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| adz |
an axlike tool with a curved, sharp-edged head set crosswise to the handle, used for shaping large pieces of wood. |
| alpenhorn |
a very long curved wooden horn, used by herdsmen in the Alps to call cattle. |
| aoudad |
a wild sheep of northern Africa with long, thick, curved horns and long fringes of hair on the neck, chest, and forelegs. |
| aquiline |
of a nose, curved like an eagle's beak. [1/2 definitions] |
| arc |
any curved line; anything shaped like a bow or curve. [2/4 definitions] |
| arch1 |
a structural element, usu. of masonry, that is curved and used to span an open space such as a door. [1/5 definitions] |
| arcuate |
curved or bent like a bow; arched. |
| arcuation |
the state of being curved, arched, or bent like a bow. [1/3 definitions] |
| area |
the amount of expanse of a flat or curved surface. [1/4 definitions] |
| art nouveau |
(sometimes cap.) a style of art in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, notable for motifs taken from nature and expressed with curved lines. |
| bail2 |
the curved handle of a bucket or pail. [1/2 definitions] |
| banana |
the long, curved, fleshy fruit of any of several tropical treelike plants. [1/2 definitions] |
| bandy |
of legs, curved outward; bowed. [1/4 definitions] |
| bassoon |
a large low-pitched woodwind instrument consisting of a long doubled wooden tube fitted with a slender curved metal tube that terminates in a double-reed mouthpiece. |
| bend |
to make (something) take on a curved or angular form, or a different form. [3/10 definitions] |
| bent1 |
not straight; curved or crooked. [1/6 definitions] |
| bighorn |
a wild sheep found in the Rocky Mountains of North America, the male of which has large, curved horns. (See Rocky Mountain sheep.) |
| billhook |
a sharp curved or hooked tool used for pruning, cutting, and clearing brush. |
| bison |
a hoofed, shaggy, cud-chewing mammal with a large head and forequarters, short curved horns, and a hump at the shoulders, found in North America; buffalo. [1/2 definitions] |
| boilerplate |
flat plates of steel that can be curved to make boilers. [1/5 definitions] |
| boomerang |
a curved wooden club designed to return to the thrower when hurled, used as a hunting weapon by Australian aborigines. [1/3 definitions] |
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