8-letter words containing wind
- backwind — to divert wind against the lee side of (a sail) from another sail.
- downwind — in the direction toward which the wind is blowing: We coasted downwind.
- dwindled — Simple past tense and past participle of dwindle.
- dwindles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dwindle.
- forewind — a favourable wind
- headwind — a wind opposed to the course of a moving object, especially an aircraft or other vehicle (opposed to tailwind).
- ill wind — You can describe an unfortunate event as an ill wind if someone benefits from it. The expression occurs in the proverb 'It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good'.
- overwind — to wind beyond the proper limit; wind too far: He must have overwound his watch.
- rewinded — an act or instance of rewinding.
- sidewind — to move like a sidewinder.
- swindled — (of a gem) cut so as to retain the maximum weight of the original stone or to give a false impression of size, especially by having the table too large.
- swindler — to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
- tailwind — a wind coming from directly behind a moving object, especially an aircraft or other vehicle (opposed to headwind).
- unwinded — out of breath.
- unwinder — to undo or loosen from or as if from a coiled condition: to unwind a rolled bandage; to unwind a coiled rope.
- wind gap — a cut that indents only the upper part of a mountain ridge, usually a former water gap.
- wind off — to unwind or remove by unwinding
- wind tee — a large weather vane shaped like a T, located at an airfield to indicate the wind direction
- windable — that can be wound.
- windages — Plural form of windage.
- windbags — Plural form of windbag.
- windbell — a bell forming part of a set of wind chimes
- windblow — the uprooting of trees by wind
- windburn — an inflammation of the skin, especially that of the face and hands, caused by overexposure to the wind.
- windfall — an unexpected gain, piece of good fortune, or the like.
- windfarm — a large grouping of wind generators or wind plants located at a site having dependable strong winds.
- windflaw — flaw2 (def 1).
- windgall — a puffy distention of the synovial bursa at the fetlock joint.
- windhoek — a republic in SW Africa: a former German protectorate; a mandate of South Africa 1920–66; gained independence 1990. 318,261 sq. mi. (824,296 sq. km). Capital: Windhoek.
- windiest — accompanied or characterized by wind: a windy day.
- windings — Plural form of winding.
- windlass — a device for raising or hauling objects, usually consisting of a horizontal cylinder or barrel turned by a crank, lever, motor, or the like, upon which a cable, rope, or chain winds, the outer end of the cable being attached directly or indirectly to the weight to be raised or the thing to be hauled or pulled; winch.
- windless — without wind; calm: a windless summer afternoon.
- windmill — any of various machines for grinding, pumping, etc., driven by the force of the wind acting upon a number of vanes or sails.
- windowed — Having a window or windows for admitting light or air.
- windpipe — the trachea of an air-breathing vertebrate.
- windpump — A structure somewhat like a windmill for pumping water, either for drainage or for irrigation.
- windring — winding
- windrode — riding with the force of the wind.
- windrose — Alternative spelling of wind rose.
- windrows — Plural form of windrow.
- windsail — a sail rigged over a hatchway, ventilator, or the like, to divert moving air downward into the vessel.
- windship — a ship propelled by wind; a sailing ship
- windsock — a tapered, tubular cloth vane, open at both ends and having at the larger end a fixed ring pivoted to swing freely, installed at airports or elsewhere to indicate wind direction and approximate intensity.
- windsurf — to engage in windsurfing.
- windward — toward the wind; toward the point from which the wind blows.
- withwind — a kind of bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis
- woodwind — a musical wind instrument of the group comprising the flutes, clarinets, oboes, bassoons, and occasionally, the saxophones.
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