Synonyms of the word

volute

• n. (architecture) The spiral curve on an Ionic capital.
• n. (zoology) The spirals or whorls on a gastropod's shell.
• n. (zoology) Any marine gastropod of the family Volutidae.
• n. (engineering) The casing in a centrifugal pump, whose shape is somewhat similar to architectural volutes.
• n. (art) A spiral or scroll form.
• n. (music) A scroll-shaped carving at the tuning head of a stringed musical instrument, similar to architectural…
• adj. (engineering) Of a spring: having a spiral curve on its tail.

coil

• n. Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
• n. Any intrauterine device (Abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
• n. (electrical) A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
• n. (figuratively) Entanglement; perplexity.
• v. To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
• v. To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
• v. To wind cylindrically or spirally.
• v. (obsolete, rare) To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils.
• n. (now obsolete except in phrases) A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.

coiled

• v. simple past tense and past participle of coil.
• adj. In the form of coils; having coils.
• adj. Prepared and poised to act, like a snake that has coiled its lower body so it can strike.

coiling

• v. present participle of coil.
• n. The pattern or motion of something that coils.

construction

• n. The process of constructing.
• n. Anything that has been constructed.
• n. The trade of building structures.
• n. A building, model or some other structure.
• n. (art) A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.
• n. The manner in which something is built.
• n. (grammar) A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
• n. The act or result of construing the meaning of something.
• n. The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.
• n. (geometry) A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.

decoration

• n. The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.
• n. That which adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment; ornament.
• n. Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of…
• n. (biochemistry, immunology) The use of exotic sugars as decoys to distract the immune system of a host.

helical

• adj. In the shape of a helix.

helix

• n. (mathematics) A curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a plane perpendicular…
• n. (architecture) A small volute under the abacus of a Corinthian capital.
• n. (anatomy) The incurved rim of the external ear.
• n. An upside down midair 360° spin in playboating.

ornament

• n. An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns.
• n. A Christmas tree decoration.
• n. (music) A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to…
• v. To decorate.
• v. To add to.

ornamentation

• n. Decoration, adornment or embellishment.
• n. The act or process of decorating etc.

spiral

• n. (geometry) A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing…
• n. (informal) A helix.
• n. A self-sustaining process with a lot of momentum involved, so it is difficult to accelerate or stop it…
• adj. Helical, like a spiral.
• v. (intransitive) To move along the path of a spiral or helix.
• v. (transitive) To cause something to spiral.
• v. (figuratively, intransitive) To increase continually.

spiraling

• v. present participle of spiral.
• n. Alternative form of spiralling.

structure

• n. A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
• n. The underlying shape of a solid.
• n. The overall form or organization of something.
• n. A set of rules defining behaviour.
• n. (computing) Several pieces of data treated as a unit.
• n. (fishing, uncountable) Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend…
• n. A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.
• n. (logic) A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.
• v. (transitive) To give structure to; to arrange.

turbinate

• adj. Shaped or spinning like a top.
• adj. In the shape of a coil.
• adj. (zoology) Spiral and decreasing sharply in diameter from base to apex. Used especially of shells.
• adj. (anatomy) Of, or relating to, the turbinate bone.
• n. (anatomy) A turbinal or turbinate bone.
• v. To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl.

voluted

• adj. Having a volute, or spiral scroll.

whorl

• n. A pattern of concentric circles.
• n. (botany) A circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a…
• n. (zoology) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
• n. (archaic) A flywheel, a weight attached to a spindle, compare 1460.
• v. (intransitive) To form a pattern of concentric circles.

whorled

• adj. formed from whorls; having whorls.