Windmill (disambiguation)
- Windmill (disambiguation)
A windmill is an engine powered by the wind to produce energy, often contained in a large building as in traditional post mills, smock mills and tower mills. Modern versions used to generate power are referred to as wind turbines.
Windmill may also refer to:
*Windmill (breakdance move), one of the most well-known power moves in breakdancing
*Windmill (chess), a combination of moves where a series of discovered checks result in winning of material
*Windmill (company), a Japanese visual novel video game developer
*Windmill (lighter company), a company specialising in durable, windproof lighters
*Windmill (dinghy), class of racing sailboat
*Windmill (solitaire), a solitaire card game played with two decks of cards
*Operation Windmill, a U.S. Navy exploration and training mission to Antarctica in 1947–48
*Windmill Islands, an Antarctic group of rocky islands and rocks
*Windmill restart, a maneuver that uses kinetic energy to restart a jet engine
*Windmill (band), an indie band from the UK.
*"Windmill Sessions EP", a 2005 EP produced, written, mixed, and mastered by Kevin Deal
*Windmill, a guitar move credited to Pete Townshend of The Who
*"Windmill", a song on Helloween's "Chameleon" album.
*"Windmills", a song by Blackmore’s Night from their 2006 album "The Village Lanterne"
*Plants in the genus "Allionia"
*"The Windmill", a march chant sung by English members of the French Foreign Legion
*The Windmill Theatre in London
* The Windmill, Brisbane, the oldest surviving building in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
* The Windmill, Brixton, Brixton, England
* "The Windmill" (play), an English stage play
* Windmill Theatre Company, a non-professional musical theatre group in Victoria, Australia
* Windmill (programme) BBC archives-based programme from the 1980s, broadcast from the Windmill Road archives by Chris Serle
* Windmill software, Canadian software company
*Windmill (aerodynamics), movement of a propeller on an airplane engine that has quit running caused by the airstream, causing potentially dangerous drag
* The Windmill (hotdog stand), a hotdog restaurant in Long Branch, New Jersey and the Jersey Shore.
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