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A corkscrew is a tool for drawing corks from wine bottles and other household bottles that may be sealed with corks. In its traditional form, a corkscrew simply consists of a pointed metallic helix (often called the "worm") attached to a handle, which the user screws into the cork and pulls to extract it. Corkscrews are necessary because corks ...
Genlisea (/ ˌ dʒ ɛ n l ɪ ˈ s iː ə / JEN-liss-EE-ə) is a genus of carnivorous plants also known as corkscrew plants. The 30 or so species grow in wet terrestrial to semi-aquatic environments distributed throughout Africa and Central and South America .
Cavatappi is a generic name adopted by other brands that imitated Barilla's cellentani.This particular shape was born in the 1970s at Barilla in Parma, [5] when a set of pasta dies had been mistakenly made with a spiral (instead of straight) set of lines.
The abbreviation is not always a short form of the word used in the clue. For example: "Knight" for N (the symbol used in chess notation) Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE.
Corkscrew esophagus, an appearance of Diffuse esophageal spasm; Corkscrew landing, in aviation; Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, a tree and bird sanctuary in Florida; Genlisea, the corkscrew plant; Graveyard spiral or spin (aerodynamics) is called a corkscrew in colloquial aviation; Operation Corkscrew, Allied invasion of Sicily in World War II
A slotted spoon-like utensil used to separate the yolk of an egg from the egg white. Egg slicer: Slicing peeled, hard-boiled eggs quickly and evenly. Consists of a slotted dish for holding the egg and a hinged plate of wires or blades that can be closed to slice. [3] Egg timer: Used to correctly time the process of boiling eggs.
Both sexes have tightly curled, corkscrew-like horns, which close together at the head, but spread upwards toward the tips. The horns of males can grow up to 160 cm (63 in) long, and up to 25 cm (10 in) in females. [7] The males have a pungent smell, which surpasses that of the domestic goat. [10]
Archimedes is a genus of fenestrate bryozoans with a calcified skeleton of a delicate spiral-shaped mesh that was thickened near the axis into a massive corkscrew-shaped central structure. The most common remains are fragments of the mesh that are detached from the central structure, and these may not be identified other than by association ...