vane | (noun) the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft | Synonyms: web |
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(noun) mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind | Synonyms: weather vane, weathervane, wind vane |
(noun) flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water | Synonyms: blade |
(noun) a fin attached to the tail of an arrow, bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it | - |
wane | (noun) a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) | Synonyms: ebb, ebbing |
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(verb) become smaller | - |
(verb) decrease in phase | - |
(verb) grow smaller | Synonyms: decline, go down |
warplane | (noun) an aircraft designed and used for combat | Synonyms: military plane |
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weathervane | (noun) mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind | Synonyms: vane, weather vane, wind vane |
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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 |
wolfbane | (noun) poisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstock | Synonyms: Aconitum lycoctonum, wolf's bane, wolfsbane |
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wolfsbane | (noun) poisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstock | Synonyms: Aconitum lycoctonum, wolf's bane, wolfbane |
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