Wanda Landowska
         n 1: United States harpsichordist (born in Poland) who helped to
               revive modern interest in the harpsichord (1879-1959) [syn:
               {Landowska}, {Wanda Landowska}]

English Dictionary: Wandala	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Wandala n a Chadic language spoken in the Mandara mountains in Cameroon; has only two vowels Synonym(s): Mandara, Wandala
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
windily adv in a verbose manner; "she explained her ideas verbosely" Synonym(s): verbosely, windily, long-windedly, wordily
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
windlass n lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds Synonym(s): winch, windlass
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
windless adj without or almost without wind; "he prefers windless days for playing golf"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
windlessness n calmness without winds Synonym(s): stillness, windlessness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
window lock n a lock attached to the sashes of a double hung window that can fix both in the shut position Synonym(s): sash fastener, sash lock, window lock
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
windtalker n a secret agent who was one of the Navajos who devised and used a code based on their native language; the code was unbroken by the Japanese during World War II Synonym(s): codetalker, windtalker
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wantless \Want"less\, a.       Having no want; abundant; fruitful.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wentletrap \Wen"tle*trap`\, n. [D. wenteltrap a winding       staircase; cf. G. wendeltreppe.] [Obs.]       Any one of numerous species of elegant, usually white, marine       shells of the genus Scalaria, especially {Scalaria pretiosa},       which was formerly highly valued; -- called also {staircase       shell}. See {Scalaria}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Scalaria \[d8]Sca*la"ri*a\, n. [L., flight of steps.]       (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods of the genus       {Scalaria}, or family {Scalarid[91]}, having elongated spiral       turreted shells, with rounded whorls, usually crossed by ribs       or varices. The color is generally white or pale. Called also       {ladder shell}, and {wentletrap}. See {Ptenoglossa}, and       {Wentletrap}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wentletrap \Wen"tle*trap`\, n. [D. wenteltrap a winding       staircase; cf. G. wendeltreppe.] [Obs.]       Any one of numerous species of elegant, usually white, marine       shells of the genus Scalaria, especially {Scalaria pretiosa},       which was formerly highly valued; -- called also {staircase       shell}. See {Scalaria}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Scalaria \[d8]Sca*la"ri*a\, n. [L., flight of steps.]       (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods of the genus       {Scalaria}, or family {Scalarid[91]}, having elongated spiral       turreted shells, with rounded whorls, usually crossed by ribs       or varices. The color is generally white or pale. Called also       {ladder shell}, and {wentletrap}. See {Ptenoglossa}, and       {Wentletrap}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{To be in the wind}, to be suggested or expected; to be a             matter of suspicion or surmise. [Colloq.]          {To carry the wind} (Man.), to toss the nose as high as the             ears, as a horse.          {To raise the wind}, to procure money. [Colloq.]          {To} {take, [or] have}, {the wind}, to gain or have the             advantage. --Bacon.          {To take the wind out of one's sails}, to cause one to stop,             or lose way, as when a vessel intercepts the wind of             another. [Colloq.]          {To take wind}, or {To get wind}, to be divulged; to become             public; as, the story got wind, or took wind.          {Wind band} (Mus.), a band of wind instruments; a military             band; the wind instruments of an orchestra.          {Wind chest} (Mus.), a chest or reservoir of wind in an             organ.          {Wind dropsy}. (Med.)             (a) Tympanites.             (b) Emphysema of the subcutaneous areolar tissue.          {Wind egg}, an imperfect, unimpregnated, or addled egg.          {Wind furnace}. See the Note under {Furnace}.          {Wind gauge}. See under {Gauge}.          {Wind gun}. Same as {Air gun}.          {Wind hatch} (Mining), the opening or place where the ore is             taken out of the earth.          {Wind instrument} (Mus.), an instrument of music sounded by             means of wind, especially by means of the breath, as a             flute, a clarinet, etc.          {Wind pump}, a pump moved by a windmill.          {Wind rose}, a table of the points of the compass, giving the             states of the barometer, etc., connected with winds from             the different directions.          {Wind sail}.             (a) (Naut.) A wide tube or funnel of canvas, used to                   convey a stream of air for ventilation into the lower                   compartments of a vessel.             (b) The sail or vane of a windmill.          {Wind shake}, a crack or incoherence in timber produced by             violent winds while the timber was growing.          {Wind shock}, a wind shake.          {Wind side}, the side next the wind; the windward side. [R.]             --Mrs. Browning.          {Wind rush} (Zo[94]l.), the redwing. [Prov. Eng.]          {Wind wheel}, a motor consisting of a wheel moved by wind.          {Wood wind} (Mus.), the flutes and reed instruments of an             orchestra, collectively.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Windlace \Wind"lace\, n. & v.       See {Windlass}. [Obs.]                   Two arblasts, . . . with windlaces and quarrels. --Sir                                                                               W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Windlass \Wind"lass\, n.[Perhaps from wind to turn + lace.]       A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course; a shift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Windlass \Wind"lass\, v. i.       To take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect       means. [Obs.] --Hammond.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Windlass \Wind"lass\, n. [OE. windelas, windas, Icel.       vindil[be]ss, vind[be]s, fr. vinda to wind + [be]ss a pole;       cf. Goth. ans a beam. See {Wind} to turn.]       1. A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal             cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a             crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or             chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is             often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor.             It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by             hand or steam.          2. An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending             the bow of an arblast, or crossbow. [Obs.] --Shak.          {Chinese windlass}. See {Differential windlass}, under             {Differential}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Windlass \Wind"lass\, v. t. & i.       To raise with, or as with, a windlass; to use a windlass.       --The Century.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Windle \Win"dle\, n. [From {Wind} to turn.]       1. A spindle; a kind of reel; a winch.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The redwing. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Windless \Wind"less\, a.       1. Having no wind; calm.          2. Wanting wind; out of breath.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Windlestrae \Win"dle*strae`\, Windlestraw \Win"dle*straw`\, n.       (Bot.)       A grass used for making ropes or for plaiting, esp. {Agrostis       Spica-ventis}. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Shelley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Windlestrae \Win"dle*strae`\, Windlestraw \Win"dle*straw`\, n.       (Bot.)       A grass used for making ropes or for plaiting, esp. {Agrostis       Spica-ventis}. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Shelley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Windowless \Win"dow*less\, a.       Destitute of a window. --Carlyle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wontless \Wont"less\, a.       Unaccustomed. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Woundily \Wound"i*ly\, adv.       In a woundy manner; excessively; woundy. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Woundless \Wound"less\, a.       Free from wound or hurt; exempt from being wounded;       invulnerable. [bd]Knights whose woundless armor rusts.[b8]       --Spenser.                   [Slander] may miss our name, And hit the woundless air.                                                                               --Shak.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wendel, CA       Zip code(s): 96136    Wendel, WV       Zip code(s): 26347
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wendell, ID (city, FIPS 86320)       Location: 42.77607 N, 114.70182 W       Population (1990): 1963 (789 housing units)       Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 83355    Wendell, MA       Zip code(s): 01379    Wendell, MN (city, FIPS 69142)       Location: 46.03543 N, 96.10097 W       Population (1990): 159 (85 housing units)       Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 56590    Wendell, NC (town, FIPS 71860)       Location: 35.78197 N, 78.36847 W       Population (1990): 2822 (1141 housing units)       Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 27591
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wind Lake, WI (CDP, FIPS 87675)       Location: 42.82243 N, 88.15680 W       Population (1990): 3748 (1411 housing units)       Area: 12.2 sq km (land), 4.9 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 53185
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Windy Hills, KY (city, FIPS 83784)       Location: 38.27017 N, 85.63471 W       Population (1990): 2452 (1057 housing units)       Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wynnedale, IN (town, FIPS 85742)       Location: 39.83275 N, 86.19874 W       Population (1990): 269 (97 housing units)       Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
Wintel n.   Microsoft Windows plus Intel - the tacit alliance    that dominated desktop computing in the 1990s.   Now (1999) possibly    on the verge of breaking up under pressure from {Linux}; see    {Lintel}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
want list          {wish list}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
wintel          A term describing any computer       {platform} consisting of some version of {Microsoft Windows}       running on an {Intel 80x86} processor or compatible.          Despite the dominance of the wintel platform, in its many       forms, from {MS-DOS} on an {Intel 8088} to {Windows 2000} on a       {Pentium II Xeon}, there are many "non-wintel" {platforms} in       use.   These include {Acorn}, {Amiga}, {Apple}, {ARM}, {Atari},       {A\Box}, {Be}, {Network Computer}, {OS/2}, {PowerPC}, {Psion},       {Linux} and all other {Unix} systems.          {Convergence International (http://www.convergence.org/)}.          (1999-09-15)