[syn: crack, crack cocaine, tornado]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tornado \Tor*na"do\, n.; pl. Tornadoes. [From Sp. or Pg.
tornar to turn, return, L. tornare to turn, hence, a whirling
wind. The Sp. & Pg. tornada is a return. See Turn.]
A violent whirling wind; specifically (Meteorol.), a tempest
distinguished by a rapid whirling and slow progressive
motion, usually accompaned with severe thunder, lightning,
and torrents of rain, and commonly of short duration and
small breadth; a small cyclone.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tornado
n 1: a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring
over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending
toward the ground [syn: tornado, twister]
2: a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather
than snorted; highly addictive [syn: crack, crack
cocaine, tornado]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "tornado":
baguio, blaze, burst, convulsion, cyclone, dirty weather,
dust devil, eruption, explosion, fit, flare-up, foul weather, gale,
gust, hurricane, irruption, line squall, outbreak, outburst,
paroxysm, rainspout, rainstorm, rotary storm, rough weather,
sand column, sandspout, seizure, snowstorm, spasm, squall, storm,
stormy weather, tempest, tempestuous rage, thunderstorm, twister,
typhoon, upheaval, waterspout, whirlblast, whirlwind, wind eddy,
windstorm
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
Tornado
The software development environment
previously distributed with VxWorks.
(1996-11-29)
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Tornado, WV -- U.S. Census Designated Place in West Virginia
Population (2000): 1111
Housing Units (2000): 437
Land area (2000): 3.595035 sq. miles (9.311097 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.084938 sq. miles (0.219989 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.679973 sq. miles (9.531086 sq. km)
FIPS code: 80764
Located within: West Virginia (WV), FIPS 54
Location: 38.341801 N, 81.849474 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 25202
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Tornado, WV
Tornado