whirl·pool 
(wûrlpl′, hwûrl-)
(wûrlpl′, hwûrl-)n.
1. A rapidly rotating current of water; a vortex.
2. Something, such as a situation, that is confusing or tumultuous and is easy to be drawn into or difficult to get out of: was sucked into a whirlpool of despair.
3. A bathtub or pool having jets of warm water that can be directed toward a body part as for therapeutic purposes.
- Indo-European root: gerbh-
- Indo-European root: gerə-
- Indo-European root: gerə-
- Indo-European root: geus-
- Indo-European root: ghabh-
- Indo-European root: ghans-
- Indo-European root: ghebh-el-
- Indo-European root: ghedh-
- Indo-European root: ghei-
- Indo-European root: ghel-
- Indo-European root: ghel-
- Indo-European root: ghend-
- Indo-European root: gher-
- Indo-European root: gher-
- Indo-European root: gherə-
- Indo-European root: ghes-
- Indo-European root: gheslo-
- Indo-European root: gheu-
- Indo-European root: gheu(ə)-
- Indo-European root: ghos-ti-
- Indo-European root: ghrebh-
- Indo-European root: ghrebh-
- Indo-European root: ghredh-
- Indo-European root: ghrendh-
- Indo-European root: ghrē-