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Wind of Change (Scorpions song)
Wind of Change is a 1990 power ballad by German band Scorpions, written by Klaus Meine after the 1989 Moscow Music Peace Festival; whistled intro, January 1991 single, No. 4 US, later lyric changes for Ukraine.
Wind of Change (upcoming film)
Wind of Change is an upcoming 2027 biopic of German rock band Scorpions, directed by Alex Ranarivelo, starring Ludwig Trepte, Alexander Dreymon, Ed Speleers, and Dominic West, releasing January 28, 2027 in Germany; distinct from the 1961 British drama and 2023 Iranian film of the same name.
Wind River (film)
Wind River is a 2017 American crime thriller written and directed by Taylor Sheridan, about a wildlife officer and FBI agent investigating a Native American woman's death on a Wyoming reservation.
Wind Rose (band)
Wind Rose: Italian power metal band from Pisa, formed 2009 (earlier Power Rose), known as the "dwarf metal" band whose 2019 cover of Yogscast's "Diggy Diggy Hole" went viral on Napalm Records.
Windaria (ウインダリア)
Windaria (ウインダリア, Dōwa Meita Senshi Windaria), also Once Upon a Time, is a 1986 Kaname Productions anime film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama, written by Keisuke Fujikawa, a tragedy of war and broken promises between Paro and Itha, with Mutsumi Inomata's character designs.
Windbreaker
Windbreaker (British: windcheater): a lightweight, wind-resistant jacket, word dating to 1918-1924, popularized in the 1970s, descended from Inuit parkas; typically nylon with DWR, water-resistant but not waterproof, distinct from softshells and rain jackets.
Windell Middlebrooks
Windell Middlebrooks (Windell Dwain Middlebrooks Jr.) was an American actor (1979–2015) from Fort Worth, Texas, known as the Miller High Life deliveryman and as Dr. Curtis Brumfield on Body of Proof, plus Kirby on The Suite Life on Deck.
Windfall (2022 film)
Windfall (2022) is a Netflix crime thriller directed by Charlie McDowell, starring Jason Segel, Lily Collins, and Jesse Plemons as an intruder and wealthy couple trapped in an Ojai vacation home; released March 18, 2022.
Windhand
Windhand is a doom metal band from Richmond, Virginia, formed in 2009, on Relapse Records. Albums: Windhand (2012), Soma (2013), Grief's Infernal Flower (2015), Eternal Return (2018); fronted by vocalist Dorthia Cottrell.
Windland Smith Rice
Windland Smith Rice (Sandra Windland "Wendy" Smith Rice, 1970-2005) was an American nature photographer for National Geographic and Nature's Best Photography; the Windland Smith Rice International Awards are named for her and her family endowed the Smithsonian program.
Windmill scene
Windmill scene: experimental British rock wave (black midi, Black Country New Road, Squid, Shame, Goat Girl) centered on the 150-capacity Windmill pub in Brixton, South London, late 2010s; also called crank wave.
Windowlicker
Windowlicker is a 1999 Aphex Twin single on Warp Records (WAP105CDD), three tracks, peaking at No. 16 in the UK, with a controversial ten-minute Chris Cunningham video; NME named it best single of 1999.
Windrose (video game)
Windrose (formerly Crosswind) is a Kraken Express co-op pirate survival game in Steam Early Access since April 14, 2026, $29.99, PvE only, up to 8 players, souls-lite combat, quest- and exploration-based XP.
Winds of Plague
Winds of Plague is an American symphonic deathcore band from Upland, California, formed in 2002 as Bleak December and renamed in 2005, known for fusing deathcore with symphonic keyboards.
Winds of September (九降风)
Winds of September (九降風) is Tom Lin Shu-yu's 2008 Taiwanese debut feature, a Hsinchu coming-of-age drama set in 1996 during the baseball match-fixing scandal; first of an Eric Tsang-produced Taiwan-Hong Kong-China trilogy, Golden Horse Best Original Screenplay winner.
Windsor chair
The Windsor chair is a wooden chair with a solid plank seat into which the legs and back spindles are socketed, originating in England in the early eighteenth century.
Windsor Davies
Windsor Davies (1930–2019) was a British comic actor, London-born and raised in Nant-y-Moel, Wales. Star of It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–81) and Never the Twain (1981–91); his duet "Whispering Grass" hit number 1 in 1975.
Windsor knot
Windsor knot, also called full or double Windsor: a wide, symmetrical triangular necktie knot for spread or cutaway collars, named for the Duke of Windsor, who never actually wore it, and the most length-hungry common tie knot.
Windsor Padshahnama
The Windsor Padshahnama is an illustrated imperial Mughal manuscript of the Padshahnama, the official chronicle of Emperor Shah-Jahan's reign, held in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle.
Windsor-style pizza
Windsor-style pizza is Windsor, Ontario's regional pizza, distinct from Detroit-style: medium-thin cornmeal crust, Galati mozzarella, shredded pepperoni, canned mushrooms, born at Volcano Pizzeria (1957).
Windstruck (내 여자 친구를 소개합니다)
Windstruck (내 여자친구를 소개합니다, Nae yeojachingureul sogae habnida) is a 2004 South Korean romantic drama by Kwak Jae-yong starring Jun Ji-hyun and Jang Hyuk; a police officer falls in love with a teacher who dies mid-film, released June 3, 2004, companion to My Sassy Girl.
Windtalkers
Windtalkers is a 2002 American war drama directed by John Woo, starring Nicolas Cage and Adam Beach as a Marine and the Navajo code talker he guards on Saipan in 1944.
Wine (music)
Wine, or winin', is a rotating hip-and-waist dance central to dancehall, soca, and calypso across the Anglophone Caribbean, known regionally as despelote in Cuba, gouyad in Haiti, and wukkin'-up in Barbados.
Wine bottle
Wine bottle: the standard ~750 ml glass container for wine, developed from 14th-century glass to the 1820s cylindrical mold; sealed by cork, screw cap, or synthetic stopper; glass dominates wine packaging though LCAs favor bag-in-box and refillable formats.
Wine cooperative
Wine cooperative: a grower-owned winemaking firm (cave coopérative, cantina sociale) where members deliver grapes to a jointly owned cellar under one-member-one-vote governance; by the 1980s cooperatives made over half the wine of France, Italy, and Spain.
Wine Country (film)
Wine Country is a 2019 Netflix comedy, Amy Poehler's feature directorial debut, starring SNL alumni Poehler, Rachel Dratch, Maya Rudolph, Ana Gasteyer, Paula Pell, and Emily Spivey on a Napa 50th-birthday trip; released 2019 in theaters and May 10 on Netflix.
Wine Cup of Jahangir
A wine cup of Jahangir is a drinking vessel made for the Mughal emperor, mostly carved from nephrite jade and inscribed with his titles, dates, and verses.
Wine gum
Wine gums (winegums) are chewy, firm British pastille sweets with no alcohol, introduced by Maynards in 1909. Made from starch and gelatine, stamped with drink names like Port and Sherry; vegan variants exist.
Wine Institute
Wine Institute is the public policy advocacy association of California wineries, founded in 1934 after Prohibition's repeal; it represents nearly 1,000 wineries at state, federal, and international levels.
Wine museum
A wine museum is an institution dedicated to collecting and displaying the material culture of vines and wine, from archaeological ceramics to vineyard tools and label archives.