| crosswind | (noun) wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft | - |
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| downwind | (adjective) towards the side away from the wind | Synonyms: lee |
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| (adverb) with the wind; in the direction the wind is blowing | - |
| (adverb) toward the wind | Synonyms: windward |
| dwindle | (verb) become smaller or lose substance | Synonyms: dwindle away, dwindle down |
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| dwindling | (adjective) gradually decreasing until little remains | Synonyms: tapering, tapering off |
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| (noun) a becoming gradually less | Synonyms: dwindling away |
| headwind | (noun) wind blowing opposite to the path of a ship or aircraft | - |
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| rewind | (verb) wind (up) again | - |
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| shopwindow | (noun) a window of a store facing onto the street; used to display merchandise for sale in the store | Synonyms: display window, shop window, show window |
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| sidewinder | (noun) small pale-colored desert rattlesnake of southwestern United States; body moves in an s-shaped curve | Synonyms: Crotalus cerastes, horned rattlesnake |
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| (noun) air-to-air missile with infrared homing device | - |
| swindle | (noun) the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme | Synonyms: cheat, fraud, rig |
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| (verb) deprive of by deceit | Synonyms: bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, victimize |
| swindler | (noun) a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud | Synonyms: chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer |
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| tailwind | (noun) wind blowing in the same direction as the path of a ship or aircraft | - |
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| unwind | (verb) become less tense, rest, or take one's ease | Synonyms: decompress, loosen up, relax, slow down, unbend |
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| (verb) cause to feel relaxed | Synonyms: loosen up, make relaxed, relax, unlax, unstrain |
| (verb) separate the tangles of | Synonyms: disentangle |
| (verb) reverse the winding or twisting of | Synonyms: unroll, wind off |
| upwind | (adjective) towards the side exposed to wind | Synonyms: weather |
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| (adverb) in the direction opposite to the direction the wind is blowing | Synonyms: against the wind, into the wind |
| (adverb) away from the wind | Synonyms: leeward |
| whirlwind | (noun) a more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth | - |
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| wind | (noun) breath | - |
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| (noun) a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus | Synonyms: breaking wind, fart, farting, flatus |
| (noun) a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath | Synonyms: wind instrument |
| (noun) an indication of potential opportunity | Synonyms: confidential information, hint, lead, steer, tip |
| (noun) empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk | Synonyms: idle words, jazz, malarkey, malarky, nothingness |
| (noun) air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure | Synonyms: air current, current of air |
| (noun) a tendency or force that influences events | - |
| (noun) the act of winding or twisting | Synonyms: twist, winding |
| (verb) coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem | Synonyms: wind up |
| (verb) form into a wreath | Synonyms: wreathe |
| (verb) raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help | Synonyms: hoist, lift |
| (verb) arrange or coil around | Synonyms: roll, twine, wrap |
| (verb) to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course | Synonyms: meander, thread, wander, weave |
| (verb) extend in curves and turns | Synonyms: curve, twist |
| (verb) catch the scent of; get wind of | Synonyms: nose, scent |
| windage | (noun) the deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of wind | Synonyms: wind deflection |
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| (noun) exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance) | Synonyms: wind exposure |
| (noun) the space between the projectile of a smoothbore gun and the surface of the bore of the gun | - |
| (noun) the retarding force of air friction on a moving object | - |
| windbag | (noun) a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics | Synonyms: gasbag |
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| windblown | (adjective) used especially of trees; growing in a shape determined by the prevailing winds | - |
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| windbreak | (noun) hedge or fence of trees designed to lessen the force of the wind and reduce erosion | Synonyms: shelterbelt |
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| windbreaker | (noun) a kind of heavy jacket | Synonyms: anorak, parka, windcheater |
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| windburn | (noun) redness and irritation of the skin caused by exposure to high-velocity wind | - |
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| windburned | (adjective) suffering from windburn | Synonyms: windburnt |
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| windburnt | (adjective) suffering from windburn | Synonyms: windburned |
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| windcheater | (noun) a kind of heavy jacket | Synonyms: anorak, parka, windbreaker |
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| winded | (adjective) breathing laboriously or convulsively | Synonyms: blown, pursy, short-winded |
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| winder | (noun) mechanical device around which something can be wound | - |
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| (noun) mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock) | Synonyms: key |
| (noun) a worker who winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism) | - |
| windfall | (noun) a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money) | Synonyms: bonanza, boom, bunce, godsend, gold rush, gravy, manna from heaven |
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| (noun) fruit that has fallen from the tree | - |
| windflower | (noun) any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves | Synonyms: anemone |
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| windily | (adverb) in a verbose manner | Synonyms: long-windedly, verbosely, wordily |
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| windiness | (noun) boring verbosity | Synonyms: long-windedness, prolixity, prolixness, wordiness |
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| (noun) a mildly windy state of the air | Synonyms: breeziness |
| winding | (adjective) marked by repeated turns and bends | Synonyms: tortuous, twisting, twisty, voluminous |
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| (adjective) of a path e.g. | Synonyms: meandering, rambling, wandering |
| (noun) the act of winding or twisting | Synonyms: twist, wind |
| windjammer | (noun) a large sailing ship | - |
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| windlass | (noun) lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds | Synonyms: winch |
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| windless | (adjective) without or almost without wind | - |
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| windlessness | (noun) calmness without winds | Synonyms: stillness |
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| windmill | (noun) generator that extracts usable energy from winds | Synonyms: aerogenerator, wind generator |
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| (noun) a mill that is powered by the wind | - |
| window | (noun) a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air | - |
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| (noun) a transparent opening in a vehicle that allow vision out of the sides or back; usually is capable of being opened | - |
| (noun) a transparent panel (as of an envelope) inserted in an otherwise opaque material | - |
| (noun) (computer science) a rectangular part of a computer screen that contains a display different from the rest of the screen | - |
| (noun) a pane of glass in a window | Synonyms: windowpane |
| (noun) an opening in a wall or screen that admits light and air and through which customers can be served | - |
| (noun) an opening that resembles a window in appearance or function | - |
| (noun) the time period that is considered best for starting or finishing something | - |
| windowpane | (noun) very thin translucent flounder of the Atlantic coast of North America | Synonyms: Scophthalmus aquosus |
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| (noun) a pane of glass in a window | Synonyms: window |
| windowsill | (noun) the sill of a window; the horizontal member at the bottom of the window frame | - |
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| windpipe | (noun) membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi | Synonyms: trachea |
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| windscreen | (noun) transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle | Synonyms: windshield |
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| windshield | (noun) transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle | Synonyms: windscreen |
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| windsock | (noun) a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind | Synonyms: air-sleeve, air sock, drogue, sock, wind cone, wind sleeve, wind sock |
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| windstorm | (noun) a storm consisting of violent winds | - |
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| windsurf | (verb) ride standing on a surfboard with an attached sail, on water | - |
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| windswept | (adjective) open to or swept by wind | - |
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| windtalker | (noun) a secret agent who was one of the Navajos who devised and used a code based on their native language; the code was unbroken by the Japanese during World War II | Synonyms: codetalker |
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| windup | (adjective) operated by a mechanism | - |
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| (noun) a concluding action | Synonyms: closing, completion, culmination, mop up |
| windward | (adjective) on the side exposed to the wind | - |
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| (noun) the side of something that is toward the wind | - |
| (noun) the direction from which the wind is coming | - |
| (adverb) toward the wind | Synonyms: downwind |
| windy | (adjective) resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability | - |
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| (adjective) using or containing too many words | Synonyms: long-winded, tedious, verbose, wordy |
| (adjective) abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes | Synonyms: blowy, breezy |
| (adjective) not practical or realizable; speculative | Synonyms: airy, impractical, Laputan, visionary |
| woodwind | (noun) any wind instrument other than the brass instruments | Synonyms: wood, woodwind instrument |
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