Helix: alternatives and connections

The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.

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Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.

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The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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A parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied together.

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To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Winding or circling round a center or pole and gradually receding from it; as, the spiral curve of a watch spring.

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A spiral scroll which forms the chief feature of the Ionic capital, and which, on a much smaller scale, is a feature in the Corinthian and Composite…

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A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.