Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
winced |
imp. & past participle |
of Wince |
wincer |
noun |
One who, or that which, winces, shrinks, or kicks. |
wincey |
noun |
Linsey-woolsey. |
winded |
|
of Wind, of Wind, of Wind |
windas |
noun |
See 3d Windlass. |
winder |
noun |
One who, or that which, winds; hence, a creeping or winding plant., An apparatus used for winding silk, cotton, etc., on spools, bobbins, reels, or the like., One in a flight of steps which are curved in plan, so that each tread is broader at one end than at the other; — distinguished from flyer., To fan; to clean grain with a fan., A blow taking away the breath., To wither; to fail. |
windle |
noun |
A spindle; a kind of reel; a winch., The redwing. |
window |
noun |
An opening in the wall of a building for the admission of light and air, usually closed by casements or sashes containing some transparent material, as glass, and capable of being opened and shut at pleasure., The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening., A figure formed of lines crossing each other., To furnish with windows., To place at or in a window. |
winery |
noun |
A place where grapes are converted into wine. |
winged |
imp. & past participle |
of Wing, Furnished with wings; transported by flying; having winglike expansions., Soaring with wings, or as if with wings; hence, elevated; lofty; sublime., Swift; rapid., Wounded or hurt in the wing., Furnished with a leaflike appendage, as the fruit of the elm and the ash, or the stem in certain plants; alate., Represented with wings, or having wings, of a different tincture from the body., Fanned with wings; swarming with birds. |
winger |
noun |
One of the casks stowed in the wings of a vessel’s hold, being smaller than such as are stowed more amidships. |
winked |
imp. & past participle |
of Wink |
winker |
noun |
One who winks., A horse’s blinder; a blinker. |
winkle |
noun |
Any periwinkle., Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, esp., in the United States, either of two species of Fulgar (F. canaliculata, and F. carica). |
winner |
noun |
One who wins, or gains by success in competition, contest, or gaming. |
winnew |
noun |
To separate, and drive off, the chaff from by means of wind; to fan; as, to winnow grain., To sift, as for the purpose of separating falsehood from truth; to separate, as had from good., To beat with wings, or as with wings. |
winnow |
verb i. |
To separate chaff from grain. |
winrow |
noun |
A windrow. |
winter |
noun |
The season of the year in which the sun shines most obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year., The period of decay, old age, death, or the like., To pass the winter; to hibernate; as, to winter in Florida., To keep, feed or manage, during the winter; as, to winter young cattle on straw. |
wintry |
adjective |
Suitable to winter; resembling winter, or what belongs to winter; brumal; hyemal; cold; stormy; wintery. |