CIRCLING

Ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point

Example: "He calculated the circumference of the circle"

• ellipse  9
• oval  7

• circle of curvature
• osculating circle
• circlet  11
• equator  16
• • epicycle  17
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An unofficial association of people or groups

Example: "The smart set goes there"

• band  7
• lot  3
• set  3

• social group

• car pool
• camp  10
• clique  17
• coterie  9
• • ingroup  10
  • inner circle
  • pack  12
  • cohort  11
  • confederacy  22
  • conspiracy  19
  • four hundred
  • horsey set
  • horsy set
  • jet set
  • company  16
  • party  10
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Something approximating the shape of a circle

Example: "The chairs were arranged in a circle"

Movement once around a course

Example: "He drove an extra lap just for insurance"

• circuit  11
• lap  5

• locomotion  14
• travel  9

• pace lap
• lap of honour
• victory lap

A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island

Example: "The accident blocked all traffic at the rotary"

• rotary  9
• roundabout  13
• traffic circle

Street names for flunitrazepam

• forget me drug
• mexican valium
• r-2
• roach  10
• roofy  11
• rope  6
• rophy

A curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra

Example: "They had excellent seats in the dress circle"

• dress circle

Any circular or rotating mechanism

Example: "The machine punched out metal circles"

• round  6

• rotating mechanism

• disc  7
• disk  9