serpentine
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Synonyms: serpentize, serpentise, terpentine, serpenting, serpentile, serpentina, turpentine, serpentlike, serpentinize, porpentine, serpentinite
Antonyms: serpentize, serpentise, terpentine, serpenting, serpentile, serpentina, turpentine, serpentlike, serpentinize, porpentine, serpentinite
Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.
Adjective
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of [[snake#Noun|snakes]].
- Of, or having [[attribute#Noun|attributes]] associated with, the [[serpent]] referred to in the [[book#Noun|book]] of [[Genesis]] in the [[Bible]], such as [[craftiness]] or [[deceitfulness]].
- Having the [[form#Noun|form]] or [[shape#Noun|shape]] of a snake.
- [[curving#Adjective|Curving]] in [[alternate]] [[direction]]s; [[sinuous]].
- Pertaining to the {{w|Serpentine subgroup|serpentine subgroup}} of minerals.
Noun
- Any of several [[plant]]s believed to cure [[snakebite]]s.
- {{lb|en|historical}} An early form of [[cannon]], used in the 16th century.
- A kind of [[firework]].
- A [[coiled]] [[distillation]] [[tube]].
- {{lb|en|maths}} Any of several related [[cubic]] [[curve]]s; [[anguinea]] {{C|en|Curves}}
- {{lb|en|equestrian}} In [[dressage]], a winding walk across on the arena.
- {{lb|en|mineralogy}} Any of several [[green]]/[[brown]] [[mineral]]s consisting of [[magnesium]] and [[iron]] [[silicate]]s that have similar [[layered]] [[crystal]] [[structure]], whose appearance somewhat resembles a snake's skin.
- {{lb|en|geology}} An outcrop or region with [[soil]] and [[rock]] dominated by these minerals.
Verb
- To [[serpentize]]; to [[turn]] or [[bend]]; to [[meander]].
Proper noun
- {{place|en|lake|park/Hyde Park|city/London}}.
Proper noun
- {{place|en|river|s/Alaska}}.
- {{place|en|river|c/Australia}}.
- {{place|en|river|c/Canada}}.
- {{place|en|minor river|dist/Tasman|*and the|city:pref:also/Nelson|c/New Zealand}}.
- {{place|en|town|shire:Pref/Serpentine-Jarrahdale|s/Western Australia}}.
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