1. A complication, often used pejoratively.
2. The state of being rolled upon itself, or rolled or doubled together; a tortuous or sinuous winding or fold, as of something rolled or folded upon itself.
3. An irregular, tortuous folding of an organ or part.
ETYM Akin to Dutch krul, Dan. krölle. Related to Curl.
1. A ringlet, especially of hair; anything of a spiral or winding form.
2. An undulating or waving line or streak in any substance, as wood, glass, etc.; flexure; sinuosity.
1. A jerky pulling movement; SYN. wrench.
2. Turning or twisting around (in place); SYN. turn.
The use of misrepresentation or trickery to get someone to lapse a life insurance policy and buy another usually in another company
1. A drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle
2. An arrangement of similar anatomical parts (as leaves) in a circle around a point on an axis
3. Something that whirls, coils, or spirals or whose form suggests such movement; swirl
4. One of the turns of a univalve shell
5. A fingerprint in which the central papillary ridges turn through at least one complete circle
ETYM Cf. French pli, from plier. Related to Ply.
1. One of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination: or.
2. Usually used in combination; one of several layers of cloth or paper or wood as in plywood.