helical as an adjective: - 1
helical
adjective
1 helical
In the shape of a coil.
synonyms: coiling, spiral, spiraling, turbinate, volute, voluted, whorled.
Roget 245:
curved
etc.
v.;
curviform†,
curvilineal†,
curvilinear;
devex†,
devious;
recurved,
recurvous†;
crump†;
bowed
etc.
v.;
vaulted,
hooked;
falciform†,
falcated†;
semicircular,
crescentic;
sinusoid [Geom.],
parabolic,
paraboloid;
luniform†,
lunular†;
semilunar,
conchoidal†;
helical,
double helical,
spiral;
kinky;
cordiform†,
cordated†;
cardioid;
heart shaped,
bell shaped,
boat shaped,
crescent shaped,
lens shaped,
moon shaped,
oar shaped,
shield shaped,
sickle shaped,
tongue shaped,
pear shaped,
fig shaped;
kidney-shaped,
reniform;
lentiform†,
lenticular;
bow-legged
etc.
(distorted)
243;
oblique
etc.
217;
circular
etc.
247.
aduncated†,
arclike†,
arcuate,
arched,
beaked;
bicorn†,
bicornuous†,
bicornute†;
clypeate†,
clypeiform†;
cymbiform†,
embowed†,
galeiform†;
hamate†,
hamiform†,
hamous†;
hooked;
linguiform†,
lingulate†;
lobiform†,
lunate,
navicular†,
peltate†,
remiform†,
rhamphoid†;
rostrate†,
rostriferous†,
rostroid†;
scutate†,
scaphoid†,
uncate†;
unguiculate†,
unguiform†.
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Roget 248:
convoluted;
winding,
twisted
etc.
v.;
tortile†,
tortive†;
wavy;
undated,
undulatory;
circling,
snaky,
snake-like,
serpentine;
serpent,
anguill†,
vermiform;
vermicular;
mazy,
tortuous,
sinuous,
flexuous,
anfractuous†,
reclivate†,
rivulose†,
scolecoid†;
sigmoid,
sigmoidal [Geom.];
spiriferous†,
spiroid†;
involved,
intricate,
complicated,
perplexed;
labyrinth,
labyrinthic†,
labyrinthian†,
labyrinthine;
peristaltic;
daedalian†;
kinky,
knotted.
wreathy†,
frizzly,
crepe,
buckled;
raveled
etc.
(in disorder)
59.
spiral,
coiled,
helical;
cochleate,
cochleous;
screw-shaped;
turbinated,
turbiniform†.
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Polish: helikalny, świdrowaty, helikoidalny, śrubowaty, śrubkowaty, ślimakowaty, spiralny
Moby thesaurus: O-shaped, ambagious, anfractuous, backhanded, circuitous, circular, cochlear, cochleate, corkscrew, corkscrewy, deviating, deviative, devious, digressive, discursive, excursive, helicoid, indirect, meandering, oblique, orbital, out-of-the-way, rotary, round, roundabout, screw-shaped, scrolled, spiral, spiroid, turbinal, turbinate, verticillate, volute, voluted, whorled ... show more.
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