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wind shear (in meteorology)
wind tunnel (mechanical device)
Windermere (lake, England)
Windhoek (capital, Namibia)
Windischgrätz, Alfred, prince zu (Austrian military leader)
windmill (mechanical device)
window (in architecture)
Windows (operating system)
Windsor (city, Ontario)
Windsor, house of (Ruling house of Great Britain)
Windsor, Wallis Warfield, duchess of (American-English royalty)
windsurfing (in sports)
Windward Islands (island group)
wine (liquor)
Winfrey, Oprah (Media Personality)
wing (part of animal)
Winnipeg (city, Canada)
Winnipeg River (river, Canada)
Winnipeg, Lake (lake, Canada)
Winnipegosis, Lake (lake, Canada)
Winnipesaukee, Lake (lake, New Hampshire)
Winslow, Edward (American pioneer & explorer)
Winslow, Josiah (American statesman)
Winsor, Justin (American librarian & historian)
Winston-Salem (city, North Carolina)
wintergreen (plant)
Winthrop, John (1588–1649, governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony)
Wisconsin (state, United States)
Wise, Isaac Mayer (American Jewish personage)
Wise, Stephen Samuel (American Jewish personage)
Wister, Owen (American writer)
wisteria (plant, flower)
witchcraft and sorcery (Anthropology)
Witherspoon, John (Scottish-American theologian & politician)
Witt, Katarina (Figure Skater)
Wittelsbach, house of (Modern Europe)
Witz, Konrad (German painter)
Wodehouse, Sir P(elham) G(renville) (English-American novelist & lyricist)
Wolcott, Oliver (U.S. History)
wolf (carnivore)