sinuatedadj.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved surface > [adjective] > concave
hollc1000
hollowa1250
denteda1398
concaved?1541
saddle-backed1545
vaulty1545
concave?a1560
sinuated1578
inboweda1586
inbowing1603
inwinding1610
hollowed1613
crusy1625
simous1634
invex1688
scooped1726
depressed1753
hollowed-out1755
scooping1821
shell1823
welled1848
concaving1871
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1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 35v A round head..is admitted into the..rounde sinuated side of the Boatelyke Bone.
2.
a. Botany. Of leaves or their margins: = sinuate adj. 1.
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > specific areas or structures > [adjective] > margin or periphery > having a wavy margin
sinuate1688
sinuated1727
crisp1753
repanded1753
repand1760
crisped1802
wavy1832
crispate1846
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II A Sinuated Leaf..is that which is cut about the Edges into several long Segments, as in Oak-Leaves.
1758 Philos. Trans. 1757 (Royal Soc.) 50 68 The radical leaves..are not sinuated on the edges.
1828 J. E. Smith Eng. Flora (ed. 2) II. 11 The last, from which it differs in being generally more bushy, with more deeply toothed, or sinuated, leaves.
1847 W. E. Steele Handbk. Field Bot. 13 Leaves lanceolate, unequally spiny, sinuated.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1062/2.
b. Similarly of shells, parts of insects, etc.
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1728 J. Woodward Catal. Foreign Fossils ii. 16 in Catal. Addit. Eng. Native Fossils Another very beautiful and perfect,..with the Margin more sinuated.
1772 Philos. Trans. 1771 (Royal Soc.) 61 233 Its figure is oblong,..and the hinge somewhat sinuated at the opening.
1835 J. Duncan Nat. Hist. Beetles (Naturalist's Libr.: Entomol. II) 103 This piece is usually..sinuated or notched in the middle of its anterior edge.
1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 104 Shell rather ventricose;..outer lip..sinuated near the notch of the anterior canal.
1875 M. C. Cooke Fungi (ed. 2) 67 A cellular mass, consisting of the sinuated hymenium and young spores.
3. Sinuous, winding.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > having many or winding curves
tortivous14..
anfractuous?a1425
tortuous1426
tortuea1500
snakish1532
winding1538
wormy1545
boughty1570
wriggled1572
sinuous1578
serpent-likea1586
crankled1594
serpent1597
snaky1600
flexuous1605
snaking1605
cringle-crangle1606
voluminous1611
serpenting?1614
serpentine1615
curvy1623
serpentizing1628
worming1631
lacinious1648
anguineous1656
anguine1657
anfractuose1680
twisting1683
vermicular1712
worm-like1721
flexuose1727
meandering1748
crinkum-crankum1766
serpentiform1777
serpentining1799
anguiform1800
ophite1828
tortuose1829
cranky1836
sinuose1836
serpentile1857
twisty1857
sinuated1859
vermiculatea1864
twinyc1868
tortive1880
crinkle-crankle1881
serpentinous1882
quirky1890
twistical1890
waggly1894
wriggly1901
squiggly1902
wiggly1903
contortionate1911
wig-waggy1914
curvaceous1965
1859 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 127 The sinuated beds of watercourses and the steep inclines of hills.
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