| 单词 | whorl |
| 例句 | The grain of the wood felt reassuringly solid, and tracing its whorls with her eyes was easier than thinking. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Pinkie held his leg, and Leroy cut the whorl from the bottom of his big toe. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z June burst into bloom—daisies, larkspur, meadowsweet and thyme, foxglove and thimbleberry, purple thistle flowers, and yellow whorls of blooming fennel. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom White had no formal training as a law-enforcement officer, and he struggled to master new scientific methods, such as decoding the mystifying whorls and loops of fingerprints. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Each of us is a self-contained, free-standing individual, labeled by specific protein configurations at the surfaces of cells, identifiable by whorls of fingertip skin, maybe even by special medleys of fragrance. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Alex lies awake that night, drunk on Shiner and way too many campfire marshmallows, and he stares at whorls in the wood panels of the top bunk and thinks about coming of age out here. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Samuel Teece gutted the car out in a great whorl of dust. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z He let his eyes drift toward the Tower—its black, devilishly complicated stonework mimicking the whorls of galaxies and the trajectories of stars; its small, round windows winking outward like eyes. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I’ve been wanting to ask about those blue whorls for years, and, as I'm going to die anyway, I figure I have nothing to lose. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z From up here I could see detail down to the whorl of brown hair on top of Cory’s head. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Its knots and whorls indicated his increasingly tangled thoughts. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The sharp currents of wind could be seen in whorls of snow twisting like miniature tornadoes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Nutmeg has chocolate-brown whorls of fur, glossy black eyes, and a friendly personality. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z By silver light I saw the black thing pulling shadows into itself, setting up magnetic whorls. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Where the road should be, the sea swirls, whorls of water twirling by. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z It looked like a huge thumbprint, even to whorls of wrinkled skin. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Patterns of clear green beads were embroidered in whorls and vines across the whole of it, and bone-colored stitching stretched along the ribs. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Women looked like great sea snails—the corded wood, babies, and laundry they carried were the whorls on their backs. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt it in the tips of his fingers, in the whorls and crevices of his outer skin. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I trace my finger through the air, marveling at the whorls of dust dancing in the soft moonlight. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Celia knows that Pilar wears overalls like a farmhand and paints canvases with knots and whorls of red that resemble nothing at all. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Panicked, she dug through the paper, searching for clues, tearing faster and faster through the sheets until paper cuts crossed her fingertips and whorls of blood smeared the corners. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z For as William pulled up his robes past his midsection, she saw, holding up his underwear, a belt inlaid with looping whorls of gold. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z She wore a spectacular outfit: close-fitting pants, a layered tunic studded with whorls of iron, and knee-high boots; she carried her wooden staff, which stretched as high as her head. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I can feel the wrinkles of his pruney fingertips embedding their whorls into my body. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z They were in swirls and whorls, in lines and squares. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It was the pale one, its scales the color of butter cream, veined with whorls of gold and bronze, and Dany could feel the heat of it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They showed knots and whorls, and wavy tracks of grain ran down their entire length. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She frowns, a slight twist of her mouth, and raises a hand to her neck, her fingers following the whorls of a strange blue tattoo poking out of her collar. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The mold-eaten carpet under her feet had once been gorgeously colored, and whorls of gold could still be seen in the fabric, glinting broken amidst the faded grey and mottled green. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Thick knobby whorls of the same brown extended from the wall’s base. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Gazing up and out into the morning, Jinny saw that the sunrise shapes—the whorls and swirls that usually filled the sky—looked different than they ever had before. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I pivoted and saw whorls rising from the village next door. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z She meant it to look like the morning sky, with all its whorls and swirls. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It wasn’t fashioned after anything, but the delicate crystal and pearl whorls had been crafted by a skilled hand. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z So might Artemis or golden Aphrodite have descended; and maids drew to the hearth her own smooth chair inlaid with silver whorls and ivory. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She ran her tongue in the whorls of his ear and nibbled the tip. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The whorls are illuminated in the orangish glow of the streetlamps below. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He undressed he painted his body the whorls of flesh the soles of his feet the palms of his hands the top of his head. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Her dress was made of stars plucked from the sky, and the whorls of crystals in her gray mask glittered. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z This selection includes several sketches of seemingly topographic whorls that were transferred to glass for installation in an Arlington County government building. In the galleries: From the everyday to the fantastic 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z It’s a piece of custom-printed graph paper in complex whorls, precisely plotted with labels denoting phases of human evolution, scientific thought and the state of the cosmos. Review | Neglected visionary Agnes Denes altered our landscape with her art. At 88, she’s finally getting her due. 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Coates was dogged by feelings of failure and inadequacy even after he published his first story for The Atlantic, which landed with a splash and a whorl. Through the Lens of the Obama Years, Ta-Nehisi Coates Reckons With Race, Identity and Trump 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z The book opens with a wry, Whitmanesque description of the landscape: “Ale-colored sunshine and pale sky and whorls of cirrus so high they cast no shadow. Insects all business all the time.” David Foster Wallace’s Peaceful Prairie 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z A skein of dread whorls around the narrator’s job at The Hague. ‘Intimacies,’ a Coolly Written Novel About the Arts of Translation and Power 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z Meticulously arrayed, the echoing curves suggest fingerprint whorls or ripples on lakes and ponds. Review | In the galleries: Disrupting and denaturing the concept of comfortable at home 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z He moved in whorls on alto saxophone, his face wide open — both blank and intent — as if he were in the midst of a harrowing revelation. A Revolution in Jazz? An Avant-Garde Festival Makes History, but Not Community 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z Looped and knotted cords evoke sinews, blood vessels and DNA strands; tightly arranged tufts or blades of fabric suggest hair, flower petals and fingerprint whorls. Review | In the galleries: Artists pair up to create a third identity, or when 1+1 equals one. 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z There was mathematical complexity in some of the tunes, like “Rescue Spreaders,” which involved a whorl of superimposed meters, in groupings of four and five. Music Review: Garage a Trois, a Jazzy Jam Band, at Maxwell?s 2010-07-11T21:52:00Z Perhaps there would be unhurried shots of treetops languidly disturbed by evening breezes, of skies on which mysterious cloudshapes would be inscribed, lakes whose surfaces would be disturbed by whorls from the titular rainfall. The Raid ? review 2012-05-17T14:29:02Z What a contrast with the published account, written decades later and told in a fabulously ornate style that bristles with finials and is rich with whorls. Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure by Artemis Cooper – review 2012-10-12T21:55:11Z And then the young man picked up the severed ear and stared deeply into its ant-encrusted whorls. A Searing First Encounter With David Lynch’s ‘Blue Velvet’ 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z One of the pleasures of the narrative is the way it luxuriates in language, all the rhythms and repetitions and seashell whorls of meaning to be extracted from the dull casings of everyday life. One Apartment Building, Many Lives 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Accompanied by a whorl of pizzicato glints and percussive fretting from the symphony, Josefowicz sounded like a fragile insect cupped by a giant metallic mechanism. Review: At the symphony ? Leila Josefowicz, 'Mother Goose' and some pixie dust 2011-04-08T22:03:05Z Herzog’s dialogue, pruning the social floweriness and conversational whorls of Ibsen’s naturalism, gets right to the point of every line, leaving the text raw and red, as if exfoliated. Review: Jessica Chastain Plots an Escape From ‘A Doll’s House’ 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z At the center is a whorl of creamy white flesh, wobbly as custard. Thai That Takes a Cue From Its Brooklyn Neighbors 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Walking past the huge, intricately carved cedar doors, you will find yourself standing under two giant, hand-carved spinning whorls. On a trip to Whistler, connect with Squamish and Líl̓wat culture 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Suddenly after an August or September rain, they appear--2-foot-tall stems crowned by whorls of crinkled flowers with spidery stamens that earn them their name. The South's Top Pass-Along Plants 2010-08-18T18:32:00Z Each depicts a dense bundle of brightly colored loops and whorls, something like what M.C. New York Art Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z The mainsail boom, itself a tree trunk almost as thick as the 12-story-high mainmast, is a varnished work of art as sun glints off the wood’s whorls and knots. Taste some ales while you take a sail on classic schooner Zodiac on Bellingham Bay 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z The production, part of the company’s season of seven Stein-related works, puts her great whorls of words front and center. Review: Interpreting Gertrude Stein in ‘Composition ... Master-Pieces ... Identity’ 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z The whipped-cream whorls of a large urn surround a opening that seems to invite the insertion of a giant Flake. Hermann Obrist 2010-06-06T21:45:00Z “Ogo,” a cement-on-board panel just over 4 feet by 5 feet, is a busy abstract whorl of reds, grays and blacks. 4 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z In the iconic ovular test kitchen for Ebony, earth-toned whorls of olive, ocher and rust papered the walls and cabinet fronts, a proud expression of Afrofuturist psychedelia. The 25 Most Significant Works of Postwar Architecture 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z The dunes on either side presented a palette of tan, butterscotch, pink and russet, and were etched with delicate fingerprint-like whorls and ridges. Next Stop: Luxury Camping in the Oman Desert 2011-02-25T21:55:00Z The earth itself seemed to be in upheaval, with whorls of dust spinning into the air by heavily laden trucks. Explorer: Off the Map in Nagorno-Karabakh, a Region in the Southern Caucasus 2012-09-21T17:31:32Z Medusa's bust is set within a medallion at the center of a dramatic, spiraling whorl of black and white triangles, a pulsing visual vortex that animates the twisting nest of snakes crowning her head. Roman floor mosaics with violent scenes pack a punch at Getty Villa 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z The artist achieves a similar effect without painting in “Round and Round,” in which Easter-egg hues underlie an oval inscribed with fingerprint-like whorls. Review | In the galleries: Tracing a generational progression in abstract art 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z They are smaller and more compact but effervescent with spear-shaped petals that appear in whorls layered one on top of the other. Reinventing the poinsettia: A classic Christmas flower’s colorful new looks 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z On the table, there was a whorl of salad greens and nasturtiums, zinnias in a blue bottle and yellow tomatoes in a yellow colander. House Proud: Jared Handelsman and Portia Munson Make Their Own Museum at Home 2012-09-19T21:51:29Z Many popular succulent varieties grow as leaf whorls — rosettes — that resemble flowers, except they are plump and alluringly colored — grays, blues, gray-greens, amber, deep purple and silvers. Everything you need to know to assemble and care for a succulent garden 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z Clearly, it's not: the guitar whorls and keyboard washes are similar to what you hear on the current album, Fandango, but the six musicians play with shoegazing aimlessness. The Phoenix Foundation – review 2013-05-14T18:24:53Z The resulting mash-up is a whorl of jutting, twisting, cradling, writhing, hoisting movement. Art and Bacchanalia on the Met Roof 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z And immersion in these patient, seemingly minimal musical responses likewise reveals unexpected densities, whorls, colors, confrontations, uneasy harmonies. Review: At Rothko Chapel, a Composer Is Haunted by a Hero 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z The cellist James Wilson, frequently the center of gravity, offered robust, singing sounds among the cloud-light whorls of his colleagues. Music Review: Da Capo Chamber Players at Merkin Concert Hall 2013-02-03T20:17:59Z You do not know what exactly you are looking at, or where you are, but these whorls and skeins and ripples conjure an atmosphere, or perhaps a memory, of summer gardens, undergrowth, warm riverbanks. Martin Creed: Down Over Up; Richard Wright: The Stairwell Project; Joan Mitchell 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z The band’s headlong songs begin abruptly, wobble in various directions and often conclude with a sort of collapse, their sudden endings chased by a few whorls of strangulated guitar. Review | Swearin’ is back together, but their songs stay falling apart — in the best ways 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z The campaign has become even more extreme since 2010, when the Citizens United ruling extended First Amendment protection of citizens’ political speech to corporate fiduciaries of shifting whorls of anonymous shareholders. The coddling of the conservative mind 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Ruskin wrote somewhere of his own boyhood fascination with the whorls on floorboards and the patterns on the carpet, as he played on the floor with a bunch of old keys for a toy. Rachel Whiteread: Through the eyes of a child 2010-09-06T20:31:00Z The two women’s data are visualized as carefully drawn flowers, asterisks, and whorls. Can Data Be Human? The Work of Giorgia Lupi 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z Peer deeply into the whorls of pine needles and you will see the waxy orange buds that will become the needle fascicles, the candles that will elongate and open over the first weeks of spring. The growing season may be almost over, but the gardener’s work is not done 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z Dancers milled across the stage in head-to-toe black before skimming the surface in whorls of footwork punctuated by forward kicks that in turn pulled the body backward. Rennie Harris Puremovement and ‘A Batalha do Passinho’ 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z Another melody comes in, slowly phasing and shifting into a whorl of noise. Hidden treasures: Martin Rev – Martin Rev 2013-01-10T17:03:53Z “Illuminations,” also prompted by Rimbaud, fused what might have been the fractious gestures of a Pierre Boulez piano sonata with the cyclonic whorls of an avant-garde jazz pianist like Cecil Taylor. Music Review: John Zorn at the Miller Theater - Review 2011-12-11T21:43:46Z The constant churn of promotion was adding up: “That’s why we’re chaos vibes,” McPherson said, dangling a whorl of curly hair over the screen. Muna’s Fresh Start 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z And indeed I did feel rather savage on my first solo visit as I eased into some sausage casing ... er, a pair of jersey bell-bottoms covered in signature pink and blue whorls. Critical Shopper: Pucci Is Relevant Again — Critical Shopper 2013-02-05T18:14:10Z Instead, they let their relationships flow whither the current takes them, relinquishing themselves to the whorls and eddies that change all romantic partnerships over time. All you need is loves: the truth about polyamory 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z The discovery of specialty artifacts like clay spindle whorls helps identify where fabric was once made. Unearthing Everyday Life at an Ancient Site in Greece 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Just the abstract beauty of nature — the streaks and whorls of green water and red earth, as the screen drifts from dunes to reef to river delta. When TV Goes Right Past Meditative to Vegetative 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Other times, Majok repeats small whorls of dialogue with slight variations to demonstrate how quickly ad hoc adaptations become rigid patterns. Review: In ‘Sanctuary City,’ Slamming the Door on the Dream 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z A rich orange-red the color of ripe persimmon, Merida’s hair doesn’t so much frame her pale, creamy face as incessantly threaten to engulf it, the thick tendrils and fuzzy whorls radiating outward like a sunburst. Movie Review: ‘Brave,’ Pixar’s New Animated Film 2012-06-21T17:25:04Z The draped cloth in a whorl across the hips on a 1946 dress is echoed by a swirl at the back in the 1970s. Style: Madame Gr?s as Sculptor 2011-04-18T13:37:02Z Only the whorls of ruffles fastened to the dresses that closed the show felt tacked on to an intriguing collection. Special Report: Fashion: Sex, Pleats and Skin 2010-09-30T18:13:00Z Although it might take technical prowess to turn a skirt into a sensuous, heaving mass of petals like a Georgia O’Keeffe painting, the body was never really center stage in this whorl of floral delight. Special Report: Fashion: 3 Weddings and a Dior Carnival 2011-07-04T18:10:04Z A few hours to chill, then into the oven, from which it emerges as a great mottled crepe with burnished whorls and, inside, close-set layers like an accordion’s pleats. Layers of Flaky Dough, and History, at King Tut Pie 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z Our group continued on foot, snaking downward into the whorls of nature’s intestines, through claustrophobic channels and cathedral-like chambers. Slovenian Rhapsody 2011-08-05T18:30:00Z He invoked her in turbulent whorls of paint, picturing swollen heads with deeply sculpted eyes and full-length nudes in which West’s pale, curvaceous figure is engulfed by her surroundings. At 91, Frank Auerbach Is Still Searching for the Perfect Image 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z DuBois interpreted his figures as fantastical paintings, featuring whorls of bold color presented in visually engaging ways. Artist Theaster Gates on W.E.B. DuBois and what Donald Trump doesn't get about Chicago 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z The film’s main attractions, though, are the patterns themselves: fantastically precise whorls and curlicues, radiolaria and mandalas that drift across the screen like the endlessly reforming crystals in a kaleidoscope. | 'What on Earth?': ?What on Earth? Probes Mysteries of Crop Circles 2011-04-22T04:53:01Z These tiny dents and fingerprint whorls are reminders that these movies were made by people who molded clay with their hands instead of only manipulating symbols on computers. Movie Review: ?The Pirates! Band of Misfits,? From Aardman Animations 2012-04-26T17:03:02Z Her hand appears, tweaks the nipple in a businesslike way till it is erect, and we spend the next few minutes watching as the taut areola surrounding the nipple subsides into wrinkled folds and whorls. Mothers at Hauser & Wirth - review 2011-01-23T18:28:10Z When he’s really giving in to his ambitions, to his imagination, you can see that he prefers whorls to chunks. The Pianist Jeremy Denk on the Joys of Chopin, Our Most Catlike Composer 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z An urge toward flowing line and expressive gesture is easily detected among the work’s heady leaps and whorls. Music Review: Tobias Picker at the Miller Theater - Review 2011-10-09T21:55:17Z Little whorls of cream cheese await at their centers. Where Avocado Toast Shares a Menu With Yemeni Favorites 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Extraordinary on its own, the tail sits on a whorl of spaghetti squash that becomes uncharacteristically exciting as it drinks up a foamy lobster sauce. Restaurant Review: Momofuku Ko in the East Village 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Virtually life-size images of New York City Ballet dancers are arrayed in rings, whorls and patterns around the floor in various trompe l’oeil effects. Dance Review: New York City Ballet Erring on Side of Variety 2014-01-27T22:26:31Z Saturated washes whorl into psychedelic compositions, as if seen through a fugue state. It Was Their Big Debut. Then a Pandemic Hit. 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z Like most of her works they are untitled and loosely inspired by Cycladic statues, Constantin Brancusi’s flanges and Isamu Noguchi’s whorls. Antiques: Horace Walpole?s London Home Is Restored 2010-04-15T21:29:00Z Her unflinching perusal of the existential void is leavened by the dark whorls of poetry, the zigzags of wit and the musicality of Beckett's 1961 text. In 'Happy Days,' character is buried in sand, wrestling with life 2012-03-14T20:22:04Z But as Nordlinger, Lupyan and their colleagues show, some of those loops form tight millisecond whorls that tie together our instantaneous perception of the world and our habitual way of framing it in words. Grammar Changes How We See, an Australian Language Shows 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z Several independent groups have now reported the oddly sluggish orbits of stars along the Milky Way’s outer rim, the peripheral edge of our galaxy’s luminous whorl. The Milky Way May Be Missing a Trillion Suns’ Worth of Mass 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z The Terra Incognita of our minds is like blowing whorls of snow, perpetually altering itself to fit the progressively shifting frontiers of human awareness. Astrophysics and stale beer: What life is like working at the South Pole 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z The outermost whorl of the flower has green, leafy structures known as sepals. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Leaves and branches come out as whorls from the evenly spaced rings. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z It is a pleasing but largely unremarkable herb — except for a moment in spring when its tender stems, stacked with whorls of green leaves, are topped by a constellation of starry white blossoms. How to release the secret garden scent of adaptable sweet woodruff 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z Researchers usually say “vapor rings” or “vortex rings” when describing the whorl of a ring’s gas. The Clues Floating in a Volcano’s Smoke Rings 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z With my eyes firmly closed, I could full-on “see” the pulsing lights positioned just inches from my face — mostly cascading, melting and swirling whorls of color. What’s it like to take a $249 drug-free psychedelic trip? We found out 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z The second whorl is comprised of petals—usually, brightly colored—collectively called the corolla. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Flower parts come in four, five, or many whorls. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z These ridges develop into three main patterns: symmetrical, circular arrangements called “whorls”; longer, curved patterns called “loops”; and triangular ridges known as “arches.” Why don’t identical twins have the same fingerprints? New study provides clues 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Your cat, yowling pitifully, would vanish in a thick whorl of white papers. Opinion | Classified documents are everywhere! They are coming for us all! 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z It’s a mild thing, a pert, often creamy-colored whorl of fungus that goes well with thyme sautéed in butter. The Toxin That Helps Oyster Mushrooms Devour Worm Flesh 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z The third whorl contains the male reproductive structures and is known as the androecium. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked at the croissant’s interior whorl with its gossamer, buttery-light layers and thought, weirdly even for me, “This is like God’s fingerprint.” 11 best eats of 2022 from Seattle Times restaurant critic Bethany Jean Clement 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z But the overall shape of the fingerprint pattern—whether the fingerprint ends up as a whorl, a loop, or an arch—depends on the anatomy of the finger and the exact timing of ridge formation. Why don’t identical twins have the same fingerprints? New study provides clues 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z It’s a whorl of sweet shrimp in which the texture is as delightful as the taste, combining al dente-like chew with a crunch reminiscent of a potato chip. Restaurant review: Triumph Valley may be Greater Seattle’s best dim sum 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z In the second image, the women, now dancing, morph into whorls of light reminiscent of Christmas trees. Mary Kelly’s Revolution Is Ongoing 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Leaves and branches come out as whorls from the evenly spaced joints. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Its mouth was filled with paired rows of tooth whorls, and like many first drafts, the teeth don't really resemble the pearly whites we typically think of. How a Chinese fish fossil discovery rewrites the history of life's evolution 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z If the pads are large and symmetrical and ridges begin to form there early, they tend to produce a whorl. Why don’t identical twins have the same fingerprints? New study provides clues 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z The researchers found bones called tooth whorls with multiple teeth growing on them. Fish fossil catch from China includes oldest teeth ever 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z They gave women spinning wheels, a much more efficient way to create yarn than the traditional spindle whorls used on the drop spindle. Viking Textiles Show Women Had Tremendous Power 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Photo shows a horsetail plant, which resembles a scrub brush, with a thick stem and whorls of thin leaves branching from the stem. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “The first night there was some really intense fire activity — 50-foot fire whorls,” he said. Firefighters battle massive fire near Hemet from the sky at night 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z While the southern sea otter captures the attention of younger visitors, the symbol of the aquarium is another Monterey Bay icon: a whorl of kelp. What Does It Look Like when an Ecosystem Collapses? Kelp Can Show Us 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z “Signs of Myriorama” comprises 100 same-size vertical tiles upon which tiny black glyphs snake and whorl horizontally, sometimes overlaid with red or white ones. Review | In the galleries: Connections in text, image, writing and drawing 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z She also adds literal depth to the faces by partly layering them with handmade ceramic tiles, some imprinted with fingerprint-like whorls. Review | In the galleries: Delicate dominates at annual sculpture show 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Petals, collectively the corolla, are located inside the whorl of sepals and often display vivid colors to attract pollinators. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z His plain croissant, made with the best possible French butter, possesses a shattery, lacquery golden-brown exterior, with the inside a heavenly light whorl like the fingerprint of a small deity. Find the Northwest’s best bakery — plus 5 more great places to eat — on an extra-fun day trip to Bremerton 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Through the whorls of blue ink faded to purple, my mother touched her father for the first time since she was 3. Opinion | My mother fled Ukraine in World War II. She says this is worse. 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z Strangely, the visuals that come closest to evoking such moments are not the photos or videos of performances but, instead, black lines — and whorls and swirls and loops — on white paper. Opinion | These Hirschfeld Drawings Capture Sondheim’s Shows Better Than Any Photo 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z I marvel at the whorls and layers of rock in the canyon: Kaibab. Seattle family checks off life goal with 4-day, rim-to-rim trek of Grand Canyon 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z All complete flowers contain four whorls: the calyx, corolla, androecium, and gynoecium. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Other nocturnal blossoms deploy scents like siren calls: The creamy whorls of the moonflower vine hint at vanilla and sunscreen, while the heavy bells of brugmansia are franker and muskier in aura, verging on narcotic. The Ephemeral Beauty of Night-Blooming Flowers 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Archaeologists have made a number of finds including an amber bead and stone wheel thought to be a spindle whorl for weaving. Aberystwyth residents help archaeologists excavate Pen Dinas hillfort 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z The sounds of whistlers whorl overhead at the start, in “Hero Danger,” as the four members of the quartet toss a carefree theme around, as if in anticipation of a great adventure. How Terry Riley and Kronos Quartet turned the sun's radiance into the most moving music 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z He bent down and smoothed whorls into the dog’s long fur. Seeing 2020: A vision of Seattle’s future from 1984 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z Turn up the activity of these magnetic whorls, and you get more solar storms flinging deadly charged particles and radiation throughout our solar system. There’s Something Special About the Sun: It’s a Bit Boring 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z The roar of engines hammers your ears as the drivers slide their racers sideways through the turns, spinning up whorls of red dust. Calling Danger at the Grandview Speedway 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Items discovered during the excavation include soapstone from the Shetland Islands, pottery and a bone spindle whorl. Viking drinking hall discovered on remote Scottish island 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Alongside French President Emmanuel Macron, Trump marveled at the might and grit of American fighting forces, and at the seemingly unending whorls of crosses and Star of David markers at the Normandy American Cemetery. ‘Don’t poke the bear’: European leaders refine their approach to Trump 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court and FCC are ensuring that every stake in new media, and, with it, almost all public discourse, is traded by algorithmically driven whorls of shareholders with no storyline but a bottom line. Resistance can't be tweeted: Social and political change is built on reading 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z The books do mention of whorls and swirling patterns in dragon eggs and fabrics, but there’s no greater meaning ascribed to them. What the Night King’s eerie sigils mean on Game of Thrones 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z She reminded one friend of a sparrow: her head topped with a feathery whorl of short gray hair, bursting with noisy argument but fundamentally gentle. Railing Against India’s Right-Wing Nationalism Was a Calling. It Was Also a Death Sentence. 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z It cannot be an accident that the lions of Silicon Valley, who live and die by the information whorl, are bullish on meditation. Opinion | Our Brains Aren’t Designed to Handle the Trump Era 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z George himself was a thumbnail-size whorl of dark brown and tan. George the Snail, Believed to Be the Last of His Species, Dies at 14 in Hawaii 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z It is a haven from news whorls and internet noise, a return to a female tradition when our bodies and minds feel so keenly under assault. Opinion | The Feminist Power of Embroidery 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z There are, in shades of cream and copper and flame, the unlikely geometries of eroded sandstone: narrow gorges, strange whorls, sudden holes in the ground. Why Two Chefs in Small-Town Utah Decided to Sue President Trump 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z The fungus dots cacao trees with delicate whorls that resemble tiny pink umbrellas and suck the life from their hosts, leaving once healthy branches twisted into gnarled brambles. Searching for Chocolate's Roots, and Enemies, in Colombia's Wilderness 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z Wong, in particular, is all but enshrined in this picture’s cafe interludes and dreamy whorls of cigarette smoke, shot in heart-stopping slow motion. 'If Beale Street Could Talk' wraps Toronto in a loving embrace, while 'High Life' and 'First Man' probe new frontiers 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Burls of the tree — where the wood grain moves in whorls — are so valuable that maple poachers are a problem in parts of Washington. Some of Washington’s biggest trees are dying and scientists don’t know why 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Kuehn discovered the luminaries, and the whorl of turtle tracks orbiting the candles, early the next morning. These animals depend on darkness. But humans have ruined their nights. 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z The drone arrives overhead with a roar, hovers for a moment, then lowers itself towards the green circle like a mantis, three sets of propellers churning the air into whorls of straw and dust. The world’s first commercial drone-delivery service is operating in China 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Helicoprion, a bizarre prehistoric shark with teeth set in a spiral whorl, swam the oceans more than 270 million years ago. Talking sense on climate change, the biology of behaviour and a prehistoric shark with a twist: New in paperback 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Recently, in the midst of renovating my Brooklyn row house’s kitchen, I developed a crush on a slab of stone called pietra del cardosa, a dark blue sandstone with pale whorls like cosmic dust. Are Colorful Kitchens the New Status Symbol? 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Only in the past decade did researchers doing painstaking analysis of CT scans of fossils find evidence for the connective cartilage that nailed down the way the whorl was actually situated. Sharklike Helicoprion Ruled Its Environs with a Row of Vertical Teeth 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z In recent years, he used computer-aided design software to create sculptures with once-impractical whorls, warps, swirls and bends. Lawrence Argent, sculptor who brought whimsy into public view, dies at 60 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z The ancestral flower’s organs were likely arranged in a series of concentric circles called whorls. The Hunt for the First Flower 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z The plain croissant remains a classic beauty, unabashedly browned on the exterior for that perfect shattery-crispness, producing a cascade of happy shards, with whorls upon whorls of buttery tenderness inside, like eating a divine fingerprint. Bakery turnover: Two top Seattle spots change hands 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Even after the typewriter clacked its way into business offices in the late 19th century, millions hitched their ambitions to mastery of graceful, thick-and-thin arcs and whorls. Calligrapher practices the write stuff 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z It rather resembles a white lily, with three layers of petals, called “whorls.” The earliest flower ancestor had both male and female parts 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z The study also reveals that the ancestral flower’s stamens, petals and sepals – protective petal-like parts – were arranged not in spirals but concentric circles called whorls, with three petals or sepals in each. Mother of all blooms: is this what the last common ancestor of flowers looked like? 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Spindle whorls documented a high culture including weaving arts, fine carving and body ornamentation, including labrets. Land transfer brings closure to Lummi tribe 20 years after ancestors’ remains disturbed 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z However, the jury’s marathon deliberations, which at 52 hours wore on longer than the trial itself, mean Cosby’s prosecution could become best remembered for creating a whorl of uncertainty. Cosby trial ends in swirl of uncertainty but campaigners see encouraging signs 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z It occupies a purpose-built new building, a great whorl of glass and golden stone, a few hundred yards from the PPE philosophers’ dowdier premises. PPE: the Oxford degree that runs Britain 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Some of the legal objections, though not all, were based on the site’s E.U. designation as “a special area of conservation” and a habitat for the narrow-mouthed whorl snail — a rare and protected species. Trump tried and failed to build a wall in Ireland. That could mean big trouble for Europe. 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z Apparently, a two-millimeter-long whorl snail, or vertigo angustior, which lives in the area, is protected by European Union rules, and the proposed wall would threaten its habitat. Donald Trump won't get his wall, at least at his overseas golf course - Golf Digest 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z But the wall faced opposition from environmental groups who said they feared that it would threaten the two-millimeter-long whorl snail, or vertigo angustior, which lives in the area, as well as coastal dunes. Tiny Snail Defeats Donald Trump in Battle Over Irish Sea Wall 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z There was concern that the wall would impact the tiny, EU protected whorl snail, Vertigo angustior. Green delight as Trump's Irish wall plans withdrawn - BBC News 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z The local county council halted the construction and Trump’s wall was thwarted by the tiny, narrow-mouthed whorl snail, which lives in the dunes. Trump's other wall: is his Irish resort a sign he believes in climate change? 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z This one features incredible texture with its compound leaves in the form of double whorls on the end of wiry, purple stems. It’s true — tropical-looking Scheffleras can survive outside in Seattle winters 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z But all men -- but presidential and plebeian -- are ultimately beholden to the lifestyles of the might whorl snail. Donald Trump won't get his wall, at least at his overseas golf course - Golf Digest 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z The person hunched over her laptop in the coffee shop could be poring over budgets or caught in an unrewarding whorl of YouTube videos: the silhouette is more or less the same. What Ever Happened to the Couch Potato? 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z The lacy leaves occur in whorls near the top of the branches, giving the crown a filigreed appearance unlike any other oak tree. Japanese Emperor oaks look more like exotic, tropical houseplants than trees 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z The purpose of the class was for each student to lift five prints, then analyze them as whorls, loops or arches. EXCHANGE: Students get experience in criminal justice 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z Purported to be hardy to about 10 degrees, this hard-to-find rarity is clothed in whorls of thin leaflets held on stems of variable length, creating an interesting two-tiered look. It’s true — tropical-looking Scheffleras can survive outside in Seattle winters 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z The resulting patterns were much more complex and dynamic than the ones Bausch saw: the flowing microtubules looked like fingerprint whorls in motion. The physics of life 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z They then simulated the distribution of gas, stars, and planetary systems within those whorls of stars. The most likely spots for life in the Milky Way 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Various methods for identifying an individual confirm our intuitions, whether through inspecting the whorls of a fingerprint or by sequencing a strand of DNA. 'Brainprints' Pick Out an Individual from the Crowd 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Eternal Summers This trio from Roanoke, Virginia, play bright, gossamer indie pop, attractive whorls of light, which recall the uncertain texture of the world when just waking up. CMJ 2015: the best bands to see at this year's music marathon 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Spirals like the ones found within the chambered nautilus form a shape known as a logarithmic spiral, in which the gaps between each whorl are spaced incrementally farther apart in a precise mathematical manner. The vast and complicated universe inside a seashell 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Extraneous bad thought: were the whorls of toe prints unique, like those of fingerprints? “The Republic of Bad Taste” 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Primula japonica flowers on unique tiers with up to five whorls of attractive purple flowers on each stem, while the yellow bell-shaped clusters on P. florindaeis are as fragrant as they are beautiful. Q&A: Which plants like wet feet? 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Vendors say the timbre of a person’s voice is unique in a way similar to the loops and whorls at the tips of someone’s fingers. Millions of voiceprints quietly being harvested as latest identification tool 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z By the end of the war, both fleets were completely repatterned with whorls, stripes and zigzags. Did Modern Art Help Win World War I? See The Greatest Paintings Ever To Rule The Seas In This New York Museum Exhibit 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z Also included in the collection is a net weight, and a spindle whorl carved from a single whale vertebrae that Mark Charles found during the work at the site. Ancient tribal artifacts go home to be displayed in Port Angeles 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z Now, any casual jotting of figures, if one would care to call them that, does the job — not just loops, but arches and whorls as well. The autograph lives on long after the boys of summer are gone 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z It grew to 24 feet and 1,000 pounds, and used the whorl of steak-knife-sharp teeth to grind its prey against its palate. Naked Marshawn, and other stuff you might have missed this week 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Preserved by his lens, eastern Maine wild blueberry bogs seen from the air resemble a mottled wound, full of purple swatches and ponds forming dark whorls. Aerial survey pilot has distinct perspective 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z Trump has hit a few environmental road blocks on his way to resurrecting sections of the course -- the biggest being the tiny whorl snail. Noted global-warming skeptic Donald Trump appears to be dealing with the effects of global warming at Doonbeg: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z The 31 species described in a new paper published this week in ZooKeys all feature shells that twist and whorl into amazing, complex shapes. Microjewels: Stunningly Beautiful Snails Going Extinct As Soon As They Are Discovered 2014-03-28T14:09:13Z Finding a match of the unique pattern of ridges and whorls that make up the print on the police database could be the key to cracking the case. Fingerprints give police new clues 2014-03-28T01:16:44Z And there’s some more capacitive touch magic, subepidermal photography, and data analysis jobs to determine whether your fingerprint is of the arch, loop, or whorl variety. Fingerprint Startup Claims Smartphone Security Breakthrough 2014-03-13T18:05:47Z My family's micro-currency will have pictures of the Beatles and the Kinks, at their full glory, and vaguely psychedelic spirals and whorls all over it. Why every household should have its own currency 2014-02-14T17:07:26Z Clearly, the hypnotic tooth whorls capture the imagination of some seriously talented folks. The Hypnotic Whorl of Teeth That Keeps Researchers Guessing 2014-02-05T19:02:33Z How many of the whorls and marks are we going to compare? It Was Near Inevitable That Apple's iPhone 5s Fingerprint Sensor Would Get Cracked Or Hacked 2013-09-23T12:36:00Z Can you find a correlation between handedness and the direction of peoples' hair whorls in your family? Follow Family Traits with an Easy Tree 2013-06-13T14:45:03.027Z Numerous other methods exist besides ratatouille preparation for turning one's whorls into wheals. Dermatitis Could Make Fingerprints Unreadable 2013-04-12T11:15:00.350Z A recent reconstruction of Helicroprion with the tooth whorl sitting inside the mouth like a tongue. Prehistoric ghost shark Helicoprion's spiral-toothed jaw explained 2013-02-27T17:45:00.440Z That got Lohmann thinking that the turtles’ long-distance navigation was a result of their being able to respond to whorls and quirks in the planetary field they encounter along the way. The Mystery of the Geolocating Cat 2013-02-11T06:50:00Z He held his breath, staring at the whorls of the child’s perfect ear, luminescent, as if painted by Fra Filippo Lippi. Nicole Krauss: “Zusya on the Roof.” 2013-01-28T05:00:00Z The three main fingerprint types - the loop, the whorl and the arch American Hans Galassi lost several fingers in a wakeboarding accident several months ago. How durable is a fingerprint? 2012-09-28T23:36:36Z The early signs are found on Neolithic artefacts such as pottery and spindle whorls, concentrated in the Balkans and associated with the Vinca culture. 10 things which should be included in the history of the world 2012-09-24T11:00:34Z Regardless, the general consensus in the earliest hypothetical reconstructions of Helicoprion was that this terrible, toothy whorl surely served a defensive purpose. Prehistoric ghost shark Helicoprion's spiral-toothed jaw explained 2013-02-27T17:45:00.440Z The skin is dark bronze and nubbly, studded with tiny crispy kernels and whorls, and already you are breaking off pieces and crumbling them in your mouth. Hungry City: Bobwhite Lunch and Supper Counter in Alphabet City 2012-09-18T20:26:14Z Give the nautilus itself to a mathematician, and he will show you that one secret of its gracefulness lies in its following in its volute or whorl a particular geometrical curve with rigid precision. Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition 2012-05-22T15:16:52.423Z Shell globose, wrinkled, olive; spire prominent, acute, the whorls ventricose; margin of the aperture thick, fulvous, grooved; umbilicus small, linear, near the middle of the inner lip; operculum shelly. Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-20T02:00:06.887Z Shell small, olive; spire longer than the aperture; the tip obtuse, rufous; basal whorl slightly carinated in the middle; umbilicus obsolete. Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:34.283Z This proved for the first time that at least some of the whorl was contained inside Helicoprion’s mouth. Prehistoric ghost shark Helicoprion's spiral-toothed jaw explained 2013-02-27T17:45:00.440Z Shell one inch and a half long, and smooth; the base and spire with faint remote grooves; the spiral whorls are scarcely convex, and their upper margins prominent. Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:27.027Z Branches, when present, in whorls from the base of the sheath, like the stem, but without the central air-cavity. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z Shell smooth, posterior end slender, ferruginous, with angular white spots, and white bands dotted with brown; base black; spire short, tip acute, the whorls smooth and flat. Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-20T02:00:06.887Z M. Shell ovate-acute, white, with transverse punctured stri�; the basal whorl thick, with numerous bands consisting of small, and two of large tessellated spots; outer lip toothed. Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:34.283Z When it closed its closed its lower jaw, the whorl of teeth were pushed backwards, “providing an effective slicing mechanism for the blade-like serrated teeth and forcing food to the back of the oral cavity”. Prehistoric ghost shark Helicoprion's spiral-toothed jaw explained 2013-02-27T17:45:00.440Z Spire elongated, chesnut-brown; base of the spiral volutions with a whitish band, which is central on the basal whorl. Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:27.027Z Umbels usually compound, in which case the secondary ones are termed umbellets; the whorl of bracts which often subtends the general umbel is the involucre, and those of the umbellets the involucels. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z B. Chesnut, with a narrow whitish band in the middle; base and margin of the body whorl white. Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-20T02:00:06.887Z The whorls of this pretty shell are plaited into little nodules; it is usually very small. Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:34.283Z Publishing in a 1900 edition of The American palaeontologist, Eastman favoured the idea that the whorl protruded from somewhere along the length of the fish’s back, acting as some sort of defensive display, perhaps. Prehistoric ghost shark Helicoprion's spiral-toothed jaw explained 2013-02-27T17:45:00.440Z Spire slightly produced, acuminated; the whorls with a central indented line. Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:27.027Z Perennial; stems smooth, erect; leaves 8 or sometimes 6 in the whorls, linear, roughish, soon deflexed; flowers very numerous, paniculate, yellow; fruit usually smooth.—Dry fields, E. Mass. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z A. effusa may be distinguished from all others by the columella being nearly obsolete; this part existing only in the two terminal whorls of the spire. Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-20T02:00:06.887Z Shell above carinated, fulvous, with two whitish bands; spire short, spotted, the base depressed; the whorls concave with two depressed lines; suture channelled; base granulated, purple. Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:34.283Z Perhaps a dark ring of absorptive or occulting matter encircles the nebula in nearly the same plane with the luminous whorls. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z The whole of the body whorl and commencement of the spire is cancellated. Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:27.027Z Embryo with a pair of opposite cotyledons, or in Subclass II. often three or more in a whorl. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z Shell pear-shaped; spire depressed, apex prominent; basal whorl carinated, interior lip dilated, white; base of the pillar one-plaited. Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-20T02:00:06.887Z Shell slender, brown, with white bands, interrupted by longitudinal stripes; spire produced, the tip acute, whorls concave, smooth; base black. Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:34.283Z Naturally the central regions of the whorl would revolve most swiftly, but no comparison of drawings and photographs, separated by intervals of many years, has yet revealed even a trace of any such motion. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z The body whorl is more or less ventricose; the outer lip is a little reflected, and the whole shell, when full grown, much thicker and heavier than any of the other species. Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:27.027Z Embryo with a pair of opposite cotyledons, or rarely several in a whorl. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z Shell ovate-obtuse, yellowish, with pale bands and fulvous spots; body whorl crowned by compressed obtuse nodules; spire very short, acute; pillar thickened with many plaits. Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-20T02:00:06.887Z The spire of C. generalis is generally spotted, and the white band on the margin of the body whorl, more or less crossed by broad waved stripes of a dark brown. Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:34.283Z They are herbaceous plants growing from an underground much-branched rootstock from which spring slender aerial shoots which are green, ribbed, and bear at each node a whorl of leaves reduced to a toothed sheath. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z The marginal line and the correct number of whorls in the spire are well expressed in the figures of Lister, Gualtieri and Knorr. Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:27.027Z May.—A pair of leaves with a peduncle between them, developed in spring from each of the opposite buds, gives the appearance of a whorl, whence the specific name. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z The basal whorl is so broad that the shell, if placed on a table with its mouth downwards, will remain erect. Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-20T02:00:06.887Z Elected Silence, sing to me And beat upon my whorl�d ear; Pipe me to pastures still, and be The music that I care to hear. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z From the nodes spring whorls of similar but more slender branches. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z Shell smooth, uniform chesnut-brown, with two narrow yellowish bands on the basal whorl, and one on the spire; aperture smooth. Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:27.027Z Stamens 5–15, united into a central column in 1–3 whorls. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z Shell larger, white, with three narrow brown bands; aperture and inner lip white; basal whorl in the middle slightly carinated. Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-20T02:00:06.887Z And a pungent smoke saluted his nostrils; it was drifting in great whorls northwards over the camp, and surely behind it he saw here and there little red flashes of flame. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z The plant stood two or three feet high, and the sweet-scented flowers were in whorls of five or six on a stem. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z Other more obvious characters exist in the form of the whorls, spire, and more particularly in the colour, of these two shells; but these are in comparison of minor importance. Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:27.027Z Flowers monœcious, with the lower whorls pistillate, or diœcious; stamens few or numerous, covering the receptacle; sepals spreading or reflexed in fruit. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z The two large stri�, which are remarkable for the nodules, are not far from the middle of each whorl, and generally are nearer the upper suture: of these the lowest is the largest. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Scapes.—One-flowered; one or two inches long; jointed in the middle, with a whorl of five to seven scarious bracts at the joint. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z She found the same kinds of effects in the plant Arabidopsis thaliana — upturned and extra roots, exotic leaf whorls and darker hues appeared when the heat-shock protein system was put under stress. Prions and chaperones: Outside the fold 2012-02-15T18:21:01.083Z Shell white, smooth, olive-formed, spire shorter than the aperture, the volutions finely reticulated above, the lower half with the epidermis forming a chesnut band which is central and broad on the basal whorl. Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:27.027Z Stamens 10–30, in 2 or more whorls; filaments monadelphous at base. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z The spire has only two of these lines on each whorl, and has a bicarinated appearance. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Leaves.—In scattered whorls; lanceolate; two to five inches long. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z The stranger whose eye fell on the doorway of the Abbey Church, with its whorls of sculptured images, gazed and gazed again with a sense of wondering awe. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Shell coniform; spire short, depressed at the base, the whorls convex and unequal; outer lip lobed above, and internally striated; inner lip nearly obsolete, white. Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:27.027Z Embryo straight, the radicular end downward.—Slender branching herbs, growing under water, with opposite and linear leaves, somewhat crowded into whorls, spinulose-toothed, sessile and dilated at base. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z The body-whorl of the older specimens of this shell is rather roughly striated or wrinkled, the last but one slightly so, and the remaining whorls are quite smooth. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z When the plant is about to flower, the bulb sends up a tall stalk, with here and there a whorl of shining leaves, hanging at the summit its string of pendent bronze-bells. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z It also exports loupes, the walnut whorls or knots of which I have written before, oak galls, wax, wool, and manna, chiefly collected from the oak. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z The bomb is made of whorls of gold bullion cord, while the flames are composed of curving lines of twisted bullion. American Military Insignia 1800-1851 2012-02-04T03:00:18.780Z Flowers in somewhat distant whorls, scentless, nearly 2´ long, deep red outside, yellowish within or rarely throughout; leaves oblong, smooth, the lower petioled, the uppermost pairs connate.—Copses, The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z The flower has in rare cases a perianth of six scale-like leaves arranged in two whorls, and thus conforming to the common monocotyledonous type of flower. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z It has a whorl of leaves near the ground and two or three greenish-white, nodding flowers. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Whorled, having whorls: arranged in the form of a whorl or whorls. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z The holly-hock flowers of the second whorl were flushing to the top of the spires. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Fruit dry, twin, of 2 indehiscent 1-seeded carpels.—A slender procumbent herb, with square stems, lanceolate pungent leaves in whorls of 4–6, and small subsessile blue or pinkish flowers surrounded by a gamophyllous involucre. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z It never forms a complete circle, but grows into spirals or whorls which easily break up. Through a Microscope Something of the Science Together with many Curious Observations Indoor and Out and Directions for a Home-made Microscope. 2011-12-29T03:00:20.733Z Flowers.—In interrupted spikes, having from three to nine dense, rather remote, headlike, bracteate whorls. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z The Cupressineae have cones composed of a few scales arranged in alternate whorls; each scale bears two or more seeds, and shows no external sign of being composed of two distinct portions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Her crimson dress was in a tight whorl about her feet. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Plant minutely soft-pubescent; leaves each divided into 3 sessile ovate-lanceolate entire leaflets, therefore appearing like 6 in a whorl.—Sandy woods, Va. and southward. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z Against this background a number of small reddish-brown blotches swam slowly to and fro, and among these tiny whorls of a light gray colour expanded and contracted with inconceivable rapidity. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z Tier after tier of these interrupted whorls, sometimes as many as nine, mount the stems. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z The two bracts are, however, on different axes, one secondary to the other, and cannot therefore be parts of one whorl of organs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z Looking down at her he observed the delicate whorl of a small ear like a pink shell and a soft neck so inviting that, bending his own head, he pressed his lips against it. The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian 2011-10-24T02:00:18.500Z Capsule 10–20-seeded.—Leafy-stemmed perennials, glabrous except the ciliate petioles, not punctate, the leaves all opposite, but mostly in seeming whorls on the flowering branches. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z The starry magnolia blooms in March or April, covering itself with star-shaped white flowers made of strap-like petals that form a flat whorl instead of a cup. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Flowers.—Axillary, or often in whorls or heads. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Clary, klār′i, n. a biennial with clammy stem, large, heart-shaped, rough, doubly crenate leaves, and whorls of pale-blue flowers in loose terminal spikes, with large coloured bracts. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z The alternate-leaved dogwood, Cornus alternifolia L., occasionally reaches tree size with long slender branches arranged in irregular whorls giving the tree a storied effect. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z Prostrate, forming patches; leaves spatulate, clustered in whorls at the joints, where the 1-flowered pedicels form a sort of sessile umbel, stamens usually 3.—Sandy river-banks, and cultivated grounds. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z The flowers are waxy, tubular, fragrant, turning their yellow petals backward in a whorl. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Stem.—Erect; stout; a foot or more high; bearing at summit a whorl of three sessile leaves. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Here and there are patches of thin ivory-white shells—tiny whorls glued closely to the surface of the leaves. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z The flowers are hermaphrodite, and regular with parts in 4’s and 5’s, with reduction to 2 in the pistil; in Chlora there are 6 to 8 members in each whorl. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z Its stem was vapid and of no diameter, and its grasslike leaves grew in whorls at the joints. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z In autumn, after the season's growth is finished, each twig ends in a single bud, with a whorl of five buds around it. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Leaves.—In whorls of six to eight; linear oblanceolate; one inch long. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z The Cancellariadæ, in which the shells are cancellated or cross-barred by a double series of lines running, one set with the whorls, and the other across them. Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils 2011-08-20T02:00:11.557Z It has large oval strongly-ribbed leaves and dense whorls of conspicuous yellow flowers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z In many gymnosperms more than two cotyledons are present, and they are arranged in a whorl. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z The slender branchlets are clothed with boat-shaped leaves which spread nearly at right angles from the twigs in whorls of three. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z This has its small leaves in whorls of four. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z The Solaridæ or "Staircase-shells," whose umbilicus is so wide that, as you look down it, the projecting edges of the whorls appear like a winding staircase. Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils 2011-08-20T02:00:11.557Z Animal fixed by the shell, the last whorls of which are not in contact with each other; foot small; two anterior pedal tentacles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z The development of cellular or pulpy matter, and the enlargement of parts not forming whorls of the flower, frequently alter the appearance of the fruit, and render it difficult to discover its formation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z A white blossom from six inches to a foot across is bound to attract attention and admiration when set off by a whorl of lustrous evergreen leaves. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Its small, white, bilabiate flowers are crowded in the axils of the upper leaves so densely as to appear like whorls. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z These concur in telling the same general tale, recollecting that No. 46 might almost be reckoned as a transitional case between a loop and a whorl. Finger Prints 2011-08-07T02:00:07.827Z The upper whorls of the shell are seen to be divided into separate chambers by the formation of successively formed “septa.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z I doubt if he so much as saw the print line by line, but all troubled-like, as one might through a green whorl of skylight glass. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z The umbrella tree has an umbrella-like whorl of leaves surrounding the flower whose white cup stands above three recurving white sepals. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Flowers.—In long-peduncled racemes; six to ten inches long; with usually five or six dense whorls. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Table VIa tells us that the percentage of the double event of a whorl occurring on both the ring-fingers of the same person is 26. Finger Prints 2011-08-07T02:00:07.827Z Shell turriculated, with numerous whorls; aperture and operculum oval; eyes at summits of tentacles; siphon long. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z Never believe this bird connotes Jade whorls of carven commonness: Nor as from ordinary throats Slides his sharp song in ice-strung stress. A Tree with a Bird in it: a symposium of contemporary american poets on being shown a pear-tree on which sat a grackle 2011-07-25T02:00:12.380Z The foliage is almost fern-like in delicacy and it spreads in a whorl below the flower clusters in spring and the scarlet berry clusters in autumn. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Leaves.—Opposite, or in whorls of three or four; petioled; ovate to lanceolate; three to five inches long. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z The remainder of the table shows the number of times in which an arch, loop, or whorl of an A child was associated with an arch, loop, or whorl of a B child. Finger Prints 2011-08-07T02:00:07.827Z Shell external, ovoid, the last whorl swollen, aperture oval with a simple border; radular teeth in oblique rows. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z The case was made of cypress wood, inlaid with whorls of thin silver and enamels of various colours. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z The leaves crown each of the stiff branches with an umbrella-like whorl, that stands guard in winter time about a large scaly bud. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Leaves.—Scattered, or in whorls; two to five inches long; an inch or less broad; rich green. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Again, there are three cases of both parents having a tendrilled-loop No. 15, which ranks as a whorl. Finger Prints 2011-08-07T02:00:07.827Z Shell turriculated, with numerous whorls, the last more or less detached. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z She stood waist-deep among the briers: Above in twisted lengths were rolled The sunset's tangled whorls of gold, Blown from the west's cloud-pillared fires. Kentucky Poems 2011-07-11T02:00:07.060Z A great tree in blossom, with its flower clusters lighting up the umbrella-like whorls of glossy, evergreen leaves, illuminates the woods, and makes every other tree look commonplace beside it. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Inflorescence.—Over a foot long, with many large, widely separated whorls of crimson flowers. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Out of their total number of seventeen children, eleven have whorls and only six have loops. Finger Prints 2011-08-07T02:00:07.827Z The sides of the depression in which he lay were jet-black, with here and there a thin whorl of smoke eddying upwards. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z They are almost sweeter when dried, each little whorl by itself, with the stalk cut closely away above and below. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z These leaves are set alternately upon the twig, and cluster in whorls on the ends of branches. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Their tall stems, ribbed and jointed, bore whorls of leaves or branchlets. The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants 2011-06-01T02:00:24.880Z The deficiency in arches among the Hebrews, and to some extent in loops also, is made up by a superiority in whorls, chiefly of the tendril or circlet-in-loop patterns. Finger Prints 2011-08-07T02:00:07.827Z Donning Tyvek jumpsuits, people like the designer Nicole Miller painted discs with whorls of color at stations in the cocktail reception, to be hung later in the school. Nocturnalist: At This Fete, The Room Was Packed With Power 2011-04-28T02:03:32Z It likes a bed of deep leaf-soil on levels or cool slopes in woodland, where its large white flowers and whorls of handsome leaves look quite at home. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z Each whorl of five marks a year in the tree's growth. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z In the staminal whorl especially it is common to find additional rows. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z It is further seen in every pair of entries that whorls are related together more closely than loops. Finger Prints 2011-08-07T02:00:07.827Z Under favourable conditions of growth it is a lofty tree, with a nearly straight, tapering trunk, throwing out in somewhat irregular whorls its widespreading branches, densely clothed with dark, clear green foliage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z The classic streamside primrose of the display gardens of the Delaware Valley is the Japanese primrose, whose elevated whorls are found in white and various shades of red and pink. Primroses can get you primed for spring 2011-03-16T20:23:21Z The branches grow in whorls and spread like fern fronds, covered for eight or nine years with the persistent leaves. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z It frequently happens that when it is fully formed, the number of its parts is not in conformity with that of the other whorls. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z There could never be less than 14 double whorls under the given conditions, except through some statistical irregularity. Finger Prints 2011-08-07T02:00:07.827Z As the result of much experiment a fourfold scheme of classification has been evolved, and the various types employed are styled “arches,” “loops,” “whorls” and “composites.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z A streak of yellow and a flaming whorl had shot athwart the sky; dawn was breaking swiftly in the Arctic east. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Then it grows cones on the topmost whorl, royal purple and burnished gold, erect on the ends of the branches like Christmas candles. The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children 2011-03-09T03:00:44.330Z A flower in which the parts are arranged in twos is called dimerous; when the parts of the whorls are three, four or five, the flower is trimerous, tetramerous or pentamerous, respectively. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z It gave the result of 38°, which also agrees fairly with 43°, the mean of the loops and the whorls for that finger. Finger Prints 2011-08-07T02:00:07.827Z They were planned in imitation of the spirals of some of the whorl seashells that Leonardo had been studying. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z Standing away from it, he peered up among the whorls of gray branches and broad shelves of leaves, but they disclosed nothing. A Hero of Ticonderoga 2011-01-27T03:00:45.450Z It was six feet high and had twelve flowers, in two whorls, forming a pyramid. Canoeing in the wilderness 2011-01-19T03:00:23.683Z The suppression of parts of the flower may be carried so far that at last a flower consists of only one part of one whorl. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z The result was 43°, which agrees fairly with 48°, the mean of the loops and the whorls. Finger Prints 2011-08-07T02:00:07.827Z A friend said it looked like a fingerprint, all snowy whorls and arched ridges and pocked loops. City Room: Reflections on a Landscape of Innocent White 2011-01-03T16:29:53Z They have thickened margins, the concave upper sides are glaucous, and they are arranged round the branches in whorls of three. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z Thus, the distant whorls of a spiral galaxy and the familiar ones of a chambered nautilus obey the same physical laws and exhibit the same pinwheel shape. In Deep Sea, Waves With a Familiar Curl 2010-04-19T21:49:00Z Cohesion, or the union of parts of the same whorl, and adhesion, or the growing together of parts of different whorls, are causes of change both as regards form and symmetry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z You can also read about "a snail that's whorls apart," which proves that scientists still know how to have pun. 2009-12-24T19:33:00Z Such research, Dr. Untersteiner said, promised to promote understanding of the fundamental forces at work in global climate change, including the endless whorls and gyres of polar ice. 2010-01-05T07:06:00Z The long spines would interfere with the growth of this Murex if it had not the power of dissolving them as the outside of one whorl becomes the inside of the next. Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them It was the same color, with the same fascinating little lights and whorls in it.” The Valiants of Virginia Thus, to express the superposition of one whorl upon another, a line is drawn between them, e.g. the symbol S5P5 | St5C5 is the formula of the flower of Primulaceae. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z Ancyloceras begins like Crioceras, but from the last whorl continues for some length in a straight course, then bends back again; Macroscaphites is similar, but the whorls of the spiral part are in contact. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight And the polycotyledonous is only a variation of the dicotyledonous type,—a difference in the number of leaves in the whorl; for a pair is a whorl reduced to two members. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools The nodules on the whorls are very prominent. Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them What sons of mine have shunned thy whorls and races? Poems of the Great War Published on the Behalf of the Prince of Wales's National Relief Fund When there is more than one row or whorl in a flower, those on the outside are sometimes longest, as in many Rosaceae; at other times those in the interior are longest, as in Luhea. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z Flowers white; achenes smooth, shining, brownish white, translucent, flattened, obovate or oblong, .7-.9 mm. long, bearing at the apex a whorl of very small diverging bristles, the longest ones having been rubbed off. Seeds of Michigan Weeds Bulletin 260, Michigan State Agricultural College Experiment Station, Division of Botany, March, 1910 Seedling of same, showing the freshly expanded six cotyledons in a whorl, and the plumule just appearing. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools It is a pale brownish or yellowish shell, usually without nodules; and on the edge of each whorl nearest to the spire is a groove, as shown in the plate. Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them It was only by chance—a real chance—that, clambering on the gatepost cliffs to examine a curious whorl of gneiss, he happened to see Mr. Long as he returned. Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus It constitutes the innermost whorl, which after flowering is changed into the fruit The pistil. and contains the seeds. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z Achenes oblong, dull cream color, much flattened, 1–1.3 mm. long, shining, smooth or containing a few minute oppressed bristles, apex truncate, bearing a whorl of bristles, the longest having been rubbed off. Seeds of Michigan Weeds Bulletin 260, Michigan State Agricultural College Experiment Station, Division of Botany, March, 1910 When there are three leaves in the whorl, the leaves are one third of the circumference apart; when four, one quarter, and so on. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools Its rounded whorls, and prominent chestnut and white granules, make it easily distinguishable. Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them At one moment the birds are circling methodically around the whorls of the blue sage; at the next, hurtling through the air after a distant companion. A-Birding on a Bronco The termination of the peduncle, or the part on which the whorls of the flower are arranged, is called the thalamus, torus or receptacle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z Its buds were pink, and it sprang from a whorl of leaves like those of a dandelion. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway So the plan of opposite leaves, which is very common, is merely that of whorled leaves, with the fewest leaves to the whorl, namely, two. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools In some specimens the outer side of the whorl, instead of being round and smooth, has two or three prominent raised ribs or bands on it. Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them Shell discoid, whorls loosely united or uncoiled, sutures deeply indented, but with only three saddles and lobes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" The flower is supposed to be cut transversely, and the parts of each whorl are distinguished by a different symbol. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z Once more, compare the little clay ‘whorls’ of the Mexican and Peruvian room with those which Dr. Schliemann found so numerous at Hissarlik. Custom and Myth New Edition So the botanist regards pistils also as answering to leaves; that is, to single leaves when simple and separate, to a whorl of leaves when conjoined. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools The whorls are more rounded than in the other two varieties, and the spire is usually the same violet colour as the mouth, and the grooves on the shell are deep and prominent. Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them Shell helicoidally coiled, dextral or sinistral, the last whorl generally uncoiled. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" The dots represent a whorl of stamens which has disappeared. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z Sphenophyllum was a slender climbing plant with whorls of leaves, which was probably related both to the calamites and the lycopods. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" It may all the more be expected in the crowded circles or whorls of flower-leaves. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools The numerous ribs across the whorls are very prominent, and look like the steps of a ladder, whence it derives its name. Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them Shell coiled, the whorls overlapping each other, sutures formed of numerous lobes and saddles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" Normally, the parts of successive whorls alternate; but in some cases we find the parts of one whorl opposite or superposed to those of the next whorl. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z Her hair, yellow as corn-silk, and caught in a low chignon at her back, escaped its restraint of pins and fell in a whorl down her shirt-waist. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole Involucre, a whorl or set of bracts around a flower, umbel, or head, &c., The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools There is usually a pale brown band near the centre of the whorl. Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them It is called the "Cross-leaved Heath" because of the arrangement of the leaves, which are in whorls of four. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens As a rule, whenever we find the parts of one whorl superposed on those of another we may suspect some abnormality. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z Then she slid into a high-necked, long-sleeved wrapper and bound the whorl of her hair in a loose bun at her neck. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole But as leaves are often in whorls on ordinary stems, they may be so at the very beginning. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools The interior is brownish-white, with a yellow band in the centre of the whorl. Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them The young wood is densely covered with short dark hairs and the leaves are closely packed in whorls of three. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens A flower is said to be symmetrical when each of its whorls consists of an equal number of parts, or when the parts of any one whorl are multiples of that preceding it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z The whorls are many-flowered, close to the stem and mostly leafless. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Verticillaster, a false whorl, formed of a pair of opposite cymes. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools The interior is reddish-purple, with six or eight narrow darker lines on the whorl. Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them The other species, Abies concolor, attains nearly as great a height and thickness as the magnifica, but the branches do not form such regular whorls, nor are they so exactly pinnated or richly leaf-clad. My First Summer in the Sierra When the parts of any whorl are not equal to or some multiple of the others, then the flower is asymmetrical. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z It was nearly dark here beneath the over-spreading forest giants, the huge moss-covered boughs festooned with loops and whorls of heavy vines. Warrior of the Dawn Note that they are all on the same level, that is, belong to the same node, so as to form a circle or whorl at the summit of the caulicle. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools Spindle, as symbol of axial rotation, in connection with cross symbols on terra cotta spinning whorls, 498. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations I have been sketching them, and would fain draw every leaf of their wide shining whorls and every curved and spotted petal. My First Summer in the Sierra We have already alluded to the interposition of new members in a whorl. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z Leaves in whorls of 3, abruptly widened at the base 2b, in NAJADACEAE, p. The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State This is just as it should be on the theory that the circles of the blossom answer to whorls of leaves, which alternate in this way. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools She stood waist-deep amid the briers; Above in twisted lengths were rolled The sunset's tangled whorls of gold, Blown from the West's mist-fueled fires. Blooms of the Berry There in cushioned nests reposed little cylinders of age-tarnished metal, on which a close observer could still trace the faint engraved lines and whorls of Martian script. The Record of Currupira This takes place chiefly in the staminal whorl, but usually the additional parts produced form a symmetrical whorl with the others. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z Leaves in whorls of 3, widest near the middle 1b, in HYDROCHARITACEAE, p. The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State While in such flowers the circles are to be regarded as whorls, in others they are rather to be regarded as condensed spirals of alternate leaves. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools If they found me icy there 'Mid the lilies and pale whorls Of the cresses in my curls Wet of raven hair— Fool and coward! are you such? Blooms of the Berry The tree uncrowded by its fellows shoots up straight as a mast pole, whorl on whorl of its branches spelling its years in a century census. Through Our Unknown Southwest When no other mark is appended the whorls are supposed to be alternate; but if it is desired to mark the position of the whorls special symbols are employed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z Stems straight and erect, at leaves the flowers emerged; leaves in whorls of 4 or more 2a, in HALORAGIDACEAE, p. The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State The leaves of each pair or whorl are placed over the intervals between those of the preceding, and therefore under the intervals of the pair or whorl next above. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools Roughly, it is all a matter of classification into "arches," "loops," "whorls," and "composites." Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police These scales are generally small, and placed symmetrically in close whorls, in an imbricated order, with each scale corresponding to the interspace between two scales in the whorls above and below. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. Flowers become double by the multiplication of the parts of the corolline whorl; this arises in general from a metamorphosis of the stamens. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z Leaves opposite or in whorls of four 119a, in COMPOSITAE, p. The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State The whorls or pairs alternate or cross each other, usually at right angles, that is, they decussate. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools What happens is this: Every print for primary classification purposes is considered as a loop or a whorl. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police On most of the valves there are furrows and ridges diverging from the umbones, and the lines of growth are plainly marked: in the valves of the lower whorl, the umbones are slightly protuberant. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. The stamens arise from the thalamus or torus within the petals, with which they generally alternate, forming one or more whorls, which collectively constitute the androecium. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z There were all kinds and conditions of dishes for use–earthen, tin, pewter, and even wooden bowls carved out of “whorls.” With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga Opposite leaves, that is, whorls of two leaves only, are far commoner than whorls of three or four or more members. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools The less usual forms include drums, whistles, rattles, stools, spindle whorls, needlecases, and toy-like images, all of which present features of peculiar interest. Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188 The eight valves of the lower whorl are more solid, and are placed far apart; they are small, tending to become rudimentary. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. Here the number of parts in the staminal whorl is double that in the others, and in such a case the additional five parts form a second row alternating with the others. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z Within is the Lamb holding a cross; under it the whorl finishes with a dragon. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia The forms are strongly marked—wheels or whorls, or daisies, often repeated. Needlework As Art The Chiriquians employed clay in the construction of textile machinery, as shown by the occurrence of spindle whorls, and a number of small receptacles, probably needlecases, are constructed of that material. Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188 In medium-sized specimens there are at least 20 valves in the lowermost whorl. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. The pistillate whorl is very liable to changes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z No, a branch from the first ring of branches below, probably the most vigorous of the whorl, is promoted to the leadership. Ways of Nature But we must imagine that some use was made, besides plaiting, of the spun wool, of which the early northern women have left us evidence, in the whorls of their spindles, from prehistoric times. Needlework As Art Spindle whorl in gray clay decorated with annular nodes—1/1. Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188 Capitulum with two or more whorls of valves under the rostrum; valves white or gray; scales on the peduncle symmetrically arranged in close whorls. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. In such circumstances, however, a flower has been called symmetrical, provided the parts of the other whorls are normal,—the permanent state of the pistil not being taken into account in determining symmetry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z I immediately went down to the edge of a bushy and swampy meadow below our camp and brought him a four-petaled flower of galium, and a plant-stalk with four leaves in a whorl. Under the Maples The spindle and distaff, or perforated spindle whorls, are of stone, pottery, or bone, such as are constantly found in Neolithic tombs and habitations. Needlework As Art Spindle whorl of gray clay with animal figures—1/1. Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188 Two whorls of valves are distinct beneath the carina and rostrum. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. The staminal row is more liable to multiplication of parts than the outer whorls. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z These whorls represent respectively the sun and moon, the five planets, and the fixed stars. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer The branches are very numerous and small, and are not regularly arranged in whorls like most of the narrow-leaved trees. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination The threads were spun upon wooden spindles weighted 150 with whorls of baked clay. Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188 Capitulum with two or more whorls of valves under the rostrum: valves and scales of peduncle reddish-orange; the latter symmetrically arranged in close whorls. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. When there is only one whorl the stamens are usually equal in number to the sepals or petals, and are arranged opposite to the former, and alternate with the latter. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z In the whorl of the distaff of necessity there are eight concentric whorls. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer Clusters in whorls of many leaves around the stem like an umbrella 100. Sciadopitys. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination These whorls are not plentiful in the graves of Chiriqui, but such as have been collected are quite similar in style to those of Mexico and Peru. Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188 In the lowest whorl, the valves are very minute, though still about twice as large as the scales on the peduncle, and of a different shape from them. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. When there is more than one whorl of stamens, then the parts of each successive whorl alternate with those of the whorl preceding it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z Milton added a ninth whorl,—"that swift nocturnal and diurnal rhomb,"—and then spoke of the "ninefold harmony," as just below. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer A tall, open, pyramidal, rapid-growing tree, 60 to 100 ft. high, with the branches in regular whorls, spreading and very resinous. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination Spindle whorl of dark clay with perforations and incised ornament—1/1. Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188 The latera in the next whorl are triangular, with the basal margins protuberant and arched, in a less and less degree in the lower whorls, until in the lowest, the valves are elongated transversely. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. It may consist of processes rising from the torus, alternating with the stamens, and thus representing an abortive whorl; or its parts may be opposite to the stamens. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z When possible, a heel of old wood is left at the lower end; or, still better, a whorl of buds, as roots usually start from each bud. Manual of American Grape-Growing A very conical tree, 50 ft. high, with branches in whorls, and numerous, small, slender branchlets. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination It was locked and naturally would not respond to the whorl patterns of Ramsey’s thumb. Equation of Doom So, again, the three or four small, confluent, component ridges have the same relation to the interspaces between the small latera of the lower whorl. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. Of these whorls the two internal, forming the sporophylls, constitute the essential organs of reproduction; the two outer whorls are the protective coverings or floral envelopes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z From the humble resources of a common garden Goethe finds material to show how whorls of leaves appear as blossoms; how calyx passes into corolla; how leaves of the corolla become stamens and pistils. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History Leaves � to 1 in. long, linear, obtuse, occasionally with an incurved point, polished green above, two white lines below, rigid, straight; branches horizontal and in whorls. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination Nevertheless, when through the whorls of the shell at his ear he heard the familiar voice, so far away and so long unheard, his eyes lit up again. Mr. Wicker's Window The corium lining the capitulum is produced into narrow purple crests, which enter the interstices between the valves, more especially along the line separating the upper and lower whorls. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. The corolla is the more or less coloured attractive inner floral envelope; generally the most conspicuous whorl. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z The laterals are produced in pairs and are opposite, the pairs being borne in whorls around the stem. All About Coffee Leaves evergreen, somewhat flattened, arranged in distant whorls around the stems, and spreading in all directions. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination Lower down, on the banks, are willows and alders, and the wild hemlock grows there, lifting up its great white whorls. The Combined Maze Peduncle covered with small calcareous scales, those of the upper whorls crenated; attached either to a basal calcareous cup, or to a row of discs. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. Petals differ more from ordinary leaves than sepals do, and are Corolla. much more nearly allied to the staminal whorl. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z I succeeded in finding but two specimens that show the inner whorls. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland Leaves 2 to 4 in. long, 1/6 in. wide, linear, obtuse, smooth, persistent, sessile, entire, in whorls of 30 to 40 at the nodes and extremity of the branches. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination He danced till his legs and his neck were as one high perpendicular pole and his body a mere whorl of feathers spinning round it, driven by the flapping of his wings. The Combined Maze The scales in each whorl, are placed alternately with those in the whorls, above and below. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. These serve as nectaries, s, the whorl of stamens inserted on the thalamus and surrounding the pistil. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z There is the creeping club-moss, the cord-like stem of which, sometimes yards long, hides among the dead leaves, and sends up at intervals graceful whorls of bright green. Harper's Young People, December 23, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly These were termed "spiral," from the more or less regular convolutions, resembling the whorls of a shell, in which the matter composing them appeared to be distributed. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition This basal segment contains a highly complex auditory organ which responds to the vibrations of the whorls of hairs on the other segments. Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases Peduncle, lost, but a few scales accidentally adhering to one of the valves, show that they are crenated in the three or four upper whorls. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. Every two or three inches of the stout stem is a whorl of leaves and buds and blossoms. A Bird-Lover in the West There are two kinds of creeping green very common in all moist wooded lands at the North—the kind with leaves rising in whorls, and that with a stem covered with bristle-like spikes. Harper's Young People, December 23, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly The Snail and all the molluscs with turbinate shells increase the diameter of their corkscrew staircase by degrees, so that the last whorl is always an exact measure of their actual condition. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Its broad oval leaves are also arranged in whorls of four. More Science From an Easy Chair These scales on the peduncle are generally placed symmetrically in whorls, with each scale corresponding with the junctions of two scales, both above and below. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. The rose-lipt thing has lost its pearl,— Death's chamber is its polished whorl; I am a life, and feel of Being No phantom touch, but the vital swirl. Song-waves On uninodal branchlets they form an apical group consisting of a terminal bud with a whorl of subterminal buds about its base. The Genus Pinus Male flowers consist of a perianth without corolla, the sepals arranged by threes in two or three whorls. The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines For that end, obedient to the powers of Life, the centuries had formed and coloured her, as they had formed and coloured the wild rose with its whorl of delicate petals. Virginia Valves 12 to 15 in number: latera of the lower whorl, four or six, with their lines of growth generally directed towards each other: sub-rostrum very rarely present: peduncle squamiferous, most rarely naked. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. A Hopi maiden, distinguished by her whorl of hair as unmarried, stood up by the ladder, smiling down at the party. The High Calling The age of young trees can be determined by noting the successive whorls of branches. 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