Wing A wing is a surface used to produce an aerodynamic force normal to the direction of motion by travelling in Earth's atmosphere or another gaseous medium, facilitating flight. It is a specific form of airfoil. The first use of the word was for the foremost limbs of birds, but has been extended to include the wings of insects, bats and pterosaurs and also man-made devices.
	Wing loading In aerodynamics, wing loading is the loaded weight of the aircraft divided by the area of the wing. It is broadly reflective of the aircraft's lift-to-mass ratio, which affects its rate of climb, load-carrying ability, and turn performance. Typical wing loadings range from 20 lb/ft for general aviation aircraft, to 80 to 120 lb/ft for high-speed designs like modern fighter aircraft.
	Wing tip The wing tip is that part of the wing most distant from the fuselage of a fixed-wing aircraft. Because the wing tip shape influences the size and drag of the Wingtip vortices, how best to terminate the wing of an airplane has long been a controversial subject amongst aircraft designers.
	Winged bean The Winged bean, also known as the Goa bean, is a tropical legume plant native to Papua New Guinea. It grows abundantly in hot, humid equatorial countries, from the Philippines and Indonesia to India, Burma and Sri Lanka. It does well in humid tropics with high rainfall.
	Wingman A wingman is a pilot who supports another in a potentially dangerous flying environment. "Wingman" was originally a term referring to the fixed-wing aircraft flying beside and slightly behind the lead plane in an aircraft formation. This formation serves to position the aircraft in such a way as to enhance mutual survival in a hostile environment.
	Wingspan The wingspan of an fixed-wing aircraft is the distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about 60 m. The term wingspan, more technically extent, is also used for birds, and other winged animals such as pterosaurs, bats, insects, etc.
	Wink The wink is an intentional facial expression made by closing one eye; it is distinguished from the blink by the fact that the other eye remains open. A wink is a form of semi-formal communication, which indicates shared, unspoken knowledge. A wink can silently indicate a shared secret, such as if a salesperson gives a customer a brochure and says "here you go, it's free".
	Winnipeg Winnipeg is a major List of cities in Canada, and the capital of the Provinces and territories of Canada of Manitoba. Located in Western Canada, near where the Canadian Shield meets the Prairies, Winnipeg plays a prominent role in transportation, finance, manufacturing, agriculture and education.
	Winslow Homer Winslow Homer was an United States landscape painter, most famous for his marines. Largely self-taught, he is considered one of the foremost painters in 19th century America, and a preeminent figure in American art.
	Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, Order of the Garter, Order of Merit, Order of the Companions of Honour, Territorial Decoration, Fellow of the Royal Society, Queen's Privy Council for Canada was an England statesman and author, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War.
	Winter Winter is one of the four seasons of temperate zones. It is the season with the shortest days and the lowest temperatures. In areas farther from the equator, winter is often marked by snow. Depending on place and culture, what is considered to be the start and end of winter vary.
	Winter flounder The winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus, is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is native to coastal waters of the western north Atlantic Ocean coast, from Labrador, Canada to Georgia, United States. In the waters from Newfoundland down through Maryland it is the most common flounder.
	Winter melon The winter melon, also called white gourd or ash gourd, is a vine grown for its very large fruit, eaten as a vegetable. The fruit is fuzzy when young, giving rise to the name fuzzy melon. By maturity, the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating, giving rise to the name wax gourd, and providing a long shelf life.
	Winter Olympic Games The Winter Olympic Games or the Olympic Winter Games, are a winter multi-sport event held every four years. They feature winter sports held on ice or snow, such as ice skating and skiing. Each National Olympic Committee , as with the Summer Olympic Games, enters athletes to compete against other NOC's athletes for gold, silver, and bronze medals.
	Winter savory Winter savory is a perennial flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to warm temperate regions of southern Europe. It is a semi-evergreen, semi-woody subshrub growing to 50 cm tall. The leaf are opposite, oval-lanceolate, 1-2 cm long and 5 mm broad. The flowers are white.
	Winter Wren The Winter Wren is a very small bird, a member of the mainly New World wren family Troglodytidae. It is the only wren which occurs in the Old World; in Europe it is commonly known simply as "the" Wren. The scientific name, meaning "cave-dweller", refers to its habit of disappearing into cavities or crevices whilst hunting arthropods or to roost.
	Wintun Wintun is the name generally given to a group of related Native American tribes who lived in Northern California, including the Wintu, Nomlaki, Patwin and Southern Patwin tribes. Their range was from approximately present-day Lake Shasta to San Francisco Bay, along the western side of the Sacramento River to the Coast Range.
	Wipers The Wipers are a punk rock group formed in Portland, Oregon in 1977 by guitarist Greg Sage, drummer Sam Henry and bassist Dave Koupal. Is This Real?, The Wipers first album, was first released in 1980 and quietly gained a cult following. The Wipers became better known after the wildly popular grunge band Nirvana covered two songs from Is This Real?.
	Wire A wire is a single, usually cylinder , elongated strand of drawing metal. Wires are used to bear mechanical loads and to carry electricity and telecommunications Wiktionary:signal. standardization sizes are determined by various wire gauges.
	Wire stripper A wire stripper is a small, hand-held device used to strip the Insulator from electric wires.
	Wisconsin Wisconsin is a U.S. state in the United States, located in the U.S. Midwest. Its capital is Madison, Wisconsin; the governor of Wisconsin is Jim Doyle. The Wisconsin area, bordered by the current-day states of Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan and Illinois, as well as Lakes Lake Michigan and Lake Superior, has been part of United States territory since the end of the American Revolutionary War; the Wisconsin Territory
	Wisconsin River The Wisconsin River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the state of Wisconsin in the United States. At approximately 430 mi long, it is the state's longest river. The river's name, first recorded in 1673 by Jacques Marquette as "Meskousing", is rooted in the Algonquian languages used by the area's Native Americans in the United States tribes, but its original meaning is obscure.
	Wisdom Wisdom is the ability, developed through experience, insight and reflection, to discern truth and exercise good judgement. It is sometimes conceptualized as an especially well developed form of common sense. Most psychologists regard wisdom as distinct from the cognitive abilities measured by standardized intelligence tests.
	Wisent The Wisent or European Bison is a bison species and the heaviest land animal in Europe. A typical wisent is about 2.9 m long and 1.8–2 m tall, and weighs 300 to 1000 kg. It is typically lankier and less massive than the related American bison , and has shorter hair on the neck, head, and forequarters.
	Wish A wish is a hope or desire for something. Fictionally, wishes can be used as plot devices. In folklore, opportunities for "making a wish" or for wishes to "come true" or "be granted" are themes that are sometimes used.
	WISP WISP is an acronym which stands for Wireless Internet Service Provider. These can be Wi-Fi hotspots or an operator with a Wi-Fi based network infrastructure. Often they offer additional services, like location based content, Virtual Private Networking and Voice over IP. WISP's are predominantly in rural environments where cable and digital subscriber lines are not available.
	Wisteria Wisteria is a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines native to the eastern United States and the East Asian states of China, Korea, and Japan. The vines climb by twining their Plant stems either Clockwise and counterclockwise or counter-clockwise round any available support.
	Wisteria floribunda Japanese wisteria is a Woody plant liana of the Wisteria family. It was brought from Japan to the United States in 1860 by George Rogers Hall. Since then, it has become one of the most highly romanticized flowering garden plants. It is also a common subject for bonsai, along with Wisteria sinensis(Chinese wisteria)
	Witch-hunt A witch-hunt was traditionally a search for witches or evidence of witchcraft, which could lead to a witchcraft trial involving the accused person. Many diverse cultures throughout the world, both ancient and modern, have reacted to allegations of witchcraft either by superstitious fear and awe, and killed any alleged practitioners of witchcraft outright; or shunned it as quackery, extortion or fraud.
	Witchcraft Witchcraft, in various historical, religious and mythical contexts, is the use of certain kinds of alleged supernatural or magical powers. A witch is a person who practices witchcraft, and may be male or female. In historical, mythological and Demonology contexts a male "witch" is more frequently termed a Wizard , sorcerer, warlock, or simply a magician.
	Withers The withers is the highest point on an animal back, on the ridge between its shoulder blades. They are made up by the dorsal spinal processes of the first 5 to 9 thoracic vertebrae, which are unusually long in this area and are less than 6" in height on the withers of the average horse.
	Within Within is the first full-length album by Denmark band Wuthering Heights.
	Wiz Wiz/With is a fictional character from the anime D.N.Angel. With is voiced by Mariela Ortiz in the English dub. In the Wink drama CDs, he's voiced by Megumi Toyoguchi.
	Wizardry Wizardry is a series of computer role-playing games, developed by Sir-Tech, that were popular in the 1980s. Originally made for the Apple II, they were later ported to other platforms. The latest game in the series, Wizardry 8, is available only for Microsoft Windows.
	Woad Woad is the common name of the flowering plant Isatis tinctoria in the family Brassicaceae. It is occasionally known as Asp of Jerusalem. Woad is also the name of a blue dye produced from the plant. Woad is pronounced to rhyme with road. Woad is native to the steppe and desert zones of the Caucasus, Central Asia to eastern Siberia and Western Asia, but is now found in southeastern and some parts of Central Europe as well.
	Wog Wog is a word with several meanings, some commonly derogatory, some not.
	Wok The wok is a versatile round-bottomed cookware and bakeware originating in China. It is used especially in East Asia and Southeast Asia. The word "wok" comes from the Standard Cantonese word for the item: "wok6" . Standard Mandarin refers to woks by using the word "guo" , or the phrases "guozi" , or "chao ci guo" .
	Wolf spider The wolf spiders are members of the Family Lycosidae.
	Wolf's Bane Wolf's Bane is the nineteenth book in the Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever and now illustrated by Brian Williams.
	Wolffia Species of the genus Wolffia are the smallest flowering plants. Commonly called watermeal, these aquatic plants resemble specks of cornmeal floating on the water. Wolffia species are free-floating Thallus, green or yellow-green, and without roots. Wolffia often forms floating mats with related species, e.g.
	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific and highly influential composer of Classical music era. His enormous output of more than six hundred compositions includes works that are widely acknowledged as pinnacles of symphony, chamber music, piano, opera, and choir music.
	Wolfgang Pauli Wolfgang Ernst Pauli was an Austrian physicist noted for his work on the theory of spin , and in particular the discovery of the Pauli exclusion principle, which underpins the whole of chemistry.
	Wolframite WolframiteWO4, is an iron manganese tungstate mineral that is the intermediate between ferberite and hbnerite. Along with scheelite, the wolframite series are the most important tungsten ore minerals. Wolframite is found in quartz veins and pegmatites associated with granite intrusives.
	Wollaston prism A Wollaston prism is an optical device, invented by William Hyde Wollaston, that manipulates Polarization light. It separates randomly polarized or unpolarized light into two orthogonal, linearly polarizer outgoing beams. The Wollaston prism consists of two orthogonal calcite Prism, cemented together on their base to form two right triangle prisms with perpendicular optic axes.
	Wollastonite Wollastonite is a calcium Silicate minerals mineral that may contain small amounts of iron, magnesium, and manganese substituting for calcium. It is usually white. It forms when impure limestone or dolostone is subjected to high temperature and pressure sometimes in the presence of silica-bearing fluids as in skarns or contact metamorphic rocks.
	Wollemi Pine Wollemia nobilis is a remarkable Pinophyta tree that was discovered in 1994 in a remote series of narrow, steep-sided sandstone gorges in a mild temperate-zone rainforest wilderness area of the Wollemi National Park in New South Wales, 150 kilometer north-west of the Australian city of Sydney.
	Wolverine The wolverine is the largest terrestrial species of the Mustelidae or weasel family, and is also called the glutton or carcajou. It is the only species currently classified in the genus Gulo. Three subspecies are recognised, the Old World form Gulo gulo gulo and the New World forms G.
	Woman A woman is a female human. The term woman usually is used for an adult, with the term girl being the usual term for a female child or adolescent. However, the term woman is also sometimes used to identify a female human, regardless of age, as in phrases such as "Women's rights".
	Woman Haters Woman Haters is the first of Columbia Pictures' 190 short subjects starring the comedy team of the Three Stooges. Originally Marjorie White received top billing over the Stooges, but she passed away shortly after production and the short became the first "official" Three Stooges comedy short film.
	Woman of the House Woman of the House, an album by Cherish the Ladies, was released in 2005 on the Rounder Records label.
	Wombat Wombats are Australian marsupials; they are short-legged, muscular quadrupeds, approximately one metre in length and with a very short tail. The name wombat comes from the Eora Aboriginal community who were the original inhabitants of the Sydney area. Wombats dig extensive burrow systems with rodent-like front teeth and powerful claws.
	Women's Army Corps The Women's Army Corps was a special unit of the United States Army, established in 1942, which organized the female enlisted personnel. Its first director was Oveta Culp Hobby, from Texas. As many as 150,000 American women served in the corps during World War II. They were the first women other than nurses to serve with the Army.
	Wonder Woman Wonder Woman is a fictional DC Comics superheroine co-created by William Moulton Marston and wife Elizabeth Holloway Marston. Wonder Woman first appeared in All Star Comics #8. She is among the first-- and most famous-- comic book superheroines, and is written as a founding member of the Justice League.
	Wonderfulness Wonderfulness is the fourth album by Bill Cosby. It was recorded live at Harrah's, Lake Tahoe, Nevada by Warner Brothers Records.
	Wonton Wonton , also written as wantan, wanton and numerous other variations, are a type of dumpling common in Chinese cuisine.
	Wood Wood is derived from woody plants, notably trees but also shrubs. Wood from the latter is only produced in small sizes, reducing the diversity of uses. In its most common meaning, "wood" is the secondary xylem of a woody plant, but this is an approximation only: in the wider sense, wood may refer to other materials and tissues with comparable properties.
	Wood Avens Wood Avens is a perenial plant in the Rose family which grows in shady places in Europe and Middle East. Usually reaching a height between 20 and 60 cm, wood avens blooms between May and August and its flowers are 1 - 2 cm in diameter, having five bright yellow petals. The hermaphrodite flowers are scented and pollinated by bees.
	Wood block A wood block is essentially a small piece of slit drums made from a single piece of wood and used as a percussion instrument. It is struck with a stick, making a characteristically percussive sound. East Asian musics use a variety of wood blocks ranging from small hand-held instruments to enormous "temple blocks" which may be sounded by swinging a large log against them.
	Wood Duck The Wood Duck, Aix sponsa is a medium-sized perching duck. An adult is about three-quarters of the length of an adult Mallard. It shares its genus with the Asian Mandarin Duck. The adult male has distinctive multi-coloured iridescent plumage and red eyes. The female, less colourful, has a white eye-ring and a whitish throat.
	Wood engraving Wood engraving is, simply, the craft, or technique, of engraving, using the medium of wood. This was the earliest type of engraving. The original method — which is more precisely termed wood cutting, since it used a knife rather than engraving tools — was developed around 1400.
	Wood Frog Wood Frog is the common name given to Rana sylvatica. They are the only frogs found north of the Arctic Circle. Wood Frogs have the special ability to freeze their bodies. In the winter, as much as 35-45% of the frog's body may freeze, and turn to ice. Ice crystals form beneath the skin and become interspersed among the body's skeletal muscles.
	Wood grain Wood grain describes the alignment, texture and appearance of the wood fibres. This is often important in its effect on woodworking techniques. In describing the alignment of the wood in the tree a distinction may be made. Basically the grain may be: * straight * spiral * interlocked
	Wood Horsetail The Wood Horsetail is a horsetail native to the Northern Hemisphere, occurring in North America, Eurasia, and Asia. Because of its lacy appearance, it is considered among the most attractive of the horsetails.
	Wood mouse The Wood Mouse or Long-tailed Field Mouse is a common rodent, closely related to the Yellow-necked Mouse, that was recognised as a distinct species in 1894. It differs in that it has no band of yellow fur around the neck, has slightly smaller ears, and is usually slightly smaller overall: around 90mm in length.
	Wood Pigeon The Wood Pigeon is a member of the family Columbidae, doves and pigeons. In the colder northern and eastern parts of its European and western Asiatic range the Wood Pigeon is a migrant, but in southern and western Europe it is a well distributed and often abundant resident. The three Western European Columba pigeons, Wood Pigeon, Stock Pigeon, and Rock Pigeon, though superficially alike, have very distinctive characteristics; the Wood Pigeon may be identified at once by its larger size at 38–
	Wood pulp Wood pulp is the most common material used to make paper. The timber resources used to make wood pulp are referred to as pulpwood. Wood pulp generally comes from softwood trees such as spruce, pine, fir, larch and Tsuga, but also some hardwoods such as eucalyptus and birch.
	Wood Spurge Wood Spurge is a Europe plant in the genus Euphorbia. It reproduces both from seeds and root runners that spread underground then sprout new plants. It often grows to a height of 80 cm, and has dark green leaves about 6 cm long. The complex green-yellow inflorescence typical of Euphorbias appears between April and June.
	Wood Stork The Wood Stork is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It is a tropical species which breeds in much of South America, Central America and the Caribbean. There is a small and Endangered species breeding population in southern Florida, USA.
	Wood Thrush The Wood Thrush, Hylocichla mustelina, is a medium-sized Thrush, the only member ot the genus Hylocichla. The adult is 18.5 cm long and weighs 48 g. It is mainly brown on the upperparts, and rusty brown on the crown, nape and upper back. The underparts are white with black spots.
	Wood Warbler The Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix is a common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe, and just into the extreme west of Asia in the southern Ural Mountains. This Old World warbler is strongly bird migration and the entire population winters in tropical Africa.