a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
[ Syn: coil , whorl , roll , curlicue , ringlet , gyre , scroll ]
American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)
[ Syn: curl , robert curl , robert f. curl , robert floyd curl jr. ]
a strand or cluster of hair
curl (n.)
form a curl, curve, or kink; the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling
shape ones body into a curl; She curled farther down under the covers; She fell and drew in
wind around something in coils or loops
twist or roll into coils or ringlets; curl my hair, please
[ Syn: wave ]
play the Scottish game of curling