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tortulous

tortulous adjective: swelling out at intervals like a knotted cord; gnarly or tortuous.

Adjective

tortulous (comparative more tortulous, superlative most tortulous)

  1. Swelling out at intervals like a knotted cord; gnarly or tortuous.

Forms of tortulous

comparativemore tortulous
superlativemost tortulous

Questions about tortulous

What does tortulous mean?
Tortulous means swelling out at intervals like a knotted cord; gnarly or tortuous.
What part of speech is tortulous?
Tortulous is an adjective.

Words near tortulous in the dictionary

  1. tortricines
  2. tortrix
  3. tortrixes
  4. torts
  5. Tortuga
  6. tortulous
  7. tortuose
  8. tortuosities
  9. tortuosity
  10. tortuous
  11. tortuousity

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