whorl


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Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for whorl

a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops

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However, a spiral trace on the internal mould, located at the junction between the weathered base and the outer whorl surface (Fig.
As always, Tarr's ability to bring even minor characters to life and his weaving of various storylines into a coherent and satisfying whole make Whorl a great read.
Out of the 1000 fingerprints studied, the cancer breast patients had 30% whorls, 62.4% loops and 7.6% arches whereas the control group had 28.6% whorls, 66.8% loops and 4.6% arches (Fig.
The track rises to reach two gates and we pass through the left hand one to follow the edge of the field below the outline of Whorl Hill (left).
The distribution of the loop, arch, and whorl patterns of the index finger on the right hand was uniform in both groups, with no significant difference between the frequencies of these patterns.
triadicae were collected in leaf whorls near Leesburg (Lake County; 28.93655[degrees]N, 81.79298[degrees]W), Gainesville (Alachua County; 29.58702[degrees]N, 82.36225[degrees]W), Tallahassee (Leon County; 30.475980[degrees]N, 84.182896[degrees]W, and 30.463672[degrees]N, 84.182167[degrees]W), and West Augustine (St John's County; 29.91619[degrees]N, 81.37440[degrees]W), Florida.
Character Character state Ovary pubescence Densely hairy, slightly (intermediate), sparsely Stigma position Below stamen whorl, same level as the stamen whorl, above the stamen whorl Geniculate, free for greater part of their length Split pattern of style Ascending, free for about half their length United, united for greater part of their length Table 3: Descriptive statistics of morphological traits of tea germplasm.
Each third whorl was sampled (whorl number: 3 [from top], 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, and 21, and for some trees also whorl number 24).
Moreover, Silk's epiphany was not through a Sacred Window, but to him directly, and was a simple charge, "Save my manteion." Over the course of four books, the reader comes to understand what none of the characters except Silk (and in his case, only partially) do: that the Outsider is in fact God, who is pushing his way into the closed, poly theistic world of the Whorl to save it.
Electron microscope images now reveal tiny feeder channels branching down from the tube to the bottom whorl of the shell, opening in vanishingly small slits to outside air.
There is no shortcut available, footedness and hair whorl direction notwithstanding.
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In comparsion of tooth prints with that of the finger prints, this is composed of a single distinct pattern like whorl, loop or arch.