A serpentine wall. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Her hands gripped his hair, her legs sliding in serpentine coils to lock behind his knees. From Wordnik.com. [Busy Weekend - much accomplished...] Reference
One must also take care of the so-called serpentine belts and fan belts. From Wordnik.com. [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference
Our Sunday camp was beside what might be called a serpentine curve or series of loops in the river. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico] Reference
And that is what today's post is about-the unique plants and animals that call serpentine soil home. From Wordnik.com. [Museum Blogs] Reference
The serpentine, which is very pure and of a fine green, varied with spots of a lighter tint, often appears only superimposed on the mica-slate. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1] Reference
"serpentine" -- as are unrivalled in Cornwall; perhaps, unrivalled anywhere. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot] Reference
You'll see the use of Jersey barriers, kind of serpentine, to slow vehicles down so that they can't build up speed. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 29, 2003] Reference
After reading more about the piece, it appears that the name "serpentine" is the name of the green stone used in the center of the dish. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference
Many species and communities have adapted to very narrow bands of environmental conditions or to very specific soils such as serpentine outcrops. From Wordnik.com. [Klamath-Siskiyou forests] Reference
We arrived at her stoop and hugged, performing kind of serpentine motions with our faces. From Wordnik.com. [New York Press] Reference
He is requesting a loan to purchase more materials, such as serpentine stone, which he brings in from the city of Aguas Calientes. From Wordnik.com. [Kiva Loans] Reference
In this approach, carbon dioxide is compressed, heated and then mixed with a mineral such as serpentine or olivine and a chemical catalyst to form limestone-like rock. From Wordnik.com. [FOXNews.com] Reference
The drivers weave through cones on a "serpentine" course, practice quick decision-making at a stoplight, and lock up the brakes while shifting lanes on a water-coated "skid pad.". From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
"serpentine" communal tables are curved for better people watching. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News] Reference
"serpentine" rocks; it is granite, and granite alone, that appears everywhere -- granite, less lofty and less eccentric in form than the. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot] Reference
A number of endemic and relict pines and cypresses occur within the ecoregion, often restricted to single ranges or soil types such as serpentine (e.g. From Wordnik.com. [California interior chaparral and woodlands] Reference
These volcanic materials are pierced by serpentine, gabbro and granite. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
Within seconds, the serpentine thing gave a convulsive shudder and died. From Wordnik.com. [Despoilers of the Golden Empire] Reference
Moravia where it is found embedded between thick strata of serpentine rock. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference
Can his serpentine majesty be seen to-day? and where to the best advantage?. From Wordnik.com. [The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, January 1886 Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, January, 1886] Reference
Her mermaids, with their serpentine jointing, displayed an uncanny sinuousness. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Loerzel: Chicago, "Puppeteer" City] Reference
The decayed "serpentine rusting shape," on the other hand, symbolizes the Nazis. From Wordnik.com. [When Creator and Owner Clash] Reference
It's a marvelous premise, and Crudup's serpentine performance has a venomous grace. From Wordnik.com. [SNAP JUDGMENT: MOVIES] Reference
There was a serpentine factory here once, but it is deserted; the water-wheel turns no longer. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
The big car did a double two way skid, tore serpentine ruts on the metalled road surface and stopped. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
The Fly V Australia tandem drove the group over single-lane, serpentine road through dense aspen grove. From Wordnik.com. [V Australia’s Jai Crawford wins final Tour of Utah stage, Levi Leipheimer seals overall victory] Reference
The great serpentine river came to view, clearly outlined by its wooded banks, and no more than two miles distant. From Wordnik.com. [Colorado Jim] Reference
It was a serpentine hodgepodge of about a dozen vehicles, with three rented Polish buses at the tail end for the press. From Wordnik.com. [West Wing Story: On The Road] Reference
Close to this is Dollar Hugo, a cave whose roof has not fallen nor seems likely to, with a magnificent gateway of serpentine. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
Miriam Buether's brilliant design is dominated by a serpentine catwalk and two rectangular stages at either end of the auditorium. From Wordnik.com. [Earthquakes in London] Reference
In the very centre of your temple I would place a faun with swift, strange limbs, crisp, serpentine hair, and the smile of a demon. From Wordnik.com. [Clair de Lune A Play in Two Acts and Six Scenes] Reference
Rich pasture extended along the line of trees that marked the serpentine course of the brook which zigzagged its way toward the southwest. From Wordnik.com. [Crossing the Plains, Days of '57 A Narrative of Early Emigrant Tavel to California by the Ox-team Method] Reference
Determination upwards from the Earth horizontally, obliquely, downwards in a right Line, or in several right Lines as it were in serpentine. From Wordnik.com. [The Shepherd of Banbury's Rules to Judge of the Changes of the Weather, Grounded on Forty Years' Experience] Reference
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