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— English words —

• tourbillon n. A rotating frame, containing the escapement of a clock or watch, that attempts to compensate for the…
• tourbillon n. A whirlwind.
• tourbillon n. A kind of firework that gyrates in the air.
• tourbillon n. Any part of a machine with a spiral movement.

— In German —

• Tourbillon S. Vorrichtung bei mechanischen Uhren, die dafür sorgt, dass…

— In French —

• tourbillon n.m. Vent impétueux qui tournoie, tornade.
• tourbillon n.m. (Par extension) Tout ce qui tournoie rapidement.
• tourbillon n.m. (Absolument) Mouvement de l’eau qui tournoie avec violence.
• tourbillon n.m. (Philosophie cartésienne) Mouvement élémentaire de la matière.
• tourbillon n.m. (Sens figuré) Tout ce qui entraîne dans un mouvement rapide.
• tourbillon n.m. (Horlogerie) Complication horlogère équipant certains garde-temps…

— In Italian —

• tourbillon s. (Forestierismo) indica orologi in cui è normalmente possibile…

26 English words from 4 English definitions

a␣clock air Any attempts clock compensate containing escapement firework for frame gyrates in␣the␣air kind kind␣of machine movement of␣a part rotating spiral that the watch whirlwind with

16 English words from 8 foreign definitions

Complication dans dass die eau extension garde indica Par Philosophie Sens temps tornade Tout Vent violence

33 foreign words from 8 foreign definitions

Absolument avec bei cartésienne ce␣qui certains cui dafür de␣la élémentaire entraîne équipant figuré Forestierismo garde-temps horlogère Horlogerie impétueux matière mechanischen mouvement normalmente orologi Par␣extension possibile qui rapide rapidement Sens␣figuré sorgt tournoie Uhren Vorrichtung

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

tourbillons

21 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

bil BIL bill Bill billon ill ILL 'ill I'll Ill. illo LLO Lon our 'our -our RBI TOU tour Tour URBI

10 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

bru Bru IBR lib Lib LIB Lib. noll Noll OLL

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

bunitrolol

2 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

tourbillion tourbillons

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

tourbillion

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