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Word	Definition
twisternoun	(colloquial) A tornado.
cyclonenoun	(loosely) Any weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure; a low pressure system.
cyclonesnoun	a first-person shooter video game for MS-DOS developed by Raven Software and published by Strategic Simulations in 1994.
hurricanenoun	A severe tropical cyclone; an intense storm rotating around a central eye.
hurricanesnoun	The (formerly the Wellington Hurricanes) a New Zealand professional men's rugby union team based in Wellington that competes in Super Rugby.
stormsnoun	A surname.
twistersnoun	a New Mexican cuisine restaurant chain from the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, which was founded in 1998.
typhoonsnoun	the third studio album by English rock duo Royal Blood, released through Warner Records on 30 April 2021.
whirlwindsnoun	A windstorm of limited extent, such as a tornado, dust devil, or waterspout, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air.
tornadic	Of or relating to a tornado.
thunderstormsnoun	A storm consisting of thunder and lightning produced by a cumulonimbus, usually accompanied with heavy rain, wind, and sometimes hail; and in rarer cases sleet, freezing rain, or snow.
windstormnoun	A storm in which there are strong, violent winds but no precipitation.
violent stormnoun	(meteorology, informal) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see violent, storm., a severe weather event
thunderstormnoun	A storm consisting of thunder and lightning produced by a cumulonimbus, usually accompanied with heavy rain, wind, and sometimes hail; and in rarer cases sleet, freezing rain, or snow.
rainstormsnoun	A storm characterized by substantial, heavy rainfall.
wind shearnoun	(meteorology, weather, aviation, uncountable) Variation in wind speed or direction over a short spatial distance.
waterspoutnoun	A whirlwind that forms over water, not associated with a mesocyclone of a thunderstorm (contrary to a true tornado).
dust stormnoun	Alternative spelling of duststorm. [A phenomenon in which gale- to hurricane-force winds blow soil particles up into a planet's atmosphere.]
funnel cloudnoun	(meteorology) A tapering, rapidly rotating cloud descending from a larger storm cloud, indicating the presence of an intense vortex. A tornado is a funnel cloud which reaches the ground.
typhoonnoun	A severe tropical cyclone; an intense, rotating storm.