Words starting with W

windgrassAny member of the genus Lachnagrostis of common slender, upright, tufted, light to yellow green, annual or short-lived perennial grasses up to 700 mm tall, often found as an urban weed, especially in waste land around puddles and in muddy ground, or around lakes, and fringing ponds, streams and on wetland margins and coastal areas.
windgunairgun
windgustA short, often sudden gust of wind.
WindhamA surname.
WindhillA suburb of Mexborough, Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4800)
WindhoekA city, the capital city of Namibia.
windholdA state in which ski lifts must stop running due to extremely windy conditions.
WindhorstA surname.
windhoverThe common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus).
WindianA West Indian; a person from the West Indies
WindieA female given name.
windiesThe West Indies cricket team.
windilyIn a manner of or like the wind.
windinessThe state of being windy; the state of there being wind
windingThe act of winnowing (“subjecting food grain to a current of air to separate the grain from the chaff”).
windinglyWith a winding motion or pattern.
windingnessThe quality of being winding (twisting, turning or sinuous).
WindischA surname from German.
WindishA surname from German.
windjamTo sail.
windjammerOne who plays a wind instrument, especially a bugler in the army.
windjammingSailing a windjammer.
windkanterSynonym of ventifact.
WindkesselA model that accounts for the shape of the arterial blood pressure waveform in terms of the interaction between the stroke volume and the compliance of the aorta and large elastic arteries ("Windkessel" vessels) and the resistance of the smaller arteries and arterioles.
windlassAny of various forms of winch, in which a rope or cable is wound around a cylinder, used for lifting heavy weights.
windlasserA person who operates a windlass.
windleThe redwing.
windlesA winch, a windlass.
WindleshamA village and civil parish in Surrey Heath borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9363).
windlessDevoid of wind; calm.
windlesslyWithout any wind.
windlessnessAbsence of wind.
windlestrawA grass used for making ropes or for plaiting, especially Apera spica-venti.
WindleyA surname.
windlikeResembling or characteristic of wind.
windlineA conduit in a pipe organ which sends pressurized air from the blower and bellows to the windchests.
windlingA bundle of straw bound together.
windmeterAn instrument for measuring and recording the speed of the wind.
windmillA machine which translates linear motion of wind to rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails.
windmilledHaving one or more windmills.
windmillerThe miller who manages a windmill
windmillingThe process of milling with a windmill.
windmillsA plant of the genus Allionia.
windmillyHaving many windmills.
windoidA small, less adorned, floating window or palette of tools that remains on top of other windows.
windoliteA transparent material, used as a substitute for glass in windows
WindomA surname.
WindonA surname.
windowAn opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle.
windowableCapable of being displayed in a window.
windowedFitted with windows, often of a particular kind or, in (heraldry), of a specified colour.
windowfrontA large window on the street-side of a shop or restaurant
windowfulThe amount displayed in a window.
windowglassA windowpane; the glass comprising a windowpane; the windowpanes in a building (collectively).
WindowieA locality in the Snowy Valleys council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
windowingThe windows of a building; fenestration.
windowlessHaving no windows, especially no external windows.
windowlessnessAbsence of windows.
windowletA small window.
windowlightNatural light that enters a building through the window.
windowlikeResembling a window (an opening in the wall).
windowlineThe line formed by a series of windows.
windowmakerSomeone who makes windows.
windowmakingThe manufacture of windows.
windowmanA clerk who serves at a counter or office behind a window.
windowpaneA piece of glass filling a window or a section of a window.
windowpanedHaving one or more windowpanes.
windowpaningThe border around an individual block of a quilt.
windowsMicrosoft Windows, an operating system with a WIMP graphical user interface that dominates the personal computer market.
windowsillThe horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame.
windowsolewindowsill
windowsyReminiscent of Microsoft's Windows Operating System or their merchandise and/or products.
windowwardToward a window.
windowwardsTowards a window.
windowwiseIn the manner of a window.
windowyHaving little crossings or openings like the sashes of a window.
WindozeMicrosoft Windows.
windpackSnow formed into a compact mass by the wind.
windpantsA sportswear variety of trousers (pants) intended for wearing without undergarments for athletic and comfort purposes.
windpipeThe trachea.
windplayerA musician who plays a wind instrument.
windpowerpower harnessed or generated from the wind
windproofProviding protection from the wind.
windproofstrousers designed for cold, windy conditions
windpuffA windgall.
windpumpA structure somewhat like a windmill for pumping water, either for drainage or for irrigation
windpunkA form of science fiction related to wind energy.
WindradyneA locality in the Bathurst council area, central eastern New South Wales, Australia.
WindredA surname.
WindrossMicrosoft Windows.
windrowA row of cut grain or hay allowed to dry in a field.
windrowerA machine for windrowing.
WindrushA river in Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, England, a tributary of the Thames.
WindrusherA member of the Windrush generation.
windsailA wide tube or funnel of canvas, used to convey a stream of air for ventilation into the lower compartments of a vessel.
WINDSATA satellite used to measure surface winds.
WindscaleFormer name of Sellafield.
windscoopSynonym of windcatcher.
windscreenA transparent screen made of glass, located at the front of a vehicle in order to protect its occupants from the wind and weather.
windscreenedFitted with a windscreen.
windshaftThe part of a windmill that carries the sails and brake wheel (in smock and tower mills, and some post mills) or the head wheel and tail wheel in a post mill.
windshakeA crack in wood caused by the force of wind while the tree was growing.
windshakenOf wood: damaged by windshake.
windshieldA transparent screen made of glass, located at the front and back of a vehicle in front of its occupants to protect them from the wind force generated by the vehicle's speed and inclement weather.
windshieldedFitted with a windshield.
windshipa wind-powered ship
windslabSnow that peels off in large slabs when disturbed, increasing the risk of avalanche.
windsledA fan-powered enclosed vehicle for travelling over ice.
windsnapThe breaking of the bole of a tree by the wind.
windsockA large, conical, open-ended tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed, used especially at smaller airfields.
windsomeCharacterised or marked by (the) wind; windy
WindsorA market town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, famous for Windsor Castle. See Windsor, Berkshire on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
windsplitA stylized crease, accent line, or body contour on a vehicle—typically running along the beltline, fender, hood, or quarter panels—designed to emphasize motion, streamline appearance, or aerodynamics.
windsterA person who winds wool, silk, thread, etc.
windstormA storm in which there are strong, violent winds but no precipitation.
windstrengthThe strength of the wind; the amount of force with which the wind blows.
windstrewnStrewn by the wind.
windsuckerA horse with the habit of windsucking.
windsuckingA horse's habit of arching the neck and sucking air into the windpipe.
windsurfTo ride a surfboard that has an attached sail
windsurferA person who windsurfs.
windsurfingA marine sport in which one stands on a floating board (typically 2 - 3 meters in length) to which a sail is attached. The board is steered by tilting the sail or banking the board. Some windsurfers use large waves to perform jumps and other stunts.
windswayThe swaying in the wind of an otherwise fixed object such as a tree or a man-made construction.
windsweptExposed to the winds.
windtalkerA Navajo codetalker during World War II.
windthrowThe uprooting and/or overthrowing of a tree caused by the wind.
windthrownUprooted or overthrown by the wind.
windtightImpermeable to wind.
windtrunkSynonym of windline
WindvocateA user who advocates the Microsoft Windows operating system.
WindwalkerA surname.
windwardTowards the wind, or the direction from which the wind is blowing.
windwardlyIn a windward direction.
windwardnessThe quality of being windward.
windwardsThe Windward Islands
windwattA mudflat exposed as a result of wind action on water.
windwayThe portion of a wind instrument through which the air is blown.
windwheelA wheel driven by the wind and used to power a machine.
windwiseIn the direction of the wind.
windwornWorn or smoothed by the action of wind erosion.
windyAccompanied by wind.
wineAn alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%.
winearitaA wine-based cocktail similar to a margarita.
winebagA leather bag formerly used to carry wine.
WinebaldA male given name.
WinebargerA surname.
wineberryThe grape (fruit of plants of the genus Vitis).
winebibberA habitual (or heavy) drinker of alcohol, especially wine, an excessive wine-drinker; a drunkard.
winebibberyThe habitual or heavy drinking of alcohol, especially wine.
winebibbingThe habit or practice of drinking a lot of alcohol, especially wine.

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