Phrase Hound found 24 phrases and 6 compound words that contain spirals. The most common are listed below. Open spirals in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 24
- Curschmann's spiralsMicroscopic spiral-shaped mucus plugs from subepithelial mucous gland ducts or bronchioles, found in the sputum of asthmatic people.
- logarithmic spiralsplural of logarithmic spiral: A self-similar spiral curve which often appears in nature.
- Ekman spiralsplural of Ekman spiral: A structure of currents or winds near a horizontal boundary in which the flow direction rotates as one moves away from the boundary.
- arithmetic spiralsplural of arithmetic spiral: A spiral that increases in distance from the point of origin at a constant rate.
- death spiralsplural of death spiral: The downward, corkscrew-motion of a disabled aircraft which is unrecoverably headed for a crash.
- defensive spiralsplural of defensive spiral: A last-resort defensive maneuver in dogfighting used by an aircraft with critically-low kinetic energy, consisting of a rolling scissors performed straight down, using gravity to supply the kinetic energy needed …
- downward spiralsplural of downward spiral: A series of thoughts or actions which feeds back into itself, causing a situation to become progressively worse.
- genetic spiralsplural of genetic spiral: A spiral line that passes through the point of insertion of all equivalent lateral members on an axis, in order of age.
- golden spiralsplural of golden spiral: A logarithmic spiral whose growth factor is φ, the golden ratio.
- graveyard spiralsplural of graveyard spiral: The downward, corkscrew-motion of a disabled aircraft which is unrecoverably headed for a crash.
- inflationary spiralsplural of inflationary spiral: A pattern of economic inflation in which higher wages lead to higher prices, which lead to higher wages, and so on.
- purity spiralsplural of purity spiral: The situation in which members of an ideological group become increasingly zealous and intolerant, eventually turning on other members.
- red spiralsplural of red spiral: Ellipsis of red spiral galaxy.
- spirals outthird-person singular simple present indicative of spiral out: To have a panic attack; to be overcome by sadness, anxiety, etc.; to freak out
- super spiralsplural of super spiral: Ellipsis of superluminous spiral galaxy.
- upward spiralsplural of upward spiral: A situation where something is constantly increasing.
- virtuous spiralsplural of virtuous spiral: A situation in which the solution to one problem makes each future problem easier to solve than the original one.
- Fibonacci spiralsplural of Fibonacci spiral: An approximation of the golden spiral created by drawing circular arcs connecting the opposite corners of squares in a Fibonacci tiling; a spiral formed by connecting quarter-circles whose radii are Fibonacci …
- Langmuir spiralsplural of Langmuir spiral: The spiralling motion of water caused by Langmuir circulation.
- spirals of Archimedesplural of spiral of Archimedes: A spiral that increases in distance from the point of origin at a constant rate.
- Riess spiralsplural of Riess spiral: Either of a pair of spirally wound conductors with metal balls at their ends. Placing one above the other forms an induction coil.
- Archimedean spiralsplural of Archimedean spiral: A spiral that increases in distance from the point of origin at a constant rate.
- Ulam spiralsplural of Ulam spiral: A graphical depiction of the set of prime numbers, constructed by writing the positive integers in a square spiral and specially marking the primes.
- Knochenhauer spiralsplural of Knochenhauer spiral: Either of a pair of spirally wound conductors with metal balls at their ends. Placing one above the other forms an induction coil.
Compound words 6
- conchospiralsplural of conchospiral: A kind of spiral curve found in certain univalve shells.
- counterspiralsplural of counterspiral: A spiral running in the opposite direction to another spiral.
- minispiralsplural of minispiral: A relatively small spiral, especially of a spiral galaxy.
- semispiralsplural of semispiral: Somewhat or partially spiral.
- superspiralsplural of superspiral: Ellipsis of superluminous spiral galaxy.
- trispiralsplural of trispiral: Triply spiral; involving, or consisting of, three spirals.