concave
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It only uses 1.0 gpf, with the help of two strong jets concealed in a concave rim beneath the seat that create a strong swirl during the flush.
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2025
“My chest was concave trying to pull in breath.”
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2024
"To bring this feature to a molecule, I envisioned encapsulating the rotator space by using bulky concave shaped stators."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2023
On the top and bottom of the cylinder, the metal had been pushed up in a concave shape, thrust out from pressure on the inside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
He felt better in the dark because he could not see the beds, where the blankets followed smooth concave outlines; he could not see the photographs in the frames on the bureau.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
In the second book of his Dark Star trilogy, James coaxes beauty from dark thoughts, leaving readers with a concaved, mystical and African-inspired world that begins in free-fall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
The flukes of humpback whales show varying amounts of white beneath, are pointed on the tips, and are distinctly concaved and irregularly rippled on the rear margin.
From Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification by David Caldwell
The sides of this nest should be packed hard, the bottom smooth and slightly concaved, not too much, as the tendency then would be to break the eggs if they crowded towards the centre.
From Natural and Artificial Duck Culture by James Rankin
San Francisco’s magnificent municipal building had concaved like an egg shell.
From Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror by Richard Linthicum
Note that the rear margin of the flukes of this species, unlike that of the humpback whale, is smooth, broad, and concaved distinctly towards a deep fluke notch.
From Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification by David Caldwell
The world below looked like a vast, shallow bowl, the sides concaving upwards around him to the horizon.
From Hoof and Claw by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
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Fallen Angels
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