| noun | a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) |
| noun | American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933) |
| noun | a strand or cluster of hair |
| verb | form a curl, curve, or kink “the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling” |
| verb | shape one's body into a curl “She curled farther down under the covers” |
| verb | wind around something in coils or loops |
| verb | twist or roll into coils or ringlets “curl my hair, please” |
| verb | play the Scottish game of curling |
| coil | verb | to wind or move in a spiral course |
| roll | verb | shape by rolling |
| curl | verb | wind around something in coils or loops |
| curly | adjective | (of hair) having curls or waves |
| curl | noun | a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) |
| curve | noun | curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.) |
| kink | noun | a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight |
| coil | noun | a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) |
| loop | noun | anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself) |
| curler | noun | a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it |
| wave | noun | a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair |
| curling | noun | a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target |