serpentine

Meanings

Plural: serpentines

Adjective Satellite

• resembling a serpent in form
  • "a serpentine wall"

Adj

• Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes.
• Of, or having attributes associated with, the serpent referred to in the book of Genesis in the Bible, such as craftiness or deceitfulness.
• Having the form or shape of a snake.
• Curving in alternate directions; sinuous.
• Pertaining to the serpentine subgroup of minerals.

Noun

• Any of several plants believed to cure snakebites.
• An early form of cannon, used in the 16th century.
• A kind of firework.
• A coiled distillation tube.
• Any of several related cubic curves; anguinea
• In dressage, a winding walk across on the arena.
• Any of several green/brown minerals consisting of magnesium and iron silicates that have similar layered crystal structure, whose appearance somewhat resembles a snake's skin.
• An outcrop or region with soil and rock dominated by these minerals.

Verb

• To serpentize; to turn or bend; to meander.

Synonyms

ophidian, sinuous, snakelike, snaky, tortuous, winding

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