| CURVATION | • curvation n. The act of curving or bending. • CURVATION n. the state of being curved. |
| CURVATIVE | • curvative adj. Having slightly curved margins or sides. • curvative adj. Curvative force. • curvative n. (Differential geometry) The first partial derivative of a function that describes a surface. |
| CURVATURE | • curvature n. The shape of something curved. • curvature n. (Mathematics) The extent to which a subspace is curved within a metric space. • curvature n. (Differential geometry) The extent to which a Riemannian manifold is intrinsically curved. |
| CURVEBALL | • curveball n. (Baseball) A forespin pitch thrown by rotating the index and middle fingers down and resulting in motion down "curve". • curveball n. (By extension, chiefly US) An unexpected turn of events initiated by an opponent or chance; an exception or outlier. • curveball v. (Baseball) To throw a curveball. |
| CURVESOME | • curvesome adj. (Dated) curvy. • curvesome adj. (Of a woman) curvaceous. • CURVESOME adj. curvy. |
| CURVETING | • curveting v. Present participle of curvet. • curveting n. The motion of a horse or other animal that curvets. • curveting n. (Of a person) Caper, frisking, often with a nuance of flirtation. |
| CURVETTED | • curvetted v. Simple past tense and past participle of curvet. • CURVET v. to leap, frisk. |
| CURVIFORM | • curviform adj. Having a curved shape. • CURVIFORM adj. curving. |
| CURVINESS | • curviness n. The state or condition of being curvy. • CURVINESS n. the state of being curved. |
| CURVITIES | • curvities n. Plural of curvity. • CURVITY n. the state of being curved. |
| DECURVING | • DECURVE v. to curve downwards. |
| INCURVATE | • incurvate adj. Bending inwards. • incurvate adj. Curved; bent; crooked. • incurvate v. (Transitive) To bend (especially inwards); to give a curved shape to. |
| INCURVING | • incurving v. Present participle of incurve. • incurving adj. Curving inwards. • INCURVE v. to curve inward, also INCURVATE. |
| INCURVITY | • incurvity n. (Obsolete) The quality of being bent inwards. • INCURVITY n. a state of being bent or curved. |
| OUTCURVES | • outcurves n. Plural of outcurve. • OUTCURVE n. a type of pitch in baseball. |
| RECURVATE | • recurvate v. To bend or curve back; to recurve. • recurvate adj. (Botany) recurved. • RECURVATE adj. bent back. |
| RECURVING | • recurving v. Present participle of recurve. • recurving n. A curving again, or back on itself; a meander. • RECURVE v. to bend back. |
| SCURVIEST | • scurviest adj. Superlative form of scurvy: most scurvy. • SCURVY adj. scabby, mean. |
| UPCURVING | • upcurving v. Present participle of upcurve. • UPCURVE v. to curve upward. |