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Showing words for WINDLASS using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Windlass

windlass

7 Letter Words for Windlass

islands

6 Letter Words for Windlass

diwans, inlaws, island, lawins, salwin, snails, swails, swains, windas

5 Letter Words for Windlass

anils, awdls, dalis, danli, dawns, dials, disas, disna, diwan, inlaw, isnad, ladin, laids, lands, lassi, lawin, lawns, linda, linds, liwan, nails, nidal, nsaid, sadis, saids, sails, sains, sands, sansi, sasin, sials, sidas, silas, silds, sinal, sinds, sisal, siwan, slaid, slain, slaws, snail, snaws, swads, swail, swain, swans, wadis, wails, wains, walds, walis, wands, wilds, winds

4 Letter Words for Windlass

aids, ails, ains, alin, ands, anil, anis, ansi, asin, assi, assn, awdl, awin, awls, awns, dail, dain, dais, dali, dals, dans, dasi, dawn, daws, dial, dian, dias, dins, disa, isdn, isls, lads, laid, lain, land, lass, lawn, laws, lias, lids, lina, lind, lins, liss, naid, nail, nais, nasi, nids, nils, sadi, said, sail, sain, sais, sals, sand, sans, saws, sial, sian, sida, sids, sila, sild, sina, sind, sins, slad, slaw, slid, snaw, swad, swan, wadi, wads, waid, wail, wain, wald, wali, wand, wans, wasn, wild, wind, wins, wiss

3 Letter Words for Windlass

ads, aid, ail, ain, ais, ald, aln, als, alw, and, ans, asl, ass, awd, awl, awn, aws, dal, dan, das, daw, dia, dil, din, dis, dna, ida, ids, ind, ins, isl, isn, iwa, lad, lai, lan, las, law, lid, lin, lis, lsd, nad, nas, naw, nid, nil, nis, sad, sai, sal, san, saw, sds, sil, sin, sis, sla, sld, ssw, swa, wad, wan, was, wid, win, wis

Definitions for Windlass

[1] a device for raising or hauling objects, usually consisting of a horizontal cylinder or barrel turned by a crank, lever, motor, or the like, upon which a cable, rope, or chain winds, the outer end of the cable being attached directly or indirectly to the weight to be raised or the thing to be hauled or pulled; winch.
[2] to raise, haul, or move (a load) by means of a windlass.
[3] a machine for raising weights by winding a rope or chain upon a barrel or drum driven by a crank, motor, etc
[4] (tr) to raise or haul (a weight, etc) by means of a windlass

Words nearby Windlass

winding number, winding sheet, winding staircase, winding-up, windjammer, windlass, windle, windless, windlestraw, windmill, windmill grass

Origin of Windlass

1350–1400; Middle English wind(e)las < Old Norse vindāss, equivalent to vinda to wind2 + āss beam

Word origin for Windlass

C14: from Old Norse vindáss, from vinda to wind ² + ass pole; related to Old French guindas, Middle Low German, Dutch windas