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English Definitions
curl
N
a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
N
American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)
curl
N
a strand or cluster of hair
curl
V
form a curl, curve, or kink
curl
V
shape one's body into a curl
curl
V
wind around something in coils or loops
curl
V
twist or roll into coils or ringlets
curl
V
play the Scottish game of curling
curl up
V
shape one's body into a curl
curled
of hair having curls
N
European herb naturalized in the eastern United States and California
curler
N
a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it
curlew
N
large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill
N
Old World sandpiper with a curved bill like a curlew
curlicue
N
a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
curlicue
N
a short twisting line
N
(of hair) a tendency to curl
curling
N
a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target
curling
of hair having curls
curling iron
N
a cylindrical metal home appliance that heats a lock of hair that has been curled around it
curly
(of hair) having curls or waves
N
climber of southern United States having bluish-purple flowers
N
crisp spiky leaves with somewhat bitter taste
N
rare small fern of northeastern North America having numerous slender spiraling fronds and forming dense tufts
N
rare small fern of northeastern North America having numerous slender spiraling fronds and forming dense tufts
curly pondweed
N
European herb naturalized in the eastern United States and California
N
an English breed having a tightly curled black or liver-colored coat; retrieves game from land or water
of timber; having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallel
curly-haired
covered with curly hair
N
shrubby clematis of the eastern United States having curly foliage
N
perennial gumweed of western and central North America
English Definitions from WordNet 3.0
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