Spiraling

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spiraling
       adj : in the shape of a coil [syn: {coiling}, {helical}, {spiral},
              {volute}, {voluted}, {whorled}, {turbinate}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:



  82 Moby Thesaurus words for "spiraling":
     anabatic, ascendant, ascending, ascensional, ascensive, circling,
     circuition, circuitousness, circuitry, circularity, circulation,
     circumambience, circumambiency, circumambulation, circumflexion,
     circumlocution, circummigration, circumnavigation, climbing,
     cutthroat, deviance, deviancy, deviation, deviousness, digression,
     exacting, excessive, excursion, excursus, exorbitant, extortionate,
     extravagant, fancy, gouging, grossly overpriced, gyre, gyring,
     immoderate, in the ascendant, indirection, inflationary,
     inordinate, leaping, meandering, mounting, orbit, orbiting,
     out of bounds, out of sight, outrageous, overpriced, preposterous,
     prohibitive, rampant, rearing, rising, roundaboutness, rounding,
     saltatory, scandent, scansorial, skyrocketing, spiral, springing,
     turn, turning, unconscionable, undue, unreasonable, unwarranted,
     uparching, upcoming, upgoing, upgrade, uphill, uphillward,
     uprising, upsloping, upward, upwith, usurious, wheeling