untwistingn.
The action or result of taking out of twist; also plural, untwisted fibres or threads.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [noun]
keyeOE
undoinga1330
expositiona1340
declarationc1374
declaringc1374
clearingc1380
expoundingc1380
explanationa1382
interpretation1382
exploitingc1390
unfolding1483
explicating1531
explication1537
clearance?1548
elucidation1570
explaining1576
manifestation1576
untwining1577
illustration1581
untwisting1591
eviscerating1599
unclouding1601
enodation1603
opening1611
dilucidation1615
unsnarling1640
declarement1646
enucleation1650
illumination1656
dilucidatinga1660
luciferousness1665
clarifying1677
unravelling1713
disentanglement1751
exegesis1770
disambiguation1827
evisceration1831
keyword1848
clarificationa1866
exponence1880
exponency1880
straightening1900
demystification1964
the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > uncoiling or unwinding > [noun] > untwining or untwisting
untwining1577
untwisting1591
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [noun] > untwisting or unravelling
untwisting1591
unravelling1606
unplaiting1611
unweaving1706
1591 R. Percivall Spanish Dict. Deshiladura, vntwisting.
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Sfiaccij, vntwistings, rauelings, lint for Chirurgions.
1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 92 There should be no difficulty in the untwisting of all this which Mr. T. hath so ravelled.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Hygrometer This alternate Twisting and Untwisting in a Cord.
1875 R. F. Martin tr. J. Havrez On Recent Improvem. Winding Machinery 27 Without any untwisting of the eight strands.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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