Princeton's WordNet

1. coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll(noun)

   a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

   Synonyms:
   curl, scroll, curlicue, bankroll, pealing, cast, helix, coil, paradiddle, rolling wave, drum roll, peal, ringlet butterfly, axial rotation, roll, volute, spiral, ringlet, roster, bowl, squiggle, lock, axial motion, whorl, gyre, rolling, roller, bun

2. Curl, Robert Curl, Robert F. Curl, Robert Floyd Curl Jr.(noun)

   American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)

   Synonyms:
   roll, gyre, coil, lock, ringlet, curlicue, whorl, scroll

3. lock, curl, ringlet, whorl(verb)

   a strand or cluster of hair

   Synonyms:
   roll, gyre, ringlet butterfly, volute, coil, lock, ignition lock, ringlet, helix, curlicue, spiral, curl, lock chamber, whorl, scroll

4. curl, curve, kink(verb)

   form a curl, curve, or kink

   Synonyms:
   wave, arc, curl up, sheer, slew, loop, twist, slue, curl, frizz, arch, crimp, cut, swerve, wind, crape, trend, kink up, coil, curve, kink, crook, frizzle, veer, draw in

5. curl up, curl, draw in(verb)

   shape one's body into a curl

   Synonyms:
   wave, curl up, curl, retract, loop, coil, draw, move in, pull in, suck in, pull, curve, kink, get in, attract, close in, draw in

6. coil, loop, curl(verb)

   wind around something in coils or loops

   Synonyms:
   kink, hand-build, handbuild, coil, intertwine, loop, curl up, draw in, wave, spiral, gyrate, curl, curve

7. curl, wave(verb)

   twist or roll into coils or ringlets

   Synonyms:
   kink, undulate, brandish, coil, curl, roll, curl up, draw in, wave, beckon, flap, loop, curve, flourish

8. curl(verb)

   play the Scottish game of curling

   Synonyms:
   draw in, curl up, kink, wave, loop, coil, curve