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scrolls
A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll; a schedule; a list.
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gyres
A circular motion, or a circle described by a moving body; a turn or revolution; a circuit.
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ringlets
A lock, tress.
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curls
Any of various plant diseases in which the leaves roll up.
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rolls
A gentle swell or undulation of a surface:
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coils
A roll of postage stamps for use in a dispenser or vending machine; also, a stamp from such a roll
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locks
A secure hold; control:
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helices
(Mathematics) A curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a plane perpendicular to the axis is constant; the three-dimensional curve seen in a screw or a spiral staircase.
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whirlpools
Something, such as a situation, that is confusing or tumultuous and is easy to be drawn into or difficult to get out of:
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twists
Rotation; spin, turn, twirl, etc.
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turns
A distinctive, graceful, or artistic expression or arrangement of words:
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swirls
A twist or coil of something.
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Whorls Sentence Examples

  • In Cycas whorls of scales alternate with large pinnate leaves.

  • There are con siderable irregularities, how ever, in this respect, and the number of leaves in different whorls is not always uniform, as may be seen in Lysimachia

  • The female flower is a small bud-like cone situated at the apex of a small branch, and consists of two or three whorls of two or three scales.

  • Of these whorls the two internal, forming the sporophylls, constitute the essential organs of reproduction; the two outer whorls are the protective coverings or floral envelopes.

  • In this way are formed the familiar feathery colonies of Plumularia, in which the pinnules are all in one plane, while in the allied Antennularia the pinnules are arranged in whorls round the main biserial stem.

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