Tendril
81Infant — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Infant >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 infant infant babe baby babe in arms Sgm: N 1 nurseling nurseling suckling yearling weanling Sgm: N 1 papoose papoose bambino Sgm …
82Convolution — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Complex curvature. < N PARAG:Convolution >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 winding winding &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 convolution convolution involution circumvolution Sgm: N 1 wave wave undulation tortuosity anfractu …
83tender — English has two distinct words tender, both of which go back ultimately to the Indo European base *ten ‘stretch’. The adjective, ‘delicate, fragile’ [13], comes via Old French tendre from Latin tener ‘delicate’, a descendant of *ten and source… …
84pompano — (n.) 1778, from Amer.Sp. pampano, used of various types of fish, from Spanish, originally vine, tendril, from L. pampinus tendril or leaf of a vine …
85cirrus — [ sɪrəs] noun (plural cirri rʌɪ) 1》 cloud forming wispy streaks at high altitude. 2》 Zoology a slender tendril or hair like filament, e.g. the barbel of a fish. ↘Botany a tendril. Origin C18: from L., lit. a curl …
86tender — English has two distinct words tender, both of which go back ultimately to the Indo European base *ten ‘stretch’. The adjective, ‘delicate, fragile’ [13], comes via Old French tendre from Latin tener ‘delicate’, a descendant of *ten and source… …
87cirrus — [sir′əs] n. [L, a lock, curl, tendril ] 1. pl. cirri [sir′ī΄] Biol. a) a plant tendril b) a flexible, threadlike tentacle or appendage, as the feelers of certain organisms c) a cone shaped cluster of fused cilia, occurring in many species of… …
88pompano — ☆ pompano [päm′pə nō΄ ] n. pl. pompano or pompanos [Sp pámpano, a kind of fish, tendril < L pampinus, tendril, young shoot] any of various edible, marine North American and West Indian jack fishes (esp. genus Trachinotus) with spiny fins and a …
89pampiniform — pamˈpinəˌfȯrm adjective Etymology: Latin pampinus tendril, vine leaf (of non Indo European origin) + English iform; akin to the source of Greek ampelos vine : convoluted and like a tendril used of a venous plexus associated with the spermatic or …
90tendrillar — ˈtendrələ(r) adjective Etymology: tendril (I) + ar : tendrilous * * * tenˈdrillar or tenˈdrillous adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑tendril …
