involute

involute has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• a.. Alt. of Involuted
• n.. A curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another curve, or unwound from it; -- called also evolvent. See Evolute.
• a.. (of some shells) closely coiled so that the axis is obscured
• a.. especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward