| wimbrel | <zoology> The whimbrel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| win | To gain the victory; to be successful; to triumph; to prevail. "Nor is it aught but just That he, who in debate of truth hath won, should win in arms." (Milton) To win of, to be conqueror over. To win on or upon. To gain favor or influence with. "You have a softness and beneficence winning on the hearts of others." . To gain ground on. "The rabble . . . Will in time win upon power." . 1. To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to win a battle, or to win a country. "This city for to win." . "Who thus shall Canaan win." "Thy well-breathed horse Impels the flying car, and wins the course." (Dryden) 2. To allure to kindness; to bring to compliance; to gain or obtain, as by solicitation or courtship. "Thy virtue wan me; with virtue preserve me." (Sir P. Sidney) "She is a woman; therefore to be won." (Shak) 3. To gain over to one's side or party; to obtain the favor, friendship, or support of; to render friendly or approving; as, to win an enemy; to win a jury. 4. To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake. "Even in the porch he him did win." (Spenser) "And when the stony path began, By which the naked peak they wan, Up flew the snowy ptarmigan." (Sir W. Scott) 5. <chemical> To extract, as ore or coal. Synonym: To gain, get, procure, earn. See Gain. Origin: OE. Winnen, AS. Winnan to strive, labour, fight, endure; akin to OFries. Winna, OS. Winnan, D. Winnen to win, gain, G. Gewinnen, OHG. Winnan to strive, struggle, Icel. Vinna to labour, suffer, win, Dan. Vinde to win, Sw. Vinna, Goth. Winnan to suffer, Skr.van to wish, get, gain, conquer. Cf. Venerate, Winsome, Wish, Wont. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Win1 protein kinase | <enzyme> A map kinase kinase (mapkk) responsible for osmostress signaling; isolated from schizosaccharomyces pombe Registry number: EC 2.7.10.- Synonym: win1 gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| wince | A reel used in dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth; a winch. It is placed over the division wall between two wince pits so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment. at will. Wince pit, Wince pot, a tank or a pit where cloth in the process of dyeing or manufacture is washed, dipped in a mordant, or the like. See: Winch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wincopipe | <botany> A little red flower, no doubt the pimpernel, which, when it opens in the morning, is supposed to bode a fair day. See Pimpernel. "There is small red flower in the stubble fields, which country people call the wincopipe; which if it opens in the morning, you may be sure a fair day will follow." (Bacon) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wind | 1. To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a pole. "So swift your judgments turn and wind." (Dryden) 2. To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees. "And where the valley winded out below, The murmuring main was heard, and scarcely heard, to flow." (Thomson) "He therefore turned him to the steep and rocky path which . . . Winded through the thickets of wild boxwood and other low aromatic shrubs." (Sir W. Scott) 3. To go to the one side or the other; to move this way and that; to double on one's course; as, a hare pursued turns and winds. "The lowing herd wind lowly o'er the lea." (Gray) "To wind out, to extricate one's self; to escape. Long struggling underneath are they could wind Out of such prison." (Milton) To blow; to sound by blowing; especially, to sound with prolonged and mutually involved notes. "Hunters who wound their horns." "Ye vigorous swains, while youth ferments your blood, . . . Wind the shrill horn." (Pope) "That blast was winded by the king." (Sir W. Scott) Origin: From Wind, moving air, but confused in sense and in conjugation with wind to turn] [Wound, Winded; Winding. 1. To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate. 2. To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as, the hounds winded the game. 3. To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of breath. To rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe. To wind a ship, to turn it end for end, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side. Origin: Winded; Winding. 1. To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe; as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball. "Whether to wind The woodbine round this arbor." (Milton) 2. To entwist; to infold; to encircle. "Sleep, and I will wind thee in arms." (Shak) 3. To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern. "To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus." "In his terms so he would him wind." (Chaucer) "Gifts blind the wise, and bribes do please And wind all other witnesses." (Herrick) "Were our legislature vested in the prince, he might wind and turn our constitution at his pleasure." (Addison) 4. To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate. "You have contrived . . . To wind Yourself into a power tyrannical." (Shak) "Little arts and dexterities they have to wind in such things into discourse." (Gov. Of Tongue) 5. To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine. To wind off, to unwind; to uncoil. To wind out, to extricate. To wind up. To coil into a ball or small compass, as a skein of thread; to coil completely. To bring to a conclusion or settlement; as, to wind up one's affairs; to wind up an argument. To put in a state of renewed or continued motion, as a clock, a watch, etc, by winding the spring, or that which carries the weight; hence, to prepare for continued movement or action; to put in order anew. "Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years." . "Thus they wound up his temper to a pitch." . To tighten (the strings) of a musical instrument, so as to tune it. "Wind up the slackened strings of thy lute." . Origin: OE. Winden, AS. Windan; akin to OS. Windan, D. & G. Winden, OHG. Wintan, Icel. & Sw. Vinda, Dan. Vinde, Goth. Windan (in comp). Cf. Wander, Wend. 1. Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a current of air. "Except wind stands as never it stood, It is an ill wind that turns none to good." (Tusser). "Winds were soft, and woods were green." (Longfellow) 2. Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows. 3. Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument. "Their instruments were various in their kind, Some for the bow, and some for breathing wind." (Dryden) 4. Power of respiration; breath. "If my wind were but long enough to say my prayers, I would repent." (Shak) 5. Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence; as, to be troubled with wind. 6. Air impregnated with an odour or scent. "A pack of dogfish had him in the wind." (Swift) 7. A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the four winds. "Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain." (Ezek. Xxxvii. 9) This sense seems to have had its origin in the East. The Hebrews gave to each of the four cardinal points the name of wind. 8. <veterinary> A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing. 9. Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words. "Nor think thou with wind Of airy threats to awe." (Milton) 10. <zoology> The dotterel. Wind is often used adjectively, or as the first part of compound words. All in the wind. <medicine> The flutes and reed instruments of an orchestra, collectively. Origin: AS. Wind; akin to OS, OFries, D, & G. Wind, OHG. Wint, Dan. & Sw. Vind, Icel. Vindr, Goth winds, W. Gwynt, L. Ventus, Skr. Vata (cf. Gr. 'ahths a blast, gale, 'ah^nai to breathe hard, to blow, as the wind); originally a p. Pr. From the verb seen in Skr. Va to blow, akin to AS. Wawan, D. Waaijen, G. Wehen, OHG. Waen, wajen, Goth. Waian. Cf. Air, Ventail, Ventilate, Window, Winnow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wind-break | A clump of trees serving for a protection against the force of wind. To break the wind of; to cause to lose breath; to exhaust. "'T would wind-break a mule to vie burdens with her." (Ford) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wind-broken | Having the power of breathing impaired by the rupture, dilatation, or running together of air cells of the lungs, so that while the inspiration is by one effort, the expiration is by two; affected with pulmonary emphysema or with heaves; said of a horse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wind-fertilized | <botany> Anemophilous; fertilized by pollen borne by the wind. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wind-plant | <botany> A windflower. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wind-sucker | 1. (Far) A horse given to wind-sucking 2. <zoology> The kestrel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wind-sucking | <veterinary> A vicious habit of a horse, consisting in the swallowing of air; usually associated with crib-biting, or cribbing. See Cribbing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| windage | Internal injury with no surface lesion, caused by collision with the pressure of compressed air or with an object propelled by compressed air. (05 Mar 2000) |
| windburn | Erythema of the face due to exposure to wind. (05 Mar 2000) |
| winder | 1. One who, or that which, winds; hence, a creeping or winding plant. 2. An apparatus used for winding silk, cotton, etc, on spools, bobbins, reels, or the like. 3. 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. Origin: From Wind to turn. A blow taking away the breath. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wing |
A birds' wings are the modified front limbs which allow it to fly. Most wings are made of light bone and long primary and secondary feathers, which means they are very light structures. In several species of North American birds (including the emperor penguin), the forelimbs are technically still wings but look a lot more like other structures (ie flippers).
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| withdrawal |
renunciation of experience characteristic of masochism; selective withdrawal in feminines prevents their being intimidated by the conventional rewards of socially supported aggression. analog: indifference.
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| Wilms' tumor |
A kidney cancer that usually occurs in children younger than 5 years old.
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| windpipe |
The airway that leads from the larynx to the lungs. Also called the trachea.
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| William James |
Held that it is rationally justifiable to yield to your hope that a God exists.
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| WI | a dark meadow soil rich in organic material |
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| WI | Austrian investigator of Nazi war crimes (born in 1908) |
| WI | a married woman |
| WI | of or befitting or characteristic of a wife |
| WI | of or befitting or characteristic of a wife |
| WI | (trade mark) a hollow plastic ball with cutouts |
| WI | (trade mark) a hollow plastic ball with cutouts |
| WI | hairpiece covering the head and made of human or synthetic hair |
| WI | British slang for a scolding |
| WI | Old World shrub having large plumes of yellowish feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke |
| WI | freshwater duck of Eurasia and North Africa related to mallards and teals |
| WI | wearing a wig |