Broken wind () The heaves. |
Desert (n.) That which is deserved |
Desert (n.) A deserted or forsaken region |
Desert (n.) A tract, which may be capable of sustaining a population, but has been left unoccupied and uncultivated |
Desert (a.) Of or pertaining to a desert |
Desert (v. t.) To leave (especially something which one should stay by and support) |
Desert (v. t.) To abandon (the service) without leave |
Desert (v. i.) To abandon a service without leave |
Polish (a.) Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants. |
Polish (n.) The language of the Poles. |
Polish (v. t.) To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction |
Polish (v. t.) Hence, to refine |
Polish (v. i.) To become smooth, as from friction |
Polish (n.) A smooth, glossy surface, usually produced by friction |
Polish (n.) Anything used to produce a gloss. |
Polish (n.) Fig.: Refinement |
Thick wind () A defect of respiration in a horse, that is unassociated with noise in breathing or with the signs of emphysema. |
Wind (v. t.) To turn completely, or with repeated turns |
Wind (v. t.) To entwist |
Wind (v. t.) To have complete control over |
Wind (v. t.) To introduce by insinuation |
Wind (v. t.) To cover or surround with something coiled about |
Wind (v. i.) To turn completely or repeatedly |
Wind (v. i.) To have a circular course or direction |
Wind (v. i.) To go to the one side or the other |
Wind (n.) The act of winding or turning |
Wind (n.) Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity |
Wind (n.) Air artificially put in motion by any force or action |
Wind (n.) Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument. |
Wind (n.) Power of respiration |
Wind (n.) Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels |
Wind (n.) Air impregnated with an odor or scent. |
Wind (n.) A direction from which the wind may blow |
Wind (n.) A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing. |
Wind (n.) Mere breath or talk |
Wind (n.) The dotterel. |
Wind (v. t.) To expose to the wind |
Wind (v. t.) To perceive or follow by the scent |
Wind (v. t.) To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind |
Wind (v. t.) To rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to be recovered |
Wind (v. t.) To blow |
Wind-break (v. t.) To break the wind of |
Wind-break (n.) A clump of trees serving for a protection against the force of wind. |
Wind-broken (a.) 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 |
Wind-fertilized (a.) Anemophilous |
Wind-plant (n.) A windflower. |
Wind-rode (a.) Caused to ride or drive by the wind in opposition to the course of the tide |
Wind-sucker (n.) A horse given to wind-sucking |
Wind-sucker (n.) The kestrel. |
Wind-sucking (n.) A vicious habit of a horse, consisting in the swallowing of air |
wind winding twist | the act of winding or twisting, he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind |
wind | breath, the collision knocked the wind out of him |
second wind | the return of relatively easy breathing after initial exhaustion during continuous exertion |
fart farting flatus wind breaking wind | a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus |
Operation Desert Storm | the United States and its allies defeated Iraq in a ground war that lasted hours () |
desert tortoise Gopherus agassizii | burrowing tortoise of the arid western United States and northern Mexico, may be reclassified as a member of genus Xerobates |
desert iguana Dipsosaurus dorsalis | small long-tailed lizard of arid areas of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico |
caracal desert lynx Lynx caracal | of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia |
kangaroo rat desert rat Dipodomys phillipsii | any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico, largest members of the family Heteromyidae |
aeolian harp aeolian lyre wind harp | a harp having strings tuned in unison, they sound when wind passes over them |
anemometer wind gauge wind gage | a gauge for recording the speed and direction of wind |
buskin combat boot desert boot half boot top boot | a boot reaching halfway up to the knee |
French polish French polish shellac | a varnish for wood consisting of shellac dissolved in alcohol |
nail polish nail enamel nail varnish | a cosmetic lacquer that dries quickly and that is applied to the nails to color them or make them shiny |
pinwheel pinwheel wind collector | a toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic that is pinned to a stick and spins when it is pointed into the wind |
weathervane weather vane vane wind vane | mechanical device attached to an elevated structure, rotates freely to show the direction of the wind |
wind chime wind bell | a decorative arrangement of pieces of metal or glass or pottery that hang together loosely so the wind can cause them to tinkle |
wind farm wind park wind energy facility | a power plant that uses wind turbines to generate electricity |
wind instrument wind | a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath |
windmill aerogenerator wind generator | generator that extracts usable energy from winds |
wind rose | weather map showing the frequency and strength of winds from different directions |
wind tee | weather vane shaped like a T and located at an airfield |
wind tunnel | a structure resembling a tunnel where air is blown at known velocities for testing parts of aircraft |
wind turbine | a turbine that is driven by the wind |
second wind | renewed energy or strength to continue an undertaking, She had dinner and got a second wind to finish painting, the employers, initially taken by surprise at the pace of developments, regained their second wind |
polish gloss glossiness burnish | the property of being smooth and shiny |
French polish | the glaze produced by repeated applications of French polish shellac |
windage wind deflection | the deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of wind |
windage wind exposure | exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance) |
tip lead steer confidential information wind hint | an indication of potential opportunity, he got a tip on the stock market, a good lead for a job |
prefix notation Lukasiewicz notation Polish notation | a parenthesis-free notation for forming mathematical expressions in which each operator precedes its operands |
postfix notation suffix notation reverse Polish notation | a parenthesis-free notation for forming mathematical expressions in which each operator follows its operands |
Polish | the Slavic language of Poland |
wind malarkey malarky idle words jazz nothingness | empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk, that's a lot of wind, don't give me any of that jazz |
windsock wind sock sock air sock air-sleeve wind sleeve wind cone drogue | a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast, used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind |
desert | arid land with little or no vegetation |
Wind Cave National Park | a national park in South Dakota featuring bison herds and limestone caverns |
Arabian Desert Great Arabian Desert | a desert on the Arabian Peninsula in southwestern Asia |
Arabian Desert Eastern Desert | a desert in Egypt between the Nile River and the Red Sea |
Atacama Desert | a desert in northern Chile rich in nitrate and copper deposits |
Australian Desert Great Australian Desert | general name given to all desert areas in Australia |
Black Rock Desert | a desert in northwestern Nevada |
Chihuahuan Desert | a desert in western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and northern Mexico |
Colorado Desert | an arid region of southeastern California |
Dasht-e-Kavir Kavir Desert Great Salt Desert | a salt desert in north central Iran |
Dasht-e-Lut Lut Desert | a desert in eastern Iran |
Gibson Desert | a desert area in western Australia |
Gila Desert | a desert area in southern Arizona |
Gobi Gobi Desert | a desert in central China |
Great Sandy Desert | a desert region in northwestern Australia to the north of the Gibson Desert |