Convolve (v. t.) To roll or wind together; to roll or twist one part on another.

Wreathe :: Wreathe (n.) To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn.

Raddle :: Raddle (v. t.) To interweave or twist together.

Imp :: Imp (n.) Something added to, or united with, another, to lengthen it out or repair it, -- as, an addition to a beehive; a feather inserted in a broken wing of a bird; a length of twisted hair in a fishing line..

Twist :: Twist (n.) One of the threads of a warp, -- usually more tightly twisted than the filling..

Ravel :: Ravel (v. t.) To separate or undo the texture of; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a stocking..

Strepsipterous :: Strepsiptera (n. pl.) A group of small insects having the anterior wings rudimentary, and in the form of short and slender twisted appendages, while the posterior ones are large and membranous. They are parasitic in the larval state on bees, wasps, and the like; -- called also Rhipiptera. See Illust. under Rhipipter..

Tortility :: Tortility (n.) The quality or state of being tortile, twisted, or wreathed..

Wreathe :: Wreathe (n.) To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; to entwine.

Stitch :: Stitch (v. i.) A contortion, or twist..

Flexible :: Flexible (a.) Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle..

Writhen :: Writhen (a.) Having a twisted distorted from.

Twining :: Twining (a.) Winding around something; twisting; embracing; climbing by winding about a support; as, the hop is a twinning plant..

Withe :: Withe (n.) A band consisting of a twig twisted.

Oakum :: Oakum (n.) The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes; -- used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc..

Wryneck :: Wryneck (n.) A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles of the neck; torticollis.

Feaze :: Feaze (v. t.) To untwist; to unravel, as the end of a rope..

Left-handed :: Left-handed (a.) Having a direction contrary to that of the hands of a watch when seen in front; -- said of a twist, a rotary motion, etc., looked at from a given direction..

Ply :: Ply (v.) A fold; a plait; a turn or twist, as of a cord..

Speeder :: Speeder (n.) A machine for drawing and twisting slivers to form rovings.

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