turbulent

Preposition: in

• wind: Flying: Up to 20 gliders can be accommodated in the right conditions, but it can be turbulent in strong winds.

Modifies a noun

• eddy: Neptune can also have turbulent eddies form in its atmosphere.
• flow: AF causes turbulent blood flow in the heart chambers.
• plume: Turbulent plumes continue to entrain from the surrounding environment and grow in size.
• combustion: His research interests are in the areas of turbulent combustion modeling.
• flame: Fig 9. 3-D imaging of soot volume fraction in a turbulent diffusion flame.
• airflow: A special coating is said to enhance lift by 40 percent, with the help of turbulent airflow.

Modifying Another Word

• somewhat: It's somewhat turbulent around here atm and my head's been elsewhere.
• increasingly: As to weather, expect increasingly turbulent storms of greater strength and amplitude.
• sometimes: The Shrewsbury family remained in residence until 1923, after a sometimes turbulent 700 year history.
• highly: A submerged jet of aerated effluent produces a highly turbulent condition in a tank.
• often: The religious capital of Britain, Canterbury stood in the central stage of an often turbulent history.
• rather: In all 12 of the 19 drivers present endured at least a minor problem in the rather turbulent test sessions.

Used with adjective complement

• become: A vertical slice through an atmospheric layer becoming turbulent.
• remain: But even in the safety of Surrey, life at home remains turbulent.
• have: The insect garden area has had too turbulent a history for these conservative ancient ones.