helicoid

helicoid is a 8-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Spiral; curved, like the spire of a univalve shell. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 15 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Spiral; curved, like the spire of a univalve shell.
2. adjective. Shaped like a snail shell; pertaining to the Helicidae, or Snail family.
3. noun. A warped surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner that every point of the line shall have a uniform motion in the direction of another fixed straight line, and at the same time a uniform angular motion about it.

Common word forms

helicoids, helicoidal

Words from these letters

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