Window
101window 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) …
102Window 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… …
103Window 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… …
104window 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./ …
105window 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./ …
106window 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]… …
107window pane — Windowpane Win dow*pane , n. 1. (Arch.) See {Pane}, n., (3) b . [In this sense, written also {window pane}.] [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) A thin, spotted American turbot ({Pleuronectes maculatus}) remarkable for its translucency. It is not valued …
108window shade — noun Date: 1810 a shade or curtain for a window …
109window-shop — intransitive verb Date: 1922 to look at the displays in retail store windows without going inside the stores to make purchases • window shopper noun …
110window dresser — noun see window dressing …