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Convex :: Convex (a.) Rising or swelling into a spherical or rounded form; regularly protuberant or bulging; -- said of a spherical surface or curved line when viewed from without, in opposition to concave..

Recurvate :: Recurvate (a.) Recurved.

Pothook :: Pothook (n.) A written character curved like a pothook; (pl.) a scrawled writing.

Arris :: Arris (n.) The sharp edge or salient angle formed by two surfaces meeting each other, whether plane or curved; -- applied particularly to the edges in moldings, and to the raised edges which separate the flutings in a Doric column..

Acanthocephala :: Acanthocephala (n. pl.) A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines..

Engrail :: Engrail (v. i.) To form an edging or border; to run in curved or indented lines.

Falx :: Falx (n.) A curved fold or process of the dura mater or the peritoneum; esp., one of the partitionlike folds of the dura mater which extend into the great fissures of the brain..

Curlew :: Curlew (n.) A wading bird of the genus Numenius, remarkable for its long, slender, curved bill..

Curvedness :: Curvedness (n.) The state of being curved.

Curvilinear :: Curvilinear (a.) Consisting of, or bounded by, curved lines; as, a curvilinear figure..

Curvilinead :: Curvilinead (n.) An instrument for drawing curved lines.

Davit :: Davit (n.) Curved arms of timber or iron, projecting over a ship's side of stern, having tackle to raise or lower a boat, swing it in on deck, rig it out for lowering, etc.; -- called also boat davits..

Promerops :: Promerops (n.) Any one of several species of very brilliant birds belonging to Promerops, Epimarchus, and allied genera, closely related to the paradise birds, and mostly native of New Guinea. They have a long curved beak and a long graduated tail..

Curviform :: Curviform (a.) Having a curved form.

Calipers :: Calipers (n. pl.) An instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers or compasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thickness of bodies, as of work shaped in a lathe or planer, timber, masts, shot, etc.; or the bore of firearms, tubes, etc.; -- called also caliper compasses, or caliber compasses..

Revolve :: Revolve (v. i.) To move in a curved path round a center; as, the planets revolve round the sun..

Curvative :: Curvative (a.) Having the margins only a little curved; -- said of leaves.

Curvilinearity :: Curvilinearity (n.) The state of being curvilinear or of being bounded by curved lines.

Curvant :: Curvant (p. pr.) Bowed; bent; curved.

Curvidentate :: Curvidentate (a.) Having curved teeth.

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