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Noun: wryneck  'rI,nek
  1. An unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted
    - torticollis
     
  2. Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck

Derived forms: wrynecks

Type of: abnormalcy [US], abnormality, pecker, peckerwood [US], woodpecker

Part of: genus Jynx, Jynx

Encyclopedia: Wryneck

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wroth
wrothful
wrought
wrought iron
wrought-up
wrt
wry
wry face
wryly
wrymouth
wryneck
wryness
W-shaped
WSW
WTC
WTF
WTO
WTV
Wu
Wu dialect
Wuerzburg