Associations to the word «Whorl»
Noun
Adjective
- Elevated
- Terrestrial
- Articulated
- Marked
- Irregular
- Unequal
- Cylindrical
- Violet
- Greenish
- Branched
- Last
- Glossy
- Inner
- Indistinct
- Lateral
- Microscopic
- Conspicuous
- Edge
- Banded
- Blackish
- Narrow
- Six
- Coarse
- Flat
- Brown
- Erect
- Spinning
- Wrinkled
- Arched
- Woody
- Fleshy
- Polished
- Tinged
- Jurassic
- Preceding
- Lengthened
- Breathing
- Acute
- Shaped
- Rosy
- Bluish
- Larval
- Mottled
- Shiny
- Seven
- Ringed
Wiktionary
WHORL, noun. A pattern of concentric circles.
WHORL, noun. (botany) A circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.
WHORL, noun. (zoology) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
WHORL, noun. (archaic) A flywheel, a weight attached to a spindle, compare 1460.
WHORL, verb. (intransitive) To form a pattern of concentric circles.
WHORL FEET, noun. Plural of whorl foot
WHORL FOOT, noun. In furniture, a foot that takes the form of a scroll at the end that rests on a shoe. A French design, the whorl foot was first seen on furniture in the mid-18th century.
Dictionary definition
WHORL, noun. A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals).
WHORL, noun. A strand or cluster of hair.
WHORL, noun. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope".
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