tornado

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tornado - 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]

tornado - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]

tornado - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Tornado
  
     <programming> The software development environment
     previously distributed with VxWorks.
  
     (1996-11-29)
  

tornado - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Tornado, WV (CDP, FIPS 80764)
    Location: 38.33285 N, 81.85568 W
    Population (1990): 1006 (355 housing units)
    Area: 9.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 25202

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