Convolution (Complex curvature)
Nouns
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winding etc. v.
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convolution, involution, circumvolution
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wave, undulation, tortuosity, anfractuosity
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sinuosity, sinuation
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meandering, circuit, circumbendibus, twist, twirl, windings and turnings, ambages
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torsion
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inosculation
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reticulation etc. (crossing) Crossing
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rivulation
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roughness etc. Roughness. coil, roll, curl
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buckle, spiral, helix, corkscrew, worm, volute, rundle
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tendril
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scollop, scallop, escalop
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kink
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ammonite, snakestone. serpent, eel, maze, labyrinth. knot.
Verbs
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be convoluted etc. adj.
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wind, twine, turn and twist, twirl
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wave, undulate, meander
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inosculate
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entwine, intwine
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twist, coil, roll
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wrinkle, curl, crisp, twill
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frizzle
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crimp, crape, indent, scollop, scallop, wring, intort
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contort
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wreathe etc. (cross) Crossing.
Adjectives
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convoluted
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winding, twisted etc. v.
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tortile, tortive
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wavy
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undated, undulatory
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circling, snaky, snake-like, serpentine
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serpent, anguill, vermiform
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vermicular
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mazy, tortuous, sinuous, flexuous, anfractuous, reclivate, rivulose, scolecoid
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sigmoid, sigmoidal [Geom.]
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spiriferous, spiroid
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involved, intricate, complicated, perplexed
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labyrinth, labyrinthic, labyrinthian, labyrinthine
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peristaltic
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daedalian
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kinky, knotted. wreathy, frizzly, crepe, buckled
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raveled etc. (in disorder) [Absence, or want of Order, etc.] Disorder. spiral, coiled, helical
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cochleate, cochleous
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screw-shaped
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turbinated, turbiniform.
Adverbs
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in and out, round and round
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a can of worms
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Gordian knot.