helix

helix is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A nonplane curve whose tangents are all equally inclined to a given plane. The common helix is the curve formed by the thread of the ordinary screw. It is distinguished from the spiral, all the convolutions of which are in the plane. Face value is 15 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.

5 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 15 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A nonplane curve whose tangents are all equally inclined to a given plane. The common helix is the curve formed by the thread of the ordinary screw. It is distinguished from the spiral, all the convolutions of which are in the plane.
2. noun. A caulicule or little volute under the abacus of the Corinthian capital.
3. noun. The incurved margin or rim of the external ear. See Illust. of Ear.
4. noun. A genus of land snails, including a large number of species.
5. noun. type genus of the family Helicidae
6. noun. a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops

   "a coil of rope"

   Synonyms: coil, spiral, volute, whorl

7. noun. a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle

   Synonyms: spiral

Synonyms

coil, spiral, volute, whorl

Common word forms

helixes

Words from these letters

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