annulet

noun

Definition of annuletnext
as in coil

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  1. coil
  2. whorl
  3. spiral
  4. spire
  5. curl
  6. hank
Noun
  • The battery powers it and will have either a coil or ceramic rod that vaporizes the cannabis oil or concentrate inside.
    Amplified Content Studio, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Advertisement The plan is to install inductive charging coils underground along Charles E. Young Drive between the Westwood Plaza intersection and Murphy Hall.
    Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of coil
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  • Thus Andy Dixon paints Day-Glo takes on Rococo romances, with sculptural nudes draped in loose tunics cavorting around pleasure gardens dotted with classical statuary; these same motifs are distilled into dainty arabesques and diaphanous whorls in the abstract canvases of Michaela Yearwood-Dan.
    Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2024
  • This technique would be similar to how forensic scientists match fingerprints today, by comparing just a few points of interest rather than the entire whorl.
    Adam Czajka, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Aug. 2019
Definition of whorl
Noun
  • These kinds of thoughts send you off into a spiral of anxiety, stress, and rumination.
    Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The inflation/interest rate spiral is killing business confidence, as most Russian enterprises can't survive for too long with current extreme interest rates.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of spiral
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  • In his article, Doane says, Around 2,000 people helped rebuild, from a foundry in Normandy that re-tuned the bells which rang out again this weekend, to those scouring forests for centuries-old oak, to find a thousand pieces of French oak to rebuild the spire.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 19 Dec. 2024
  • That same year, a golden rooster — an official symbol of France — was placed atop the building’s new spire.
    Toria Sheffield, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of spire
Noun
  • Waterproof mascaras rely on film-forming copolymers, which help with flexibility, holding the eyelash's curl, and boosting temperature resistance.
    Sarah Han, Allure, 24 Dec. 2024
  • This dual-purpose product is perfect for achieving lasting curls, shielding your strands from high temperatures without leaving a white residue or sticky feel behind.
    Jordan Galloway, SELF, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of curl
Noun
  • There was no one else on the strand, the surf a sickly yellow foam bubbling between the matted black hanks of seaweed heaped on the beach.
    Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Apr. 2022
  • In one of its spreads, a burst of light on muddy asphalt abuts a jumble of walls and fences, rain pounding a limousine, and a spatter of paint with a hank of rope.
    Leo Rubinfien, The New York Review of Books, 11 Feb. 2021
Definition of hank
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