10-letter words containing e, n, w
- wind chest — a chamber containing the air supply for the reeds or pipes of an organ.
- wind gauge — anemometer.
- wind power — power derived from wind: used to generate electricity or mechanical power.
- wind river — a river in W central Wyoming, flowing SE and joining the Popo Agie River to form the Bighorn River. 120 miles (193 km) long.
- wind scale — a numerical scale, as the Beaufort scale, for designating relative wind intensities.
- wind shake — Also called anemosis. a flaw in wood supposed to be caused by the action of strong winds upon the trunk of the tree.
- wind shear — the rate at which wind velocity changes from point to point in a given direction.
- wind shelf — smoke shelf.
- wind surge — a wind-induced rise in the water level at the coast or the shore of an inland expanse of water. It has a definite frequency and if this is close to the tidal frequency serious flooding can result
- wind-borne — carried by the wind, as pollen or seed.
- wind-swept — open or exposed to the wind: a wind-swept beach.
- windbreaks — Plural form of windbreak.
- windburned — Suffering from windburn.
- windchimes — Plural form of windchime.
- windermere — Lake, a lake in NW England, between Westmorland and Lancashire: the largest lake in England. 10.5 miles (17 km) long; 5.67 sq. mi. (15 sq. km).
- windfallen — having fallen because of wind
- windflower — any plant belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having divided leaves and showy, solitary flowers.
- windhovers — Plural form of windhover.
- windjammer — (formerly) a merchant ship propelled by sails.
- windlassed — Simple past tense and past participle of windlass.
- windlasses — (nautical) Plural form of windlass.
- windlessly — Without any wind.
- windmilled — Simple past tense and past participle of windmill.
- windowless — an opening in the wall of a building, the side of a vehicle, etc., for the admission of air or light, or both, commonly fitted with a frame in which are set movable sashes containing panes of glass.
- windowpane — a plate of glass for filling a window sash within the frame.
- windows ce — (operating system) /C E/ A version of the Microsoft Windows operating system that is being used in a variety of embedded products, from handheld PCs to specialised industrial controllers and consumer electronic devices. Programming for Windows CE is similar to programming for other Win32 platforms. Windows CE was developed to be a customisable operating system for embedded applications. Its kernel borrows much from other Microsoft 32-bit operating systems, while eliminating (or replacing) those operating system features that are not needed for typical Windows CE-based applications. For example, as on Windows NT, all applications running on Windows CE run in a fully preemptive multitasking environment, in fully protected memory spaces. The Win32 (API) for Windows CE is smaller than the Win32 API for the other 32-bit Windows operating systems. It includes approximately half the interface methods of the Windows NT version of the API. But the Win32 API for Windows CE also includes features found in no other Microsoft operating system. The notification API, for example, makes it possible to handle user or application notification events (such as timer events) at the operating-system level, rather than in a running application. The touch screen API and the built-in support for the Windows CE database are not found in other Windows operating systems. The touch screen API makes it easy to manage screen calibration and user interactions for touch-sensitive displays, while the database API provides access to a data storage facility.
- windows me — Windows Millennium Edition
- windscreen — windshield.
- windshield — a shield of glass, in one or more sections, projecting above and across the dashboard of an automobile.
- windsucker — a horse afflicted with cribbing.
- windsurfed — Simple past tense and past participle of windsurf.
- windsurfer — A person who takes part in windsurfing.
- wine glass — stemmed glass drinking vessel
- wine press — a vat in which grapes are trodden, or a machine for pressing them, to extract the juice for making wine
- wine-press — a machine in which the juice from grapes is pressed for wine.
- winebibber — a person who drinks much wine.
- winegrower — a person who owns or works in a vineyard and winery.
- winemaking — the procedures and processes carried out in the making and maturing of wine; viniculture; vinification.
- winetaster — a critic, writer, buyer, or other professional who tests the quality of wine by tasting.
- wing-weary — tired from flying or traveling.
- wingbacked — Having wingbacks.
- winged elm — a small tree, Ulmus alata, of southeastern North America, having twigs edged with flat, corky projections.
- winged pea — a trailing southern European plant, Lotus tetragonolobus, of the legume family, having purplish-red flowers and edible pods and seeds.
- wingspread — the distance between the most outward tips of the wings when they are as extended as possible.
- winkelried — Arnold von (ˈarnɔlt fɔn). died ?1386, Swiss hero of the battle of Sempach (1386) against the Austrians
- winkle out — If you winkle information out of someone, you get it from them when they do not want to give it to you, often by tricking them.
- winlestrae — windlestraw.
- winningest — winning most often: the winningest coach in college basketball.
- winsorized — Simple past tense and past participle of winsorize.
- winstanley — Gerrard. ?1609–60, English radical; leader of the Diggers (1649–50) and author of the pamphlet The Law of Freedom in a Platform (1652)