10
kinky(adjective, feature, characteristic, trait, twisted)
10
frizzy(adjective, twisty, crinkled, crinkly)
8
frizzly(feature, characteristic, trait)
7
curled(adjective, bent, bowed, twisty, crinkled)
6
crisp
6
wavy(adjective, sinuous, undulating)
4
curling
3
sinuous
2
crinkly(adjective, adverb, wavy)
2
kinked(feature, characteristic, trait)
2
coiled(adjective, bent, bowed, curled, twisty)
2
crimped(adjective, adverb, twisty, crinkled, crinkly)
2
curl
2
curved
2
curvilinear
2
frizzed
2
knotted(adjective, twisty, crinkled, crinkly)
2
serpentine
2
twisted(adjective, bent, crooked, bowed, curled)
1
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