Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases

CLASS II SECTION III. 1. GENERAL FORM

240. Form -- N. form, figure, shape; conformation, configuration; make, formation, frame, construction, cut, set, build, trim, cut of one's jib; stamp, type, cast, mold; fashion; contour &c (outline) 230; structure &c 329; plasmature ^† .

241. [Absence of form.] Amorphism -- N. amorphism ^† , informity ^† ; unlicked cub ^† ; rudis indigestaque moles [Lat.] ; disorder &c 59; deformity &c 243.

242. [Regularity of form.] Symmetry -- N. symmetry, shapeliness, finish; beauty &c 845; proportion, eurythmy ^† , uniformity, parallelism; bilateral symmetry, trilateral symmetry, multilateral symmetry; centrality &c 222.

243. [Irregularity of form.] Distortion -- N. distortion, detortion ^† , contortion; twist, crookedness &c (obliquity) 217; grimace; deformity; malformation, malconformation ^† ; harelip; monstrosity, misproportion ^† , want of symmetry, anamorphosis ^† ; ugliness &c 846; talipes ^† ; teratology.