spirally fluted handles. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Steam gauges are made of flattened spirally coiled tubes. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island] Reference
The males alone have rather small, spirally twisted horns. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
Even the bark and wood of trees is often disposed spirally. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
Vegetative cells, cylindric but curved more or less spirally. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
In all other forms elaters with spirally thickened walls are found. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
St. Peter's are each flanked by a pair of spirally-fluted columns of. From Wordnik.com. [Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood] Reference
Circinal: spirally rolled like a watch-spring or a butterfly tongue. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
To cover a cable spirally with old three-inch rope to protect it from chafing. From Wordnik.com. [Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced] Reference
The stamens are spirally coiled round the stigma, which is club-shaped and white. From Wordnik.com. [Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation] Reference
Nor are parts of a series less serial, because arranged spirally, as in most gasteropods. From Wordnik.com. [On the Genesis of Species] Reference
The gallery above is supported on small columns, most of which are of pavonazzetto spirally fluted. From Wordnik.com. [Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood] Reference
Convolute: rolled or twisted spirally: also applied to wings when they are wrapped around the body. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
The platinum wires are usually rolled spirally, with the object in view of concentrating the heat into. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882] Reference
The breeze caught up the down, but the wing and tail feathers twisted spirally as they fell into the sea-foam. From Wordnik.com. [The Satyricon — Complete] Reference
The small, spirally-marked vessels are nearest the centre, and are the first to be formed in the young bundle. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses] Reference
Thus we see that while Mr. Redfield concedes to Mr. Espy a spirally inward current, the latter also gives up. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence] Reference
Together they descended spirally downwards at a gentle angle, taking the form of an intelligently designed ramp. From Wordnik.com. [The Revolutions of Time] Reference
An engraved design runs spirally round the whole length of the tube, which is in an excellent state of preservation. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
One day when she was there her eye caught a very small phial with a few letters like a snake running spirally round it. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876] Reference
~ -- In constructing a warehouse at Bristol, England, some 600 spirally-reinforced piles of the Coignet type were used. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
This trimming is set on spirally up each side of the skirt, and is attached at intervals by small bows of white satin ribbon. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851] Reference
But seriously, with its spirally design the Samarra minaret would not be allthatout of place among contemporary Qatarscapes. From Wordnik.com. [the phallicism of skyscrapers] Reference
A few moments later we wound our way downward, spirally, to find ourselves seated at a round table in a cosy, compact dining-room. From Wordnik.com. [In and out of Three Normady Inns] Reference
Ridges nine to twelve, running spirally round the stem, and bearing clusters of brown spines, some of them nearly 2 in. in length. From Wordnik.com. [Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation] Reference
There were several bracts beneath this flower disposed spirally in the 1/3 arrangement, all being empty, excepting the terminal one. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
It is of a dwarfish habit of growth, closely protected by the spirally compressed leaves, with a good-sized and perfectly white head. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
Vegetative body unicellular; spheroidal, cylindrical or spirally twisted; isolated or connected in filamentous or other growth series. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
Upon entering, by means of the tunnel, this sunken crater, a gallery was found, ascending spirally by at least twenty turns to the extreme peak of the mountain. From Wordnik.com. [A Strange Discovery] Reference
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