knurly

  • 11Knurlier — Knurly Knurl y (n[^u]rl [y^]), [Compar. {Knurlier} (n[^u]rl [i^]*[ e]r); superl. {Knurliest}.] [See {Knur}, and cf. {Gnarly}.] Full of knots; hard; tough; hence, capable of enduring or resisting much. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 12Knurliest — Knurly Knurl y (n[^u]rl [y^]), [Compar. {Knurlier} (n[^u]rl [i^]*[ e]r); superl. {Knurliest}.] [See {Knur}, and cf. {Gnarly}.] Full of knots; hard; tough; hence, capable of enduring or resisting much. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 13Roughness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Roughness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 roughness roughness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 tooth tooth grain texture ripple Sgm: N 1 asperity asperity rugosity salebrosity| corrugation …

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  • 14knurl — noun Etymology: probably blend of knur and gnarl Date: 1608 1. a small protuberance, excrescence, or knob 2. one of a series of small ridges or beads on a metal surface to aid in gripping • knurled adjective • knurly adjective …

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  • 15gnarled — Synonyms and related words: arthritic, bent, bumpy, burled, contorted, crooked, distorted, gnarly, knobbed, knobbly, knobby, knoblike, knotted, knotty, knurled, knurly, lumpy, nodal, noded, nodiform, nodose, nodular, nodulated, noduled, nubbled,… …

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  • 16knobbed — Synonyms and related words: burled, gnarled, gnarly, knobby, knoblike, knotted, knotty, knurled, knurly, nappy, nodal, noded, nodiform, nodular, nodulated, noduled, nubbled, nubbly, nubby, pily, pitted, shaggy, studded, torose, tubercular,… …

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  • 17knobby — Synonyms and related words: alpen, alpestrine, alpigene, alpine, burled, gnarled, gnarly, hilly, knobbed, knobbly, knoblike, knotted, knotty, knurled, knurly, lumpy, monticuline, mountained, mountainous, nodal, noded, nodiform, nodose, nodular,… …

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  • 18knotted — Synonyms and related words: Byzantine, Herculean, abstruse, accumulated, affiliate, affiliated, agglomerate, aggregate, alike, allied, amassed, arduous, assembled, associate, associated, at par, au pair, balled up, banded together, bound,… …

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  • 19knotty — Synonyms and related words: Byzantine, Herculean, abstruse, arduous, beyond one, brutal, burled, complex, complicated, crabbed, cramp, critical, daedal, delicate, demanding, difficile, difficult, effortful, elaborate, exacting, formidable,… …

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  • 20knurled — Synonyms and related words: burled, gnarled, gnarly, knobbed, knobbly, knobby, knoblike, knotted, knotty, knurly, lumpy, nodal, noded, nodiform, nodose, nodular, nodulated, noduled, nubbled, nubbly, nubby, studded, torose, tubercular, tuberculous …

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