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Aberration
noun · 78% connection
A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twisting, writhing, motion, twist, muscles.
Affront
verb · 78% connection
To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twisting, writhing, motion, twist, muscles.
Agony
noun · 78% connection
Pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and hence,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twisting, writhing, motion, twist, muscles.
Athetosis
noun · 78% connection
a continuous succession of slow, writhing, involuntary movements of the hands and feet and other body parts
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twisting, writhing, motion, twist, muscles.
Cam
noun · 78% connection
A turning or sliding piece which, by the shape of its periphery or face, or a groove in its surface, imparts variable or intermittent…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twisting, writhing, motion, twist, muscles.
Confront
verb · 78% connection
To put face to face; to cause to face or to meet; as, to confront one with the proofs of his wrong doing.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twisting, writhing, motion, twist, muscles.
Contracture
noun · 78% connection
A state of permanent rigidity or contraction of the muscles, generally of the flexor muscles.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twisting, writhing, motion, twist, muscles.
Crank
noun · 78% connection
A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twisting, writhing, motion, twist, muscles.
Distort
verb · 78% connection
To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twisting, writhing, motion, twist, muscles.
English
noun · 78% connection
A twist or spinning motion given to a ball in striking it that influences the direction it will take after touching a cushion or anoth…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twisting, writhing, motion, twist, muscles.
Face
noun · 78% connection
Presence; sight; front; as in the phrases, before the face of, in the immediate presence of; in the face of, before, in, or against th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twisting, writhing, motion, twist, muscles.
Feature
noun · 78% connection
The make, cast, or appearance of the human face, and especially of any single part of the face; a lineament. (pl.) The face, the count…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twisting, writhing, motion, twist, muscles.
Flesh
noun · 78% connection
The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which cover the framework of bones in man and other animals; especially, the musc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twisting, writhing, motion, twist, muscles.
Incito-motor
adjective · 78% connection
Inciting to motion; -- applied to that action which, in the case of muscular motion, commences in the nerve centers, and excites the m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twisting, writhing, motion, twist, muscles.
Laugh
verb · 78% connection
To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twisting, writhing, motion, twist, muscles.
Laughter
verb · 78% connection
A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the face, particularly of the lips, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicat…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twisting, writhing, motion, twist, muscles.
Left-handed
adjective · 78% connection
Having a direction contrary to that of the hands of a watch when seen in front; -- said of a twist, a rotary motion, etc., looked at f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twisting, writhing, motion, twist, muscles.
Motorial
noun · 78% connection
Causing or setting up motion; pertaining to organs of motion; -- applied especially in physiology to those nerves or nerve fibers whic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twisting, writhing, motion, twist, muscles.
