maelstrom (n.)
- ado
- agitation
- backflow
- backwash
- backwater
- bluster
- boil
- boiling
- bother
- botheration
- brouhaha
- burst
- bustle
- churn
- commotion
- confusion
- countercurrent
- discomposure
- disorder
- disquiet
- disquietude
- disturbance
- ebullition
- eddy
- embroilment
- excitement
- ferment
- fermentation
- fever
- feverishness
- fidgetiness
- fit
- flap
- flurry
- fluster
- flutter
- fume
- fury
- fuss
- fussiness
- gulf
- gyre
- hubbub
- hullabaloo
- inquietude
- jitters
- jumpiness
- malaise
- moil
- nervousness
- perturbation
- pirouette
- pother
- reel
- reflux
- regurgitation
- restlessness
- roil
- round
- rout
- row
- scramble
- spasm
- spin
- spurt
- stew
- stir
- storm
- surge
- sweat
- swirl
- to-do
- trepidation
- trepidity
- tumult
- turbidity
- turbulence
- turmoil
- turn
- twirl
- unease
- unrest
- upset
- vortex
- wheel
- whirl
- whirlpool
- whirlwind
