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Answer for the clue "Precipitous slope ", 7 letters:
upsweep

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Word definitions for upsweep in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 An upward sweep or curve. 2 A hairstyle, where most of the hair is fastened into place at the top of the head. vb. To sweep or curve upwards.

Usage examples of upsweep.

She took another deep, calming breath, and allowed Emily to throw the dress over her head so that not a hair of her elegant upsweep was disturbed.

Emily had done a beautiful job of twirling her hair into an intricate knot on top of her head, and then coaxing curling tendrils down from the upsweep to frame her face.

They flickered into blazing life as he saw her there between his legs, her black hair working loose from its elegant upsweep so that tendrils curled down to feather against her white neck and tangle tantalizingly with the nest of dark body hair that she had exposed.

A full lace ruff surrounded her face to accent the dark upsweep of her curly hair.

Baroness, attempting to upsweep her hair and hold it with the hairpins in her mouth.

Hers she kept, glowing blue eyes flanked by the dark upsweep of cormorant wings.

The neat auburn upsweep of her hair revealed the daintiest pair of ears he had ever seen, a vulnerable neck, a delicate jaw that made his fingers itch to investigate the soft curve.

Kane reached out a hand to caress a long cinnamon tendril that had escaped her upsweep and grasped her hand when she tried to tuck the hair behind an ear.

From the upsweep of honey beige hair to the tip of her freckled nose, Katie was all woman with the zest for life of a young girl.

Her tawny hair was worn in a soft upsweep that made an effective frame for her golden eyes.

The entrance doors and broad driveway sat in under a rippling red and gold and orange upsweep of lights that made the place seem to be on fire.

His thick eyebrows, Enderby now noticed, had been given, perhaps by art, a devilish upsweep at the outer edges.

Veem Chemile was tall, thin, with an upsweep of hair over a sloping brow, eyes that looked like tiny points in the smooth ovoid of his face.

Finishing the row of buttons, Max leaned closer to nuzzle into the curly upsweep of her hair.

The other was attired in a sky-blue gown with a tiny, matching hat perched on an elaborate upsweep of blond curls.