A Sufi of an ascetic order, centered in Turkey but widespread internationally, whose ritual religious observances involve mystical poetry of Mevlana (Rumi), music, and a whirling dance.

An apparatus fitted with one or more revolving disks, with weights, pulleys, etc., for illustrating physical laws and phenomena. / A potter's wheel.

plural of whirling table

A disease of salmonid fish, caused by the myxosporean parasite Myxobolus cerebralis and characterised by awkward, corkscrew-like swimming motions.

plural of Whirling Dervish

plural of whirl-bone

(medicine, archaic) The patella, rotula, or kneecap. / (medicine, archaic) The head of the femur.

Alternative form of fire whirl

Alternative form of fire whirls plural of fire-whirl

A whirling column of fire found in large fiery areas such as wildfires.