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Wavy
Answer for the clue "Wavy ", 7 letters:
sinuate
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
1 sinuous 2 Having wavy indentation on its border or edge. 3 (context mycology of gills English) Roughly the same height for most of its length, becoming much shallower and then curving back towards the stem before reaching the attachment point. v To advance ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. curved or curving in and out; "wiggly lines" [syn: sinuous , wiggly ] having a strongly waved margin alternately concave and convex
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sinuate \Sin"u*ate\, a. [L. sinuatus, p. p. of sinuare to wind, bend, fr. sinus a bend.] Having the margin alternately curved inward and outward; having rounded lobes separated by rounded sinuses; sinuous; wavy.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1680s, from Latin sinuatus , past participle of sinuare (see insinuate ).