Index of English words, starting with "wi"

(1) - Winder (v. i.) To wither; to fail.
(2) - Winder (n.) A blow taking away the breath.
(3) - Winder (v. t. & i.) To fan; to clean grain with a fan.
(4) - Winder (n.) One in a flight of steps which are curved in plan, so that each tread is broader at one end than at the other; -- distinguished from flyer.
(5) - Winder (n.) An apparatus used for winding silk, cotton, etc., on spools, bobbins, reels, or the like.
(6) - Winder (n.) One who, or that which, winds; hence, a creeping or winding plant.

(1) - Windfall (n.) An unexpected legacy, or other gain.
(2) - Windfall (n.) Anything blown down or off by the wind, as fruit from a tree, or the tree itself, or a portion of a forest prostrated by a violent wind, etc.

(1) - Windgall (n.) A soft tumor or synovial swelling on the fetlock joint of a horse; -- so called from having formerly been supposed to contain air.