Bends

What do we mean by bends?

A curve.

Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.

(in the plural, underwater diving, with the) A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness.

One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.

Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.

In the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt; sometimes, half a butt cut lengthwise.

Hard, indurated clay; bind.

(in the plural) The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales, which have the beams, knees, and futtocks bolted to them.

(in the plural) The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides.

A glissando, or glide between one pitch and another.

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Consonant match to bends:
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