Tortuous: alternatives and connections

Composed of two or more parts; composite; not simple; as, a complex being; a complex idea.

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Composed of two or more parts; composite; not simple; as, a complex being; a complex idea.

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of Crook

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of Crook

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Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road.

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Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road.

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A twisting; a writhing; wry motion; a twist; as, the contortion of the muscles of the face.

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A twisting; a writhing; wry motion; a twist; as, the contortion of the muscles of the face.

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The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness.

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The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness.

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A gold coin, so called from being coined at Byzantium. See Bezant.

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Having convolutions.

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of Involve

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Full of knots; knotted; having many knots; as, knotty timber; a knotty rope.

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Pertaining to, or like, a labyrinth; labyrinthal.

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of Tangle

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of Twist

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Of or pertaining to volume or volumes.

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of Wind

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