English Words: W
12,113 words · Page 163 of 243
A model that accounts for the shape of the arterial blood pressure waveform in terms of the interaction between the stroke volume and the compliance of the aorta and large elastic arteries ("Windkessel" vessels) and the resistance of the smaller arteries and arterioles.
Any of various forms of winch, in which a rope or cable is wound around a cylinder, used for lifting heavy weights
A machine which translates linear motion of wind to rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails.
The undirected graph Wd(k,n) constructed for k ≥ 2 and n ≥ 2 by joining n copies of the complete graph Kₖ at a shared universal vertex.
An Antarctic group of rocky islands, paralleling the coast of Wilkes Land immediately north of Vanderford Glacier along the east side of Vincennes Bay.
A small, less adorned, floating window or palette of tools that remains on top of other windows.
An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle.
Material, including blinds, shades, curtains, and shutters, used to cover a window for the purpose of controlling sunlight, providing additional weatherproofing, ensuring privacy, or for aesthetic reasons.
The decorative display of retail merchandise in store windows; the goods and trimmings used in such a display.
An envelope with a transparent panel on its front, through which the name and address of the addressee printed on the letter inside can be seen.
A (usually limited) period of time in which suitable action can achieve success.
A period or interval of time, often in which an activity or task is to be completed.
Something which provides information about or interaction with a variety of people, places, events, or things outside of one's immediate sphere of experience.
To superimpose or overlay (something) atop (something else); to move a (figurative) window over a target.
The capital of Navajo Nation, a tribal nation, sovereign domestic dependent nation of the United States, on the Navajo Indian Reservation, of the Dine People, within the nominal borders of Arizona.
A typically soft seat placed in a recess, for a window, in a wall, and filling the recess.
To engage in window-shopping; to browse the windows of shops with no intention of buying anything.
Fitted with windows, often of a particular kind or, in (heraldry), of a specified colour.
A windowpane; the glass comprising a windowpane; the windowpanes in a building (collectively).
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English alphabetical index for the letter W contains 12,113 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 243 pages, and you are currently viewing page 163. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.
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