| winking spasm | Involuntary spasmodic winking. Synonym: spasmus nictitans, winking spasm. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| winkle | <zoology> Any periwinkle. Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, especially, in the United States, either of two species of Fulgar (F. Canaliculata, and F. Carica). These are large mollusks which often destroy large numbers of oysters by drilling their shells and sucking their blood. Sting winkle, a European spinose marine shell (Murex erinaceus). Origin: AS. Wincle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Winkler's disease | A benign, chronic, small, painful nodule (or nodules) on the helix of the ear in elderly white males, which may occasionally become ulcerated. Synonym: Winkler's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Winkler, Max | <person> Swiss physician, 1875-1952. See: Winkler's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| winnebagoes | <ethnology> A tribe of North American Indians who originally occupied the region about Green Bay, Lake Michigan, but were driven back from the lake and nearly exterminated in 1640 by the IIlinnois. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| winnew | 1. To separate, and drive off, the chaff from by means of wind; to fan; as, to winnow grain. "Ho winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing floor." (Ruth. Iii. 2) 2. To sift, as for the purpose of separating falsehood from truth; to separate, as had from good. "Winnow well this thought, and you shall find This light as chaff that flies before the wind." (Dryden) 3. To beat with wings, or as with wings. "Now on the polar winds; then with quick fan Winnows the buxom air." (Milton) Origin: OE. Windewen, winewen, AS. Windwian; akin to Goth. Winpjan (in comp), winpi-skauro a fan, L. Ventilare to fan, to winnow; cf. L. Wannus a fan for winnowing, G. Wanne, OHG. Wanna. See Wind moving air, and cf. Fan, Ventilate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| winning | 1. The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition. 2. The money, etc, gained by success in competition or contest, especially, in gambling; usually in the plural. "Ye seek land and sea for your winnings." (Chaucer) 3. <chemical> A new opening. The portion of a coal field out for working. <chemical> Winning headway, an excavation for exploration, in post-and-stall working. Winning post, the post, or goal, at the end of a race. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| winninish | <zoology> The land-locked variety of the common salmon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| winogradsky column | <apparatus> A glass column with an anaerobic lower zone and an aerobic upper zone, which allows growth of microorganisms under conditions similar to those found in a nutrient-rich lake. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Winslow's foramen | The passage, below and behind the portal hepatis, connecting the two sacs of the peritoneum; it is bounded anteriorly by the hepatoduodenal ligament and posteriorly by a peritoneal fold over the inferior vena cava. Synonym: foramen omentale, foramen epiploicum, aditus ad saccum peritonei minorem, Duverney's foramen, Winslow's foramen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Winslow's ligament | <anatomy> The cordlike ligament that passes from the lateral epicondyle of the femur to the head of the fibula. Synonym: ligamentum collaterale fibulare, lateral ligament of knee, Winslow's ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Winslow's pancreas | A portion of the head of the pancreas that hooks around posterior to the superior mesenteric vessels, sometimes into the "nutcracker" formed by the superior mesenteric artery and abdominal aorta. Synonym: processus uncinatus pancreatis, lesser pancreas, pancreas minus, small pancreas, uncinate pancreas, unciform pancreas, Willis' pancreas, Winslow's pancreas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Winslow's stars | Capillary whorls in the lamina choroidocapillaris from which arise the venae vorticosae. Synonym: stellulae vasculosae, Winslow's stars. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Winslow, Jacob | <person> Danish anatomist, physicist, and surgeon in Paris, 1669-1760. See: Winslow's foramen, Winslow's ligament, Winslow's pancreas, Winslow's stars, stellulae winslowii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| winsome | 1. Cheerful; merry; gay; light-hearted. "Misled by ill example, and a winsome nature." (Jeffrey) 2. Causing joy or pleasure; gladsome; pleasant. "Still plotting how their hungry ear That winsome voice again might hear." (Emerson) Origin: AS. Wynsum, fr. Wynn joy; akin to OS. Wunnia, OHG. Wunna, wunni, G. Wonne, Goth. Wunan to rejoice (in unwunands sad), AS. Wunian to dwell. See Win, Wont. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| windchill |
The combined cooling effect of wind and air temperature on heated bodies.
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Used as an emblem of life and spirit, as in the Mysteries, where at one stage of the initiatory rites wine and bread were offered to the candidate as symbols of spirit and body, the meaning being the same as that conveyed elsewhere by fire and water, or blood and flesh. It was necessary for the aspirant to be perfected in both ways. ...
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Often signifying flight, but more accurately the soaring power of the spirit, literally or metaphorically, as in the wings of Mercury, of Christian, Hebrew, and other angelic figures of the Mesopotamian nations, of the horse Pegasus, of the sphinxes representative of the several human powers, of the winged dragons, of the winged wheels mentioned in Ezekiel's vision of initiation, and also as descriptive of the workings of fohat. ...
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A window on a baby carriage is located in the canopy. Windows are usually made out of nylon mesh or plastic, and serves double duty as a place for a baby to view the world and as protection from the elements, or other hazards such as insects.
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The drink of choice of the Roman world, as with that of the Greeks, was wine. It was more than a mere drink, but a sign of civilization. It was often spiced or sweetened with honey (mulsum) and generally watered down. In Rome it was on sale everywhere and there were almost 200 varieties to choose from. The best wines, such as Caecuban, Setian, Massic or Falernian, came from the border regions between Latium and Campania. ...
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| win | weather map showing the frequency and strength of winds from different directions |
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| win | an international scale of wind force from 0 (calm air) to 12 (hurricane) |
| win | truncated cloth cone used to indicate wind direction |
| win | a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast |
| win | truncated cloth cone used to indicate wind direction |
| win | weather vane shaped like a T and located at an airfield |
| win | a structure resembling a tunnel where air is blown at known velocities for testing parts of aircraft |
| win | be in a certain state as a result of some action or event |
| win | finally be or do something, as in"He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart" |
| win | coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem |
| win | stimulate sexually |
| win | give a preliminary swing to the arm pitching, as in baseball |