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twist |
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a thing for, aberrancy, aberration, action, adulterate, affinity, afflict, agonize, ail, alloy, alter, alteration, anagnorisis, analysis, anamorphism, anamorphosis, angle, angle off, animus, approach, aptitude, aptness, architectonics, architecture, argument, aspect, asymmetry, atmosphere, background, balmy, barmy, batty, bear off, belie, bend, bent, bias, birthmark, bite, blackhead, bleb, blemish, blister, bonkers, bonus, bow, braid, brail, branching off, buckle, bulla, bully, bun, burlesque, burn, cable, camouflage, canker, caricature, cast, catastrophe, cavendish, chafe, change, character, characterization, chaw, cheapen, check, chew, chewing tobacco, chignon, cicatrix, cicatrize, circle, circuitousness, circulate, circumrotate, circumvolute, cirrus, coarsen, coerce, coil, color, coloring, comedo, complication, conatus, conduciveness, configuration, confound, constitution, construal, construction, contaminate, continuity, contort, contortion, contrivance, convulse, cord, corkscrew, corner, corrupt, crack, crank, crater, craze, crazy, crinkle, crook, crookedness, crotchet, crucify, crumple, cuckoo, cud, cue, curl, curlicue, curve, cut, cut plug, daft, debase, declination, decoration, deface, defacement, defect, defile, deflect, deflower, deform, deformation, deformity, degenerate, degrade, delight, denature, denouement, departure, deprave, desecrate, design, despoil, detorsion, detour, devalue, development, deviance, deviancy, deviate, deviation, device, deviousness, diathesis, diffract, diffuse, digression, discursion, disfiguration, disfigure, disfigurement, disguise, disperse, disposition, disproportion, distort, distortion, distress, divagate, divagation, divarication, diverge, divergence, diversion, divert, dogleg, double, dress up, drift, drifting, eagerness, eating tobacco, eccentric, eccentricity, effect, eidolon, embellish, embroider, enlace, entwine, episode, err, errantry, evolute, exaggerate, excruciate, excurse, excursion, excursus, exorbitation, extra, extra added attraction, extra dash, fable, facet, failing, falling action, falsification, falsify, fashion, fault, favoritism, feature, feeling for, fester, fid, figure, filigree, filling, fillip, flaw, flourish, foible, force, forejudgment, form, freckle, fret, frill, fudge, gall, garble, garbling, gestalt, gild, gimmick, give pain, gloss, gloss over, gnarl, gnaw, go adrift, go around, go astray, go round, grain, grate, grind, gripe, guise, gyrate, gyre, hairpin, harrow, helix, hemangioma, hickey, hurt, idiosyncrasy, image, imago, imbalance, impression, incident, inclination, incongruity, inconsistency, indirection, individualism, infect, inflame, inflict pain, influence, insane, interknit, interlace, interpretation, intertie, intertissue, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, intort, involute, irregularity, irritate, jaundice, jaundiced eye, keloid, kidney, kill by inches, kink, knit, knot, lace, lacerate, lagniappe, leaning, lentigo, liability, ligament, ligation, ligature, light, likeness, liking, line, lineaments, local color, look, loom, loop, lopsidedness, lurch, mad, make, makeup, manner, mar, martyr, martyrize, mask, mat, meander, mental set, mettle, milium, mind-set, mind, miscite, miscolor, misconstruction, misconstrue, misinterpret, misinterpretation, misquotation, misquote, misreport, misrepresent, misrepresentation, misstate, misstatement, misteach, mistranslate, mistranslation, misunderstand, misunderstanding, misuse, mold, mole, mood, motif, movement, mythos, nature, navy, navy plug, needle scar, net, nevus, nip, noose, nuts, nutty, oblique, obliquity, oddity, one-sidedness, ornament, overdraw, overstate, padding, pain, parody, partialism, partiality, partisanship, peculiarity, penchant, pererrate, pererration, peripeteia, persuade, perversion, pervert, phase, phasis, pierce, pigtail, pimple, pinch, pirouette, pit, pivot, plait, plan, pleach, plot, pock, pockmark, poison, pollute, port-wine mark, port-wine stain, preconception, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudgment, prejudice, prejudice against, prejudice the issue, premium, prepossess, prepossession, pressure, prick, probability, proclivity, prolong the agony, proneness, propensity, prostitute, pull, pustule, put to torture, queue, quid, quirk, rack, raddle, ramble, rambling, rankle, rasp, rattail, ravage, ravish, readiness, recognition, reference, refract, regard, respect, revolve, rick, rift, ringlet, rising action, roll, rope, rotate, round, round the bend, rove, rub, scab, scallop, scar, scarify, scatter, scheme, scratch, screw, scroll, sebaceous cyst, secondary plot, seeming, semblance, sensitivity to, serpentine, set, shape, sheer, shift, shifting, shifting course, shifting path, side, simulacrum, skew, slant, slink, slue, snake, soft spot, something extra, spin, spiral, splice, split, sprain, spring, spun yarn, squirm, stab, stamp, sting, story, straggle, strain, strawberry mark, stray, straying, streak, string, stripe, structure, stuffing, sty, style, subject, subplot, superaddition, susceptibility, sway, sweep, swerve, swerving, swing, swinging, swirl, switch, swivel, tack, tail, taint, temper, temperament, tendency, tendon, tendril, thematic development, theme, thong, tissue, titivate, tobacco juice, tone, topic, topknot, torment, torsion, tortuosity, torture, total effect, track, travesty, treatment, trick, trick out, trimming, tropism, turn, turn a pirouette, turn around, turn awry, turn of mind, turn round, turning, tweak, twill, twine, twirl, twist and turn, type, ulcerate, understanding, understate, undetachment, undispassionateness, unsymmetry, variation, varnish, veer, verruca, version, vesicle, view, viewpoint, violate, vitiate, volute, volution, vortex, vulgarize, wale, wamble, wander, wandering, warp, wart, wattle, weakness, weal, weave, web, welt, wen, wheel, whirl, whitehead, whitewash, whorl, wiggle, willingness, wind, wire, wise, worm, wound, wreathe, wrench, wrest, wriggle, wring, wrinkle, writhe, yarn, yaw, zigzag
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Main entries similar to: twist |
aberration, abnormality, action, adulterate, affinity, afflict, agonize, ail, alloy, angle, animus, anomaly, aptitude, architecture, argument, aspect, asymmetry, atmosphere, background, bear off, belie, bend, bent, bestride, bias, birthmark, bite, blackhead, bleb, blemish, blister, bonus, braid, buckle, bun, burlesque, burn, cable, camouflage, canker, caricature, cast, catastrophe, chafe, character, characterization, cheapen, check, chew, cicatrix, circle, circulate, cirrus, coarsen, coil, color, complication, configuration, confound, confuse, constitution, contaminate, continuity, contort, contortion, contrivance, convulse, cord, corkscrew, corner, corrupt, crack, crank, crater, craze, crinkle, crook, crotchet, crucify, crumple, cud, cue, curl, curlicue, curve, cut, dance, debase, debauch, declination, decoration, deface, defect, defile, deflect, deflower, deform, deformity, degenerate, degrade, delight, denature, denouement, deodorize, departure, deprave, desecrate, design, despoil, detour, devalue, development, deviate, deviation, device, diathesis, dictate, diffuse, digression, discursion, disfigure, disfigurement, disguise, disperse, disposition, disproportion, distort, distortion, distress, divagate, diverge, divergence, diversion, divert, dogleg, dominate, double, dress up, drift, eagerness, eccentricity, effect, eidolon, embellish, embroider, enlace, entangle, entwine, episode, err, errantry, exaggerate, excursion, extra, fable, facet, falsify, fashion, fault, favoritism, feature, feeling for, fester, figure, filigree, filling, fillip, flaw, flip, flounce, flourish, fool, form, foul, freckle, fret, friend, frill, fudge, gall, garble, gestalt, gild, gimmick, girl, gloss, gloss over, gnarl, gnaw, go around, go astray, grain, grate, grind, gripe, guise, gyrate, gyre, hairpin, harrow, helix, hickey, hurt, hustle, idiosyncrasy, image, imbalance, impression, incident, inclination, indirection, individualism, infect, inflame, influence, instinct, interlace, intertwine, interweave, irregularity, irritate, jaundice, jaundiced eye, jerk, jig, joker, kidney, kink, knit, knot, lace, lacerate, lagniappe, lay down the law, lead by the nose, leaning, liability, ligament, ligature, light, likeness, liking, line, lineaments, local color, look, loom, loop, lurch, make, makeup, manner, mar, martyr, mask, master, mat, meander, mettle, mind, mischievousness, misquote, misrepresent, misstate, misteach, misuse, mold, mole, mood, motif, mould, moulder, mouldy, movement, mythos, narrow-mindedness, nature, navy, net, nevus, nip, nonconformity, noose, oblique, oddity, ornament, overdraw, overstate, padding, pain, parody, partiality, peculiarity, penchant, pervert, phase, pierce, pigtail, pimple, pinch, pirouette, pit, pivot, plait, plan, pleach, plot, plug, pock, pockmark, poison, pollute, preconception, predilection, predisposition, predominate, preference, prejudgment, prejudice, premium, preponderate, prepossess, prepossession, prevail, prick, probability, proclivity, propensity, prostitute, pry, pull, pustule, queue, quid, quirk, rack, raddle, ramble, rambling, rankle, rasp, rattail, ravage, ravish, readiness, recognition, reference, refract, regard, respect, revolve, rick, rift, ringlet, roll, rope, rotate, round, rove, rub, scab, scallop, scar, scarify, scatter, scheme, scratch, screw, scroll, seeming, semblance, sensitivity to, set, shape, sheer, shift, shifting, side, simulacrum, singularity, skew, slant, slink, snake, snarl, soft spot, spin, spiral, splice, split, sprain, spring, squirm, stab, stamp, sting, story, straggle, strain, strangeness, strawberry mark, stray, straying, streak, string, stripe, structure, struggle, stuffing, sty, style, subject, subplot, susceptibility, sway, sweep, swerve, swerving, swing, swinging, swirl, switch, swivel, tack, tail, taint, tangle, temper, temperament, tendency, tendon, tendril, theme, thong, titivate, tone, topic, topknot, torment, torsion, torture, track, travesty, trick out, trimming, tropism, turn, turn around, turning, tweak, twill, twine, twirl, type, understate, variation, varnish, veer, vesicle, view, viewpoint, violate, violence, vitiate, volute, vortex, vulgarize, wale, wamble, wander, wandering, warp, wart, wattle, weakness, weal, weave, web, welt, wen, wheel, whimsy, whirl, whitewash, whorl, willingness, wind, wire, wise, worm, wound, wreathe, wrench, wrest, wring, wrinkle, writhe, yarn, yaw, zigzag
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