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coil
noun as in thread that curls
Example Sentences
She works out at least five times a week to maintain the upper body strength and flexibility required to climb a pole and bend, twist and coil herself into positions that seem impossible for most women several decades her junior.
This means that, especially for a galaxy formed early in the universe's history, gas would continuously fall into the galaxy, coil down and form large numbers of stars, which humans can detect even from thousands of lightyears away.
In these sessions, the provider places a magnetic coil against the patient’s scalp that emits a gentle electromagnetic pulse.
The class had cobbled together a homemade Tesla coil, and wireless messages were sent from the basement to the school auditorium by students who, The Times adjudged, could “handle juice most familiarly.”
In an electric motor, a magnetic field helps an internal coil to spin, external.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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