Serpentine

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  • adjective. Of or resembling a serpent, as in form or movement; sinuous.
  • adjective. Subtly sly and tempting.
  • adjective. Relating to or derived from serpentine or soil containing serpentine.
  • noun. Any of a group of greenish, brownish, or spotted minerals, Mg3Si2O5(OH)4, used as a source of magnesium and asbestos, and in architecture as a decorative stone.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In mathematics: The surface generated by a sphere whose center travels along a helix.
  • noun. A special curve of the third order.
  • Of or pertaining to or resembling a serpent.
  • Especially—
  • Having or resembling the qualities or instincts ascribed to serpents; subtle; cunning; treacherous or dangerous.
  • Moving like a serpent; winding about; writhing; wriggling; meandering; coiling; crooked; bent; tortuous; sinuous; zigzag; anfractuous; specifically, in the manège, lolling out and moving over the bit, as a horse's tongue.
  • Beginning and ending with the same word, as a line of poetry, as if returning upon itself. See serpentine verse.
  • noun. In French usage, part of the lock of an early form of harquebus; a match-holder, resembling a pair of nippers, which could be brought down upon the powder in the pan.
  • noun. A cannon in use in the sixteenth century. The serpentine proper is described as having a bore of 1½ inches, and the cannon serpentine as having a bore of 7 inches and a shot of 53½ pounds. Compare organ-gun.
  • noun. A kind of still; a serpentary.
  • noun. A hydrous silicate of magnesium, occurring massive, sometimes fine, granular, and compact, again finely fibrous, less often slaty.
  • To wind like a serpent; move sinuously like a snake; meander; wriggle.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To serpentize.
  • adjective. Resembling a serpent; having the shape or qualities of a serpent; subtle; winding or turning one way and the other, like a moving serpent; anfractuous; meandering; sinuous; zigzag.
  • noun. A mineral or rock consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of magnesia. It is usually of an obscure green color, often with a spotted or mottled appearance resembling a serpent's skin. Precious, or noble, serpentine is translucent and of a rich oil-green color.
  • noun. A kind of ancient cannon.
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  • adjective. Of or characteristic of serpentine rocks or the plants that grow there.
  • noun. Any of several green/brown minerals consisting of a magnesium and iron silicates.
  • noun. Any of many minerals that have the same layered crystal structure.
  • noun. An outcrop or region with soil and rock dominated by these minerals.
  • adjective. Sinuous; curving in alternate directions.
  • adjective. Having the shape or form of a snake.
  • adjective. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes.
  • adjective. Of, or having attributes associated with, the mythological serpent, such as craftiness or deceitfulness.
  • noun. Any of several plants believed to cure snakebites.
  • noun. An early form of cannon.
  • noun. A coiled distillation tube.
  • verb. To serpentize; to turn or bend; to meander.
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  • adjective. resembling a serpent in form
  • Word Usage
    "Basanti queen of the Hijdas beauty beyond compare zeenath in serpentine snare sohel on the balls of his toes leaps in middair his entire body in prayer kaajal her bodily muskish odour attired emotions in good care babita, priya from singapore samba footed on the holy square"
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