Window
111window seat — noun Date: circa 1745 1. a seat built into a window recess 2. a seat next to a window (as in a bus or airplane) …
112Window Cornice — A Window Cornice is an ornamental framework of wood or composition to which window curtains are attached by rods with rings or hooks. Cornices are often gilded and of elaborate design, but they are less fashionable today than before it had been… …
113Window period — Die diagnostische Lücke, auch: diagnostisches Fenster (engl. window period), bezeichnet in der Medizin den Zeitraum, der zwischen der Infektion und dem Zeitpunkt verstreicht, ab dem die Krankheit durch einen spezifischen Test sicher nachgewiesen… …
114window box — 1. a box for growing plants, placed at or in a window. 2. a hollow space in a window frame for a sash weight. [1880 85] * * * …
115window-seat — noun A typically soft seat placed in a recess, for a window, in a wall, and filling the recess. So Michael sat all the afternoon on the window seat telling her everything that occurred in the Lane …
116window-shop — verb to engage in window shopping; to browse the windows of shops with no intention of buying anything See Also: window shopping …
117Window deflector — A window deflector is mounted above the doors of some automobiles, to protect the inside of the car from rain or other precipitation in case of slightly opened windows. Additionally, it may help to prevent precipitation entering the interior in… …
118window dressing — {n. phr.} An elaborate exterior, sometimes designed to conceal one s real motives. * /All those fancy invitations turned out to be nothing but window dressing./ * /All he really wanted was to be introduced to my influential father in law./ …
119window dressing — {n. phr.} An elaborate exterior, sometimes designed to conceal one s real motives. * /All those fancy invitations turned out to be nothing but window dressing./ * /All he really wanted was to be introduced to my influential father in law./ …
120window martin — Martin Mar tin, n. [F. martin, from the proper name Martin. Cf. {Martlet}.] (Zo[ o]l.) One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows. [Written also {marten}.] [1913 Webster]… …
