1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twist.

2. (a. & n.) from Twist.

aberrant aberrative abstractionism abuse of terms ambages ambagious anfractuosity anfractuous bending braiding catachresis circuitous circuitousness circumambages circumbendibus circumlocution circumlocutory circumvolution coloring contorting convolution convolutional crinkle crinkling curving deformation departing desultory deviant deviating deviative deviatory devious digressive discursive distortion eisegesis enlacement entwinement entwining errant erratic error exaggeration excursive expressionism fabric false coloring falsification flexuose flexuosity flexuous flexuousness garbling gloss hyperbole inaccuracy indirect injustice interknitting interlacement interlacery interlacing intertexture interthreading intertieing intertwinement intertwining intertwisting interweavement interweaving intorsion involute involuted involution involutional knitting labyrinthine lacing litotes malentendu malobservation mazy meander meandering meandrous misapplication misapprehension miscitation miscoloring misconception misconstruction misdrawing misexplanation misexplication misexposition misintelligence misinterpretation misjudgment mispainting misquotation misreading misrendering misreport misrepresentation misstatement misteaching mistranslation misunderstanding misuse of words nonrealism out-of-the-way overdrawing overstatement perversion plaiting planetary rambling rivose rivulation rivulose roundabout roving ruffled serpentine shifting sinuate sinuation sinuose sinuosity sinuous sinuousness slanting slinkiness snakiness snaky squeezing stray swerving texture tissue torsion torsional tortile tortility tortuosity tortuous tortuousness torturing turning twining twisty understatement undirected undulation vagrant veering wandering warp and woof warpage wave waving weave weaving web weftage whorled winding wreathing wreathlike wreathy wrenching zigzag