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Winding; flexuous.

• Windflower
  The anemone; -- so called because formerly supposed to open only when the wind was blowing. See Anemone.
• Windowless
  Destitute of a window.
• WINDBREAK
  To break the wind of; to cause to lose breath; to exhaust. [R.] 'T would wind-break a mule to vie burdens with her. Ford.
• Windgall
  A soft tumor or synovial swelling on the fetlock joint of a horse; -- so called from having formerly been supposed to contain air.
• Windowpane
  See Pane, n., (3) b.
• WINDBROKEN
  Having the power of breathing impaired by the rupture, dilatation, or running together of air cells of the lungs, so that while the inspiration is by one effort, the expiration is by two; affected with pulmonary emphysema or with heaves; -- said of a ho
• Flexuous
  Having turns, windings, or flexures.
• Windhover
  The kestrel; -- called also windbibber, windcuffer, windfanner.
• WINDFERTILIZED
  Anemophilous; fertilized by pollen borne by the wind.
• Windiness
  The quality or state of being windy or tempestuous; as, the windiness of the weather or the season.
• Windpipe
  The passage for the breath from the larynx to the lungs; the trachea; the weasand. See Illust. under Lung.
• WINDLESTRAEWINDLESTRAW
  A grass used for making ropes or for plaiting, esp. Agrostis Spica-ventis. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Shelley.
• Windingly
  In a winding manner.
• Wind-plant
  A windflower.
• WINDPLANT
  A windflower.
• Windlace
  See Windlass.

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