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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

Windward Islands
Windward Isles noun a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies; the southern part of the Lesser Antilles

Windward Passage
noun a channel between eastern Cuba and western Haiti that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Caribbean Sea

windy
adjective resembling the wind in speed,force, or variability; `a windy dash home`

wine
wine-colored noun a red as dark as red wine

wine bar
noun a bar that serves only wine

wine bottle
noun a bottle for holding wine

wine bucket
wine cooler noun a bucket of ice used to chill a bottle of wine

wine cask
wine barrel noun a barrel that holds wine

wine cellar
noun storage space where wines are stored

wine merchant
noun someone who sells wine

wine palm
kitul noun fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago

wine sauce
noun white or veloute sauce with wine and stock variously seasoned with onions and herbs; for fish or meat

wine taster
noun a taster who evaluates the quality of wines

wine tasting
noun a gathering of people to taste and compare different wines

wine vinegar
noun vinegar made from wine

wine-maker`s yeast
Saccharomyces ellipsoides noun used in making wine

wine-red
adjective of something having the dark red color of red wine

wineberry
noun raspberry of China and Japan having pale pink flowers grown for ornament and for the small red acid fruits

wineglass
noun a glass that has a stem and in which wine is served

wineglass heel
noun a heel on a woman`s shoe in the shape of a wineglass

winemaking
noun the craft and science of growing grapes and making wine

winepress
noun a press that is used to extract the juice from grapes

winery
wine maker noun distillery where wine is made

Winesap
noun crisp apple with dark red skin

wineskin
noun an animal skin (usually a goatskin) that forms a bag and is used to hold and dispense wine

Winfield Scott
noun United States general who was a hero of the War of 1812 and who defeated Santa Anna in the Mexican War (1786-1866)

wing
noun a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)

wing
backstage noun a stage area out of sight of the audience

wing case
elytron noun either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings

wing chair
noun easy chair having wings on each side of a high back

wing commander
noun (RAF rank) one who is next below a group captain

wing flat
noun a flat situated in the wings

wing loading
noun the ratio of the weight of an airplane to its wing area

wing nut
wing-nut noun a threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning

wing shooting
noun shooting game birds that are flying (on the wing)

wing tip
noun a decorative toecap having a point extending toward the throat of the shoe

wingback
noun the position of the offensive back who lines up behind or outside the end

winged
adjective very fast; as if with wings; `on winged feet`

winged bean
winged pea 2 goa bean 1 goa bean vine noun a tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics

winged elm
wing elm noun North American elm having twigs and young branches with prominent corky projections

winged everlasting
Ammobium alatum noun Australian plant widely cultivated for its beautiful silvery-white blooms with bright yellow centers on long winged stems

winged pea
Lotus tetragonolobus noun sprawling European annual having a 4-winged edible pod

winged pigweed
tumbleweed 1 Cycloloma atriplicifolium noun bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seeds

winged spindle tree
Euonymous alatus noun bushy deciduous shrub with branches having thin wide corky longitudinal wings; brilliant red in autumn; northeastern Asia to central China

winger
noun (sports) player in wing position

wingless
adjective lacking wings

winglike
adjective resembling a wing in shape or position

wingman
noun the pilot who positions his aircraft outside and behind (on the wing of) the leader of a flying formation

wings
noun a means of flight or ascent; `necessity lends wings to inspiration`

wingspan
noun linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil

wingstem
golden ironweed noun perennial herb with showy yellow flowers; the eastern United States

wink
noun closing one eye quickly as a signal

wink
verb force to go away by blinking; `blink away tears`

wink at
verb give one`s silent approval to

winker
blinker 1 blinder noun blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side

winless
adjective having no wins; `the team had a very disappointing winless season`

Winnebago
noun the Siouan language spoken by the Winnebago

winner
victor noun the contestant who wins the contest

winner`s circle
noun a small area at a racecourse where awards are given to the owners of winning horses

winning
noun succeeding with great difficulty; `winning is not everything`

winning post
noun the post at the end of a racecourse

winning streak
noun a streak of wins

winnings
win noun something won (especially money)

Winnipeg
Lake Winnipeg noun a lake in southern Canada in Manitoba

winnow
winnowing noun the act of separating grain from chaff; `the winnowing was done by women`

winnow
verb separate the chaff from by using air currents; `She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field`

Winslow
Edward Winslow noun English colonial administrator who traveled to America on the Mayflower and served as the first governor of the Plymouth Colony (1595-1655)

winsome
adjective charming in a childlike or naive way

winsomeness
noun childlike charm or appeal

Winston-Salem
noun a city of north central North Carolina

winter
wintertime noun the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox

winter aconite
Eranthis hyemalis noun small Old World perennial herb grown for its bright yellow flowers which appear in early spring often before snow is gone

winter cress
noun cress cultivated for winter salads

winter crookneck squash
noun a squash with a hard rind and an elongated curved neck

winter crookneck
winter crookneck squash noun any of various plants bearing squash having hard rinds and elongated recurved necks

winter currant
Ribes sanguineum noun a flowering shrub

winter flounder
blackback flounder noun important American food fish in the winter

winter flounder
noun flesh of American flounder; important in the winter

winter hazel
flowering hazel noun any of several Asiatic deciduous shrubs cultivated for their nodding racemes of yellow flowers that appear before the leaves

winter heath
spring heath noun dwarf European shrub with very early blooming bell-shaped red flowers

winter heliotrope
sweet coltsfoot 1 Petasites fragrans noun European herb with vanilla-scented white-pink flowers

winter jasmine
Jasminum nudiflorum noun deciduous rambling shrub widely cultivated for its winter-blooming yellow flowers

winter melon
noun the fruit of the winter melon vine; a green melon with pale green to orange flesh that keeps well

winter mushroom
Flammulina velutipes noun an edible agaric that is available in early spring or late fall when few other mushrooms are; has a viscid smooth orange to brown cap and a velvety stalk that turns black in maturity and pallid gills; often occur in clusters

Winter Olympic Games
Winter Olympics noun an Olympics for winter sports

winter purslane
miner`s lettuce noun succulent herb sometimes grown as a salad or pot herb; grows on dunes and waste ground of Pacific coast of North America

winter savory
winter savoury noun resinous leaves used in stews and stuffings and meat loaf

winter solstice
noun December 22, when the sun is at its southernmost point

winter squash
noun any of various fruits of the gourd family with thick rinds and edible yellow to orange flesh that mature in the fall and can be stored for several months

winter sweet
Acocanthera oblongifolia noun medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits

winter urn
noun a common name for a variety of Sarcosomataceae

winter wren
Troglodytes troglodytes noun small wren of coniferous forests of northern hemisphere

winter`s bark
Drimys winteri noun South American evergreen tree yielding winter`s bark and a light soft wood similar to basswood

winter`s bark tree
Drimys winteri noun South American evergreen tree yielding winter`s bark and a light soft wood similar to basswood

winter-blooming
winter-flowering adjective of plants that bloom during the winter

Winteraceae
family Winteraceae noun small family of chiefly tropical shrubs and trees of genera Drimys and Pseudowintera; sometimes included in Magnoliaceae

wintergreen
boxberry noun spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil

wintergreen oil
oil of wintergreen noun oil or flavoring obtained from the creeping wintergreen or teaberry plant

wintry
wintery adjective characteristic of or occurring in winter; `suffered severe wintry weather`; `brown wintry grasses`

Wintun
noun a Copehan language spoken by the Wintun