"tentacular," which - assuming you like either octopi or circuses - is the opposite of "craptacular.". From Wordnik.com. [Input, Output] Reference
Octuron's dream vision of the tentacular waitress. From Wordnik.com. [Sexism and traffic stops, a follow-on] Reference
Boneless arms with tentacular fingers clasped the gifts. From Wordnik.com. [Conqueror's Moon]
It was a tentacular clump of nightmare a dozen feet tall. From Wordnik.com. [The Swordbearer]
Our tentacular fame has spread to the continent Down Under. From Wordnik.com. [sorry I haven’t blogged… « raincoaster] Reference
A wheeled, multiply tentacular globe was a sight new to her. From Wordnik.com. [The Stars Are Also Fire]
Arms and tentacular fingers wove through a series of gestures. From Wordnik.com. [Starfarers]
Its dozens of tentacular sound organs waved in all directions. From Wordnik.com. ["He Who Shrank" by Henry Hasse, part 3] Reference
Held firm in its tentacular grasp, theGr'msketter went with it. From Wordnik.com. [A Triumph of Souls]
A huge tangly tree with dangling tentacular vines barred their way. From Wordnik.com. [Yon Ill Wind]
And the stalks of the beanstalk form a tentacular middle structure. From Wordnik.com. [Take a Look Inside Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy II Diary « FirstShowing.net] Reference
It came into view behind a bounder: a monstrously spreading tentacular tree. From Wordnik.com. [A Spell For Chameleon]
What do you think it was before resurgance of the cthulhoid tentacular stuff?. From Wordnik.com. [Compendium of Weird] Reference
A tentacular gesture he had come to recognize showed that she heard it as well. From Wordnik.com. [Lost And Found]
A lank tentacular appendage gripped the edge of the cylinder, another swayed in the air. From Wordnik.com. [natinski Diary Entry] Reference
The Allosan machines were graceful, multi-tentacular, a pleasure to watch swooping about. From Wordnik.com. [The Boat of a Million Years]
She can read with her tentacular eyes while keeping an eye on malacologists with her other pair. From Wordnik.com. [How come I never get to find a snail like this?] Reference
And all this she threw over Sulla like a pall woven from the most clinging and tentacular cobwebs. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
Blurred images of vast tentacular shapes and ambulatory geometries were no more than the hallucinatory. From Wordnik.com. [Cyber Way]
The earthenware rhino that could have stood artist's model to Durer, folded plates of skin, tentacular upper lip. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-09-01] Reference
I was wondering how functional the pallial eye would be compared to tentacular eyes - would it see very differently?. From Wordnik.com. [Cerithidea] Reference
Humanoid, but with tentacular digits on hands and feet and eyestalks on their head—most likely evolved from cephalopods. From Wordnik.com. [The Riddled Post] Reference
But even as it began its frantic scuttle, the tentacular roots of the killerwillows thrashed blindly about, seeking for it. From Wordnik.com. [HOTHOUSE]
Perhaps, the tentacular eyes are not suitable for terrestrial vision and the pallial eye evolved to take over their function on land. From Wordnik.com. [Cerithidea] Reference
More like a circular cloud of dense, black vapor it seemed, with whorls of mist escaping in tentacular wisps, than a literal devilfish. From Wordnik.com. [Conan Of The Isles]
They added their bulk to the giant's assaults or scampered up the cut edges of stone or flung tentacular digits to haul themselves over. From Wordnik.com. [Time Streams]
Actually, squids are what the fairies evolved into, hence the overwhelming supernatural attractiveness of the entire tentacular kingdom. From Wordnik.com. [pic o’ the day: fossilized fairy « raincoaster] Reference
Kandron returned, entered his ship as usual, stored his flitter, and extended a tentacular member toward the row of switches on his panel. From Wordnik.com. [Children of the Lens]
Events almost seemed determined by this tentacular oracle. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
As those tentacular arms stretched out toward Clio, Costigan leaped. From Wordnik.com. [Triplanetary] Reference
I thought the book needed a giant squid, in all it's tentacular glory. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
The latter was all flexed feet and tentacular arms in "Flute Moon" from Tomasson's. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference
And, like Vince Foster, the hand / palm prints will exibhit that Tice has a tentacular-like. From Wordnik.com. [Slashdot] Reference
It's a great way to give and receive in the most tentacular fashion - and most of all, it's a lot of fun!. From Wordnik.com. [Yog-Sothoth.com] Reference
When he became Premier in 2003, Jean Charest told us that the Quebec government was "obese and tentacular.". From Wordnik.com. [Dr Roy's Thoughts] Reference
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