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screw
HSK 7-9
pitch of spiral / pitch of screw
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spiral shell / snail / conch
bolt (male component of nut and bolt)
spiral algae / spirulina (dietary supplement)
Helicobacter pylori (stomach bacterium)
nut (female component of nut and bolt)
spinning top / gyroscope
spiral / helix / screw
conotoxin
spiral pattern / whorl of fingerprint / thread of screw
screw
nut (female component of nut and bolt)
nautilus / ammonite (fossil spiral shell)
nut (female component of nut and bolt)
screw
river snail
sea snail / whelk / conch
biluochun or pi lo chun, a type of green tea grown in the Dongting Mountain region near Lake Tai 太湖, Jiangsu
giant Amazon snail (Ampullaria gigas spix) that has devastated rice paddies in China since its introduction in the 1980s
Oncomelania
solenoid / coil
conch / shell as horn for signaling
spiral
hexagon socket head cap screw
gyroscope
screw
propeller
screwdriver / CL:
Phillips screwdriver (i.e. with cross slit)
fusilli (pasta)
nut (female component of nut and bolt)
spiral
screwdriver
micrometer screw gauge; micrometer
Helicobacter pylori (stomach bacterium)
screw jack
propeller
gemelli (corkscrew shaped pasta)
auger / gimlet / screwdriver (cocktail)
Mauritius cowry / Mauritia mauritiana
hexagonal nut
Borrelia, genus of Spirochaete bacteria
Helicobacter pylori (stomach bacterium)
screwdriver
fusilli (corkscrew shaped pasta)
Spirochaetes, phylum of extremophile bacteria / spiral-shaped bacterium, e.g. causing syphilis
Xiluo or Hsilo town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
Xiluo or Hsilo town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
see 九孔
Borrelia, genus of Spirochaete bacteria
(of an actor, announcer etc) to stumble over words (Tw)
square headed nut
snail poison
a "screw that never rusts" – metaphor used in CCP propaganda to praise loyal, selfless contributors, famously applied to model worker Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋
moon snail (sea snail of the Naticidae family)
river snail
cholera (with dehydration)
spiral surface
wrench
propeller hub
luosifen (rice noodles served in a broth made from river snails and pork bones, often seasoned with stinky fermented bamboo shoots)
spiral coil (in hairdressing)
leptospirosis


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