| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| southwestern United States plant with yellow flowers on stems that twist and twine through other vegetation |
Antirrhinum filipes
,
yellow twining snapdragon
|
| twist and interweave |
braid
,
plait
|
| twist out of shape |
contort
,
distort
|
| body into abnormal positions, person who can twist |
contortionist
|
| acrobat able to twist into unusual positions |
contortionist
|
| twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting |
deflection
,
warp
|
| ball's horizontal twist or spin |
English
|
| (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist |
English
,
side
|
| small cake in the form of a ring or twist or ball or strip fried in deep fat |
friedcake
|
| humor with a twist |
irony
|
| mold or twist |
ply
|
| prompt twist |
quirk
|
| twist a metal pin in or out of a surface |
screw
|
| twist something |
screw
|
| hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt |
spanner
,
wrench
|
| twist into a thread |
spin
|
| stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning |
spindle
|
| wriggle and twist, especially in a show of discomfort or disgust |
squirm
|
| twist or become twisted into a confused mass |
tangle
|
| spinning machine formerly used to twist and wind fibers of cotton or wool continuously |
throstle
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