Tourbillion

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A whirlwind.
  • n. A vortex, as of a whirlwind or whirlpool.
  • n. A skyrocket that has a spiral flight.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An ornamental firework that turns round in the air so as to form a scroll of fire.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An ornamental firework which turns round, when in the air, so as to form a scroll of fire.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The point near the vertex around which the hair grows radially in different directions.
  • n. An ornamental firework which turns round when in the air so as to present the appearance of a scroll or a spiral column of fire.
  • Word Usage
    "Left: Concord Quantum Gravity The craziest watch of the day: a tourbillion that rotates both vertically and horizontally, a power reserve that uses liquid expanding and contracting to indicate levels, and a suspension bridge linking all of it together."