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Roundabout :: Roundabout (a.) Circuitous; going round; indirect; as, roundabout speech..

Windlass :: Windlass (n.) A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course; a shift.

Compass :: Compass (n.) A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.

Indirect :: Indirect (a.) Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road..

Circumferential :: Circumferential (a.) Pertaining to the circumference; encompassing; encircling; circuitous.

Ambages :: Ambages (n. pl.) A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech.

About :: About (adv.) In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across..

Circumflex :: Circumflex (a.) Moving or turning round; circuitous.

Direct :: Direct (a.) Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means..

Ambagious :: Ambagious (a.) Circumlocutory; circuitous.

Detour :: Detour (n.) A turning; a circuitous route; a deviation from a direct course; as, the detours of the Mississippi..

Roundaboutness :: Roundaboutness (n.) The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness.

Circumlocutional :: Circumlocutional (a.) Relating to, or consisting of, circumlocutions; periphrastic; circuitous..

Circuitous :: Circuitous (a.) Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end..

Winding :: Winding (a.) Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.

Circulate :: Circulate (v. i.) To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body..

Peritropal :: Peritropal (a.) Rotatory; circuitous.

Turn :: Turn (n.) A circuitous walk, or a walk to and fro, ending where it began; a short walk; a stroll..

Heterogamy :: Heterogamy (n.) The process of fertilization in plants by an indirect or circuitous method; -- opposed to orthogamy.

Tour :: Tour (v. t.) A going round; a circuit; hence, a journey in a circuit; a prolonged circuitous journey; a comprehensive excursion; as, the tour of Europe; the tour of France or England..

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