curliness

Spiral hair texture

Curliness is the quality of being curly—having curves, waves, or spirals.

The word applies most often to hair: Her hair's natural curliness made it hard to brush.

It can describe anything with similar texture or shape: the curliness of wood shavings, of cursive script, of a pig's tail.

spiral

helix

Spiraling three-dimensional curve

  • coilWound circular arrangement
  • corkscrewTool for opening bottles
  • whorlSpiral arrangement of ridges

tendril · scroll · volute · gyre · twist · loop · spring · fusilli · rotini · fiddlehead

wave

undulation

Rhythmic rise and fall

sinuous · serpentine · meandering · rolling · oscillation

hair

ringlets

Tubular hair curls

  • frizzUnruly hair texture
  • afroRounded curly hairstyle
  • kinksTight curls or snags

tendrils · locks · perm · tresses · mane · coils · spirals · bounce · volume · texture

texture

wool

Sheared animal fiber

ruffled · crimped · crinkled · kinked · ridged · corrugated · wrinkled · puckered

Opposites
hair/fiber texture

curlinessstraightness

Absence of curvature

linearity · sleekness · flatness · limpness · smoothness

Family

curl, curly, curled, curling, curler, uncurled, curlies

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G