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contorted

[kən′tȯrd·əd]
(botany)
Twisted; applied to proximate leaves whose margins overlap.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Few animals were observed on the route; even the monkeys hurried from their path with contortions and grimaces which convulsed Passepartout with laughter.
O-o-h!" and here he rolled upon the bottom of the nest in such contortions that he frightened them all.
no, not one, for your lives!' continued he, exultingly; laying the nest on the ground, and standing over it with his legs wide apart, his hands thrust into his breeches-pockets, his body bent forward, and his face twisted into all manner of contortions in the ecstasy of his delight.
A fiendish rage animated him as he said this; his face was wrinkled into contortions too horrible for human eyes to behold; but presently he calmed himself and proceeded--
To this, Kit only replied by bashfully bidding his mother 'get out,' and forming sundry strange figures with his legs and arms, accompanied by sympathetic contortions of his face.
The tourism event will include a camel caravan, mini Naadam festival, tea-making ceremony, horsemen competition, contortion performances and folk arts.
Alixa is a former rhythmic gymnastics and contortion trainer for the circus, on top of performing circus arts herself.
He, however, said the Prophet gave him a contortion which hypnotised him and could not remember what he was doing before he was nabbed for the crime.
"What's passing as 'dance' on social media these days borders on contortion tricks.
Contortion Their daughter is now a healthy two-year-old.
A high school student, Vaishnavi did a 'natarajasana' pose, performed contortion chest rolls for 20 meters, put six eggs in cups using her feet while in a contortion chest stand, performed chin stand for seven minutes and burst balloons between her back and head by bending backwards.
But when he's recruited for a supernatural mission, he must use his contortion skills in the virtual world of video games to take down a lizard creature who's leading a rebellion against Gamers.
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