#240. Form. -- N. f
#242. [Regularity of form.] Symmetry. -- N. symmetry
shapeliness
finish
beauty
proportion
uniformity
parallelism
bilateral symmetry
trilateral symmetry
multilateral
symmetry
centrality
branching
ramification
arbor vitae
Adj. symmetrical
shapely
well set
finished
beautiful
classic
chaste
severe
regular
uniform
balanced
equal
parallel
coextensive
branching
ramose
fuji-shaped
fujigata[Jap.]
#243. [Irregularity of form.] Distortion. -- N. distortion
contortion
twist
crookedness
grimace
deformity
malformation
harelip;
monstrosity
want of symmetry
ugliness
teratology
asymmetry
irregularity
V. distort
contort
twist
warp
wrest
writhe
make faces
deform
misshape
Adj. distorted
out of shape
irregular
asymmetric
awry
wry
askew
crooked
not true
not straight
on
one side
deformed
harelipped
misshapen
misbegotten;
ill proportioned
ill-made
grotesque
monstrous
crooked as a ram's horn
camel backed
hump backed
hunch backed
bunch
backed
crook backed
bandy
bandy legged
bow legged
bow kneed
knock
kneed
splay footed
club footed
round shouldered
snub nosed
curtailed
of one's fair proportions
stumpy
gaunt
bloated
scalene
Adv. all manner of ways
Phr. crooked as a Virginia fence [U.S.]
2. Special Form
#244. Angularity. -- N. angularity
angle
cusp
bend
fold
notch
fork
bifurcation
elbow
knee
knuckle
ankle
groin
crotch
crutch
crane
fluke
scythe
sickle
zigzag
akimbo
corner
nook
recess
niche
oriel[Arch]
right angle
obliquity
angle
of 45x
miter
acute angle
obtuse angle
salient angle
reentering angle
spherical angle
angular measurement
angular elevation
angular distance
angular
velocity
trigonometry
goniometry
clinometer
goniometer
theodolite
sextant
quadrant
dichotomy
triangle
wedge
rectangle
square
lozenge
diamond;
rhomb
rhombus
quadrangle
quadrilateral
parallelogram
quadrature;
polygon
pentagon
hexagon
heptagon
octagon
decagon
pyramid
cone
Platonic bodies
cube
rhomboid
tetrahedron
pentahedron
hexahedron
octahedron
dodecahedron
icosahedron
eicosahedron
prism
pyramid;
parallelopiped
curb roof
gambrel roof
mansard roof
V. bend
fork
bifurcate
crinkle
Adj. angular
bent
crooked
aquiline
jagged
serrated
forked
bifurcate
zigzag
hooked;
dovetailed
knock kneed
crinkled
akimbo
oblique
fusiform[Microb]
wedge-shaped
cuneiform
triangular
trilateral;
quadrangular
quadrilateral
foursquare
rectangular
square
multilateral;
polygonal
cubical
rhomboid
rhomboidal
pyramidal
#245. Curvature. -- N. curvature
incurvity|
bend
flexure
flexion
conflexure|
crook
hook
bought
bending
deflection
inflection
devexity|
turn
deviation
detour
sweep
curl
curling;
bough
sinuosity
kink
carve
arc
arch
arcade
vault
bow
crescent
half-moon
horseshoe
loop
crane neck
parabola
hyperbola
helix
spiral
festoon
cardioid
caustic;
tracery
arched ceiling
arched roof
bay window
bow window
sine curve
spline
spline curve
spline function
obliquity
V. be curved
curve
sweep
sway
swag
sag;
deviate
curl
turn
reenter
[trans] render curved
flex
bend
curve
inflect
deflect
scatter[Phys]
refract (light) 420
crook
turn
round
arch
arcuate
arch over
bow
curl
recurve
frizzle
rotundity
convexity
Adj. curved
curvilinear;
devex|
devious
recurved
bowed
vaulted
hooked
semicircular
crescentic;
sinusoid[Geom]
parabolic
paraboloid
semilunar
helical
double helical
spiral
kinky;
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
lenticular
bow-legged
oblique
circular
arcuate
arched
beaked
hooked
lunate
#246. Straightness. -- N. straightness
directness
inflexibility
straight line
right line
direct line
short cut
V. be straight
have no turning
not incline to either side
not bend to either side
not turn to either side
not deviate to either
side
go straight
steer for
render straight
straighten
rectify
set straight
put straight;
unbend
unfold
uncurl
unravel
unwrap
Adj. straight
rectilinear
direct
even
right
true
in a line
unbent
virgate
undeviating
unturned
undistorted
unswerving
straight as an arrow
inflexible
laser-straight
ramrod-straight
#247. [Simple circularity.] Circularity. -- N. circularity
roundness;
rotundity
circle
circlet
ring
areola
hoop
annulus
bracelet
armlet
ringlet
eye
loop
wheel
cycle
orb
orbit
rundle
zone
belt
cordon
band
crown wheel;
hub
nave
sash
girdle
cincture
baldric
fillet
fascia
wreath
garland
crown
corona
coronet
chaplet
snood
necklace
collar;
noose
lasso
ellipse
oval
ovule
ellipsoid
cycloid
epicycloid[Geom]
epicycle;
semicircle
quadrant
sextant
sector
sphere
V. make round
round
go round
encircle
describe a circle
Adj. round
rounded
circular
annular
orbicular
oval
ovate;
elliptic
elliptical
egg-shaped
pear-shaped
cycloidal
spherical
Phr. "I watched the little circles die" [Tennyson]
#248. [Complex curvature.] Convolution. -- N. winding
convolution
involution
circumvolution
wave
undulation
tortuosity
sinuosity
meandering
circuit
twist
twirl
windings and turnings
torsion
reticulation
roughness
coil
roll
curl
buckle
spiral
helix
corkscrew
worm
volute
rundle
tendril
scallop
kink
ammonite
serpent
eel
maze
labyrinth
knot
V. be convoluted
wind
twine
turn and twist
twirl
wave
undulate
meander
entwine
twist
coil
roll
wrinkle
curl
crisp
twill
frizzle
crimp
crape
indent
scallop
wring
contort
wreathe
219
Adj. convoluted
winding
twisted
tortive|;
wavy
undated
undulatory
circling
snaky
snake-like
serpentine;
serpent
vermiform
vermicular
mazy
tortuous
sinuous
flexuous
sigmoid
sigmoidal[Geom]
involved
intricate
complicated
perplexed
labyrinth
labyrinthine
peristaltic;
kinky
knotted
frizzly
crepe
buckled
raveled
spiral
coiled
helical
cochleate
cochleous
screw-shaped;
turbinated
Adv. in and out
round and round
a can of worms
Gordian knot
#249. Rotundity. -- N. rotundity
roundness
sphericity
cylinder
cylindrical
barrel
drum
roll
roller;
column
rolling-pin
rundle
cone
pear shape
egg shape
bell shape
sphere
globe
ball
boulder
spheroid
ellipsoid;
oblong spheroid
oblate spheroid
prolate spheroid
drop
spherule
globule
vesicle
bulb
bullet
pellet
clew
pill
marble
pea
knob
pommel
horn
knot (convolution) 248
curved surface
hypersphere
hyperdimensional surface
V. render spherical
form into a sphere
sphere
roll into a
ball
give rotundity
round
Adj. rotund
round
cylindric
cylindrical
columnar
conic
conical
spherical
spheroidal
globular
globose
egg shaped
bell shaped
pear shaped
ovoid
oviform
gibbous
bead-like
bulbous
tres atque
rotundus[Lat]
round as an orange
round as an apple
round as a ball
round as a billiard ball
round as a cannon ball
3. Superficial Form
#250. Convexity. -- N. convexity
prominence
projection
swelling
bilge
bulge
protuberance
protrusion
camber
cahot
thank-ye-ma'am [U.S.]. swell
intumescence
tumour[Brit]
tumor
tubercle
tuberosity[Anat];
excrescence
hump
hunch
bunch
boss
embossment
hub
hubble
[convex body parts] tooth[U.S.]
knob
elbow
process
condyle
bulb
node
nodule
tongue
dorsum
bump
clump
sugar loaf
bow
molar
belly
corporation|!
pot belly
gut[coll]
withers
back
shoulder
lip
flange
[convexities on skin] pimple
zit [slang]
wen
wheel
papula[Med]
pustule
pock
proud flesh
growth
sarcoma
corn
wart
pappiloma
furuncle
fungus
bleb
blister
boil
blob
papule
verruca
[convex body parts on chest] papilla
nipple
teat
tit [vulgar]
titty [vulgar]
boob [vulgar]
knocker[vulgar]
pap
breast
dug
[prominent convexity on the face] proboscis
nose
neb
beak
snout
nozzle
schnoz[coll]
peg
button
stud
ridge
rib
jutty
trunnion
snag
cupola
dome
arch
balcony
eaves
pilaster
relief
relievo[It]
cameo
altorivievo
low relief
high relief
hill
cape
promontory
mull
forehead
point of land
mole
jetty
hummock
ledge
spur;
ness
V. be prominent
project
bulge
protrude
pout
bunch
jut out
stand out
stick out
poke out
stick up
bristle up
start
up
cock up
shoot up
swell over
hang over
bend over
beetle
render prominent
raise 30
emboss
chase
[become convex] belly out
Adj. convex
prominent
protuberant
projecting
bossed
embossed
bossy
nodular
bunchy
clavate
claviform;
hemispheric
bulbous
bowed
arched
bold
bellied;
tuberous
tuberculous
lenticular
gibbous
club shaped
knobby
papillose
saddle-shaped
salient
in relief
raised
repousse
bloated
(expanded) 194
#251. Flatness. -- N. flatness
smoothness
plane
level
plate
platter
table
tablet
slab
V. render flat
flatten
level
Adj. flat
plane
even
flush
discoid
level
(horizontal)
flat as a pancake
flat as a fluke
flat as a flounder
flat as a board
flat as my hand
#252. Concavity. -- N. concavity
depression
dip
hollow
hollowness;
indentation
intaglio
cavity
dent
dint
dimple
follicle
pit
sinus
lacuna
excavation
strip mine
trough
honeycomb
cup
basin
crater
punch bowl
cell
socket
valley
vale
dale
dell
dingle
bottom
glade
grove
glen
cave
cavern
cove
grotto;
alcove
cul-de-sac
gully
arch
bay
sea) 343
excavator
sapper
miner
honeycomb (sponge) 252a
V. be concave
retire
cave in
render concave
depress
hollow
scoop
scoop out
gouge
gouge out
dig
delve
excavate
dent
dint
mine
sap
undermine
burrow
tunnel
stave in
Adj. depressed
cup-shaped
dishing
concave
hollow
stove in
retiring
retreating
cavernous;
porous
funnel shaped
bell shaped
capsular
vaulted
arched
252a Sponge -- N. sponge
honeycomb
network
frit[Chem]
filter
sieve
net
screen (opening) 260
Adj. cellular
spongy
honeycombed
alveolar;
sintered
porous (opening) 260
#253. Sharpness. -- N. sharpness
acuity
point
spike
spine
spicule[Biol]
needle
hypodermic
needle
tack
nail
pin
prick
prickle
spur
rowel
barb
spit
cusp;
horn
antler
snag
tag thorn
bristle
bear grass
[U.S.]
tine
yucca
nib
tooth
tusk
spoke
cog
ratchet
crag
crest
cone peak
sugar loaf
pike
spire
pyramid
steeple
beard
porcupine
hedgehog
brier
bramble
thistle
comb
awn
beggar's lice
bur
burr
cleavers
goose
grass
hariff
flax comb
hackle
heckle
wedge
knife edge
cutting edge
blade
edge tool
cutlery
knife
penknife
whittle
razor
razor blade
safety razor
straight razor
electric razor
scalpel
lancet
plowshare
coulter
hatchet
ax
pickax
mattock
pick
adze
gill
billhook
cleaver
cutter
scythe
sickle
scissors
shears
pruning shears
cutters
wire cutters
nail clipper
paper cutter
sword
bodkin
(perforator)
paring knife;
bushwhacker [U.S.]
drawing knife
drawing shave
microtome[Microbiol];
chisel
screwdriver blade
flint blade
guillotine
sharpener
hone
strop
grindstone
whetstone
steel
emery
V. be sharp
taper to a point
bristle with
render sharp
sharpen
point
aculeate
whet
barb
set
strop
grind
chip [flint]
cut
Adj. sharp
keen
acute
acicular
pointed
tapering
conical
pyramidal
spindle shaped
needle shaped
spiked
spiky
peaked
salient
cusped
cuspidate
prickly
spiny
spicular
thorny
bristling
studded
thistly
craggy
snaggy
two-edged
fusiform[Microb]
denticulated
toothed
starlike
barbed
spurred
acinaciform
awned
bearded
cone-shaped
lanciform
awl
awl-shaped
lance-shaped
awl-shaped
scimitar-shaped
sword-shaped
tetrahedral
cutting
sharp edged
knife edged
sharp as a razor
keen as a razor;
sharp as a needle
sharp as a tack
sharpened
set
#254. Bluntness. -- N. bluntness
V. be blunt
render blunt
dull
take off the
point
take off the edge
turn
Adj. blunt
obtuse
dull
bluff
edentate
toothless
#255. Smoothness. -- N. smoothness
polish
gloss
lubricity
lubrication
[smooth materials] down
velvet
velure
silk
satin
velveteen
velour
velours
glass
ice
slide
bowling green
asphalt
wood pavement
flagstone
flags
[objects used to smooth other objects] roller
steam roller
lawn
roller
rolling pin
rolling mill
sand paper
emery paper
emery cloth
sander
flat iron
sad iron
burnisher
turpentine and beeswax
polish
shoe polish
[art of cutting and polishing gemstones] lapidary
[person who polishes gemstones] lapidary
lapidarian
V. smooth
plane
file
mow
shave
level
roll;
macadamize
polish
burnish
glaze
iron
hot-press
mangle
lubricate
Adj. smooth
polished
slick
even
level
plane
sleek
glossy;
silken
silky
downy
velvety
glabrous
slippery
glassy
lubricous
oily
soft
smooth as glass
smooth as ice
smooth as monumental alabaster
smooth as velvet
smooth as oil
slippery
as an eel
woolly
Phr. smooth as silk
slippery as coonshit on a pump handle
slippery
as a greased pig
#256. Roughness. -- N. roughness
tooth
grain
texture
ripple
asperity
salebrosity|
corrugation
brush
hair
beard
shag
mane
whisker
moustache
imperial
tress
lock
curl
ringlet
fimbriae
pili
cilia
villi
lovelock;
curl paper
goatee
papillote
scalp lock
plumage
plume
panache
crest
feather
tuft
fringe
toupee
wool
velvet
plush
nap
pile
floss
fur
down
moss
bur
fluff
knot (convolution) 248
V. be rough
go against the grain
render-rough
roughen
ruffle
crisp
crumple
corrugate
set
on edge
stroke the wrong way
rumple
Adj. rough
uneven
scabrous
scaly ,knotted
rugged
crisp
salebrous|
gnarled
unpolished
craggy
cragged;
scraggy
prickly
arborescent
leafy
well-wooded
feathery
plumose
trichoid[Med]
tufted
fimbriated
hairy
ciliated
filamentous
hirsute
bushy
hispid
villous
bearded
shaggy
shagged
fringed
setous|
setaceous
"like quills upon the fretful porcupine" [Hamlet];
rough as a nutmeg grater
rough as a bear
downy
velvety
flocculent
woolly
fluffy
Adv. against the grain
Phr. cabello luengo y corto el seso[Sp]
#257. Notch. -- N. notch
dent
nick
cut
indent
indentation;
dimple
embrasure
battlement
saw
tooth
scallop
vandyke
depression
jag
V. notch
nick
cut
dent
indent
jag
scarify
scotch
crimp
scallop
vandyke
Adj. notched
dentate
dentated;
denticulate
denticulated
toothed
serrated
#258. Fold. -- N. fold
plait
pleat
ply
crease;
tuck
gather
flexion
flexure
joint
elbow
double
doubling
gather
wrinkle
crinkle
crumple
rumple
ruffle
dog's ear
corrugation
flounce
lapel
pucker
crow's feet
V. fold
double
plait
crease
wrinkle
crinkle
curl
cockle up
cocker
rumple
flute
frizzle
twill
corrugate
ruffle
crimple|
crumple
pucker
turn down
double down
down under
tuck
hem
gather
Adj. folded
fluted
pleated
#259. Furrow. -- N. furrow
groove
rut
sulcus[Anat]
scratch
streak
striae
crack
score
incision
slit
chamfer
fluting
corduroy
road
cradle hole
channel
gutter
trench
ditch
dike
dyke
moat
trough
kennel
ravine
thank-ye-ma'am
[U.S.]
V. furrow
flute
plow
incise
engrave
etch
bite in
Adj. furrowed
ribbed
striated
sulcated[Anat]
fluted
corduroy