Round

round
    adv 1: from beginning to end; throughout; "It rains all year
           round on Skye"; "frigid weather the year around" [syn:
           {round}, {around}]
    adj 1: having a circular shape [syn: {round}, {circular}] [ant:
           {square}]
    2: (of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and
       reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels" [syn: {orotund},
       {rotund}, {round}, {pear-shaped}]
    3: (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred,
       or thousand; "in round numbers"
    n 1: a charge of ammunition for a single shot [syn: {round},
         {unit of ammunition}, {one shot}]
    2: an interval during which a recurring sequence of events
       occurs; "the never-ending cycle of the seasons" [syn:
       {cycle}, {rhythm}, {round}]
    3: a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a
       policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"
       [syn: {beat}, {round}]
    4: (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a
       set order); "the doctor goes on his rounds first thing every
       morning"; "the postman's rounds"; "we enjoyed our round of
       the local bars"
    5: the activity of playing 18 holes of golf; "a round of golf
       takes about 4 hours" [syn: {round of golf}, {round}]
    6: the usual activities in your day; "the doctor made his
       rounds" [syn: {round}, {daily round}]
    7: (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive
       [syn: {turn}, {bout}, {round}]
    8: the course along which communications spread; "the story is
       going the rounds in Washington"
    9: a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic); "he ordered
       a second round" [syn: {round}, {round of drinks}]
    10: a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg
    11: a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice
        starts and others join in one after another until all are
        singing different parts of the song at the same time; "they
        enjoyed singing rounds" [syn: {round}, {troll}]
    12: an outburst of applause; "there was a round of applause"
    13: a crosspiece between the legs of a chair [syn: {rung},
        {round}, {stave}]
    14: any circular or rotating mechanism; "the machine punched out
        metal circles" [syn: {circle}, {round}]
    v 1: wind around; move along a circular course; "round the bend"
    2: make round; "round the edges" [syn: {round}, {round out},
       {round off}]
    3: pronounce with rounded lips [syn: {round}, {labialize},
       {labialise}]
    4: attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning
       paper attacked the new House Speaker" [syn: {attack},
       {round}, {assail}, {lash out}, {snipe}, {assault}]
    5: bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state;
       "polish your social manners" [syn: {polish}, {round}, {round
       off}, {polish up}, {brush up}]
    6: express as a round number; "round off the amount" [syn:
       {round off}, {round down}, {round out}, {round}]
    7: become round, plump, or shapely; "The young woman is fleshing
       out" [syn: {round}, {flesh out}, {fill out}]
    

Round \Round\, v. i. & t. [From {Roun}.]
   To whisper. [obs.] --Shak. Holland.
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         The Bishop of Glasgow rounding in his ear, "Ye are not
         a wise man," . . . he rounded likewise to the bishop,
         and said, "Wherefore brought ye me here?" --Calderwood.
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Round \Round\, a. [OF. roond, roont, reond, F. rond, fr. L.
   rotundus, fr. rota wheel. See {Rotary}, and cf. {Rotund},
   {roundel}, {Rundlet}.]
   1. Having every portion of the surface or of the
      circumference equally distant from the center; spherical;
      circular; having a form approaching a spherical or a
      circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a round ball.
      "The big, round tears." --Shak.
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            Upon the firm opacous globe
            Of this round world.                  --Milton.
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   2. Having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel
      of a musket is round.
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   3. Having a curved outline or form; especially, one like the
      arc of a circle or an ellipse, or a portion of the surface
      of a sphere; rotund; bulging; protuberant; not angular or
      pointed; as, a round arch; round hills. "Their round
      haunches gored." --Shak.
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   4. Full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately
      in even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; -- said of
      numbers.
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            Pliny put a round number near the truth, rather than
            the fraction.                         --Arbuthnot.
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   5. Not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a
      round price.
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            Three thousand ducats; 'tis a good round sum.
                                                  --Shak.
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            Round was their pace at first, but slackened soon.
                                                  --Tennyson.
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   6. Uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a
      round note.
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   7. (Phonetics) Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the
      lip opening, making the opening more or less round in
      shape; rounded; labialized; labial. See Guide to
      Pronunciation, [sect] 11.
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   8. Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not
      mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath. "The round
      assertion." --M. Arnold.
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            Sir Toby, I must be round with you.   --Shak.
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   9. Full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt;
      finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with
      reference to their style. [Obs.]
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            In his satires Horace is quick, round, and pleasant.
                                                  --Peacham.
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   10. Complete and consistent; fair; just; -- applied to
       conduct.
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             Round dealing is the honor of man's nature.
                                                  --Bacon.
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   {At a round rate}, rapidly. --Dryden.

   {In round numbers}, approximately in even units, tens,
      hundreds, etc.; as, a bin holding 99 or 101 bushels may be
      said to hold in round numbers 100 bushels.

   {Round bodies} (Geom.), the sphere right cone, and right
      cylinder.

   {Round clam} (Zool.), the quahog.

   {Round dance} one which is danced by couples with a whirling
      or revolving motion, as the waltz, polka, etc.

   {Round game}, a game, as of cards, in which each plays on his
      own account.

   {Round hand}, a style of penmanship in which the letters are
      formed in nearly an upright position, and each separately
      distinct; -- distinguished from running hand.

   {Round robin}. [Perhaps F. round round + ruban ribbon.]
       (a) A written petition, memorial, remonstrance, protest,
           etc., the signatures to which are made in a circle so
           as not to indicate who signed first. "No round robins
           signed by the whole main deck of the Academy or the
           Porch." --De Quincey.
       (b) (Zool.) The cigar fish.

   {Round shot}, a solid spherical projectile for ordnance.

   {Round Table}, the table about which sat King Arthur and his
      knights. See {Knights of the Round Table}, under {Knight}.
      

   {Round tower}, one of certain lofty circular stone towers,
      tapering from the base upward, and usually having a
      conical cap or roof, which crowns the summit, -- found
      chiefly in Ireland. They are of great antiquity, and vary
      in heigh from thirty-five to one hundred and thiry feet.
      

   {Round trot}, one in which the horse throws out his feet
      roundly; a full, brisk, quick trot. --Addison.

   {Round turn} (Naut.), one turn of a rope round a timber, a
      belaying pin, etc.

   {To bring up with a round turn}, to stop abruptly. [Colloq.]
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   Syn: Circular; spherical; globular; globase; orbicular;
        orbed; cylindrical; full; plump; rotund.
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Round \Round\ (round), n.
   1. Anything round, as a circle, a globe, a ring. "The golden
      round" [the crown]. --Shak.
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            In labyrinth of many a round self-rolled. --Milton.
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   2. A series of changes or events ending where it began; a
      series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a
      periodical revolution; as, the round of the seasons; a
      round of pleasures.
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   3. Hence: A course ending where it began; a circuit; a beat;
      especially, one freguently or regulary traversed; also,
      the act of traversing a circuit; as, a watchman's round;
      the rounds of the postman.
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   4. A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in
      turn, and then repeated.
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            the trivial round, the common task.   --Keble.
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   5. Hence: (Mining, Tunneling) One work cycle, consisting of
      drilling blast holes, loading them with explosive,
      blasting, mucking out, and, if necessary, installing
      temporary support.
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            . . . Inco is still much more advanced than other
            mining companies. He says that the LKAB mine in
            Sweden is the closest rival. He predicts that, by
            2008, Inco can reach a new productivity plateau,
            doubling the current mining productivity from 3,350
            tonnes to 6,350 tonnes per person per year. Another
            aim is to triple the mine cycle rate (the time to
            drill, blast and muck a round) from one cycle to
            three complete cycles per 24 hours.
                                                  --http://www.canadianminingjournal.com/issues/apr00/page10.asp
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   6. A course of action or conduct performed by a number of
      persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a
      circle.
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            Women to cards may be compared: we play
            A round or two; which used, we throw away.
                                                  --Granville.
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            The feast was served; the bowl was crowned;
            To the king's pleasure went the mirthful round.
                                                  --Prior.
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   7. Hence: A complete set of plays in a game or contest
      covering a standard number of individual plays or parts;
      as, a round of golf; a round of tennis.
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   8. Hence: One set of games in a tournament.
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   9. The time during which prize fighters or boxers are in
      actual contest without an intermission, as prescribed by
      their rules; a bout.
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   10. A circular dance.
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             Come, knit hands, and beat the ground,
             In a light fantastic round.          --Milton.
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   11. That which goes round a whole circle or company; as, a
       round of applause.
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   12. Rotation, as in office; succession. --Holyday.
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   13. The step of a ladder; a rundle or rung; also, a
       crosspiece which joins and braces the legs of a chair.
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             All the rounds like Jacob's ladder rise. --Dryden.
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   14. (Mil.)
       (a) A walk performed by a guard or an officer round the
           rampart of a garrison, or among sentinels, to see
           that the sentinels are faithful and all things safe;
           also, the guard or officer, with his attendants, who
           performs this duty; -- usually in the plural.
       (b) A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops
           in which each soldier fires once.
       (c) One piece of ammunition for a firearm, used by
           discharging one piece at a time; as, each soldier
           carried a hundred rounds of ammunition.
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   15. (Mus.) A short vocal piece, resembling a catch in which
       three or four voices follow each other round in a species
       of canon in the unison.
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   16. A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded,
       the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
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   17. A vessel filled, as for drinking; as, to drink a round od
       ale together. [R.]
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   18. An assembly; a group; a circle; as, a round of
       politicians. --Addison.
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   19. (Naut.) See {Roundtop}.
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   20. Same as {Round of beef}, below.
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   {Gentlemen of the round}.
       (a) Gentlemen soldiers of low rank who made the rounds.
           See 10
       (a), above.
       (b) Disbanded soldiers who lived by begging. [Obs.]
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                 Worm-eaten gentlemen of the round, such as have
                 vowed to sit on the skirts of the city, let
                 your provost and his half dozen of halberdiers
                 do what they can.                --B. Jonson.
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   {Round of beef}, the part of the thigh below the aitchbone,
      or between the rump and the leg. See Illust. of {beef}.

   {Round steak}, a beefsteak cut from the round.

   {Sculpture in the round}, sculpture giving the full form, as
      of man; statuary, distinguished from relief.
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Round \Round\, adv.
   1. On all sides; around.
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            Round he throws his baleful eyes.     --Milton.
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   2. Circularly; in a circular form or manner; by revolving or
      reversing one's position; as, to turn one's head round; a
      wheel turns round.
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   3. In circumference; as, a ball is ten inches round.
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   4. From one side or party to another; as to come or turn
      round, -- that is, to change sides or opinions.
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   5. By or in a circuit; by a course longer than the direct
      course; back to the starting point.
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   6. Through a circle, as of friends or houses.
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            The invitations were sent round accordingly. --Sir
                                                  W. Scott.
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   7. Roundly; fully; vigorously. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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   {All round}, over the whole place; in every direction.

   {All-round}, of general capacity; as, an all-round man.
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   {To bring one round}.
      (a) To cause one to change his opinions or line of
          conduct.
      (b) To restore one to health. [Colloq.]
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Round \Round\, prep.
   On every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around;
   about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city;
   to wind a cable round a windlass.
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         The serpent Error twines round human hearts. --Cowper.
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   {Round about}, an emphatic form for round or about. "Moses .
      . . set them [The elders] round about the tabernacle."
      --Num. xi. 24.

   {To come round}, to gain the consent of, or circumvent, (a
      person) by flattery or deception. [Colloq.]
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Round \Round\, v. i.
   1. To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness,
      completeness, or perfection.
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            The queen your mother rounds apace.   --Shak.
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            So rounds he to a separate mind,
            From whence clear memory may begin.   --Tennyson.
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   2. To go round, as a guard. [Poetic]
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            They . . . nightly rounding walk.     --Milton.
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   3. To go or turn round; to wheel about. --Tennyson.
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   {To round to} (Naut.), to turn the head of a ship toward the
      wind.
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Round \Round\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rounded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Rounding}.]
   1. To make circular, spherical, or cylindrical; to give a
      round or convex figure to; as, to round a silver coin; to
      round the edges of anything.
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            Worms with many feet, which round themselves into
            balls, are bred chiefly under logs of timber.
                                                  --Bacon.
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            The figures on our modern medals are raised and
            rounded to a very great perfection.   --Addison.
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   2. To surround; to encircle; to encompass.
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            The inclusive verge
            Of golden metal that must round my brow. --Shak.
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   3. To bring to fullness or completeness; to complete; hence,
      to bring to a fit conclusion.
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            We are such stuff
            As dreams are made on, and our little life
            Is rounded with a sleep.              --Shak.
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   4. To go round wholly or in part; to go about (a corner or
      point); as, to round a corner; to round Cape Horn.
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   5. To make full, smooth, and flowing; as, to round periods in
      writing. --Swift.
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   {To round in} (Naut.) To haul up; usually, to haul the slack
      of (a rope) through its leading block, or to haul up (a
      tackle which hangs loose) by its fall. --Totten.
      (b) To collect together (cattle) by riding around them, as
          on cattle ranches. [Western U.S.]
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701 Moby Thesaurus words for "round":
      Attic, Charybdis, Chateaubriand, Ciceronian, Indian file, O,
      O-shaped, SRO, about, absolute, ace, admitting no exception, again,
      air lane, all but, all over, all-out, almost, ambagious, ambit,
      amount, annular, annular muscle, annulate, annulose, annulus,
      anticlockwise, approximate, approximately, arc, arch, arched, area,
      arena, areola, around, array, arsis, articulation, artless,
      as good as, aside, assemble, aureole, back, backhanded, backward,
      bailiwick, ball, bank, bead, beat, beaten path, begird, bellied,
      bellylike, bend, bend back, beside, best bower, blade roast, bluff,
      blunt, border, borderland, bout, bow, bower, breast, brimful,
      brimming, brisket, broad, brusque, bulging, bullet, bureaucracy,
      bureaucratism, burst, bursting, buzz, by, caliber, candid, canon,
      capacity, cards, cartridge, catch, categorical, catena, catenation,
      chain, chain reaction, chaining, chance, chaplet, charge, chaste,
      chinoiserie, chock-full, chuck, chuck roast, chuck-full, circinate,
      circle, circuit, circuiteer, circuitous, circuitously, circular,
      circulate, circulation, circumambulate, circumference,
      circummigrate, circumnavigate, circumrotate, circumvent,
      circumvolute, circumvolution, circus, classic, clear, clockwise,
      clod, close, close about, close the circle, closed circle, clubs,
      cold cuts, collect, come about, come full circle, compass,
      complete, concatenation, conclusive, cone, congested, connection,
      consecution, continuum, convex, corner, corona, coronary, coronet,
      counterclockwise, course, cram-full, crammed, crank, crook, crown,
      crownlike, curl, curvation, curve, curved, curvilinear, cut, cycle,
      cyclic, cycloid, daily grind, decided, decisive, deck, decurve,
      definite, definitive, deflect, degree, demesne, department,
      descent, describe a circle, determinate, deuce, deviating,
      deviative, devious, diadem, diamonds, diastole, digressive, direct,
      disc, discipline, discoid, discursive, discus, disk, disklike,
      dizzy round, domain, dome, dominion, doorstep, double a point,
      downbeat, downright, draft, dram, drench, drink, drone, drop,
      dummy, easy, eddy, elegant, embow, encircle, encircling, enclosing,
      encompass, end, endless belt, endless round, ensphere, entire,
      eternal return, exact, excursive, explicit, express, extent,
      face cards, fairy ring, farci, fetch about, field, file,
      filet mignon, filiation, fill out, filled, final, finish, finished,
      fixed, flank, flat, flat-out, flex, flight path, flush, footrest,
      footstep, forthright, frank, frankhearted, free, free-speaking,
      free-spoken, free-tongued, fugato, fugue, full, full circle,
      full house, full to bursting, gamut, gargle, garland, gather,
      genuine, gird, girdle, girdle the globe, global, globate, globe,
      globe-shaped, globelike, globular, glory, go, go about, go around,
      go round, go the round, graceful, gracile, gradation, grade, grind,
      groove, gurge, guzzle, gyrate, gyration, gyre, halo, hand,
      head over heels, heart-to-heart, hearts, heat, heel,
      heels over head, height, helical, hem, hemisphere, herd, honest,
      hook, hoop, hum, hump, hunch, implicit, in a circle, in a spin,
      in a whirl, in circles, in reverse, in the neighborhood,
      in the vicinity, inappealable, incurvate, incurve, indirect,
      indisputable, inflect, ingenuous, inning, innings, interval,
      itinerary, jack, jam-packed, jigger, jog trot, joker, jolt,
      judicial circuit, jurisdiction, just about, king, knave, knuckle,
      lap, lasso, leap, left bower, level, libation, limpid, line,
      lineage, logical circle, loin, loop, looplet, lucid, maelstrom,
      magic circle, make a circuit, march, mark, marshal, meandering,
      measure, mellifluous, mellow, monotone, most, muster, natural,
      near, nearby, neat, nexus, nigh, nip, noose, notch, nuance,
      oblique, on all sides, open, openhearted, opportunity, orb,
      orbicular, orbit, orbital, orbiting, orotund, out-and-out,
      out-of-the-way, outburst, outright, outspoken, over, overfull,
      overstuffed, pack, packed, packed like sardines, pair, pale, pas,
      path, peg, pellucid, pendulum, peremptory, perfect, period,
      periodicity, perspicuous, picture cards, pirouette, pitch, pivot,
      pivot about, place, plain, plain-spoken, plane, plate, plate piece,
      plateau, playing cards, plenary, plenum, point, polished, positive,
      pot roast, potation, potion, powder train, practically, precinct,
      precise, primrose path, progression, proportion, province, pull,
      pulse, pure, put about, queen, queue, rack, radius, range, rank,
      rat race, ratio, reach, ready to burst, realm, recurrence, recurve,
      red tape, red-tapeism, reel, refine, refined, reflect, reflex,
      relief, remove, replete, rest, restrained, reticulation, retroflex,
      return, reverberant, reverberating, revolution, revolve, rib roast,
      ribs, rich, ring, ring-shaped, ringlike, riser, road, roast,
      rolled roast, rondeau, rondelet, rondelle, rondino, rondo,
      rondoletto, rondure, rotary, rotate, rotation, rotund, rough,
      round a bend, round a corner, round a point, round about,
      round and round, round of drinks, round out, round trip, round up,
      roundabout, rounded, rounded out, roundel, roundelay, rounds,
      route, routine, row, royal flush, rubber, ruff, rump, rump roast,
      run, rundle, rung, rut, saddle, sag, satiated, saturated, saucer,
      say, scale, scope, screw, sea lane, sequence, series, shade,
      shadow, shank, shell, short ribs, shortcut, shot, shoulder,
      shoulder clod, simple, sincere, single file, singleton, sip,
      sirloin, skirt, sleek, slick, smooth, snifter, snort, soaked,
      sonorous, space, spades, spate, spectrum, spell, sphere, spherical,
      spheroid, spheroidal, sphincter, spin, spiral, spoke, spot,
      squirrel cage, stage, stair, standard, standing room only, stave,
      step, step stool, stepping-stone, stint, straight, straight-out,
      straightforward, string, stuffed, subdiscipline, succession, suck,
      sup, surfeited, surge, surround, swag, swath, sweep, swig, swill,
      swing, swing round, swirl, swivel, swollen, systole, tasteful,
      tenderloin, terse, thesis, thread, through, throughout, tier, time,
      time at bat, topful, total, tour, track, trade route, train,
      traject, trajectory, trajet, transparent, tread, treadmill, trey,
      trick, trim, troll, trump, truthful, turn, turn a corner,
      turn a pirouette, turn about, turn around, turn round, turn tail,
      twirl, twist, unaffected, unchecked, uncircumscribed,
      unconditional, unconditioned, unconstrained, undoubting,
      unembellished, unequivocal, unguarded, unhampered, unhesitating,
      unlabored, unlimited, unmistakable, unmitigated, unqualified,
      unquestioning, unreserved, unrestrained, unrestricted, unvarnished,
      unwaivable, upbeat, utter, vault, veer, veer around, vibrant,
      vicious circle, volley, vortex, walk, wamble, well-nigh,
      well-worn groove, wet, whack, wheel, wheel about, whirl, whirlpool,
      whirlwind, whole, widdershins, wind, windrow, without exception,
      without reserve, wrangle, wreath