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   wandflower
         n 1: a showy often-cultivated plant with tawny yellow often
               purple-spotted flowers [syn: {wandflower}, {Sparaxis
               tricolor}]
         2: tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white
            flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that
            become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall [syn: {galax},
            {galaxy}, {wandflower}, {beetleweed}, {coltsfoot}, {Galax
            urceolata}]

English Dictionary: windfall by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
weymouth pine
n
  1. tall-growing pine of eastern North America; bark is brown with longitudinal fissures when mature; valued as a timber tree
    Synonym(s): American white pine, eastern white pine, weymouth pine, Pinus strobus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wind bell
n
  1. a decorative arrangement of pieces of metal or glass or pottery that hang together loosely so the wind can cause them to tinkle
    Synonym(s): wind chime, wind bell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wind deflection
n
  1. the deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of wind
    Synonym(s): windage, wind deflection
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wind farm
n
  1. a power plant that uses wind turbines to generate electricity
    Synonym(s): wind farm, wind park, wind energy facility
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wind off
v
  1. reverse the winding or twisting of; "unwind a ball of yarn"
    Synonym(s): unwind, wind off, unroll
    Antonym(s): roll, twine, wind, wrap
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wind park
n
  1. a power plant that uses wind turbines to generate electricity
    Synonym(s): wind farm, wind park, wind energy facility
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wind poppy
n
  1. California wild poppy with bright red flowers [syn: {wind poppy}, flaming poppy, Stylomecon heterophyllum, Papaver heterophyllum]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wind power
n
  1. power derived from the wind (as by windmills) [syn: {wind generation}, wind power]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wind up
v
  1. finally be or do something; "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"; "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again"
    Synonym(s): finish up, land up, fetch up, end up, wind up, finish
  2. give a preliminary swing to the arm pitching
  3. stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience"
    Synonym(s): arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up
  4. coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch"
    Synonym(s): wind, wind up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wind vane
n
  1. mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind
    Synonym(s): weathervane, weather vane, vane, wind vane
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
windbag
n
  1. a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics
    Synonym(s): gasbag, windbag
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
windblown
adj
  1. used especially of trees; growing in a shape determined by the prevailing winds
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
windbreak
n
  1. hedge or fence of trees designed to lessen the force of the wind and reduce erosion
    Synonym(s): windbreak, shelterbelt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
windbreaker
n
  1. a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term)
    Synonym(s): parka, windbreaker, windcheater, anorak
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
windburn
n
  1. redness and irritation of the skin caused by exposure to high-velocity wind
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
windburned
adj
  1. suffering from windburn
    Synonym(s): windburned, windburnt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
windburnt
adj
  1. suffering from windburn
    Synonym(s): windburned, windburnt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
windfall
n
  1. fruit that has fallen from the tree
  2. a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line"
    Synonym(s): boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
windfall profit
n
  1. profit that occurs unexpectedly as a consequence of some event not controlled by those who profit from it
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
windflower
n
  1. any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves
    Synonym(s): anemone, windflower
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
window blind
n
  1. a blind for privacy or to keep out light
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
window box
n
  1. a long narrow box for growing plants on a windowsill
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
window frame
n
  1. the framework that supports a window
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
window pane
n
  1. street name for lysergic acid diethylamide [syn: acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, Zen]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
windowpane
n
  1. a pane of glass in a window; "the ball shattered the window"
    Synonym(s): windowpane, window
  2. very thin translucent flounder of the Atlantic coast of North America
    Synonym(s): windowpane, Scophthalmus aquosus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
windowpane oyster
n
  1. marine bivalve common in Philippine coastal waters characterized by a large thin flat translucent shell
    Synonym(s): window oyster, windowpane oyster, capiz, Placuna placenta
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
windpipe
n
  1. membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi
    Synonym(s): trachea, windpipe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
windup
adj
  1. operated by a mechanism; "windup toys"
n
  1. a concluding action [syn: completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop up]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wound up
adj
  1. brought to a state of great tension; "all wound up for a fight"
    Synonym(s): aroused, wound up
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wand \Wand\, n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. v[94]ndr, akin to
      Dan. vaand, Goth. wandus; perhaps originally, a pliant twig,
      and akin to E. wind to turn.]
      1. A small stick; a rod; a verge.
  
                     With good smart blows of a wand on his back.
                                                                              --Locke.
  
      2. Specifically:
            (a) A staff of authority.
  
                           Though he had both spurs and wand, they seemed
                           rather marks of sovereignty than instruments of
                           punishment.                                 --Sir P.
                                                                              Sidney.
            (b) A rod used by conjurers, diviners, magicians, etc.
  
                           Picus bore a buckler in his hand; His other
                           waved a long divining wand.         --Dryden.
  
      {Wand of peace} (Scots Law), a wand, or staff, carried by the
            messenger of a court, which he breaks when deforced (that
            is, hindered from executing process), as a symbol of the
            deforcement, and protest for remedy of law. --Burrill.

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]:
  
  
      {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]:
  
  
      {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]:
   Windhover \Wind"hov`er\, n. [From its habit of hovering over one
      spot.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The kestrel; -- called also {windbibber}, {windcuffer},
      {windfanner}. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Windbore \Wind"bore`\, n.
      The lower, or bottom, pipe in a lift of pumps in a mine.
      --Ansted.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Windbound \Wind"bound`\, a. (Naut.)
      prevented from sailing, by a contrary wind. See
      {Weatherbound}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wind-break \Wind"-break`\, v. t.
      To break the wind of; to cause to lose breath; to exhaust.
      [R.]
  
               'T would wind-break a mule to vie burdens with her.
                                                                              --Ford.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wind-break \Wind"-break`\, n.
      A clump of trees serving for a protection against the force
      of wind. [Local, U. S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wind-broken \Wind"-bro`ken\, a.
      Having the power of breathing impaired by the rupture,
      dilatation, or running together of air cells of the lungs, so
      that while the inspiration is by one effort, the expiration
      is by two; affected with pulmonary emphysema or with heaves;
      -- said of a horse. --Youatt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Windfall \Wind"fall`\, n.
      1. Anything blown down or off by the wind, as fruit from a
            tree, or the tree itself, or a portion of a forest
            prostrated by a violent wind, etc. [bd]They became a
            windfall upon the sudden.[b8] --Bacon.
  
      2. An unexpected legacy, or other gain.
  
                     He had a mighty windfall out of doubt. --B. Jonson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Windfallen \Wind"fall`en\, a.
      Blown down by the wind.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Windhover \Wind"hov`er\, n. [From its habit of hovering over one
      spot.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The kestrel; -- called also {windbibber}, {windcuffer},
      {windfanner}. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wind-fertilized \Wind"-fer`ti*lized\, a. (Bot.)
      Anemophilous; fertilized by pollen borne by the wind.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Windflower \Wind"flow`er\, n. (Bot.)
      The anemone; -- so called because formerly supposed to open
      only when the wind was blowing. See {Anemone}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wood \Wood\, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG.
      witu, Icel. vi[?]r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir.
      & Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.]
      1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove;
            -- frequently used in the plural.
  
                     Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to the rooky
                     wood.                                                --Shak.
  
      2. The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous
            substance which composes the body of a tree and its
            branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber. [bd]To
            worship their own work in wood and stone for gods.[b8]
            --Milton.
  
      3. (Bot.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater
            part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby
            plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems.
            It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of
            various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands
            called silver grain.
  
      Note: Wood consists chiefly of the carbohydrates cellulose
               and lignin, which are isomeric with starch.
  
      4. Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.
  
      {Wood acid}, {Wood vinegar} (Chem.), a complex acid liquid
            obtained in the dry distillation of wood, and containing
            large quantities of acetic acid; hence, specifically,
            acetic acid. Formerly called {pyroligneous acid}.
  
      {Wood anemone} (Bot.), a delicate flower ({Anemone nemorosa})
            of early spring; -- also called {windflower}. See Illust.
            of {Anemone}.
  
      {Wood ant} (Zo[94]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa}) which
            lives in woods and forests, and constructs large nests.
  
      {Wood apple} (Bot.). See {Elephant apple}, under {Elephant}.
           
  
      {Wood baboon} (Zo[94]l.), the drill.
  
      {Wood betony}. (Bot.)
            (a) Same as {Betony}.
            (b) The common American lousewort ({Pedicularis
                  Canadensis}), a low perennial herb with yellowish or
                  purplish flowers.
  
      {Wood borer}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The larva of any one of numerous species of boring
                  beetles, esp. elaters, longicorn beetles,
                  buprestidans, and certain weevils. See {Apple borer},
                  under {Apple}, and {Pine weevil}, under {Pine}.
            (b) The larva of any one of various species of
                  lepidopterous insects, especially of the clearwing
                  moths, as the peach-tree borer (see under {Peach}),
                  and of the goat moths.
            (c) The larva of various species of hymenopterous of the
                  tribe Urocerata. See {Tremex}.
            (d) Any one of several bivalve shells which bore in wood,
                  as the teredos, and species of Xylophaga.
            (e) Any one of several species of small Crustacea, as the
                  {Limnoria}, and the boring amphipod ({Chelura
                  terebrans}).
  
      {Wood carpet}, a kind of floor covering made of thin pieces
            of wood secured to a flexible backing, as of cloth.
            --Knight.
  
      {Wood cell} (Bot.), a slender cylindrical or prismatic cell
            usually tapering to a point at both ends. It is the
            principal constituent of woody fiber.
  
      {Wood choir}, the choir, or chorus, of birds in the woods.
            [Poetic] --Coleridge.
  
      {Wood coal}, charcoal; also, lignite, or brown coal.
  
      {Wood cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a small European cricket
            ({Nemobius sylvestris}).
  
      {Wood culver} (Zo[94]l.), the wood pigeon.
  
      {Wood cut}, an engraving on wood; also, a print from such an
            engraving.
  
      {Wood dove} (Zo[94]l.), the stockdove.
  
      {Wood drink}, a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods.
  
      {Wood duck} (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A very beautiful American duck ({Aix sponsa}). The
                  male has a large crest, and its plumage is varied with
                  green, purple, black, white, and red. It builds its
                  nest in trees, whence the name. Called also {bridal
                  duck}, {summer duck}, and {wood widgeon}.
            (b) The hooded merganser.
            (c) The Australian maned goose ({Chlamydochen jubata}).
  
      {Wood echo}, an echo from the wood.
  
      {Wood engraver}.
            (a) An engraver on wood.
            (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any of several species of small beetles
                  whose larv[91] bore beneath the bark of trees, and
                  excavate furrows in the wood often more or less
                  resembling coarse engravings; especially, {Xyleborus
                  xylographus}.
  
      {Wood engraving}.
            (a) The act or art engraving on wood; xylography.
            (b) An engraving on wood; a wood cut; also, a print from
                  such an engraving.
  
      {Wood fern}. (Bot.) See {Shield fern}, under {Shield}.
  
      {Wood fiber}.
            (a) (Bot.) Fibrovascular tissue.
            (b) Wood comminuted, and reduced to a powdery or dusty
                  mass.
  
      {Wood fretter} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            beetles whose larv[91] bore in the wood, or beneath the
            bark, of trees.
  
      {Wood frog} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American frog ({Rana
            sylvatica}) which lives chiefly in the woods, except
            during the breeding season. It is drab or yellowish brown,
            with a black stripe on each side of the head.
  
      {Wood germander}. (Bot.) See under {Germander}.
  
      {Wood god}, a fabled sylvan deity.
  
      {Wood grass}. (Bot.) See under {Grass}.
  
      {Wood grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The capercailzie.
            (b) The spruce partridge. See under {Spruce}.
  
      {Wood guest} (Zo[94]l.), the ringdove. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Wood hen}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of several species of Old World short-winged
                  rails of the genus {Ocydromus}, including the weka and
                  allied species.
            (b) The American woodcock.
  
      {Wood hoopoe} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old
            World arboreal birds belonging to {Irrisor} and allied
            genera. They are closely allied to the common hoopoe, but
            have a curved beak, and a longer tail.
  
      {Wood ibis} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large,
            long-legged, wading birds belonging to the genus
            {Tantalus}. The head and neck are naked or scantily
            covered with feathers. The American wood ibis ({Tantalus
            loculator}) is common in Florida.
  
      {Wood lark} (Zo[94]l.), a small European lark ({Alauda
            arborea}), which, like, the skylark, utters its notes
            while on the wing. So called from its habit of perching on
            trees.
  
      {Wood laurel} (Bot.), a European evergreen shrub ({Daphne
            Laureola}).
  
      {Wood leopard} (Zo[94]l.), a European spotted moth ({Zeuzera
            [91]sculi}) allied to the goat moth. Its large fleshy
            larva bores in the wood of the apple, pear, and other
            fruit trees.
  
      {Wood lily} (Bot.), the lily of the valley.
  
      {Wood lock} (Naut.), a piece of wood close fitted and
            sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the
            pintle, to keep the rudder from rising.
  
      {Wood louse} (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial isopod
                  Crustacea belonging to {Oniscus}, {Armadillo}, and
                  related genera. See {Sow bug}, under Sow, and {Pill
                  bug}, under {Pill}.
            (b) Any one of several species of small, wingless,
                  pseudoneuropterous insects of the family {Psocid[91]},
                  which live in the crevices of walls and among old
                  books and papers. Some of the species are called also
                  {book lice}, and {deathticks}, or {deathwatches}.
  
      {Wood mite} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous small mites of
            the family {Oribatid[91]}. They are found chiefly in
            woods, on tree trunks and stones.
  
      {Wood mote}. (Eng. Law)
            (a) Formerly, the forest court.
            (b) The court of attachment.
  
      {Wood nettle}. (Bot.) See under {Nettle}.
  
      {Wood nightshade} (Bot.), woody nightshade.
  
      {Wood nut} (Bot.), the filbert.
  
      {Wood nymph}. (a) A nymph inhabiting the woods; a fabled
            goddess of the woods; a dryad. [bd]The wood nymphs, decked
            with daisies trim.[b8] --Milton.
            (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely
                  colored moths belonging to the genus {Eudryas}. The
                  larv[91] are bright-colored, and some of the species,
                  as {Eudryas grata}, and {E. unio}, feed on the leaves
                  of the grapevine.
            (c) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely
                  colored South American humming birds belonging to the
                  genus {Thalurania}. The males are bright blue, or
                  green and blue.
  
      {Wood offering}, wood burnt on the altar.
  
                     We cast the lots . . . for the wood offering. --Neh.
                                                                              x. 34.
  
      {Wood oil} (Bot.), a resinous oil obtained from several East
            Indian trees of the genus {Dipterocarpus}, having
            properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes
            substituted for it. It is also used for mixing paint. See
            {Gurjun}.
  
      {Wood opal} (Min.), a striped variety of coarse opal, having
            some resemblance to wood.
  
      {Wood paper}, paper made of wood pulp. See {Wood pulp},
            below.
  
      {Wood pewee} (Zo[94]l.), a North American tyrant flycatcher
            ({Contopus virens}). It closely resembles the pewee, but
            is smaller.
  
      {Wood pie} (Zo[94]l.), any black and white woodpecker,
            especially the European great spotted woodpecker.
  
      {Wood pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons
                  belonging to {Palumbus} and allied genera of the
                  family {Columbid[91]}.
            (b) The ringdove.
  
      {Wood puceron} (Zo[94]l.), a plant louse.
  
      {Wood pulp} (Technol.), vegetable fiber obtained from the
            poplar and other white woods, and so softened by digestion
            with a hot solution of alkali that it can be formed into
            sheet paper, etc. It is now produced on an immense scale.
           
  
      {Wood quail} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of East
            Indian crested quails belonging to {Rollulus} and allied
            genera, as the red-crested wood quail ({R. roulroul}), the
            male of which is bright green, with a long crest of red
            hairlike feathers.
  
      {Wood rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the cottontail.
  
      {Wood rat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American
            wild rats of the genus {Neotoma} found in the Southern
            United States; -- called also {bush rat}. The Florida wood
            rat ({Neotoma Floridana}) is the best-known species.
  
      {Wood reed grass} (Bot.), a tall grass ({Cinna arundinacea})
            growing in moist woods.
  
      {Wood reeve}, the steward or overseer of a wood. [Eng.]
  
      {Wood rush} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Luzula},
            differing from the true rushes of the genus {Juncus}
            chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule.
  
      {Wood sage} (Bot.), a name given to several labiate plants of
            the genus {Teucrium}. See {Germander}.
  
      {Wood screw}, a metal screw formed with a sharp thread, and
            usually with a slotted head, for insertion in wood.
  
      {Wood sheldrake} (Zo[94]l.), the hooded merganser.
  
      {Wood shock} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher. See {Fisher}, 2.
  
      {Wood shrike} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old
            World singing birds belonging to {Grallina},
            {Collyricincla}, {Prionops}, and allied genera, common in
            India and Australia. They are allied to the true shrikes,
            but feed upon both insects and berries.
  
      {Wood snipe}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The American woodcock.
            (b) An Asiatic snipe ({Gallinago nemoricola}).
  
      {Wood soot}, soot from burnt wood.
  
      {Wood sore}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cuckoo spit}, under {Cuckoo}.
  
      {Wood sorrel} (Bot.), a plant of the genus Oxalis ({Oxalis
            Acetosella}), having an acid taste. See Illust. (a) of
            {Shamrock}.
  
      {Wood spirit}. (Chem.) See {Methyl alcohol}, under {Methyl}.
           
  
      {Wood stamp}, a carved or engraved block or stamp of wood,
            for impressing figures or colors on fabrics.
  
      {Wood star} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small
            South American humming birds belonging to the genus
            {Calothorax}. The male has a brilliant gorget of blue,
            purple, and other colors.
  
      {Wood sucker} (Zo[94]l.), the yaffle.
  
      {Wood swallow} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old
            World passerine birds belonging to the genus {Artamus} and
            allied genera of the family {Artamid[91]}. They are common
            in the East Indies, Asia, and Australia. In form and
            habits they resemble swallows, but in structure they
            resemble shrikes. They are usually black above and white
            beneath.
  
      {Wood tapper} (Zo[94]l.), any woodpecker.
  
      {Wood tar}. See under {Tar}.
  
      {Wood thrush}, (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) An American thrush ({Turdus mustelinus}) noted for the
                  sweetness of its song. See under {Thrush}.
            (b) The missel thrush.
  
      {Wood tick}. See in Vocabulary.
  
      {Wood tin}. (Min.). See {Cassiterite}.
  
      {Wood titmouse} (Zo[94]l.), the goldcgest.
  
      {Wood tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), the sculptured tortoise. See
            under {Sculptured}.
  
      {Wood vine} (Bot.), the white bryony.
  
      {Wood vinegar}. See {Wood acid}, above.
  
      {Wood warbler}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of numerous species of American warblers of
                  the genus {Dendroica}. See {Warbler}.
            (b) A European warbler ({Phylloscopus sibilatrix}); --
                  called also {green wren}, {wood wren}, and {yellow
                  wren}.
  
      {Wood worm} (Zo[94]l.), a larva that bores in wood; a wood
            borer.
  
      {Wood wren}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The wood warbler.
            (b) The willow warbler.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Windflower \Wind"flow`er\, n. (Bot.)
      The anemone; -- so called because formerly supposed to open
      only when the wind was blowing. See {Anemone}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wood \Wood\, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG.
      witu, Icel. vi[?]r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir.
      & Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.]
      1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove;
            -- frequently used in the plural.
  
                     Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to the rooky
                     wood.                                                --Shak.
  
      2. The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous
            substance which composes the body of a tree and its
            branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber. [bd]To
            worship their own work in wood and stone for gods.[b8]
            --Milton.
  
      3. (Bot.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater
            part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby
            plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems.
            It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of
            various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands
            called silver grain.
  
      Note: Wood consists chiefly of the carbohydrates cellulose
               and lignin, which are isomeric with starch.
  
      4. Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.
  
      {Wood acid}, {Wood vinegar} (Chem.), a complex acid liquid
            obtained in the dry distillation of wood, and containing
            large quantities of acetic acid; hence, specifically,
            acetic acid. Formerly called {pyroligneous acid}.
  
      {Wood anemone} (Bot.), a delicate flower ({Anemone nemorosa})
            of early spring; -- also called {windflower}. See Illust.
            of {Anemone}.
  
      {Wood ant} (Zo[94]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa}) which
            lives in woods and forests, and constructs large nests.
  
      {Wood apple} (Bot.). See {Elephant apple}, under {Elephant}.
           
  
      {Wood baboon} (Zo[94]l.), the drill.
  
      {Wood betony}. (Bot.)
            (a) Same as {Betony}.
            (b) The common American lousewort ({Pedicularis
                  Canadensis}), a low perennial herb with yellowish or
                  purplish flowers.
  
      {Wood borer}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The larva of any one of numerous species of boring
                  beetles, esp. elaters, longicorn beetles,
                  buprestidans, and certain weevils. See {Apple borer},
                  under {Apple}, and {Pine weevil}, under {Pine}.
            (b) The larva of any one of various species of
                  lepidopterous insects, especially of the clearwing
                  moths, as the peach-tree borer (see under {Peach}),
                  and of the goat moths.
            (c) The larva of various species of hymenopterous of the
                  tribe Urocerata. See {Tremex}.
            (d) Any one of several bivalve shells which bore in wood,
                  as the teredos, and species of Xylophaga.
            (e) Any one of several species of small Crustacea, as the
                  {Limnoria}, and the boring amphipod ({Chelura
                  terebrans}).
  
      {Wood carpet}, a kind of floor covering made of thin pieces
            of wood secured to a flexible backing, as of cloth.
            --Knight.
  
      {Wood cell} (Bot.), a slender cylindrical or prismatic cell
            usually tapering to a point at both ends. It is the
            principal constituent of woody fiber.
  
      {Wood choir}, the choir, or chorus, of birds in the woods.
            [Poetic] --Coleridge.
  
      {Wood coal}, charcoal; also, lignite, or brown coal.
  
      {Wood cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a small European cricket
            ({Nemobius sylvestris}).
  
      {Wood culver} (Zo[94]l.), the wood pigeon.
  
      {Wood cut}, an engraving on wood; also, a print from such an
            engraving.
  
      {Wood dove} (Zo[94]l.), the stockdove.
  
      {Wood drink}, a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods.
  
      {Wood duck} (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A very beautiful American duck ({Aix sponsa}). The
                  male has a large crest, and its plumage is varied with
                  green, purple, black, white, and red. It builds its
                  nest in trees, whence the name. Called also {bridal
                  duck}, {summer duck}, and {wood widgeon}.
            (b) The hooded merganser.
            (c) The Australian maned goose ({Chlamydochen jubata}).
  
      {Wood echo}, an echo from the wood.
  
      {Wood engraver}.
            (a) An engraver on wood.
            (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any of several species of small beetles
                  whose larv[91] bore beneath the bark of trees, and
                  excavate furrows in the wood often more or less
                  resembling coarse engravings; especially, {Xyleborus
                  xylographus}.
  
      {Wood engraving}.
            (a) The act or art engraving on wood; xylography.
            (b) An engraving on wood; a wood cut; also, a print from
                  such an engraving.
  
      {Wood fern}. (Bot.) See {Shield fern}, under {Shield}.
  
      {Wood fiber}.
            (a) (Bot.) Fibrovascular tissue.
            (b) Wood comminuted, and reduced to a powdery or dusty
                  mass.
  
      {Wood fretter} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            beetles whose larv[91] bore in the wood, or beneath the
            bark, of trees.
  
      {Wood frog} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American frog ({Rana
            sylvatica}) which lives chiefly in the woods, except
            during the breeding season. It is drab or yellowish brown,
            with a black stripe on each side of the head.
  
      {Wood germander}. (Bot.) See under {Germander}.
  
      {Wood god}, a fabled sylvan deity.
  
      {Wood grass}. (Bot.) See under {Grass}.
  
      {Wood grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The capercailzie.
            (b) The spruce partridge. See under {Spruce}.
  
      {Wood guest} (Zo[94]l.), the ringdove. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Wood hen}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of several species of Old World short-winged
                  rails of the genus {Ocydromus}, including the weka and
                  allied species.
            (b) The American woodcock.
  
      {Wood hoopoe} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old
            World arboreal birds belonging to {Irrisor} and allied
            genera. They are closely allied to the common hoopoe, but
            have a curved beak, and a longer tail.
  
      {Wood ibis} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large,
            long-legged, wading birds belonging to the genus
            {Tantalus}. The head and neck are naked or scantily
            covered with feathers. The American wood ibis ({Tantalus
            loculator}) is common in Florida.
  
      {Wood lark} (Zo[94]l.), a small European lark ({Alauda
            arborea}), which, like, the skylark, utters its notes
            while on the wing. So called from its habit of perching on
            trees.
  
      {Wood laurel} (Bot.), a European evergreen shrub ({Daphne
            Laureola}).
  
      {Wood leopard} (Zo[94]l.), a European spotted moth ({Zeuzera
            [91]sculi}) allied to the goat moth. Its large fleshy
            larva bores in the wood of the apple, pear, and other
            fruit trees.
  
      {Wood lily} (Bot.), the lily of the valley.
  
      {Wood lock} (Naut.), a piece of wood close fitted and
            sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the
            pintle, to keep the rudder from rising.
  
      {Wood louse} (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial isopod
                  Crustacea belonging to {Oniscus}, {Armadillo}, and
                  related genera. See {Sow bug}, under Sow, and {Pill
                  bug}, under {Pill}.
            (b) Any one of several species of small, wingless,
                  pseudoneuropterous insects of the family {Psocid[91]},
                  which live in the crevices of walls and among old
                  books and papers. Some of the species are called also
                  {book lice}, and {deathticks}, or {deathwatches}.
  
      {Wood mite} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous small mites of
            the family {Oribatid[91]}. They are found chiefly in
            woods, on tree trunks and stones.
  
      {Wood mote}. (Eng. Law)
            (a) Formerly, the forest court.
            (b) The court of attachment.
  
      {Wood nettle}. (Bot.) See under {Nettle}.
  
      {Wood nightshade} (Bot.), woody nightshade.
  
      {Wood nut} (Bot.), the filbert.
  
      {Wood nymph}. (a) A nymph inhabiting the woods; a fabled
            goddess of the woods; a dryad. [bd]The wood nymphs, decked
            with daisies trim.[b8] --Milton.
            (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely
                  colored moths belonging to the genus {Eudryas}. The
                  larv[91] are bright-colored, and some of the species,
                  as {Eudryas grata}, and {E. unio}, feed on the leaves
                  of the grapevine.
            (c) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely
                  colored South American humming birds belonging to the
                  genus {Thalurania}. The males are bright blue, or
                  green and blue.
  
      {Wood offering}, wood burnt on the altar.
  
                     We cast the lots . . . for the wood offering. --Neh.
                                                                              x. 34.
  
      {Wood oil} (Bot.), a resinous oil obtained from several East
            Indian trees of the genus {Dipterocarpus}, having
            properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes
            substituted for it. It is also used for mixing paint. See
            {Gurjun}.
  
      {Wood opal} (Min.), a striped variety of coarse opal, having
            some resemblance to wood.
  
      {Wood paper}, paper made of wood pulp. See {Wood pulp},
            below.
  
      {Wood pewee} (Zo[94]l.), a North American tyrant flycatcher
            ({Contopus virens}). It closely resembles the pewee, but
            is smaller.
  
      {Wood pie} (Zo[94]l.), any black and white woodpecker,
            especially the European great spotted woodpecker.
  
      {Wood pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons
                  belonging to {Palumbus} and allied genera of the
                  family {Columbid[91]}.
            (b) The ringdove.
  
      {Wood puceron} (Zo[94]l.), a plant louse.
  
      {Wood pulp} (Technol.), vegetable fiber obtained from the
            poplar and other white woods, and so softened by digestion
            with a hot solution of alkali that it can be formed into
            sheet paper, etc. It is now produced on an immense scale.
           
  
      {Wood quail} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of East
            Indian crested quails belonging to {Rollulus} and allied
            genera, as the red-crested wood quail ({R. roulroul}), the
            male of which is bright green, with a long crest of red
            hairlike feathers.
  
      {Wood rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the cottontail.
  
      {Wood rat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American
            wild rats of the genus {Neotoma} found in the Southern
            United States; -- called also {bush rat}. The Florida wood
            rat ({Neotoma Floridana}) is the best-known species.
  
      {Wood reed grass} (Bot.), a tall grass ({Cinna arundinacea})
            growing in moist woods.
  
      {Wood reeve}, the steward or overseer of a wood. [Eng.]
  
      {Wood rush} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Luzula},
            differing from the true rushes of the genus {Juncus}
            chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule.
  
      {Wood sage} (Bot.), a name given to several labiate plants of
            the genus {Teucrium}. See {Germander}.
  
      {Wood screw}, a metal screw formed with a sharp thread, and
            usually with a slotted head, for insertion in wood.
  
      {Wood sheldrake} (Zo[94]l.), the hooded merganser.
  
      {Wood shock} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher. See {Fisher}, 2.
  
      {Wood shrike} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old
            World singing birds belonging to {Grallina},
            {Collyricincla}, {Prionops}, and allied genera, common in
            India and Australia. They are allied to the true shrikes,
            but feed upon both insects and berries.
  
      {Wood snipe}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The American woodcock.
            (b) An Asiatic snipe ({Gallinago nemoricola}).
  
      {Wood soot}, soot from burnt wood.
  
      {Wood sore}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cuckoo spit}, under {Cuckoo}.
  
      {Wood sorrel} (Bot.), a plant of the genus Oxalis ({Oxalis
            Acetosella}), having an acid taste. See Illust. (a) of
            {Shamrock}.
  
      {Wood spirit}. (Chem.) See {Methyl alcohol}, under {Methyl}.
           
  
      {Wood stamp}, a carved or engraved block or stamp of wood,
            for impressing figures or colors on fabrics.
  
      {Wood star} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small
            South American humming birds belonging to the genus
            {Calothorax}. The male has a brilliant gorget of blue,
            purple, and other colors.
  
      {Wood sucker} (Zo[94]l.), the yaffle.
  
      {Wood swallow} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old
            World passerine birds belonging to the genus {Artamus} and
            allied genera of the family {Artamid[91]}. They are common
            in the East Indies, Asia, and Australia. In form and
            habits they resemble swallows, but in structure they
            resemble shrikes. They are usually black above and white
            beneath.
  
      {Wood tapper} (Zo[94]l.), any woodpecker.
  
      {Wood tar}. See under {Tar}.
  
      {Wood thrush}, (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) An American thrush ({Turdus mustelinus}) noted for the
                  sweetness of its song. See under {Thrush}.
            (b) The missel thrush.
  
      {Wood tick}. See in Vocabulary.
  
      {Wood tin}. (Min.). See {Cassiterite}.
  
      {Wood titmouse} (Zo[94]l.), the goldcgest.
  
      {Wood tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), the sculptured tortoise. See
            under {Sculptured}.
  
      {Wood vine} (Bot.), the white bryony.
  
      {Wood vinegar}. See {Wood acid}, above.
  
      {Wood warbler}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of numerous species of American warblers of
                  the genus {Dendroica}. See {Warbler}.
            (b) A European warbler ({Phylloscopus sibilatrix}); --
                  called also {green wren}, {wood wren}, and {yellow
                  wren}.
  
      {Wood worm} (Zo[94]l.), a larva that bores in wood; a wood
            borer.
  
      {Wood wren}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The wood warbler.
            (b) The willow warbler.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kestrel \Kes"trel\ (k[ecr]s"tr[ecr]l), n. [See {Castrel}.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A small, slender European hawk ({Falco alaudarius}), allied
      to the sparrow hawk. Its color is reddish fawn, streaked and
      spotted with white and black. Also called {windhover} and
      {stannel}. The name is also applied to other allied species.
  
      Note: This word is often used in contempt, as of a mean kind
               of hawk. [bd]Kites and kestrels have a resemblance with
               hawks.[b8] --Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Windhover \Wind"hov`er\, n. [From its habit of hovering over one
      spot.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The kestrel; -- called also {windbibber}, {windcuffer},
      {windfanner}. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kestrel \Kes"trel\ (k[ecr]s"tr[ecr]l), n. [See {Castrel}.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A small, slender European hawk ({Falco alaudarius}), allied
      to the sparrow hawk. Its color is reddish fawn, streaked and
      spotted with white and black. Also called {windhover} and
      {stannel}. The name is also applied to other allied species.
  
      Note: This word is often used in contempt, as of a mean kind
               of hawk. [bd]Kites and kestrels have a resemblance with
               hawks.[b8] --Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Windhover \Wind"hov`er\, n. [From its habit of hovering over one
      spot.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The kestrel; -- called also {windbibber}, {windcuffer},
      {windfanner}. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {French window} (Arch.), a casement window in two folds,
            usually reaching to the floor; -- called also {French
            casement}.
  
      {Window back} (Arch.), the inside face of the low, and
            usually thin, piece of wall between the window sill and
            the floor below.
  
      {Window blind}, a blind or shade for a window.
  
      {Window bole}, part of a window closed by a shutter which can
            be opened at will. [Scot.]
  
      {Window box}, one of the hollows in the sides of a window
            frame for the weights which counterbalance a lifting sash.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {French window} (Arch.), a casement window in two folds,
            usually reaching to the floor; -- called also {French
            casement}.
  
      {Window back} (Arch.), the inside face of the low, and
            usually thin, piece of wall between the window sill and
            the floor below.
  
      {Window blind}, a blind or shade for a window.
  
      {Window bole}, part of a window closed by a shutter which can
            be opened at will. [Scot.]
  
      {Window box}, one of the hollows in the sides of a window
            frame for the weights which counterbalance a lifting sash.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {French window} (Arch.), a casement window in two folds,
            usually reaching to the floor; -- called also {French
            casement}.
  
      {Window back} (Arch.), the inside face of the low, and
            usually thin, piece of wall between the window sill and
            the floor below.
  
      {Window blind}, a blind or shade for a window.
  
      {Window bole}, part of a window closed by a shutter which can
            be opened at will. [Scot.]
  
      {Window box}, one of the hollows in the sides of a window
            frame for the weights which counterbalance a lifting sash.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {French window} (Arch.), a casement window in two folds,
            usually reaching to the floor; -- called also {French
            casement}.
  
      {Window back} (Arch.), the inside face of the low, and
            usually thin, piece of wall between the window sill and
            the floor below.
  
      {Window blind}, a blind or shade for a window.
  
      {Window bole}, part of a window closed by a shutter which can
            be opened at will. [Scot.]
  
      {Window box}, one of the hollows in the sides of a window
            frame for the weights which counterbalance a lifting sash.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Window frame}, the frame of a window which receives and
            holds the sashes or casement.
  
      {Window glass}, panes of glass for windows; the kind of glass
            used in windows.
  
      {Window martin} (Zo[94]l.), the common European martin.
            [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Window oyster} (Zo[94]l.), a marine bivalve shell ({Placuna
            placenta}) native of the East Indies and China. Its valves
            are very broad, thin, and translucent, and are said to
            have been used formerly in place of glass.
  
      {Window pane}.
            (a) (Arch.) See {Pane}, n., 3
            (b) .
            (b) (Zo[94]l.) See {Windowpane}, in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Window sash}, the sash, or light frame, in which panes of
            glass are set for windows.
  
      {Window seat}, a seat arranged in the recess of a window. See
            {Window stool}, under {Stool}.
  
      {Window shade}, a shade or blind for a window; usually, one
            that is hung on a roller.
  
      {Window shell} (Zo[94]l.), the window oyster.
  
      {Window shutter}, a shutter or blind used to close or darken
            windows.
  
      {Window sill} (Arch.), the flat piece of wood, stone, or the
            like, at the bottom of a window frame.
  
      {Window swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the common European martin.
            [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Window tax}, a tax or duty formerly levied on all windows,
            or openings for light, above the number of eight in houses
            standing in cities or towns. [Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Window frame}, the frame of a window which receives and
            holds the sashes or casement.
  
      {Window glass}, panes of glass for windows; the kind of glass
            used in windows.
  
      {Window martin} (Zo[94]l.), the common European martin.
            [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Window oyster} (Zo[94]l.), a marine bivalve shell ({Placuna
            placenta}) native of the East Indies and China. Its valves
            are very broad, thin, and translucent, and are said to
            have been used formerly in place of glass.
  
      {Window pane}.
            (a) (Arch.) See {Pane}, n., 3
            (b) .
            (b) (Zo[94]l.) See {Windowpane}, in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Window sash}, the sash, or light frame, in which panes of
            glass are set for windows.
  
      {Window seat}, a seat arranged in the recess of a window. See
            {Window stool}, under {Stool}.
  
      {Window shade}, a shade or blind for a window; usually, one
            that is hung on a roller.
  
      {Window shell} (Zo[94]l.), the window oyster.
  
      {Window shutter}, a shutter or blind used to close or darken
            windows.
  
      {Window sill} (Arch.), the flat piece of wood, stone, or the
            like, at the bottom of a window frame.
  
      {Window swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the common European martin.
            [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Window tax}, a tax or duty formerly levied on all windows,
            or openings for light, above the number of eight in houses
            standing in cities or towns. [Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Windowpane \Win"dow*pane`\, n.
      1. (Arch.) See {Pane}, n., (3)
            b . [In this sense, written also {window pane}.]
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A thin, spotted American turbot ({Pleuronectes
            maculatus}) remarkable for its translucency. It is not
            valued as a food fish. Called also {spotted turbot},
            {daylight}, {spotted sand flounder}, and {water flounder}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Window frame}, the frame of a window which receives and
            holds the sashes or casement.
  
      {Window glass}, panes of glass for windows; the kind of glass
            used in windows.
  
      {Window martin} (Zo[94]l.), the common European martin.
            [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Window oyster} (Zo[94]l.), a marine bivalve shell ({Placuna
            placenta}) native of the East Indies and China. Its valves
            are very broad, thin, and translucent, and are said to
            have been used formerly in place of glass.
  
      {Window pane}.
            (a) (Arch.) See {Pane}, n., 3
            (b) .
            (b) (Zo[94]l.) See {Windowpane}, in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Window sash}, the sash, or light frame, in which panes of
            glass are set for windows.
  
      {Window seat}, a seat arranged in the recess of a window. See
            {Window stool}, under {Stool}.
  
      {Window shade}, a shade or blind for a window; usually, one
            that is hung on a roller.
  
      {Window shell} (Zo[94]l.), the window oyster.
  
      {Window shutter}, a shutter or blind used to close or darken
            windows.
  
      {Window sill} (Arch.), the flat piece of wood, stone, or the
            like, at the bottom of a window frame.
  
      {Window swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the common European martin.
            [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Window tax}, a tax or duty formerly levied on all windows,
            or openings for light, above the number of eight in houses
            standing in cities or towns. [Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Windowpane \Win"dow*pane`\, n.
      1. (Arch.) See {Pane}, n., (3)
            b . [In this sense, written also {window pane}.]
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A thin, spotted American turbot ({Pleuronectes
            maculatus}) remarkable for its translucency. It is not
            valued as a food fish. Called also {spotted turbot},
            {daylight}, {spotted sand flounder}, and {water flounder}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Windowpane \Win"dow*pane`\, n.
      1. (Arch.) See {Pane}, n., (3)
            b . [In this sense, written also {window pane}.]
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A thin, spotted American turbot ({Pleuronectes
            maculatus}) remarkable for its translucency. It is not
            valued as a food fish. Called also {spotted turbot},
            {daylight}, {spotted sand flounder}, and {water flounder}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Windpipe \Wind"pipe`\, n. (Anat.)
      The passage for the breath from the larynx to the lungs; the
      trachea; the weasand. See Illust. under {Lung}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wind-plant \Wind"-plant`\, n. (Bot.)
      A windflower.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wind-up \Wind"-up`\, n.
      Act of winding up, or closing; a concluding act or part; the
      end.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Woundable \Wound"a*ble\, a.
      Capable of being wounded; vulnerable. [R.] --Fuller.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Wendover, KY
      Zip code(s): 41775
   Wendover, UT (city, FIPS 82730)
      Location: 40.73560 N, 114.03585 W
      Population (1990): 1127 (348 housing units)
      Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Wind Point, WI (village, FIPS 87700)
      Location: 42.78166 N, 87.77293 W
      Population (1990): 1941 (738 housing units)
      Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Windber, PA (borough, FIPS 85632)
      Location: 40.23385 N, 78.82590 W
      Population (1990): 4756 (2215 housing units)
      Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 15963

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Windfall, IN
      Zip code(s): 46076

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Windfall City, IN (town, FIPS 84806)
      Location: 40.36287 N, 85.95751 W
      Population (1990): 779 (326 housing units)
      Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Windyville, MO
      Zip code(s): 65783
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