vortical (comparative more vortical, superlative most vortical)
Of or pertaining to a vortex; containing vortices; moving in a vortex. [from 17th c.]
• (containing vortices): turbulent (of fluid flow)
• Victrola, victrola
Source: Wiktionary
Vor"ti*cal, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to a vortex or vortexes; resembling a vortex in form or motion; whirling; as, a vortical motion.
– Vor"ti*cal*ly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 January 2025
(noun) a severe dermatitis of herbivorous domestic animals attributable to photosensitivity from eating Saint John’s wort
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.