vermiculate
Marked with squiggles
Vermiculate describes something marked with wavy, winding lines that resemble the tracks or forms of worms.
The word appears most often in scientific contexts to describe surface patterns on shells, leaves, or stones, and in architecture for a type of rusticated stonework with irregular grooved channels.
As a verb, vermiculate means to mark with such patterns or, rarely, to be infested with worms.
The vermiculate markings on the bird's plumage helped it blend into tree bark.
Having gentle curves
- groovedHaving linear indentations
- channeledDirected through specific path
- furrowedMarked with grooves
- striatedMarked with parallel grooves
ridged · convoluted · labyrinthine · scrollwork · tracery · filigree · interlaced · meandering
Curving in flowing turns
- serpentineCurving in repeated bends
- undulateMove in waves
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
- writhingTwisting the body convulsively
coiling · twisting · curving · winding · squirming · crawling · vermiform · tubular
Expulsion to the country
- stoneworkConstruction using rock
- masonryBuilding with mortared blocks
- facadeDeceptive outward appearance
- ashlarPrecision-cut building stone
ornamentation · carved · decorative · classical · baroque · renaissance · neoclassical · relief
wavy
Having gentle curves
striated · ridged · convoluted · labyrinthine · scrollwork · tracery · filigree · interlaced · meandering · engraved
sinuous
Curving in flowing turns
- serpentineCurving in repeated bends
- undulateMove in waves
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
writhing · coiling · twisting · curving · winding · squirming · crawling · vermiform · tubular · elongated
rustication
Expulsion to the country
- stoneworkConstruction using rock
- masonryBuilding with mortared blocks
- facadeDeceptive outward appearance
ashlar · ornamentation · carved · decorative · classical · baroque · renaissance · neoclassical · relief · molding
rough
Uneven in surface
- corrugatedFormed into parallel folds
- ridgedHaving raised lines
- bumpyUneven in surface
grained · pitted · pocked · furrowed · grooved · wrinkled · crinkled · scabrous · irregular · embossed
burrow
Animal's dug dwelling
larvae · woodworm · shipworm · earthworm · grub · parasitic · decompose · decay · riddled · honeycombed
vermiculateplain
Basic and unremarkable
smooth · unadorned · unpatterned · blank · featureless