Coil

Noun

 * 1) Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
 * 2) Common name for any intra-uterine contraceptive device (Abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
 * 3)  A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
 * 4)  A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.

Verb

 * 1) To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
 * 2) To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.

Adjectives for Coil
tortured; lustrous; ceaseless; flat; irregular; steel; long; snakelike; hideous; opal; cumbrous; temporal; brilliant; mortal; collapsed; limp; shining; twisting.

Adverbs for Coil
lavishly; ceaselessly; flatly; irregularly; hideously; cumbrously; limply; twistingly; intricately.

Synonyms

 * inductor

Derived terms

 * mortal coil

Thesaurus
entwine, enwrap, evolute, foofaraw, furore, gyre, helix, involute, kink, knot, loop, part, piece, pigtail, plait, portion, queue, rattail, revolve, ringlet, roll, rotate, ruckus, rumpus, run, screw, scroll, shindig, shindy, snake, spiral, strip, swirl, tail, tendril, topknot, turn, twine, twirl, twist, uproar, volute, volution, vortex, whirl, whorl, wind, wrap, wreathe

Etymology

 * 1) From  coillir: (French: cueillir:), from  colligere:, past participle collectus:, from com-: + legere:; compare legend.
 * 2) Origin unknown.

Noun

 * Arabic: (milaff),  (wašīʕa)
 * Bulgarian: намотка, навивка
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * German: Spirale, Wickel


 * Greek:, κουλούρα
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
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 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
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 * Greek: κολπικό διάφραγμα
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Armenian:
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 * German:
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Verb

 * Bulgarian: навивам, намотавам
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, ,


 * Greek: περιελίσσω, περισπειρώ,


 * Bulgarian: намотавам
 * Dutch: ,


 * Finnish: ,
 * Greek: περιελίσσω, περισπειρώ

Noun

 * Dutch: rumoer


 * Greek: θόρυβος

Anagrams

 * Clio
 * loci