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| eddy |
a small current of water, air, fog, dust, or the like that moves contrary to the main current, esp. rotating like a whirlpool. [1/2 definitions] |
| Jacuzzi |
trademark for a type of bath equipped with air jets that create a whirlpool effect. |
| maelstrom |
an exceptionally turbulent or powerful whirlpool. [1/2 definitions] |
| Scylla and Charybdis |
in Homer's Odyssey, two monsters threatening to sailors, later identified as a rock and a whirlpool in the sea off the coast of Sicily. |
| tourbillion |
rapidly rotating air or water; whirlwind or whirlpool. [1/2 definitions] |
| vortex |
a whirling mass of fluid, air, or the like, such as a whirlpool, that generates a vacuum in the center toward which things are drawn. [2 definitions] |
| whirlpool |
something with the force or disturbing effect of a whirlpool. [1/2 definitions] |
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