Word Finder - windows

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The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.

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To separate out the chaff, early cultures tossed baskets of grain into the air and let the wind blow away the lighter chaff.

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Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.

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Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless.

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Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.

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Loose material, e.g. small strips of aluminum foil dropped from aircraft, intended to interfere with radar detection.

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An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle.

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An opening, usually covered by glass, in a shop which allows people to view the shop and its products from outside; a shop window.

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The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening.

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A period of time when something is available.

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launch window;  window of opportunity;  You have a two-hour window of clear weather to finish working on the lawn.

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A restricted range.

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A rectangular area on a computer terminal or screen containing some kind of user interface, displaying the output of and allowing input for one of a number of simultaneously running computer processes.

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A figure formed of lines crossing each other.

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The time between first infection and detectability.

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To furnish with windows.

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To place at or in a window.

A town car with darkened windows awaited them.

The windows were open and the sky beyond the trees dark.

I'm more used to country property where doors and windows are left open, making my life oh so easy.

The old house with its dark blank windows was eerie.

If only there were some curtains on the windows and rugs on the floors.

Large windows framed a picturesque pond, boarded by tall pines.

Deidre emerged into the living room and turned around once completely, not expecting the views of the city from the bank of windows along one wall.

She paced and caught sight of her reflection in the windows.

The windows were open with no glass, and heavy iron chandeliers hung from thick wooden rafters and were burning real candles.

They emerged in a small conference room with one wall made of windows.

She gazed out the windows, unease making her stomach churn.

As the wheels rolled softly over the straw beneath the windows, Anna Mikhaylovna, having turned with words of comfort to her companion, realized that he was asleep in his corner and woke him up.

The windows in the car would be broken, and everything would get soaked.

The windows were all broken and the front end was smashed back to the windshield.

Rain splattered hard against his windows, drawing his gaze to the windows.

The room was dark, the floor-to-ceiling windows displaying the incredible views of the Eiffel Tower, whose frame was outlined by lights against the dark Parisian sky She was about to step onto the balcony when a knock at the door drew her attention.

He guided her through the fog, and they emerged in a dark room with the light of streetlamps filtering through two windows across what looked another hotel room.

The windows all faced east, over another valley, and a terrace was decorated with dainty iron-scrolled chairs.

Kiera followed as Evelyn turned toward the main house, a sprawling, single-story compound made of brilliant white stone and dotted with hundreds of glass-less windows.

A midmorning breeze drifted through the windows to her right, and she closed her eyes.

She set about wandering the halls once more, pausing to look out of large windows onto expanses of grass.

Leaving the command center for his quarters, he glanced out the windows as he strode through the compound.

She stared at the ceiling, enjoying the breeze skating through the windows.

They reached the top, where another set of low buildings were carved from the rock, their doors and windows glowing.

She stared out the windows at the telephone poles as they approached and sped off in a blur.

There were no windows on the tiny craft, only the two of them and two benches long enough for them to stretch out on.

Due to its location in the center of the building, there were no windows.

The icicles are prison bars on our windows, trapping us, prisoners to this life of sin and degradation...

He cleaned the kitchen, dusted the entire downstairs and, as the weather remained mild, even washed the first floor windows, hoping when and if Cynthia saw them it would not be in the sun.

She moved off to examine the other windows as Dean knelt to do her bidding.

Jackson had hoped to make plans with Elisabeth, but he couldn't very well ask her over and say, "Don't mind the steel shutters on all the windows."

Pressing her thumb to her door, she realized there was light lining the windows of the condo beside hers.

The only difference was the boards hammered over each of the windows, and the weapons sitting beside Mrs. Watson's rocking chair and stacked on the couch.

When dawn outlined the boards hammered across the windows, she rose.

A tingle of alarm went through Rhyn, but his head was too heavy for him to process it.  Instead, he focused hard on containing the power within him.  When he felt he wouldn't explode, he looked around.  Darkyn had claimed Kris's library and stood near a pane of windows overlooking the snowy Alps.

Everyone lolled around the squad room, shirt collars and windows open, and nei­ther providing much relief.

When he reached her vehicle, he could hear her anguished sobs through the closed windows.

Lightning flashed so bright that the room lit up, and shortly afterward it thundered so loud that the windows rattled.

The white block walls of the dairy remained solid, but the windows were dark.

A week ago she and Alex had been down to open some windows, but the house still smelled stale.

A crew was supposed to be out in the next week or so to do the work, but she wanted to measure the windows for curtains.

He retreated obediently to Rissa's quarters and crossed to close the opened windows.

The windows were blank.

The exterior is adorned with niched statues and beautiful iron trellis work round the windows.

It seemed to me that I never had heard the town-clock strike before, nor the evening sounds of the village; for we slept with the windows open, which were inside the grating.

Dusty stood in the corner of a small hotel room, peering out the windows.

His magic filled the air around him, flinging the living room furniture against windows and walls in a fit of fury.

He crossed to the windows and opened them, assessing it to be only a few hours before dawn.

Taran lowered his eye-band at the bright light streaming through her windows.

The walls were of stained pine, shellacked to a glow that reflected every ray of light that entered the large windows.