Lists of Words

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

A

acantha
acute angle
acute triangle
acute-angled triangle
altitude
amorphous shape
anchor ring
angle
angle of attack
angle of dip
angle of extinction
angle of incidence
angle of inclination
angle of reflection
angle of refraction
angle of view
angular distance
angular shape
angularity
annulus
arc
arch
articulation
asterism
asymptote
AZ
azimuth

B

balance
ball
barrel
base
bead
bell
bell shape
belly
bend
bias
bifurcation
bight
blob
block
bolus
border
bottleneck
bound
boundary
bow
bowl
box
brachium
branch
brink
buckle
bulb
bulge
bump

C

camber
campana
caput
cardioid
Cartesian plane
cast
catenary
cavity
center line
centerline
channel
chap
chokepoint
chord
circle
circlet
cladogram
cleft
closed curve
coil
columella
column
complementary angles
complex plane
concave polygon
concave polyhedron
concave shape
concavity
cone
cone shape
conformation
conglobation
conglomeration
conic
conic section
connection
connexion
conoid
constriction
contortion
convex polygon
convex polyhedron
convex shape
convexity
convolution
corner
corrugation
counterbalance
crack
cranny
crease
crenation
crenature
crenel
crenelle
crescent
crevice
crimp
crinkle
critical angle
crook
crookedness
crotch
crotchet
crow's feet
crow's foot
cube
cuboid
cuneus
cup
Cupid's bow
curl
curlicue
curtate cycloid
curve
curved shape
cutting angle
cycloid
cylinder

D

decagon
decahedron
delta
dent
depression
dermatoglyphic
dewdrop
diagonal
diameter
diamond
dimple
dip
disc
disk
disproportion
distorted shape
distortion
dodecagon
dodecahedron
dogleg
dome
dot
double helix
doughnut
droop
drop
drum

E

eccentricity
edge
element
element of a cone
element of a cylinder
ellipse
ellipsoid
ellipsoid of revolution
emptiness
enclosed space
entasis
envelope
epicycle
epicycloid
equator
equiangular triangle
equilateral
equilateral triangle
equilibrium
equipoise
excrescence
exterior angle
external angle
extinction angle
extrados
extrusion

F

face angle
facet
facet plane
figure
figure 8
figure eight
figure of eight
fissure
flair
flank
flare
flexure
fold
fork
forking
fossa
foursquare
fringe
frown line
frustum
funnel
funnel shape
furcation
furrow

G

geodesic
geodesic line
gibbosity
gibbousness
globe
gnarl
gooseneck
groove
gyre

H

HA
halo
heart
heart line
helix
helix angle
hemicycle
hemisphere
heptagon
hexagon
hexagram
hexahedron
hip
hole
hollow
hoodoo
hook
hour angle
hump
hyperbola
hyperboloid
hypocycloid
hypotenuse

I

icosahedron
ideal solid
impression
imprint
incidence angle
incision
incisura
incisure
inclination
inclination of an orbit
incurvation
incurvature
indentation
indenture
interior angle
internal angle
intersection
intrados
isogon
isosceles triangle

J

jog
join
joint
Jordan curve
junction
juncture
jut

K

keel
kink
knife
knob
knot

L

laugh line
lead
leaf form
leaf shape
leg
lemniscate
life line
lifeline
line
line of destiny
line of fate
line of heart
line of life
line of Saturn
line roulette
link
loop
love line
lower bound

M

magnetic declination
magnetic dip
magnetic inclination
magnetic variation
margin
mensal line
midline
midplane
mogul
mold
mould

N

natural shape
niche
node
nonagon
notch
nub
nubble

O

oblique angle
oblique triangle
oblong
obtuse angle
obtuse triangle
obtuse-angled triangle
octagon
octahedron
orb
orbital plane
outer boundary
oval
ovoid

P

parabola
paraboloid
parallel
parallelepiped
parallelepipedon
parallelogram
parallelopiped
parallelopipedon
peak
pearl
pellet
pencil
pentacle
pentagon
pentagram
pentahedron
pentangle
perigon
perimeter
periphery
perpendicular
perversion
picture plane
pillar
pipe
pit
plane
plane angle
plane figure
Platonic body
Platonic solid
plication
plume
pocket
point
polygon
polygonal shape
polyhedral angle
polyhedron
pore
pouch
prick
prism
prismatoid
prismoid
projection
prolate cycloid
prominence
proportion
protrusion
protuberance
pucker
pyramid

Q

quadrangle
quadrangular prism
quadrate
quadric
quadric surface
quadrilateral

R

radius
ramification
ray
recess
recession
rectangle
reentering angle
reentering polygon
reentrant angle
reentrant polygon
reflex angle
regular convex polyhedron
regular convex solid
regular dodecahedron
regular hexagon
regular hexahedron
regular icosahedron
regular octahedron
regular polygon
regular polyhedron
regular tetrahedron
rhomb
rhombohedron
rhomboid
rhombus
ridge
right angle
right triangle
right-angled triangle
rim
ring
ringlet
roll
roulette
round angle
round shape
ruck
rut

S

S-shape
sac
sack
sag
salient angle
saucer
scalene triangle
scallop
scoop
score
scotch
scratch
scroll
seam
secant
sector
semicircle
shapelessness
sheet
simple closed curve
sine curve
sinuosity
sinuousness
sinusoid
slit
snag
solid
solid angle
solid figure
space
sphere
spherical angle
spherical polygon
spherical triangle
spheroid
spherule
spine
spiral
spur
square
stamp
star
stemma
straight line
stria
striation
subfigure
swelling
swirl
symmetry

T

tail
tail end
tangent
tangent plane
taper
teardrop
tesseract
tetragon
tetrahedron
thalweg
thickening
three-dimensional figure
threshold
tilt angle
tip
tongue
toroid
torsion
tortuosity
tortuousness
torus
tower
trapezium
trapezohedron
trapezoid
tree
tree diagram
triangle
triangular prism
trigon
trilateral
trough
true anomaly
truncated cone
truncated pyramid
tube
turn
twirl
twist
two-dimensional figure

U

uncus
undecagon
undulation
upper bound

V

vacancy
vacuum
variation
vector
verge
vertical angle
verticil
view angle
void
vortex

W

warp
wart
washout
wave
wave angle
wedge
wedge shape
whirl
whorl
wrinkle

Z

zag
zig
zigzag


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