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Zephyr :: Zephyr (n.) The west wind; poetically, any soft, gentle breeze..

Sheet :: Sheet (v. t.) A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind; -- usually attached to the lower corner of a sail, or to a yard or a boom..

Fenestral :: Fenestral (a.) Pertaining to a window or to windows.

Adverse :: Adverse (a.) Acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed; contrary; opposite; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a spirit adverse to distinctions of caste..

Fluework :: Fluework (n.) A general name for organ stops in which the sound is caused by wind passing through a flue or fissure and striking an edge above; -- in distinction from reedwork.

Cervelat :: Cervelat (n.) An ancient wind instrument, resembling the bassoon in tone..

Spiral :: Spiral (a.) Winding round a cylinder or imaginary axis, and at the same time rising or advancing forward; winding like the thread of a screw; helical..

Lychnoscope :: Lychnoscope (n.) Same as Low side window, under Low, a..

Aback :: Aback (adv.) Backward against the mast; -- said of the sails when pressed by the wind.

Pane :: Pane (n.) Especially, in modern use, the glass in one compartment of a window sash..

Pallet :: Pallet (n.) In the organ, a valve between the wind chest and the mouth of a pipe or row of pipes..

Leno :: Leno (n.) A light open cotton fabric used for window curtains.

Rush :: Rush (n.) A moving forward with rapidity and force or eagerness; a violent motion or course; as, a rush of troops; a rush of winds; a rush of water..

Kestrel :: Kestrel (n.) A small, slender European hawk (Falco alaudarius), allied to the sparrow hawk. Its color is reddish fawn, streaked and spotted with white and black. Also called windhover and stannel. The name is also applied to other allied species..

Upwind :: Upwind (v. t.) To wind up.

Wind-sucker :: Wind-sucker (n.) A horse given to wind-suckin.

Snaky :: Snaky (a.) Of or pertaining to a snake or snakes; resembling a snake; serpentine; winding.

Larynx :: Larynx (n.) The expanded upper end of the windpipe or trachea, connected with the hyoid bone or cartilage. It contains the vocal cords, which produce the voice by their vibrations, when they are stretched and a current of air passes between them. The larynx is connected with the pharynx by an opening, the glottis, which, in mammals, is protected by a lidlike epiglottis..

Wind :: Wind (n.) Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument..

Windpipe :: Windpipe (n.) The passage for the breath from the larynx to the lungs; the trachea; the weasand. See Illust. under Lung.

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