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(adj) coiling, spiraling, turbinate, helical, whorled, volute, voluted
in the shape of a coil
(noun) coil, helix, whorl, volute
a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
a coil of rope
(noun) volute
ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center
(noun) helix
a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle
to wind or move in a spiral course
the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action; black smoke coiling up into the sky; the young people gyrated on the dance floor
(verb) corkscrew
move in a spiral or zigzag course