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9 letters · 19 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth
originFrom Middle English whirlewind, whirlewynde, equivalent to whirl + wind. Compare Middle Dutch wervelwint, Old Norse hvirfilvindr.
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