Maelstrom
noun
1 maelstrom
A powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides).
synonyms: vortex, whirlpool.
Roget 667:
rocks,
reefs,
coral reef,
sunken rocks,
snags;
sands,
quicksands;
syrt†,
syrtis†;
Goodwin sands,
sandy foundation;
slippery ground;
breakers,
shoals,
shallows,
bank,
shelf,
flat,
lee shore,
ironbound coast;
rock ahead,
breakers ahead.
precipice;
maelstrom,
volcano;
ambush
etc.
530;
pitfall,
trapdoor;
trap
etc.
(snare)
545.
sword of Damocles;
wolf at the door,
snake in the grass,
death in the pot;
latency
etc.
526.
ugly customer,
dangerous person,
le chat qui dort [Fr.];
firebrand,
hornet's nest.
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Dutch: moskstraumen, draaikolk, kolk, maalstroom, neer
Polish: wir wodny, wir
Roget 348:
running water.
jet,
spirt†,
spurt,
squirt,
spout,
spray,
splash,
rush,
gush,
jet d'eau [Fr.];
sluice.
water spout,
water fall;
cascade,
force,
foss†;
lin†,
linn†;
ghyll†,
Niagara;
cataract,
rapids,
white water,
catadupe†,
cataclysm;
debacle,
inundation,
deluge;
chute,
washout.
rain,
rainfall;
serein†;
shower,
scud;
downpour;
driving rain,
drenching rain,
cloudburst;
hyetology†,
hyetography†;
predominance of Aquarius†,
reign of St. Swithin;
mizzle†,
drizzle,
stillicidum†,
plash;
dropping
etc.
v.;
falling weather;
northeaster,
hurricane,
typhoon.
stream,
course,
flux,
flow,
profluence†;
effluence
etc.
(egress)
295;
defluxion†;
flowing
etc.
v.;
current,
tide,
race,
coulee.
spring,
artesian well,
fount,
fountain;
rill,
rivulet,
gill,
gullet,
rillet†;
streamlet,
brooklet;
branch [U.S.];
runnel,
sike†,
burn,
beck,
creek,
brook,
bayou,
stream,
river;
reach,
tributary.
geyser,
spout,
waterspout.
body of water,
torrent,
rapids,
flush,
flood,
swash;
spring tide,
high tide,
full tide;
bore,
tidal bore,
eagre†,
hygre†;
fresh,
freshet;
indraught†,
reflux,
undercurrent,
eddy,
vortex,
gurge†,
whirlpool,
Maelstrom,
regurgitation,
overflow;
confluence,
corrivation†.
wave,
billow,
surge,
swell,
ripple;
anerythmon gelasma [Gr.];
beach comber,
riffle [U.S.],
rollers,
ground swell,
surf,
breakers,
white horses,
whitecaps;
rough sea,
heavy sea,
high seas,
cross sea,
long sea,
short sea,
chopping sea.
[Science of fluids in motion]
hydrodynamics;
hydraulics,
hydraulicostatics†;
rain gauge,
flowmeter;
pegology†.
irrigation
etc.
(water)
337;
pump;
watering pot,
watering cart;
hydrant,
syringe;
garden hose,
lawn spray;
bhisti†,
mussuk†.
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Roget 312:
rotation,
revolution,
spinning,
gyration,
turning about an axis,
turning aound an axis,
circulation,
roll;
circumrotation†,
circumvolution,
circumgyration†;
volutation†,
circination†,
turbination†,
pirouette,
convolution.
verticity†,
whir,
whirl,
eddy,
vortex,
whirlpool,
gurge†;
countercurrent;
Maelstrom,
Charybdis;
Ixion.
[rotating air]
cyclone;
tornado,
whirlwind;
dust devil.
[rotation of an automobile]
spin-out.
axis,
axis of rotation,
swivel,
pivot,
pivot point;
axle,
spindle,
pin,
hinge,
pole,
arbor,
bobbin,
mandrel;
axle shaft;
gymbal;
hub,
hub of rotation.
[rotation and translation together]
helix,
helical motion.
[measure of rotation]
angular momentum,
angular velocity;
revolutions per minute,
RPM.
[result of rotation]
centrifugal force;
surge;
vertigo,
dizzy round;
coriolus force.
[things that go around]
carousel,
merry-go-round;
Ferris wheel;
top,
dreidel†,
teetotum;
gyroscope;
turntable,
lazy suzan;
screw,
whirligig,
rollingstone†,
water wheel,
windmill;
wheel,
pulley wheel,
roulette wheel,
potter's wheel,
pinwheel,
gear;
roller;
flywheel;
jack;
caster;
centrifuge,
ultracentrifuge,
bench centrifuge,
refrigerated centrifuge,
gas centrifuge,
microfuge;
drill,
augur,
oil rig;
wagon wheel,
wheel,
tire,
tyre [Brit.].
[Science of rotary motion]
trochilics†.
[person who rotates]
whirling dervish.
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