turbinated

• HYPHEN: tur=bi=nat=ed

CIDE DICTIONARY

turbinated, a. [L. turbinatus, fr. turbo, turben, turbinis, a whirl, top.].

•  Whirling in the manner of a top.  [1913 Webster]

  "A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole."  [1913 Webster]
•  Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root.  [1913 Webster]
•  Turbinal.  [1913 Webster]
•  Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells.  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

turbinated

Convolution

N convolution, winding, convolution, involution, circumvolution, wave, undulation, tortuosity, anfractuosity, sinuosity, sinuation, meandering, circuit, circumbendibus, twist, twirl, windings and turnings, ambages, torsion, inosculation, reticulation, rivulation, roughness, coil, roll, curl, buckle, spiral, helix, corkscrew, worm, volute, rundle, tendril, scollop, scallop, escalop, kink, ammonite, snakestone, serpent, eel, maze, labyrinth, knot, convoluted, winding, twisted, tortile, tortive, wavy, undated, undulatory, circling, snaky, snake-like, serpentine, serpent, anguill, vermiform, vermicular, mazy, tortuous, sinuous, flexuous, anfractuous, reclivate, rivulose, scolecoid, sigmoid, sigmoidal, spiriferous, spiroid, involved, intricate, complicated, perplexed, labyrinth, labyrinthic, labyrinthian, labyrinthine, peristaltic, daedalian, kinky, knotted, wreathy, frizzly, crepe, buckled, raveled, spiral, coiled, helical, cochleate, cochleous, screw-shaped, turbinated, turbiniform, in and out, round and round, a can of worms, Gordian knot.