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• Curl-crested Jay — Male Conservation status …   Wikipedia

• Curl (mathematics) — Topics in Calculus Fundamental theorem Limits of functions Continuity Mean value theorem Differential calculus  Derivative Change of variables Implicit differentiation Taylor s theorem Related rates …   Wikipedia

• curl — [[t]kɜ͟ː(r)l[/t]] curls, curling, curled 1) N COUNT If you have curls, your hair is in the form of tight curves and spirals. ...the little girl with blonde curls... A curl of black hair fell loosely across his forehead. 2) N UNCOUNT If your hair… …   English dictionary

• curl — 1 noun 1 (C) a small mass of hair that hangs in a curving shape: a little boy with beautiful blonde curls 2 (C) something that forms a curved shape: A curl of smoke rose from her cigarette. 3 a curl of your lip/mouth a sideways and upwards… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Curl , Robert Floyd Jnr — (1933–) American chemist Curl was educated at Rice University, Texas, and the University of California, Berkeley, where he gained his PhD in 1957. After working at Harvard he returned to Rice in 1967 as professor of chemistry. Curl s initial work …   Scientists

• curl — [14] Curl seems to have been borrowed from Middle Dutch krul ‘curly’, and indeed the original English forms of the word were crolle and crulle. The present day form arose in the 15th century by a process known as metathesis, whereby the sounds r… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• kiss curl — small curl of hair on the forehead; curled lock of hair on the back of the neck or in front of the ear …   English contemporary dictionary

• curl — [14] Curl seems to have been borrowed from Middle Dutch krul ‘curly’, and indeed the original English forms of the word were crolle and crulle. The present day form arose in the 15th century by a process known as metathesis, whereby the sounds r… …   Word origins

• curl·er — /ˈkɚlɚ/ noun, pl ers [count] 1 : a small plastic or metal tube around which hair is wrapped to make it curl Her hair was in curlers. [=rollers] 2 : a device that curls something an eyelash curler …   Useful english dictionary

• spit curl — noun a spiral curl plastered on the forehead or cheek • Syn: ↑kiss curl • Hypernyms: ↑crimp * * * noun Etymology: probably so called from its being sometimes plastered down with saliva : a spiral curl that is usually plastered on the forehead,… …   Useful english dictionary

• kiss curl — ► NOUN ▪ a small curl of hair on the forehead, at the nape of the neck, or in front of the ear …   English terms dictionary