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Definition: Dust Devil |
Dust DevilNoun1. A miniature whirlwind strong enough to whip dust and leaves and litter into the air. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Geography | Ensemble of particles of dust or sand, sometimes accompanied by small litter, raised from the ground in the form of a. . . column of varying height with a small diameter and an approximately vertical axi s. Source: European Union. (references) |
Weather | A small atmospheric vortex not associated with a thunderstorm, which is made visible by a rotating cloud of dust or debris (dust whirl). Dust devils form in response to surface heating during fair, hot weather; they are most frequent in arid or semi-arid regions. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A dust devil is a small rotating updraft, often observed in times of atmospheric turbulence. Especially common in the San Luis Valley of Colorado. They are visible in the Great Basin and eastward to El Paso, for example. They are distinct from the common dust storms of this area, because they resemble small tornados. Thus they are best viewed from a distance, at a height (say from a mountaintop). These whirlwinds are not dangerous, but it is inconvenient to get caught in one.
Dust devils have also been seen in satellite photographs of Mars.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Dust devil."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Rotation | Cyclone; tornado, whirlwind; dust devil. |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Dust devil in a dry lake bed. Credit: Tillman. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dust devil | 56 |
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| Language | Translations for "dust devil"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vorbull ere (whirlwind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | stoevhvirvel (dancing devil, dust whirl, sand whirl), støvsky (dust-cloud), sandhvirvel (dancing devil, dust whirl, sand whirl). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zandhoosje (dancing devil, dust whirl, sand whirl), stofwervel (dancing devil, dust whirl, sand whirl), stofhoosje (dancing devil, dust whirl, sand whirl), kleine zandhoos. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pölypyörre (dancing devil, dust whirl, sand whirl). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tourbillon de sable (dust whirl), tourbillon de poussière (dust whirl). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Staubwirbel, Staubteufel (dancing devil, dust whirl, sand whirl), Staubhose (dancing devil, dust bowl, dust whirl, sand whirl), Sandteufel (dancing devil, dust whirl, sand whirl), Sandhose (dancing devil, dust whirl, sand whirl). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κονιορτοστρόβιλος, στρόβιλος κονιορτού (dancing devil, dust whirl, sand whirl), αμμοστρόβιλος (dancing devil, dust whirl, sand whirl). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | portölcsér (dust whirl), poros forgószél, porforgatag (dust whirl), porörvény (dust whirl). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | dust devil, vortice di sabbia (dancing devil, dust whirl, sand whirl), vortice di polvere (dancing devil, dust whirl, sand whirl), turbine di polvere. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ustday evilday remoinho de poeira (dancing devil, dust whirl, sand whirl), remoinho de areia (dancing devil, dust whirl, sand whirl). (various references) малый смерч. (various references) torbellino de polvo, tolvanera (dancing devil, dust whirl, sand whirl), remolino de polvo (dancing devil, dust whirl, sand whirl), remolino de arena (dancing devil, dust whirl, sand whirl). (various references) dammvirvel (dancing devil, dust whirl, sand whirl), stoftvirvel, småtromb, sandvirvel (dancing devil, dust whirl, sand whirl). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Dust Devil" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dustdevil. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-e-i-l-s-t-u-v" | |
-2 letters: diluted, dilutes, duelist, studdie, studied. | |
-3 letters: delist, devils, dilute, divest, dusted, duties, duvets, idlest, listed, livest, lusted, sidled, silted, suited, tildes, veldts, vilest. | |
-4 letters: deils, deist, delis, delts, devil, didst, diets, dites, dived, dives, dudes, duels, duets, duits, dulse, duvet, edits, etuis, evils, idled, idles, ileus, isled, islet, istle, leuds, lieus, lived, lives. | |
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