26
circuitous(adjective, straight, bent, crooked, secondary)
19
devious(adjective, straight, deceitful, bent, indirect)
19
tortuous(adjective, straight, bent, crooked, complicated)
19
indirect(adjective, dishonest, straight, deceitful, bent)
13
oblique(adjective, dishonest, straight, deceitful, crafty)
13
circumlocutory(adjective, rambling, indirect, circuitous, tortuous)
12
winding(verb, adjective, bent, warped, devious)
11
traffic circle(expression, idiom, noun, junction, crossroads)
10
periphrastic(adjective, rambling, indirect, circuitous, tortuous)
10
crooked(adjective, dishonest, deceitful, bent, tricky)
10
meandering(adjective, bent, devious, indirect, twisting)
10
merry-go-round(noun, amusement)
9
ambagious(adjective, diffuseness)
9
anfractuous(adjective, straight, winding)
9
discursive(adjective, rambling, indirect, circuitous, tortuous)
9
evasive(adjective, indirect)
9
rambling(adjective, bent, warped, devious, indirect)
8
carousel(noun, american)
8
circular(adjective, straight, rambling, devious, indirect)
7
circle(noun, junction, crossroads)
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