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chainlike

chainlike \chainlike\ adj. having a form resembling a chain; as, chainlike clusters of bacteria.

Syn: catenulate.

Wiktionary
chainlike

a. Having the form of a chain alt. Having the form of a chain

WordNet
chainlike

adj. having a chainlike form; "catenulate bacterial cell colonies" [syn: catenulate]

Usage examples of "chainlike".

In other words, the explosive is so violent that it completely pulverizes matter, and the pulverized matter in turn smashes other matter, setting off a great chainlike explosion that penetrates deep into the earth, like the root of a tree, heading off in whatever direction it happens to take.

This, in turn, transmitted power to a heavy chainlike device, which, in turn, rotated another cogwheel on the shaft connecting the two front wheels.

It was not close to the cleared area, but the long, chainlike leaves reached downward all the way to the Sixth Level.

Halberd heads, knife-sharp chainlike fighting irons, throwing stars, blowpipes that slid in sections like telescopes.

Covering them with semiautomatic rifles were five of the most beautiful women he had ever seen, all wearing high-heeled leather boots, gold tassels hanging from a chainlike belt hung on their hips, and not much else.

The chainlike gate, crowned with wickedly pointed barbed wire, swung open automatically when one of the guards in the hut touched the proper button.