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A twisting; a writhing; wry motion; a twist; as, the contortion of the muscles of the face. Swift. All the contortions of the sibyl, without the inspiration. Burke.

One who makes or practices contortions.

Expressing contortion.

Plaited lengthwise and twisted in addition, as the bud of the morning-glory. Gray.

nes representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery. Titian's coloring and contours. A. Drummond.

Turned in a direction which is not the usual one; -- said of an animal turned to the sinister which is usually turned to the dexter, or the like.

Having furrowed edges, as if turned in a lathe.

Pertaining to deontology.

One versed in deontology.

The science relat J. Bentham.

A combining form signifying relating to the forehead or the frontal bone; as, fronto-parietal, relating to the frontal and the parietal bones; fronto-nasal, etc.

Same as Frontal, 2.

Government by old men. [R.] Gladstone.

A genus of liguliflorous composite plants, including the fall dandelion (L. autumnale), and formerly the true dandelion; -- called also lion's tooth.

A stone used in mounting a horse; a horse block.

A heap of ore; a mass undergoing the process of amalgamation.

Not toxic.

A combining form from Gr.

One of the more or less columnar cells on the outer surface of the pulp of a tooth; an odontoplast. They are supposed to be connected with the formation of dentine.

A subdivision of Cetacea, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc.; the toothed whales.