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Look up: Downwind

  1. downwind
    [adj] - towards the side away from the wind 2. [adv] - in the direction the wind is blowing
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Downwind
    a)sailing with the wind astern; b) to the leeward of a boat or object
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  3. downwind
    in the direction that the wind is blowing; leeward. Category: Sports, entertainments and leisure
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. downwind
    lee(a) adjective towards the side away from the wind
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. downwind
    with the wind adverb in the direction the wind is blowing; `they flew downwind`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. downwind
    in the main wind direction
    Found on http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/

  7. Downwind
    Boats sailing downwind have the wind behind them. If a boat has a spinnaker it will be used while sailing downwind.
    Found on http://www.sailing.org/olympics/basics/s

  8. Downwind
    On the opposite side from the direction from which the wind is blowing.
    Found on http://www.fact-sheets.com/science-natur

  9. Downwind
    Refers to a Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine in which the hub and blades point away from the wind direction, the opposite of an Upwind turbine.
    Found on http://www.otherpower.com/glossary.html

  10. Downwind
    (album) `Downwind` is an album by Pierre Moerlen`s Gong, issued in 1979 (see 1979 in music). Like the other Pierre Moerlen`s Gong albums, this is predominantly jazz fusion and has little to do with the psychedelic space rock of Daevid Allen`s Gong, even though the bands share a common ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downwind



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13 February 2012

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The fifth queen of Henry VIII was Catherine Howard. Her father was very poor, and Catherine lived mainly with Agnes, widow of the 2nd duke of Norfolk. Henry was evidently charmed by her and he was privately married to Catherine at Oatlands in July 1540. In November 1541 Archbishop Thomas Cranmer informed Henry that his queen's past life had not been stainless. After some denials the queen herself admitted that this was true; but denied that she had misconducted herself since her marriage. Some fresh information, however, very soon came to light showing that she had been unchaste since her marriage; a bill of attainder was passed through parliament, and on the 13th of February 1542 the queen was beheaded. read more

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