Word Finder - twisting

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A twisting force.

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Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.

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The form given in twisting.

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The degree of stress or strain when twisted.

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A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.

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A sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc.

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A sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.

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A distortion to the meaning of a word or passage.

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An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.

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(preceded by definite article) A type of dance characterised by rotating one’s hips. See Twist (dance) on Wikipedia for more details.

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A rotation of the body when diving.

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A sprain, especially to the ankle.

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A twig.

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A girl, a woman.

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A roll of twisted dough, baked.

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A small roll of tobacco.

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A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together.

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Damascus twist

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The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.

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A beverage made of brandy and gin.

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A strong individual tendency or bent; inclination.

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a twist toward fanaticism

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An appetite for food.

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To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.

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To join together by twining one part around another.

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To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

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To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.

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To wind into; to insinuate.

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Avarice twists itself into all human concerns.

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To turn a knob etc.

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To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.

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To form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings).

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To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.

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(of a path) To wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bends.

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To cause to rotate.

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To dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one's hips).

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To coax.

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In the game of blackjack (pontoon or twenty-one), to be dealt another card.

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The disreputable practice of selling unnecessary insurance to a customer in order to earn commission.

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Having many twists

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The mountain road is even more twisting than the valley road.

She turned her face away, twisting free of his arms.

He reached for the door, doubt twisting his guts.

Traffic by street cars was made impossible by the twisting of the tracks.

She threw herself down to avoid the second, sent another knife in its direction to distract it, and leapt up, dancing and twisting through the lightning streams.

That'll keep them from twisting with wear.

So, she figured out how to open the door by twisting the door knob.

Spinning and twisting are as highly developed as the weaving industry.

This twisting is in a great measure owing to the manner in which the bones of the wing are twisted upon themselves, and the spiral nature of their articular surfaces - the long axes of the joints always intersecting each other b FIG.

This begets a twisting diagonal movement of the wing on its long axis, which, but for the elasticity referred to, would break the wing into fragments.

The twisting is most marked at the tip and posterior margin, particularly that half of the posterior margin next the tip. The wing when in action may be divided into two portions by a line running diagonally between the tip of the wing anteriorly and the root of the wing posteriorly.

The long awn, which is bent and closely twisted below the bend, acts as a driving organ; it isvery hygroscopic, the coils untwisting when damp and twisting up when dry.

When the flower expands, the traces of twisting often disappear, but sometimes, as in Apocynaceae, they remain.

Fate dropped him in front of the door to Deidre's exam room, a twisting of the knife in his heart.

I set off down the twisting alleyways of Greenwich Island, searching for the Market.

This results in the floor being cut up with deep grooves, just right for twisting ankles or braking legs.

The calcareous tube worm Serpula vermicularis forms twisting masses of tubes on the shell occupied by the hermit crab.

They saw a mass of tough green vines all matted together and writhing and twisting around like a nest of great snakes.

Here the loop has moved around - twisting with the twister if you like - giving it the appearance of a knotted rope....

Every part is richly decorated with flowers (including tulips), hearts, twisting vines, and grotesque heads of humans and animals.

Low back ache is often precipitated by moving, lifting objects or twisting of the waist.

Later the dancers pass along criss-cross paths punctuated by stamping feet, wheeling arms and twisting torsos.

Every part is richly decorated with flowers (including tulips ), hearts, twisting vines, and grotesque heads of humans and animals.

In the Egyptian ships the hogging trusses were plainly tensioned by twisting them together, making what is often called a Spanish windlass.

The increase of the visceral dome, its spiral twisting, and the gradual closure of the space overhung by the mantle-skirt so as to v / FIG.

Beyond this range the sand and clay loess formation spreads downwards like a tumbled sea, hiding within the folds of its many-crested hills the twisting course of the Kushk and its tributaries.

After she felt herself deserted by Princes Mary and alone in her grief, Natasha spent most of the time in her room by herself, sitting huddled up feet and all in the corner of the sofa, tearing and twisting something with her slender nervous fingers and gazing intently and fixedly at whatever her eyes chanced to fall on.

The revolving hooks are turned either by hand or by a small motor, twisting the yarns together to form a strand.

Ernest commands attention, furiously twisting a soaked beer mat into rhombic shapes.

This attractive wild orchid has small white flowers twisting up the stem, with a rosette of roundish leaves at the bottom.

Boys may have a swollen scrotum, which in rare cases, can lead to twisting of the testis (testicular torsion).

Translates into ' Tilt - Twist ' in twisting multiple somersaults and easily visible viewed from the short end of the trampoline.

Everyone 's cup of tea these twisting, turning tea cups will really have you in a spin.

With elaborate gestures, she makes a pretense of twisting the inconsequential knobs.

In the Egyptian ships the hogging trusses were plainly tensioned by twisting them together, making what is often called a Spanish Windlass.

They can also cause involuntary twisting or writhing movements of the limbs or face called dyskinesias.

One of the most common injuries is ankle rollover or "twisting your ankle", so ensure that your shoes can handle the quick changes in direction inherent to tennis play.

Badminton involves rapid movements, quick changes of direction, and a lot of twisting and turning.

Thicker soles found on running shoes will leave you more prone to injury; twisting your ankle, for example.

Nylon and vinyl are popular choices because they can be wiped clean with a damp cloth, and while they are sturdy, they are not overly rigid and can withstand some minor twisting and contortions.

For example, in a twisting fall, a ski that fails to release is putting added pressure on the knee.

And if he's worth your time, the first thing you ought to do is share with him the note you just sent us (if you can't verbalize it without twisting everything into knots).

The manufacturing of chenille fabric is a unique process that involves placing short lengths of yarn between two "core yarns" and then twisting the yarn together.

This rumor, like many others, began by what Mentwabe Dawit, Zahara's birth mother, claims was a complete twisting of her words.

Long, twisting and turning vines often crawl the ground in the wild, or up trees.

Since they are so heavy, garage doors work on torsion springs which work by twisting.

Lay the first tile down, pressing and twisting it a little to set it into the mortar.

Remove the paint chamber by twisting it counterclockwise.

This holds the end of the bracelet firmly while the knotting takes place and this stops the bracelet from twisting or being pulled out of shape.

Crepe de Chine is a silk fabric made from twisting the silk fibers in opposite directions.

This prank is designed for a phone that has a mouthpiece or an earpiece that can be removed by twisting it off.