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- English Word Windward Definition Situated toward the point from which the wind blows; as, the Windward Islands.
- English Word Windward Definition Toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows.
- English Word Windy Definition Consisting of wind; accompanied or characterized by wind; exposed to wind.
- English Word Windy Definition Next the wind; windward.
- English Word Windy Definition Tempestuous; boisterous; as, windy weather.
- English Word Windy Definition Serving to occasion wind or gas in the intestines; flatulent; as, windy food.
- English Word Windy Definition Attended or caused by wind, or gas, in the intestines.
- English Word Windy Definition Fig.: Empty; airy.
- English Word Wine Definition The expressed juice of grapes, esp. when fermented; a beverage or liquor prepared from grapes by squeezing out their juice, and (usually) allowing it to ferment.
- English Word Wine Definition A liquor or beverage prepared from the juice of any fruit or plant by a process similar to that for grape wine; as, currant wine; gooseberry wine; palm wine.
- English Word Wine Definition The effect of drinking wine in excess; intoxication.
- English Word Wineberry Definition The red currant.
- English Word Wineberry Definition The bilberry.
- English Word Wineberry Definition A peculiar New Zealand shrub (Coriaria ruscifolia), in which the petals ripen and afford an abundant purple juice from which a kind of wine is made. The plant also grows in Chili.
- English Word Winebibber Definition One who drinks much wine.
- English Word Wineglass Definition A small glass from which to drink wine.
- English Word Wineglassful Definition As much as a wineglass will hold; enough to fill a wineglass. It is usually reckoned at two fluid ounces, or four tablespoonfuls.
- English Word Wineglassfuls Definition of Wineglassful
- English Word Wineless Definition destitute of wine; as, wineless life.
- English Word Winery Definition A place where grapes are converted into wine.
- English Word Wing Definition One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming.
- English Word Wing Definition Any similar member or instrument used for the purpose of flying.
- English Word Wing Definition One of the two pairs of upper thoracic appendages of most hexapod insects. They are broad, fanlike organs formed of a double membrane and strengthened by chitinous veins or nervures.
- English Word Wing Definition One of the large pectoral fins of the flying fishes.
- English Word Wing Definition Passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing.
- English Word Wing Definition Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
- English Word Wing Definition Anything which agitates the air as a wing does, or which is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc.
- English Word Wing Definition An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
- English Word Wing Definition Any appendage resembling the wing of a bird or insect in shape or appearance.
- English Word Wing Definition One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.