| A | B |
| configureration | An outline or contour; or an arrangement or relationship of parts in a pattern |
| rotundity | Roundness or plumpness |
| crescent | Shaped like the moon during its first or last quarter |
| convolution | A twisting, coiling, or winding; or a complication or intricacy of form |
| wry | Twisted, crooked, distorted, or grimly humorous |
| awry | Crooked, not straight, wrong, amiss |
| athwart | Across, crosswise, or in opposition to |
| transverse | Lying across or situated crosswise |
| access | A way or means of approach or admittance, or freedom or permission to approach or enter |
| contiguity | Nearness, contact, or close proximity |
| abut | To touch or border upon |
| periphery | An outside boundary, outer surface, or surrounding region |
| environ | To surround, enclose, or encircle |
| girt | Encircled or surrounded |
| beset | To attack from all sides, or to hem in or surround |
| bestride | To sit, stand, or ride with one leg on each side of |
| interstice | A chink, a crevice, or a small or marrow space between closely set things or parts |
| orifice | A mouthlike opening |
| rift | A split, crack, or separation |
| schism | A split or division of one group into two discordant groups |
| ubiquitous | Present or existing everywhere |
| nether | Lower or under, or lying beneath the surface of the earth |
| seclude | To isolate, shut away, or place in solitude |