Related Words for helix

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spiral
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
whorl
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Verb, Noun, Verb
coil
/
Verb, Noun, Verb
helical
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Adjective
hairpin
/x
Noun
strand
/
Noun
mobius
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Name
filament
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Noun
septum
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Noun
corkscrew
/x
Noun
loop
/
Noun
subunit
x/x
Noun
antiparallel
x//xx
Adjective
torus
/x
Noun
hammerhead
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Noun
spire
/
Noun
toroidal
//x
Noun
kinked
/
Adjective
cylindrical
x/xx
Adjective
nucleosome
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Noun
vortex
/x
Noun
axial
/xx
Noun
cylinder
/xx
Noun
slinky
/x
Name
surface of revolution
/x/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
cone
/
Noun
ellipse
x/
Noun
curve
/
Noun
screw
/
Noun
surface
/x
Noun
angle
/x
Noun
ellipsoid
x/x
Noun
sphere
/
Noun
axis
/x
Noun, Verb
spindle
/x
Noun
dihedral
//x
Noun
circle
/x
Noun
hyperbola
x/xx
Noun
great circle
//x
Name, Name
angle of torsion
/x//x
Phrase, Noun
slope
/
Noun
parabola
x/xx
Noun
full circle
//x
Phrase, Noun, Adverb
cubic
/x
Adjective
annulus
/xx
Noun
hexagon
/xx
Noun
knot
/
Noun
envelope
/xx
Noun
solid of revolution
/x/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
hypercube
xx/
Noun
involute
xxx
Noun
transverse
x/
Noun
spline
x
Noun
focal
/x
Adjective
butterfly
/xx
Noun
simplex
/x
Noun
zone
/
Noun
unwinding
x/x
Noun, Verb
crus
x
Noun
strapped
/
Adjective
triple
/x
Adjective
destabilizes
x/xxx
Verb
concha
/x
Noun
backbones
/x
Noun
double
/x
Adjective
groove
/
Noun
handedness
/xx
Noun
considered
x/x
Noun
lobule
/x
Noun
handed
/x
Adjective
turns
/
Noun
pitch
/
Noun
terminus
/xx
Noun
pauling
/x
Name
conformations
xx/x
Noun
wound
/
Verb
stabilizes
/xxx
Verb
pinna
/x
Noun
folding
/x
Noun
watson
/x
Name
denaturation
xxx/x
Noun
residues
/xx
Noun
dna
/x/
Name
twisted
/x
Verb
auricle
/xx
Noun
repeat
x/
Noun
ear
/
Noun
plunger
/x
Noun
pairing
/x
Noun
ab
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
actin
/x
Noun
conductor
x/x
Noun
conserved
x/
Adjective
conveyor
x/x
Noun
diagonal
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
dimeric
x/x
Adjective
dipole
/x
Noun
fibrillar
xxx
Adjective
flagellum
x/x
Noun
globulin
/xx
Noun
hank
/
Name, Verb
header
/x
Noun, Verb
hinge
/
Noun, Verb
ladder
/x
Noun, Verb
molecule
/xx
Noun
piston
/x
Noun, Verb
polyhedral
xx/x
Adjective
prop
/
Noun, Verb
propeller
x/x
Noun
putative
/xx
Adjective
radial
/xx
Adjective, Noun
smectic
/x
Adjective, Noun
solenoid
/xx
Noun
tetrahedral
xx/x
Adjective
truss
/
Noun, Verb
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
collocation
xx/x
Noun
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun
dialect
/xx
Noun
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
literally
/xxx
Adverb
expression
x/x
Noun
headlines
/x
Noun
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
sorta
/x
Adverb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective