Vocabulary : Wind-fertilized to Windlass

Wind-fertilized : Anemophilous; fertilized by pollen borne by the wind.
Windflower : The anemone; -- so called because formerly supposed to open only when the wind was blowing. See Anemone.
Windgall : A soft tumor or synovial swelling on the fetlock joint of a horse; -- so called from having formerly been supposed to contain air.
Windhover : The kestrel; -- called also windbibber, windcuffer, windfanner.
Windiness : The quality or state of being windy or tempestuous; as, the windiness of the weather or the season. ;; Fullness of wind; flatulence. ;; Tendency to generate wind or gas; tendency to produce flatulence; as, the windiness of vegetables. ;; Tumor; puffiness.

Winding : The material, as wire or rope, wound or coiled about anything, or a single round or turn of the material; ;; a series winding, or one in which the armature coil, the field-magnet coil, and the external circuit form a continuous conductor; a shunt winding, or one of such a character that the armature current is divided, a portion of the current being led around the field-magnet coils. ;; of Wind ;; of Wind ;; of Wind ;; A call by the boatswain's whistle. ;; Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous. ;; A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream. ;; A line- or ribbon-shaped material (as wire, string, or bandaging) wound around an object; as, the windings (conducting wires) wound around the armature of an electric motor or generator.
Windingly : In a winding manner.
Windjammer : A sailing vessel or one of its crew; -- orig. so called contemptuously by sailors on steam vessels. ;; An army bugler or trumpeter; any performer on a wind instrument.
Windlace : See Windlass.
Windlass : A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course; a shift. ;; To take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect means. ;; A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor. It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by hand or steam. ;; An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow. ;; To raise with, or as with, a windlass; to use a windlass.