SWIRLS Synonyms

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

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

• lock of hair in the shape of a spiral or curl

• form a curl, curve, or kink

• shape one's body into a curl

• wind around something in coils or loops

• twist or roll into coils or ringlets

• play the Scottish game of curling

• a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself

• founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910)

• flow in a circular current, of liquids

• to wind or move in a spiral course

• revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis

• a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center

• a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle

• a continuously accelerating change in the economy

• ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center

• a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops

• flying downward in a helical path with a large radius

• in the shape of a coil

• to wind or move in a spiral course

• form a spiral

• move in a spiral or zigzag course

• an unforeseen development

• an interpretation of a text or action

• any clever maneuver

• the act of rotating rapidly

• a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments

• a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight

• a circular segment of a curve

• a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself

• a jerky pulling movement

• a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair

• social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s

• the act of winding or twisting

• turning or twisting around (in place)

• to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

• cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form

• turn in the opposite direction

• form into a spiral shape

• form into twists

• extend in curves and turns

• do the twist

• twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates

• practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive

• twist suddenly so as to sprain

• A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column.

• Anything that involves constant violent or chaotic activity around some centre.

• Anything that inevitably draws surrounding things into its current.

• A supposed collection of particles of very subtle matter, endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also the axis of a sun or planet; part of a Cartesian theory accounting for the formation of the universe, and the movements of the bodies composing it.

• Any of numerous species of small Turbellaria belonging to Vortex and allied genera.

• confused movement

• the shape of something rotating rapidly

• a usually brief attempt

• the act of rotating rapidly

• turn in a twisting or spinning motion

• cause to spin

• flow in a circular current, of liquids

• revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis

• fly around

• confused movement

• the shape of something rotating rapidly

• a usually brief attempt

• the act of rotating rapidly

• turn in a twisting or spinning motion

• cause to spin

• flow in a circular current, of liquids

• revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis

• fly around

• the shape of something rotating rapidly

• a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain

• the action of coiling or twisting or winding together

• a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself

• founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910)

• flow in a circular current, of liquids

• gold or silver wire thread

• a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the righthand side

• flow in a circular current, of liquids

• make a murmuring sound

• knit with a purl stitch

• edge or border with gold or silver embroidery

• embroider with gold or silver thread

• a series of small (usually idle) twists or turns

• turn in a twisting or spinning motion

• manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner

• a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight

• the act of rotating rapidly

• turn in a twisting or spinning motion

• cause to spin

• the shape of something rotating rapidly

• a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)

• a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)

• flow in a circular current, of liquids