| BACKWIND | • backwind v. (Nautical) To deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel. • backwind n. (Nautical) The flow of air so deflected. • backwind v. (Transitive) To wind backwards. |
| BELLBIND | • bellbind n. Rutland beauty. • bell-bind n. Alternative spelling of bellbind. • BELLBIND n. hedge or field bindweed. |
| 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. |
| FOREWIND | • forewind n. A favourable wind. • FOREWIND n. a wind from the forequarter. |
| HEADWIND | • headwind n. A wind that blows directly against the course of a vehicle, like an aircraft, train, or ship. • headwind n. (Figurative, by extension) A strong force that impedes or reverses progress. • head␣wind n. Alternative form of headwind. |
| HIVEMIND | • hivemind n. (Science fiction) A collection of minds somehow linked or unified, possibly as if by telepathy. • hivemind n. (By extension) Collective intelligence, especially when facilitated by communication technology. • hivemind n. (Derogatory) A group of people who uncritically share beliefs or mindlessly follow orders. |
| LANDWIND | • landwind n. Alternative form of land wind. • land␣wind n. A wind blowing off the land. • LANDWIND n. a wind blowing off the land. |
| MILLRIND | • millrind n. An iron support, usually four-armed or cross-shaped, for the turning ("runner") stone in a pair of millstones. • millrind n. (Heraldry) A heraldic charge resembling a stylized millstone support of this kind. • MILLRIND n. an iron support fitted across the hole in an upper millstone. |
| OVERKIND | • overkind adj. Excessively kind; kind beyond deserts; unnecessarily kind. • OVERKIND adj. excessively kind. |
| OVERWIND | • overwind v. (Transitive) To wind (tighten a spring of) something excessively. • overwind v. To twist itself more tightly. • overwind n. (Rare) Excessive wind; a movement of such atmospheric air caused by air pressure. |
| PRESCIND | • prescind v. (Intransitive, with from) To abstract (from); to dismiss from consideration. • prescind v. (Transitive) To pay exclusive attention to. • PRESCIND v. to consider separately. |
| PURBLIND | • purblind adj. Partially blind. • purblind adj. Near-sighted or dim-sighted. • purblind adj. Lacking in discernment or understanding. |
| REREMIND | • reremind v. To remind again. • re-remind v. Alternative form of reremind. • REREMIND v. to remind again. |
| SUNBLIND | • sunblind n. A blind used to protect against the sun. • sun␣blind n. Alternative spelling of sunblind. • SUNBLIND n. a blind to keep out the sun. |
| TAILWIND | • tailwind n. A wind that blows in the same direction as the course taken by an aircraft, sailing ship, bird, etc. • tailwind n. (Figurative, by extension) A force that accelerates progress. • tailwind v. Of wind, to blow on a windmill or wind turbine in such a way that wind pressure is exerted on the wrong… |
| TAMARIND | • tamarind n. (Botany) A tropical tree, Tamarindus indica. • tamarind n. (Cooking) The fruit of this tree; the pulp is used as spice in Asian cooking and in Worcestershire sauce. • tamarind n. Other similar species… |
| WITHWIND | • withwind n. A kind of bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis). • WITHWIND n. (dialect) bindweed or other climbing plant, also WITHYWIND. |
| WOODBIND | • woodbind n. Obsolete form of woodbine. • WOODBIND n. the honeysuckle, also WOODBINE. |
| 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. |