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Wind Dragon Wind Dragon is a fictional Asian American character featured in the animated series, Justice League Unlimited, and is the leader of a government-sponsored superhero team called the Ultimen. His voice actor is James Sie.
Wind Dukes of Aaqa The Wind Dukes of Aaqa, also known as the Vaati, are fictional characters of legend in the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. They were powerful lords of the elemental plane of air.
Wind Erosion on European Light Soils WEELS ("Wind Erosion on European Light Soils") was a research project funded as part of the EU Environment and Climate Programme, intended to develop a small-scale model of wind erosion at the level of individual farms and fields, based on research at three test sites in Lower Saxony, Skania, and Suffolk.
Wind gap A wind gap is a mountain pass through which a stream, now abandoned as a result of stream piracy, once flowedDigital Atlas of Idaho - Glossary of Natural History Terms. A water gap is a similar location, but one where a waterway still flows through it.
Wind Horse The Wind Horse is a mythical Tibetan creature from pre-Buddhist times, which combines the speed of the wind and the strength of the horse to carry prayers from Earth to the heavens. Horses are a traditional symbol among the nomads of Tibet.
Wind chill Wind chill is the apparent temperature felt on exposed skin due to the combination of air temperature and wind speed. Except at higher temperatures, where wind chill is considered less important, the wind chill temperature (often incorrectly called the "wind chill factor") is always lower than the air temperature.
Wind chime Wind chimes or Aeolian chimes are often hollow or solid metal or wooden tubes which are usually hung outside of a building and are intended to be played by the wind, which causes the chimes to strike each other or a metal, wood, or rubber ball which may be hung in the center.
Wind instrument A wind instrument is a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator (usually a tube), in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into (or over) a mouthpiece set at the end of the resonator. The pitch of the vibration is determined by the length of the tube and by manual modifications of the effective length of the vibrating column of air.
Wind It Up (Gwen Stefani song) "Wind It Up" is a pop song written by Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams originally for inclusion on Stefani's Harajuku Lovers Tour 2005. Because of favorable reception, the song was rerecorded for her second solo album The Sweet Escape (2006).
Wind of Change "Wind of Change" is a 1990 power ballad written by Klaus Meine, vocalist of Scorpions. The lyrics celebrate the political changes in Eastern Europe at that time - such as the fall of the Berlin Wall, the increasing freedom in the communist bloc (which would soon lead to the fall of the USSR), and the clearly imminent end of the Cold War.
Wind of Change (speech) The Wind of Change speech was a historically-important address made by British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan to the Parliament of South Africa, on 3 February 1960 in Cape Town. He had spent a month in Africa visiting a number of British colonies, as they were at the time.
Wind power Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into more useful forms, usually electricity using wind turbines. In 2005, worldwide capacity of wind-powered generators was 58,982 megawatts; although it currently produces less than 1% of world-wide electricity use, it accounts for 23% of electricity use in Denmark, 6% in Germany and approximately 8% in Spain.
Wind profiler A wind profiler is a piece of weather observing equipment that uses radar or sound waves (SODAR) to detect the wind speed and direction at various elevations above the ground. Such data is very useful to meteorological and aviation interests.
Wind Power Forecasting A wind power forecast is the expected production of one or more wind turbines in the near future. Usually power is forecasted for periods between 1 and 48 hours ahead, with the emphasis on the next day, but forecasts at a range as short as 15 minutes are made as well.
Wind Power Production Incentive The Wind Power Production Incentive, or WPPI, is a program of the Canadian Government that promotes the generation of electricity from wind power in Canada to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas that would otherwise enter the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels. The government pays about half the excess cost of producing electricity from wind, compared to conventional sources, for the first 10 years of a project.
Wind Prospect Wind Prospect undertakes all aspects of wind energy development, including design, construction, operation and commercial services, with offices in the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and China. The Wind Prospect Group has over 17 years of successful development within the industry and has been involved in over 2,000MW of approved wind farms, including onshore and offshore projects, in terms of development, construction, operations and commercial services.
Wind River Experimental Forest The Wind River Experimental Forest is an ecological and silvicultural research in Stabler, Washington, in the United States. Founded in 1902 as a tree nursery, and functioning as an experimental forest since 1932, it is "known as the cradle of forest research in the Pacific Northwest".
Wind River Range The Wind River Range (or "Winds" for short), is a sub-range of the Rocky Mountains in western Wyoming in the United States. The range runs roughly NW-SE for approximately 140 miles (210 km), with the central ridge forming a section of the Continental Divide.
Wind shear Wind shear is a difference in wind speed and/or direction between two points in the atmosphere. Depending whether the two points are at different altitudes or at geographically different locations, shear can be either vertical or horizontal.
Wind turbine A wind turbine is a machine for converting the kinetic energy in wind into mechanical energy. If the mechanical energy is used directly by machinery, such as a pump or grinding stones, the machine is usually called a windmill.
Wind Transducer A Wind Transducer is a device used by sailors to receive a real-time measurement of wind speed and direction. A wind transducer is usually mounted on the masthead of a sailboat and is occasionally used by power boats too.
Wind winnowing Wind winnowing is a method developed by ancient cultures for agricultural purposes. It involves taking a basket of mixed grain and chaff, or using a winnowing fork on a pile of harvested grain and tossing the contents into the air, thus causing the chaff to blow away while the heavier grains fall back into the basket or onto the ground or threshing floor.
Wind-Up Canary Wind-Up Canary is the first album by American] [[singer-songwriter Casey Dienel. She is accompanied on the album by Peter Bitenc, Ben MacDonald, Christopher MacDonald, Juliet Nelson, Mike Olson, Rachael Price, Djim Reynolds, and Michael Winograd.
Wind, Sand and Stars Wind, Sand and Stars (French title:Terre des hommes (Earth of Humanity)) is a French book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry published in 1939 in which the famous pilot and philosopher recounts several episodes in his life as a pilot. The main one is his plane's crash in the Sahara Desert, somewhere between Benghazi and Cairo.
Windang, New South Wales Windang (Windang page at Geoscience Australia) is a town in New South Wales on the southern tip of the peninsula guarding the ocean entrance to Lake Illawarra. Windang is popular for its fishing, prawning, boating, windsurfing and yachting.
Windber Research Institute Windber Research Institute or WRI is a private, non-profit biomedical research institute that is focused on women's health, cardiovascular disease and processes of aging, is located on Somerset Avenue in Windber, PA. It opened in 2001.
Windber, Pennsylvania Windber is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, eight miles (13 km) south of Johnstown. It was at one time a place of industrial activities which included coal mining, lumbering, and the manufacture of fire brick.
Windbreak A windbreak, or shelterbelt, is usually made up of one or more rows of trees or shrubs planted in such a manner as to provide shelter from the wind and to prevent soil from erosion. They are commonly planted around the edges of fields on farms.
Windbreaker A Windbreaker or windcheater is a thin outer coat designed to resist wind chill and light rain. It is usually of light construction, characteristically made of some type of glossy synthetic material and often incorporating an elastic waistband and zipper.
Windcatcher A windcatcher (Badgir; بادگیر) is a traditional Persian architectural device used for many centuries to create natural ventilation in buildings. It is not known who first invented the windcatcher, but it still can be seen in many countries today.
Windecker Industries Windecker Industries was an aircraft manufacturer originally founded in 1962 as Windecker Research. It was the first company to produce and market powered aircraft built predominantly of composite materials (in this case, foam and fiberglass).
Windermere (lake) Windermere is the largest natural lake in England, and is entirely within the Lake District National Park. It has been one of the country’s most popular places for holidays and summer homes since 1847, when the Kendal and Windermere Railway built a branch line to it.
Windermere, Cumbria Windermere is a town in Cumbria, England, lying about one kilometre away from the lake of the same name. Although Windermere confusingly does not touch the lake, it has now grown together with the older lakeside town of Bowness-on-Windermere, though the two retain distinguishable town centres.
Windermere, Seattle, Washington Windermere is a well-to-do residential neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, named after Windermere in England's Lake District. It is bounded on the north by Magnuson Park, part of Sand Point; on the northwest by Sand Point Way N.
Windfall (computer game) Windfall: The Oil Crisis Game is a real-time economic simulation game developed by David Mullich in 1980 for the Apple II. Based upon queuing theory and released after the 1979 energy crisis, the game puts the player in the role of chief executive of Engulf Oil, setting gas prices and worker salaries, monitoring gas station lines, scheduling oil tanker arrivals, and negotiating oil prices with OPEC countries in a race against the clock to maximize profits.
Windfields Farm Windfields Farm is a 6 square kilometre (1,500 acre) thoroughbred horse breeding farm in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1937, the business originated with a property near the city of Toronto known as Parkwood Stable when it was owned by Colonel Sam McLaughlin of McLaughlin Automobile fame.
Windgap (Pittsburgh) Windgap is a neighborhood in the west area of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a zip code of 15202, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 2 (West Neighborhoods).
Windham Centre, Ontario Windham Centre is a small village in the single-tier municipality of Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada. It was considered to be the township seat of the former Windham Township which was done away with in 1974 when the Counties of Haldimand and Norfolk joined together to form the Regional Municipality of Haldimand Norfolk.
Windham Mountain Windham Mountain is a ski resort located in the town of Windham, New York, in the northern section of the Catskill Mountains. It has 46 trails and 9 lifts, including two high-speed detachable quads, one from the bottom to top of each peak.
Windham Quin, 2nd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl Windham Henry Quin, 2nd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (29 September 1782-6 August 1850) was an Irish Peer. The son of Valentine Richard Quin, 1st Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, he succeeded to the Earldom on the death of his father.
Windham Textile and History Museum The Windham Textile and History Museum is a museum in Willimantic, Connecticut, in the New England region of the United States. Its main focus is the American Thread Company's now-closed Willimantic mill; it is located in a building previously owned by the company.
Windham Township, Portage County, Ohio Windham Township is one of eighteen civil townships in Portage County, Ohio, USA. It is located in the northeastern portion of the county, and borders or touches the following other townships and municipalities:
Windham Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl Wyndham Thomas Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (12 February 1841–14 June 1926) was a British Peer. The son of Edwin Richard Wyndham-Quin, 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, he succeeded to the Earldom on the death of his father.
Windham, Maine Windham is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. It was originally founded in 1735 as New Marblehead, with most of the proprietors being from Marblehead, Massachusetts, and was renamed Windham in 1762.
Windhill and Wrose Windhill and Wrose (population 14,541 - 2001 UK census) is a Ward in Bradford Metropolitian District in the county of West Yorkshire, England, named after the districts of Windhill and Wrose around which it is drawn.
Winding engine A winding engine is a stationary engine used to control a cable, for example at a pit head. Electric hoist controllers that have replaced proper winding engines in modern mining but use electric motors are also traditionally referred to as winding engines.
Winding Paths 'Winding Paths' is a book containing a collection of photographs taken by British author Bruce Chatwin during his various travels. These include photographs from the period when he was writing his other works, In Patagonia, The Viceroy of Ouidah, Utz, The Songlines and On The Black Hill
Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation Area Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation Area is a United States National Recreation Area located within the Ouachita National Forest. State Highway 1, known as the Talimena Scenic Byway in this area, bisects the recreation area.
WindizUpdate WindizUpdate is an unofficial web-based software update service for Microsoft Windows operating systems provided by 62NDS Solutions Ltd, a third-party from Microsoft. WindizUpdate is intended to be an alternative to Microsoft's Windows Update web site.
Windjammer A windjammer is a type of sailing ship with a large iron or steel hull, used for cargo in the nineteenth century. They were the grandest of cargo sailing ships, with between three and five large masts and square sails, giving them a characteristic profile.
Windjammer (film) The Windjammer movie records an actual voyage of the Norwegian sail Windjammer training ship Christian Radich. It was the first movie to be shot in Cinemiracle with 7-track stereophonic sound and gave the viewers a panoramic image of the 17,500 nautical mile voyage.
Windjammer Surf Racers Windjammer Surf Racers was a roller coaster at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California. The ride was known to be a mechanical nightmare, and the park's resulting lawsuit against the manufacturer, TOGO, eventually caused the demise of the company.
Windjammers (Neo Geo) Windjammers (also known as Flying Power Disc in Japan) is an arcade game released by Data East on the Neo Geo arcade system in 1994. The game is based on an actual real world sport, called 10-S, which is similar to Tennis, but instead uses discs.
Windjet Windjet is a scheduled and charter passenger airline based in Catania, Italy. It was founded in 2003, following the disbandment of Air Sicilia, by current CEO Antonino Pulvirenti, also owner of football team Calcio Catania.
Windlesham House School Windlesham House School was founded in 1837 by Charles Robert Malden and was the first boy's preparatory school in the United Kingdom. In 1963 Charles and Elizabeth Ann Malden, then Heads of the School accepted girls, making it the first co-educational prep school in the country.
WindLegends The WindLegends Saga series began with the first ten sword & sorcery novels written by bestselling dark fantasy author Charlotte Boyett-Compo. The novels tell the tale of the Chosen One, Prince Conar McGregor of Serenia and his lady-wife, Princess Anya Elizabeth Wynth of Oceania, known in the world of magic as the Windkeeper.
Windmill A windmill is an engine powered by the wind to produce energy, often contained in a large building as in traditional post mills, smock mills and tower mills. The energy windmills produce can be used in many ways, traditionally for grinding grain or spices, pumping water, sawing wood or hammering seeds.
Windmill (breakdancing move) The Windmill (or briefly Mill) is one of the most well-known power moves in breakdancing. The breaker rolls his torso continuously in a circular path on the floor, across the upper chest/shoulders/back, while twirling his legs in a V-shape through the air.
Windmill Hill Windmill Hill is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure in the English county of Wiltshire, situated around 1 mile (2 km) north west of Avebury. It is the largest example of its type in the British Isles enclosing an area of 85,000 square metres.
Windmill Hill culture The Windmill Hill culture was a name given to a people inhabiting southern Britain, in particular in the Salisbury Plain area close to Stonehenge, around approximately 3000BC. They were an agrarian Neolithic people; their name comes from Windmill Hill, a causewayed camp.
Windmill Hill Cutting Windmill Hill Cutting () is a large cutting on the dual gauge railway east of Toodyay in Western Australia. The cutting was constructed between 1963 and 1964 for the Eastern Railway route through the Avon Valley.
Windmill Hill, Bristol Windmill Hill is situated in the south of the city of Bristol and is often referred to as being part of Bedminster. It is a predominantly residential location, and became popular with in the 1990s and 2000s with students, artists and environmentalists, often sharing rented accommodation.
Windmill Islands The Windmill Islands are an Antarctic group of rocky islands and rocks () about 6 mi wide, paralleling the coast of Wilkes Land for 17 mi immediately north of Vanderford Glacier along the east side of Vincennes Bay. Mapped from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump, 1946-47.
Windmill restart A windmill restart of a jet engine is a maneuver that uses the kinetic energy of the aircraft to attempt to restart an engine that has experienced a flameout. The procedure is designed to force air into the engine housing to spin the rotors and create enough pneumatic pressure for ignition.
Windmill Theatre The Windmill Theatre, later the Windmill Club, was a famous West End theatre in Great Windmill Street, London. Great Windmill Street took its name from an actual windmill that stood there from the reign of King Charles II until the late 18th century.
Windom Park, Minneapolis Windom Park is a neighborhood in the Northeast community in Minneapolis. Its boundaries are Lowry Avenue NE to the north, New Brighton Boulevard to the east, 18th Avenue NE to the south, and Central Avenue to the west.
Windom, Minneapolis The Windom neighborhood is located in the Southwest community of Minneapolis. Its borders are Diamond Lake Road and West 54th Street to the north, Interstate 35W to the east, West 62nd Street (Highway 62) to the south, and Lyndale Avenue South and Highway 121 to the west.
Windover archaeological site The Windover archaeological site is an Early Archaic (6000 to 5000 BC) archaeological site found in Brevard County near Titusville, Florida, USA. Windover is a muck pond where remains of 160 individuals were found buried in the peat at the bottom of the pond.
Window (album) Window is an early release by the band The Microphones. It acts as an accompaniment EP to the album Don't Wake Me Up, since tracks 7-23 are pieces of vocals and short music clips that were incorporated in Don't Wake Me Up, as well as other musical works The Microphone's main member Phil Elverum was working on at the time.
Window (computing) In computing, a window is a visual area, usually rectangular in shape, containing some kind of user interface, displaying the output of and allowing input for one of a number of simultaneously running computer processes. Windows are primarily associated with graphical displays, where they can be manipulated with a pointer.
Window (short story) "Window" is a science fiction story by Bob Leman, published in 1980 and reprinted numerous times. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for best short story, and the influential science fiction publisher Donald A.
Window blind A window or door blind is a covering for a window or door, usually attached to the interior side of a window. It simply refers to some device to hide from sight (thus "blinding" the viewer) or to reduce sunlight (and therefore heat, i.
Window cleaner A window cleaner maintains the cleanliness of windows, mirrors and other glass surfaces. The work is mostly cleaning of exterior window panes - interior panes are usually maintained by maids or janitors though many exterior cleaners will clean both sides of a pane if required.
Window Cornice A Window Cornice is an ornamental framework of wood or composition to which window curtains are attached by rods with rings or hooks. Cornices are often gilded and of elaborate design, but they are less fashionable today than before it had been discovered that elaborate draperies harbour dust and microbes.
Window decoration Window decorations are provided by windowing systems to improve the usability of a multi-windowed desktop. They typically consist of a main bar along the top of each window and a minimal border around the other three sides, although this can often be varied upon if the user wishes.
Window film Window film, also called window tint, is transparent plastic film or metallic laminate which is applied to glass windows. They are available in many different compositions with varying effects on the optical and mechanical properties of the underlying glass.
Window function In signal processing, a window function (or apodization function) is a function that is zero-valued outside of some chosen interval. For instance, a function that is constant inside the interval and zero elsewhere is called a rectangular window, which describes the shape of its graphical representation.
Window Maker Window Maker is a window manager for the X Window System, which allows graphical applications to be run on Unix-like operating-systems. It is designed to emulate NeXT's GUI, as an OpenStep-compatible environment.
Window of the World The Window of the World () is a theme park located in the western part of the city of Shenzhen in the People's Republic of China. It has reproductions of some of the most famous tourist attractions in the world squeezed into 480,000 square metres.
Window period In medicine, the window period for a test designed to detect a specific disease (particularly infectious disease) is the time between first infection and when the test can detect that infection. In antibody-based testing, the window period is dependent on the time taken for seroconversion.
Window Rock High School Window Rock High School, is a public school in Fort Defiance, built in the late 1980s in unincorporated Apache County, Arizona. WRHS is a part of the Window Rock Unified School District and is known as the "Home of the Fighting Scouts.
Window screen A window screen, insect screen, or fly screen is a metal wire, fiberglass, or other synthetic fiber mesh, stretched in a frame of wood or metal, designed to cover the opening of an open window. Its primary purpose is to keep insects, leaves, birds, and animals from entering a building or a screened structure such as a porch, while permitting fresh air-flow.
Window seat A window seat is a miniature sofa without a back, intended to fill the recess of a window. In the latter part of the 18th century, when tall narrow sash windows were almost universal, the window seat was in high favor, and was no doubt in keeping with the formalism of Georgian interiors.
Window shutter A window shutter panel is a solid window covering usually consisting of side stiles, top and bottom rails, and louvers. Individual shutter panels can be hinged together to form a shutter unit, which fills a window opening.
Window sitter A window sitter, sometimes known as a desktop sitter, is a graphical application that displays a character sitting on top of other application windows running on a computer. The character is often a cute animal, or an anime character in chibi form.
Window tax The window tax was a glass tax which was a significant social, cultural, and architectural force in the kingdoms of England, Scotland and then Great Britain during the 17th and 18th centuries. Some houses from the period can be seen to have bricked-up windows, as a result of the tax.
Window-Eyes Window-Eyes is a screen reader that makes a computer usable by someone who is blind or has low vision. It "reads" information by communicating directly with applications such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Word, etc.
WindowBlinds WindowBlinds is a computer program that allows users to skin the Windows graphical user interface. It has been developed by Stardock since 1998, and is the most popular component of their flagship software suite, Object Desktop.
WindowFX WindowFX is a "fun" computer program that is designed to allow Windows 2000/XP/2003 users to make use of their graphics cards outside the realm of personal computer games. It is a component of Stardock's Object Desktop package.
Windows "Vienna" Windows "Vienna" (formerly known as Blackcomb) is Microsoft's codename for a future version of Microsoft Windows, originally announced in February 2000, but has since been subject to major delays and rescheduling.
Windows 9x Windows 9x is a term used to describe the DOS-based operating systems Windows 95 and Windows 98, similar versions of Microsoft Windows which were produced in the 1990s. Occasionally, Windows Me is also included in the term, as it is very similar in many respects.
Windows Address Book Windows Address Book (WAB) is a component of Microsoft Windows operating systems that lets users keep a single list of contacts that can be shared by multiple programs. It is most commonly used by Microsoft Outlook Express.
Windows Alt keycodes In PCs running the Microsoft Windows operating system, additional characters to those available by the current keyboard layout may be typed using the Alt key in conjunction with the keyboard's numeric pad. This technique is generally called Alt code.
Windows Anytime Upgrade Windows Anytime Upgrade (WAU) is an upgrade method offered by Microsoft for users who wish to upgrade their edition of Windows Vista by buying a license online. This will reduce the number of installation disks in circulation; all five editions of Vista will be included on one 2.
Windows API The Windows API, informally WinAPI, is the name given by Microsoft to the core set of application programming interfaces available in the Microsoft Windows operating systems. It is designed for use by C/C++ programs and is the most direct way to interact with a Windows system for software applications.
Windows box A windows box is a computer that uses the Microsoft Windows operating system. The practice of calling small computers "boxes" (and sometimes "boxen") began when smaller computers and interface devices like graphics terminals were first networked with mainframes.
Windows code page Microsoft uses two main groups of code pages in Microsoft Windows (known as character encodings in other operating systems). The OEM code pages are used in console windows and can be considered a holdover from DOS and the original IBM PC architecture. The ANSI code pages are used for non-Unicode applications using the Windows GUI. Two single-byte, fixed-width code pages (874 for Thai and 1258 for Vietnamese) and four multibyte CJK code pages (932, 936, 949, 950) are used as both ANSI and OEM code pages. Both ANSI and OEM code pages are extended ASCII code pages.
Windows Calendar Windows Calendar is a calendar application that is included with Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system. It natively supports the iCalendar file format, and has the ability to publish and subscribe to web-based calendars by using HTTP and WebDAV.
Windows CardSpace Windows CardSpace, formerly known by its codename InfoCard, is a framework developed by Microsoft which securely stores digital identities of a person, and provides a unified interface for choosing the identity for a particular transaction, such as logging in to a website. Windows CardSpace is a central part of Microsoft's effort to create an Identity Metasystem, or a unified, secure and interoperable identity layer for the Internet.
Windows CE Windows CE (sometimes abbreviated WinCE) is a variation of Microsoft's Windows operating system for minimalistic computers and embedded systems. Windows CE is a distinctly different kernel, rather than a "trimmed down" version of desktop Windows.

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