orbicular
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She needs to squeeze them tighter to demonstrate the strength she has in the orbicular oculi.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Product of a two-year study directed by Brookings' president, orbicular Harold Glenn Moulton, it broke no new argumentative ground, offered no new documentation for economists.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Well, will you look at that,” Aarfy marveled sonorously right beside Yossarian, his plump, orbicular face sparkling with a look of bright enchantment.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Flower coriaceous, mostly orbicular or ovate, flat on the inner side, convex on the outer.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
A. calycìnum, L., a dwarf hoary annual, with linear-spatulate leaves, pale yellow or whitish petals little exceeding the persistent calyx, and orbicular sharp margined 4-seeded pod, the style minute, occurs occasionally in grassland.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
