Word Finder - windmill

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A machine which translates linear motion of wind to rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails.

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The structure containing such machinery.

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A child's toy consisting of vanes mounted on a stick that rotate when blown by a person or by the wind.

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A dunk where the dunker swings his arm in a circular motion before throwing the ball through the hoop.

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A guitar move where the strumming hand mimics a turning windmill.

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A breakdancing move in which the dancer rolls his/her torso continuously in a circular path on the floor, across the upper chest, shoulders and back, while twirling the legs in a V shape in the air.

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Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Byasa, the wings of which resemble the vanes of a windmill.

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The false shower.

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An imaginary enemy, but presented as real.

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To rotate with a sweeping motion.

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She ran down the hill, windmilling her arms with glee.

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Of a rotating part of a machine, to (become disengaged and) rotate freely.

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The axle broke and the wheel windmilled in place briefly before careening through the wall.

Six hundred years after that, we get the windmill for irrigation.

But in the beginning of the 15th century new possibilities were revealed by the adaptation of the windmill to the purpose of pumping water.

The Windmill tavern occupies a prominent position in the action of Every Man in his Humour.

February 19 th 1834 To be sold a smock tower windmill at Lamarsh, Essex, drives two stones.

Brixham Cave, called also Windmill Hill Cavern, is a wellknown ossiferous cave situated near Brixham, on the brow of a hill composed of Devonian limestone.

Built in 1814, this mill is the tallest working smock windmill in England.

Windmill Lighter starts a fire in high wind conditions with a new wind proof lighter.

The other forms of velocity anemometer may be described as belonging to the windmill type.

He once defined himself as "l'avocat du pauvre," and few things gave him more pleasure than the famous answer of the miller whose windmill stood on ground which was wanted for the king's garden.

Entry is via a hinged steel lid in Windmill Wood.

Meantime, your arms should move in a windmill motion in front of you.

On St Thomas's Hill, where Thomas, earl of Lancaster, was beheaded in 1322, a chantry was erected in 1373, the site of which is now occupied by a windmill built of its stones.

The mills were presumably driven for the most part by water, though we have a reference to a windmill as early as the year 833.

As he surveyed the field from the windmill north of Fleurus it struck him as significant that Blucher's troops were disposed parallel to the Namur road, as if to cover a forward concentration, and not at right angles to it, as they would be had they been covering a retreat.

The rainbow-like circular wheels are the propellers, answering to the wheels of a steam-boat, and acting upon the air after the manner of a windmill.

He was also professor of anatomy, physiology and surgery to the College of Surgeons of London, and for many years teacher of anatomy in the school which used to exist in Great Windmill Street.

The Windmill The Windmill was once said to be haunted by a poltergeist.

Also on this section, before the wharves, is an old converted windmill.

Valuable tower windmill situated in good corn growing district.

I glanced up at the sails of the windmill, now dim and still in the warm morning air.

Working windmill producing stone-ground flour for sale to visitors.

This number will help you select a location and determine what size your windmill must be.

The northern windmill was restored in 1981, and the restoration of the southern windmill is still ongoing.

The site makes it simple to find the trailer you're looking for as quickly as possible and presently features trailers to Old Dogs, Couples Retreat, Five Minutes of Heaven, The Windmill Movie, Spread, Flicker and Planet 51.

Its public buildings include a court-house, the prison for the south-west of Scotland, and an observatory and museum, housed in a disused windmill.

Here there are large summer hotels, old residences built in the prosperous days of whaling, old lean-to houses, old graveyards and an octagonal towered windmill built in 1746.

It forced him to forge ahead like some naive knight doing battle with a windmill to satisfy his curiosity and meet this fool who'd toss away a life with this woman for a few measly mil­lions.

Bridge dating from 15th century is oldest of five across River Nith, and 18th-century windmill contains camera obscura and local history museum.

Windmill End opened in 1878, enjoyed a fairly inauspicious life and closed to passengers, as did the line, in 1964.

Activities include face painting, cake decorating, windmill making, lucky dip and visits from cartoon favorite Gordon the Garden Gnome.

There are case studies from people who have renovated everything from a working windmill to a Georgian rectory.

The main reason he's famous is because of his death defying walks between the windmill sails, while they are turning.

Windmill also enabled the scientists to determine the maximum depth at which they could use aerial thermography to detect springs.

However, their claim to reach the Windmill proved untrue.

The desert and time's collapsing a wooden shack and cross but leaving erect a flimsy wood windmill, is poetic license.

The company had by now also built a windmill close by to supplement grinding power whenever necessary.

At Thornton, visit 18th century Marsh Mill and take a tour to the top of Europe's tallest working windmill.

Would you be interested in siting your new shopping complex in a traditional windmill?

In addition to the two church towers, a restored 17 th century post windmill adds to the scenic skyline.

The sack hoist is the most important item in the windmill.

The main reason he 's famous is because of his death defying walks between the windmill sails, while they are turning.

The desert and time 's collapsing a wooden shack and cross but leaving erect a flimsy wood windmill, is poetic license.

A windmill restored in the early 1990s stands on a ridge overlooking the shore.

At Thornton, visit 18th century Marsh Mill and take a tour to the top of Europe 's tallest working windmill.

Your way back is through the south into the picturesque port of Mykonos with its famous windmill hills.

Dumfries Museum is centered around the eighteenth century windmill tower which stands above the town.

Windmill Farm is 1 mile north of Lizard village.

It is easy to see the Dutch influence in the architecture because Dutch Haven has a giant windmill on the roof.

If you plan to rely on wind energy as the sole source of power for your home or office, you'll need equipment beyond a simple windmill that will allow you to store wind energy for use during times that the wind is not blowing.

Harnessing and using wind power requires the installation of a windmill, which can be rather large.