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Noun
S:
(n)
whirlpool
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vortex
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maelstrom
(a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides))
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Charybdis
((Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla)
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S:
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eddy
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purl
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whirlpool
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swirl
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whirl
(flow in a circular current, of liquids)
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