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(noun) whorl, lock, ringlet, curl
a strand or cluster of hair
(noun) Robert Curl, Robert F. Curl, Robert Floyd Curl Jr.
American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)
(noun) curl, curlicue, coil, gyre, whorl, ringlet, scroll, roll
a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
form a curl, curve, or kink
the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling
(verb) curl
play the Scottish game of curling
twist or roll into coils or ringlets
curl my hair, please
wind around something in coils or loops
shape one's body into a curl
She curled farther down under the covers; She fell and drew in