Spiry

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Like or resembling a spire.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; serpentine.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to a spire; like a spire, tall, slender, and tapering; abounding in spires.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having the form of a spire or pyramid; tapering like a spire.
  • Abounding in spires or steeples.
  • Of a spiral form; spiral; wreathed; curled.
  • Word Usage
    "We move like an underwater runner from the dark and spiry pine forests of the base past the timberline to the snow-dusted, rocky outcroppings of the seven-thousand-foot shoulder."
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    Words with the same meaning
    wreathed    curled    serpentine   
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