wheel
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wheel |
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BMOC, Charybdis, Ferris wheel, O, Procrustean bed, airscrew, alternate,
annular muscle, annulus, areola, arsis, association, aureole, auto, avert, balance wheel, be here again, beat, bed of Procrustes, bevel gear, bicycle, big-time operator, big-timer,
big cheese, big noise, big shot, big wheel, bike, boot, bout, buffing wheel, bus, carousel, cartwheel, caster, catch a train, centrifugate, centrifuge, chaplet, charioteer, chauffeur, chopper, circle, circuit, circuiteer, circular saw, circulate, circulation, circumambulate, circumference, circummigrate, circumnavigate, circumrotate, circumvent, circumvolute, circumvolution, circus, close the circle,
closed circle, cog, cogwheel,
come about, come again, come and go, come around, come full circle, come round, come round again, come up again, compass, conference, contrate wheel, corona, coronet, course, crank, crown, crown wheel, cycle, cycloidal gear, deflect, describe a circle, diadem, diastole, discus, disk, divert, dizzy round, do a flip-flop, do an about-face, downbeat, drive, drive wheel, driver, eddy, encircle, encompass, entrain, escape wheel, eternal return, fairy ring, fan, fetch about,
flank, flywheel, garland,
gear, gearwheel, girdle,
girdle the globe, glory, go about,
go around, go by rail, go round, go the round, gurge, gyrate, gyration, gyre, gyrowheel, halo, have second thoughts, heel, helm, high-muck-a-muck, his nibs, idler
wheel, impeller, intermit, iron,
iron heel, joyride, kick wheel, lap, lasso, logical circle, loop, looplet, maelstrom, magic circle, make a circuit, make a train, merry-go-round, mill wheel, minibike, motocycle, motor, motorbike, motorcycle, noose, orbit, oscillate,
paddle wheel, pedal, pedal wheel, pedicab, pig, pilot, pinion, pinwheel, pirouette,
piston, pivot, pivot about, power wheel, prayer wheel, prop, propellant, propeller, propulsor, pulley, pulsate, pulse, put about,
rack, radius, rat race, reappear, recur, reel, reins, reins of government, reoccur, repeat, return, revolution, revolve, ride, ring, road-bike, roll around, roller, rolling stone, rondelle, rotate, rotation, rotator, rotor, roulette wheel, round, roundabout, roundel,
rudder, rundle, saucer,
scarpines, screw, screw propeller, series, sheer, skirt,
spell, sphincter, spin, spiral, stagger, steering wheel, surge, surround, swing, swing round, swirl, swivel, systole, take a joyride, taxi, tergiversate, thesis, thumbscrew, tiller, tool, top, totter, trail bike, tricycle, trike, truck, truckle, turbine, turn, turn a pirouette,
turn about, turn around, turn
round, turn tail, twin screws, twirl, twist, undulate, upbeat, veer, veer around, vicious circle, volte-face, vortex,
wamble, water wheel, wheel about, wheel around, wheel of fortune, whip,
whirl, whirlabout, whirler, whirligig, whirlpool, whirlwind,
wind, wreath
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big wheel |
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BMOC, Rasputin, Svengali, VIP, access, bad influence, big-time operator, big-timer, big boy,
big cheese, big gun, big noise, big shot, bigwig, chief, court, eminence grise, five-percenter,
friend at court, good influence, gray eminence, heavyweight, hidden hand, high-muck-a-muck, his nibs, influence, influence peddler, influencer, ingroup, key, kingmaker, lobby, lobbyist, lords of creation, man of influence, manipulator, open sesame, powers that be,
pressure group, sinister influence, special-interest group,
special interests, the Establishment, very important person,
wheel, wheeler-dealer, wire-puller
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wheel of fortune |
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April showers, Chance, Dame Fortune,
Fortuna, Fortune, Friday, Friday the thirteenth, Lady Luck, Luck, Proteus,
appointed lot, astral influences, astrology, blind Chance, book of fate, chameleon, cloud shapes, constellation, crap table, cup, destination, destiny, dies funestis, doom, end, fatality, fate, fickle Chance, foredoom, fortune, future, gambling table, gambling wheel, ides of March, inevitability, kaleidoscope, kismet, lot, mercury, moira, moon, one-armed bandit, planets, portion,
quicksilver, raffle wheel, rolling
stone, roulette wheel, shifting sands, slot machine, stars, the weather, unlucky day, water, weather vane, weathercock,
weird, whirligig, will of Heaven
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Main entries similar to: wheel
alternate, areola, associate, aureole, auto, avert, beat, bicycle,
big time operator, big wheel, bike, boot, bout, bowl, bus, carousel,
centrifuge, chauffeur, chopper, circle, circuit, circulate, circulation, circumference, circumnavigate, circumvent,
circus, come about, come again, come and go, come around,
come round, companion, compass, conference, corona, coronet, course, crank,
crown, cycle, deflect, diadem, diastole, discus, disk, divert,
downbeat, drive, driver, eddy, encircle, encompass, entrain, fan, flank, garland, girdle, glory, go about,
go around, go around in circles, gurge, gyrate, gyration,
gyre, halo, heel, helm, intermit, iron, joyride, lap,
lasso, league, loop, maelstrom, merry-go-round, motor, motorcycle, noose, orbit, oscillate, parts, pedal, pig,
pilot, pirouette, pivot, prop, propellant, pulsate, pulse, put
about, rack, radius, rat race, reappear, recur, reel, reins, repeat,
return, revolution, revolve, ride, ring, roll, roll around, roller,
rolling stone, rondelle, rotate, rotation, rotator, rotor, round, roundabout, roundel, rundle, saucer, screw, series,
sheer, ship, skirt, spell, sphincter, spin, spiral, stagger,
surge, surround, swing, swirl, swivel, systole, taxi, tergiversate,
thesis, tiller, tool, top, torture, totter, turn, turn about,
turn around, turn tail, twirl, twist, undulate, upbeat, veer, vicious circle, vortex, wamble, whip, whirl, whirligig,
whirlpool, whirlwind, wind, wreath
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