curliness

 [kur-lee]  

curl·y

   [kur-lee]
adjective, curl·i·er, curl·i·est.
1.
curling or tending to curl: curly blond hair.
2.
having curls (usually used in combination): curlyheaded.
3.
having a rippled or undulating appearance, as cut and finished wood: curly maple.
Origin:
1720–30; curl + -y1

Related forms
curl·i·ness, noun
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Curliness is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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curly (ˈkɜːlɪ)
 
—adj , curlier, curliest
1.  tending to curl; curling
2.  having curls
3.  (of timber) having irregular curves or waves in the grain
4.  (Austral), (NZ) difficult to counter or answer: a curly question
 
'curliness
 
—n

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