Reverse Dictionary: CURL

ADJECTIVES
► CRAMPAND curling, curly → a1500 Sc. obs.
► CRAPED minutely curled or crinkled → 1728
► CRINKLY tightly curled; said of hair → 1750
► CRISP curly; said of hair → c900
► CRISPED curled; closely and stiffly curled; said of hair → c1400
► CRISPY curly, wavy → 1398
► CRULL curly → c1300 obs.
► CURLY-MURLY 1. characterized by fantastic curls → 1728 obs.
2. curling and twisting → 1853 colloq.
► PIRLIE tending to curl up → 19C Sc.
► QUIRLICHIE curly, twisted, tangled → 1928 Sc.

NOUNS
► BERGER a curl of hair → 1690 obs.
► CRISP a curl of hair; esp. a short or close curl → 1638 obs.
► CRISPATION a curled condition → 1626
► CRISPING-CROOK an instrument for curling the hair → a1400
► CRISPING-IRON an instrument for curling the hair → a1640
► CRISPING-PIN an instrument for curling the hair → 1568
► CRISPING-TONGS an instrument for curling the hair → 1773
► CRISPITUDE curledness → 1656 obs.
► CRISPLE a minute curl or undulation → 1594 obs.
► CRUCHE a small curl lying flat on the forehead → a1685 obs.
► CURLET a little curl or ringlet → 1803
► CURLY-MURLY a fantastic curl or twist → 1756 obs.
► FARLE curly flakes; anything curly and fluttering, e.g. wisps of cloth, clouds → 1900 Sc.
► FRIZZLE a short crisp curl → 1613
► HEARTBREAKER a curl, a love-lock → 1663
► MEAT-HOOK a curl on the temple → 1887 Cockney sl.
► QUERL ► QUIRL a curl, a twist, a twirl → 1880 US
► SWIRL a curl of hair → 1786
► TWIDDLE a curl, a twirled mark or sign → 1774

VERBS
► CRALL to curl, to bend, to curve, to twist → a1475 obs.
► CRAPE to make the hair curly and wavy; to frizzle → 1774 obs.
► CREIS to curl → 1553 Sc.
► CRIMPLE to curl, to wrinkle, to crumple, to crinkle → c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► CRISP to curl in short stiff curls → 1583
► CRISPLE to curl minutely; to ripple → 1594 obs.
► CROOK to curl hair → 1340 obs.
► CRUMP to curl up, to bend into a curve → 1480 obs.
► CURVIFY to curl hair; to make curved; to bend → 1604 obs.
► FRIZZ to curl or crisp the hair → 1660
► FRIZZLE to curl hair in small crisp curls → 1565-73
► FROUNCE to curl or frizz the hair, a wig, etc. → a1529
► FROWZE to curl, to frizz → 1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► FURL to curl or twist hair → 1606 obs.
► INANULATE to curl, to form ringlets → 1592 obs.
► PAMPINULATE to furnish or deck with minute curling or convoluted threads → 1592 obs.
► QUEEL  to curl up, to coil; to twist → 1866 Eng. dial.
► RUNKLE to curl, to gnarl, to twist, to distort → 1722 Sc.
► THRUM to twist, to curl, to twine; to curl hair → 1598 obs.