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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

  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of [[snake#Noun|snakes]].
  2. 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]].
  3. Having the [[form#Noun|form]] or [[shape#Noun|shape]] of a snake.
  4. [[curving#Adjective|Curving]] in [[alternate]] [[direction]]s; [[sinuous]].
  5. Pertaining to the {{w|Serpentine subgroup|serpentine subgroup}} of minerals.

Noun

  1. Any of several [[plant]]s believed to cure [[snakebite]]s.
  2. {{lb|en|historical}} An early form of [[cannon]], used in the 16th century.
  3. A kind of [[firework]].
  4. A [[coiled]] [[distillation]] [[tube]].
  5. {{lb|en|maths}} Any of several related [[cubic]] [[curve]]s; [[anguinea]] {{C|en|Curves}}
  6. {{lb|en|equestrian}} In [[dressage]], a winding walk across on the arena.
  7. {{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.
  8. {{lb|en|geology}} An outcrop or region with [[soil]] and [[rock]] dominated by these minerals.

Verb

  1. To [[serpentize]]; to [[turn]] or [[bend]]; to [[meander]].

Proper noun

  1. {{place|en|lake|park/Hyde Park|city/London}}.

Proper noun

  1. {{place|en|river|s/Alaska}}.
  2. {{place|en|river|c/Australia}}.
  3. {{place|en|river|c/Canada}}.
  4. {{place|en|minor river|dist/Tasman|*and the|city:pref:also/Nelson|c/New Zealand}}.
  5. {{place|en|town|shire:Pref/Serpentine-Jarrahdale|s/Western Australia}}.

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