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Wind Vane
- noun - mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind
Windbound
- - prevented from sailing, by a contrary wind. See Weatherbound.
Windburns
- noun - redness and irritation of the skin caused by exposure to high-velocity wind
Windburnt
- adjective - suffering from windburn
Wineskins
- noun - an animal skin (usually a goatskin) that forms a bag and is used to hold and dispense wine
Wingspans
- noun - linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil
Winnowing
- verb - blow away or off with a current of air; "winnow chaff"
- blow on; "The wind was winnowing her hair"; "the wind winnowed the grass"
- select desirable parts from a group or list; "cull out the interesting letters from the poet's correspondence"; "winnow the finalists from the long list of applicants"
- separate the chaff from by using air currents; "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field"
- the act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was done by women"
Wintering
- verb - spend the winter; "We wintered on the Riviera"; "Shackleton's men overwintered on Elephant Island"
Withering
- verb - any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)
- lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"
- making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert
- waste away
- wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
- wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction; "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire"
Withstand
- verb - resist or confront with resistance; "The politician defied public opinion"; "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"; "The bridge held"
- stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something