Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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cyclone | Yes | No | No | No |
twister | Yes | No | No | No |
cyclone (noun) | twister (noun) |
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a violent rotating windstorm | small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts |
(meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the southern | a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground |