| DOWNWIND | • downwind adv. In the same direction as the wind is blowing. • downwind adv. (+ from) positioned relative to something in such a way that it can be smelled in the wind. • downwind adv. (Aviation) in the direction opposite that of landing in a traffic pattern. |
| WIDOWING | • widowing v. Present participle of widow. • WIDOW v. to deprive of a husband. |
| WIDOWMAN | • widowman n. (Archaic) A widower. • WIDOWMAN n. a man whose wife is dead, also WIDOWER. |
| WIDOWMEN | • widowmen n. Plural of widowman. • WIDOWMAN n. a man whose wife is dead, also WIDOWER. |
| WINDBLOW | • WINDBLOW n. the blowing down of trees by the wind. |
| WINDFLAW | • windflaw n. A sudden, strong current of wind; flaw. • WINDFLAW n. a gust of wind. |
| WINDOWED | • windowed adj. Fitted with windows, often of a particular kind or, in (heraldry), of a specified colour. • windowed adj. (Computing, graphical user interface) Occupying only a part of the screen (In a window.). • windowed v. Simple past tense and past participle of window. |
| WINDROWS | • windrows n. Plural of windrow. • WINDROW v. to arrange hay or grain in long rows. |
| WINDWARD | • windward adj. Towards the wind, or the direction from which the wind is blowing. • windward adj. On the side exposed to the wind. • windward adv. In a direction from which the wind blows, against or towards the wind. |
| WINDWAYS | • windways n. Plural of windway. • WINDWAY n. a passage for air. |
| WINNOWED | • winnowed v. Simple past tense and past participle of winnow. • WINNOW v. to separate chaff from grain. |
| WITHWIND | • withwind n. A kind of bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis). • WITHWIND n. (dialect) bindweed or other climbing plant, also WITHYWIND. |
| WOODWIND | • woodwind n. (Music) Any (typically wooden) musical instrument that produces sound by the player blowing into it… • WOODWIND n. any orchestral wind instrument other than the brass instruments. |