• A curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a plane perpendicular to the axis is constant; the three-dimensional curve seen in a screw or a spiral staircase.
• A small volute under the abacus of a Corinthian capital.
• (mathematics) a rectangular array of quantities or expressions set out by rows and columns; treated as a single element and manipulated according to rules
• (geology) a mass of fine-grained rock in which fossils, crystals, or gems are embedded
• an enclosure within which something originates or develops
• the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded
• the formative tissue at the base of a nail
• mold used in the production of phonograph records, type, or other relief surface
• 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.
• a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine
• water frozen in the solid state
• the frozen part of a body of water
• diamonds
• a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes
• a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk)
• an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
• a rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating
• yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood; can be a symptom of gallstones or liver infection or anemia
• the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870
• judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments
• a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
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