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Cavity of hot gas blown from a star
A stellar-wind bubble is a cavity light-years across filled with hot gas blown into the interstellar medium by the high-velocity (several thousand km/s)
Stellar-wind_bubble
Flow of gas ejected from the upper atmosphere of a star
high-energy stellar winds blow stellar wind bubbles. G-type stars like the Sun have a wind driven by their hot, magnetized corona. The Sun's wind is called the
Stellar_wind
Outermost layer of a star's atmosphere
Scientists have greater access to the solar corona than they do to other stellar coronae, since it is inside our solar system. This means that the coronae
Stellar_corona
Changed position of star vs background
Stellar parallax is the apparent shift of position (parallax) of any nearby star (or other object) against the background of distant stars. By extension
Stellar_parallax
Creation of chemical elements within stars
In astrophysics, stellar nucleosynthesis is the creation of chemical elements by nuclear fusion reactions within stars. Stellar nucleosynthesis has occurred
Stellar_nucleosynthesis
Type of emission nebula created by dying red giants
and features are not yet well understood, but binary central stars, stellar winds and magnetic fields may play a role. The first planetary nebula discovered
Planetary_nebula
Strong stellar winds of a galactic scale in size
intergalactic medium. Cosmic wind Stellar wind Solar wind Planetary wind Stellar-wind bubble Colliding-wind binary Pulsar wind nebula Superwind Lehnert,
Galactic_superwind
Early stage in the process of star formation
its parent molecular cloud. It is the earliest phase in the process of stellar evolution. For a low-mass star (i.e. that of the Sun or lower), it lasts
Protostar
Magnetic field generated inside a star
A stellar magnetic field is a magnetic field generated by the motion of conductive plasma inside a star. This motion is created through convection, which
Stellar_magnetic_field
Star in its early stage of evolution
Young stellar object (YSO) denotes a star in its early stage of evolution. This class consists of two groups of objects: protostars and pre-main-sequence
Young_stellar_object
Structure of stars
Stellar structure models describe the internal structure of a star in detail and make predictions about the luminosity, the color and the future evolution
Stellar_structure
Nebula powered by the pulsar wind of a pulsar
0+01.8 Crab Nebula Cosmic wind Stellar wind Solar wind Planetary wind Stellar-wind bubble Colliding-wind binary Galactic superwind Superwind Orders of magnitude
Pulsar_wind_nebula
Matter and radiation in the space between the star systems in a galaxy
resultant structures – of varying sizes – can be observed, such as stellar wind bubbles and superbubbles of hot gas, seen by X-ray satellite telescopes or
Interstellar_medium
Mass of a star in astronomy
A star's mass will vary over its lifetime as mass is lost with the stellar wind or ejected via pulsational behavior, or if additional mass is accreted
Stellar_mass
Grouping of stars by similar metallicity
1944, Walter Baade categorized groups of stars within the Milky Way into stellar populations. In the abstract of the article by Baade, he recognizes that
Stellar_population
Classification in astronomy
Since most compact object types represent endpoints of stellar evolution, they are also called stellar remnants, and accordingly may be called dead stars
Compact_object
Stellar classification
O-type stars also have powerful stellar winds, with velocities of thousands of kilometers per second, which can blow a bubble in the molecular cloud around
O-type_star
Class of young variable stars
their life, they are called young stellar object (YSOs). It is thought that the active magnetic fields and strong solar wind of Alfvén waves of T Tauri stars
T_Tauri_star
Coming together of two stars
A stellar collision is the coming together of two stars caused by stellar dynamics within a star cluster, or by the orbital decay of a binary star due
Stellar_collision
Type of large cool star
phase. The growth in planet mass could be partly due to accretion from stellar wind, although a much larger effect would be Roche lobe overflow causing mass-transfer
Red_giant
Collapsed core of a massive star
visible light, but massive amounts of ionizing radiation and high-energy stellar wind, which makes them rather hostile environments to life as presently understood
Neutron_star
List of the hottest known stars
Shenar, T.; Sander, A. A. C.; Todt, H.; Gallagher, J. S. (2018-07-01). "Stellar population of the superbubble N 206 in the LMC. II. Parameters of the OB
List_of_hottest_stars
Class of astronomical objects that are X-ray sources
supergiants (see stellar classification), that emit a radiation driven stellar wind from their surface. The neutron star is immersed in the wind and continuously
X-ray_pulsar
Proposed Chinese interstellar space probes
launches in 2032 and 2033, to the "tail" and "nose" structures of the stellar-wind bubble respectively. The probes are proposed for launch on the Long March
Shensuo
Hypothetical early-universe star with a black hole core
suffer substantial mass loss due to its extreme luminosity, its strong stellar wind appears as optically thick surface and hence appears as a cooler extended
Quasi-star
Small number of stars that orbit each other
A star system or stellar system is a small number of stars that orbit each other, bound by gravitational attraction. It may sometimes be used to refer
Star_system
Physical phenomenon of stars
undergoes some mass loss in its lifetime. This could be caused by its own stellar wind, or by interactions with the outside environment. Additionally, massive
Stellar_mass_loss
Black hole formed by a collapsed star
A stellar black hole (or stellar-mass black hole) is a black hole formed by the gravitational collapse of a star. They have masses ranging from about 5
Stellar_black_hole
Bayer, Flamsteed, HR, or Draper (not from the supplements) designation. Stellar extremes or otherwise noteworthy stars. Notable variable stars (prototypes
Lists of stars by constellation
Lists_of_stars_by_constellation
Gas and dust surrounding a newly formed star
before the disk disappears, perhaps being blown away by the young star's stellar wind, or perhaps simply ceasing to emit radiation after accretion has ended
Protoplanetary_disk
Heterogeneous class of stars with unusual spectra
surface enhancement of heavy elements, depletion of hydrogen, and strong stellar winds. The surface temperatures of known Wolf–Rayet stars range from 20,000 K
Wolf–Rayet_star
Main-sequence star of spectral type O
−5.8 (eqv. 18,000 times brighter than the sun). Their light-driven stellar winds have a terminal velocity around 2,000 km/s. The most luminous class O
O-type_main-sequence_star
Cavity hundreds of light years across created by strong stellar winds in a galaxy
These winds can form stellar wind bubbles dozens of light years across. Inside OB associations, the stars are close enough that their wind bubbles merge
Superbubble
Region at the center of a star
A stellar core is the extremely hot, dense region at the center of a star. For an ordinary main sequence star, the core region is the volume where the
Stellar_core
Emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia
Cassiopeia. It lies close to the open cluster Messier 52. The "bubble" is created by the stellar wind from a massive hot, 8.7 magnitude young central star, SAO
Bubble_Nebula
second brightest is Sirius at −1.46 mag. For comparison, the brightest non-stellar objects in the Solar System have maximum brightnesses of: Moon −12.7 mag
List_of_brightest_stars
Planetary system consisting of the Sun and objects orbiting it
the Solar System with the galactic environment it is in. The Sun's stellar-wind bubble, the heliosphere, a region of space dominated by the Sun, has its
Solar_System
Stellar classification distinguished by bright blue luminosity
thought to feature unusually strong stellar winds, high surface temperatures, and significant attrition of stellar mass as the objects rotate at a curiously
B-type_main-sequence_star
Large self-illuminated object in space
interstellar medium. For the Sun, the influence of its solar wind extends throughout a bubble-shaped region called the heliosphere. When nuclei fuse, the
Star
Stellar classification
and white dwarfs which are much more common, the last of which being stellar remnants). A G-type main-sequence star with the mass of the Sun will fuse
G-type_main-sequence_star
Star at the centre of the Solar System
molecular cloud; the latter lies just beyond the Local Bubble and is part of the Radcliffe wave. Stellar flybys that pass within 0.8 light-years of the Sun
Sun
Star of relatively small size and low luminosity
to some star-sized objects that are not stars and some types of compact stellar remnants. The term was originally coined in 1906 when the Danish astronomer
Dwarf_star
Light from the stars
telescopes is the basis for many fields of astronomy, including photometry and stellar spectroscopy. Hipparchus did not have a telescope or any instrument that
Starlight
R.; et al. (July 2025). "The Probable Direct-imaging Detection of the Stellar Companion to Betelgeuse". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 988 (2): L47
List_of_proper_names_of_stars
Study of the movement of stars
In astronomy, stellar kinematics is the observational study or measurement of the kinematics or motions of stars through space. Stellar kinematics encompasses
Stellar_kinematics
Light emitted by the Sun
zone Atmosphere Photosphere Starspot Chromosphere Stellar corona Alfvén surface Stellar wind Bubble Bipolar outflow Accretion disk Protoplanetary disk
Sunlight
Hot, luminous star with a spectral type of A9 or earlier
compensate for their scarcity.[citation needed] Blue supergiants have fast stellar winds and the most luminous, called hypergiants, have spectra dominated by
Blue_supergiant
Brightness of a celestial object observed from the Earth
1×1014 kilometres; 1.9×1014 miles). Therefore, it is of greater use in stellar astrophysics since it refers to a property of a star regardless of how
Apparent_magnitude
Astronomical object without the mass to sustain hydrogen fusion
enough mass to fuse hydrogen and helium, hence do not undergo the usual stellar evolution that limits the lifetime of stars. A substellar object with a
Substellar_object
Classification of stars based on spectral properties
In astronomy, stellar classification is the classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics. Electromagnetic radiation from the star is
Stellar_classification
Stellar classification
2020–2026. Retrieved 2026-01-15. E. Mamajek (2022-04-16). "A Modern Mean Dwarf Stellar Color and Effective Temperature Sequence". Retrieved 2022-05-14. Steigerwald
K-type_main-sequence_star
Process where a red giant star engulfs a planet
Stellar engulfment is the process in which a star at the end of its main sequence phase of its life expands into a red giant star and engulfs some or
Stellar_engulfment
Hypothetical class of star that develops from a red dwarf
Simulations have been conducted on the future evolution of red dwarfs with stellar mass between 0.06 M☉ and 0.25 M☉. Of the masses simulated, the bluest of
Blue_dwarf_(red-dwarf_stage)
Gravitational process studied in astronomy
within molecular clouds in interstellar space—sometimes referred to as "stellar nurseries" or "star-forming regions"—collapse and form stars. As a branch
Star_formation
Event wherein the Sun is obscured by the Moon
cause the temperature to decrease by 3 °C (5 °F), with wind power potentially decreasing as winds are reduced by 0.7 meters (2.3 ft) per second. In addition
Solar_eclipse
Outer region of the volume of a star
The stellar atmosphere is the outer region of the volume of a star, lying above the stellar core, radiation zone and convection zone. The stellar atmosphere
Stellar_atmosphere
Visible star that is nearly aligned with Earth's axis of rotation
zone Atmosphere Photosphere Starspot Chromosphere Stellar corona Alfvén surface Stellar wind Bubble Bipolar outflow Accretion disk Protoplanetary disk
Pole_star
Type of star larger than main-sequence but smaller than a giant
Maurizio; Cassisi, Santi (2005). "Evolution of Stars and Stellar Populations". Evolution of Stars and Stellar Populations: 400. Bibcode:2005essp.book.....S. Pols
Subgiant
Stellar classification
this particular scenario would be the more intense light and the shorter stellar lifespan of the home star. F-type stars are known to emit much higher energy
F-type_main-sequence_star
Astrophysical phenomenon
depends on the star's metallicity, since this affects the strength of the stellar wind and thereby the rate at which the star loses mass. Type Ia supernovae
Supernova
System of two stars orbiting each other
astrophysics because they allow direct measurement of stellar masses and test theories of stellar evolution. Binary stars in the night sky that are seen
Binary_star
Astronomical category of stars
observed types of star: Binary stars with highly variable emission and stellar spectral type Fe a blue supergiant with a forest of forbidden FeII lines
Iron_star
Logarithmic measure of the brightness of an astronomical object
"sixth magnitude" or "6th-class". The system was a simple delineation of stellar brightness into six distinct groups but made no allowance for the variations
Magnitude_(astronomy)
Changes to stars over their lifespans
Stellar evolution is the process by which a star changes over the course of time. Depending on the mass of the star, its lifetime can range from a few
Stellar_evolution
Way Project is a Zooniverse project whose main goal is to identify stellar-wind bubbles in the Milky Way Galaxy. Users classify sets of infrared images from
The_Milky_Way_Project
Angular motion of a star about its axis
the generation of a stellar magnetic field. In its turn, the magnetic field of a star interacts with the stellar wind. As the wind moves away from the
Stellar_rotation
Cosmic stream of charged particles
molecular weight. Galactic superwind Stellar wind Solar wind Planetary wind Stellar-wind bubble Colliding-wind binary Pulsar wind nebula Superwind Shelton, Jim
Cosmic_wind
Grouping of evolved cool luminous stars
variables, and suffer mass loss in the form of a stellar wind. For M-type AGB stars, the stellar winds are most efficiently driven by micron-sized grains
Asymptotic_giant_branch
Stellar classification
magnetic dynamos. As a consequence, because they do not have strong stellar winds; they lack a means to generate X-ray emission. The revised Yerkes Atlas
A-type_main-sequence_star
Astrophysical limit on radiation from stars
radiation-driven stellar wind from its outer layers. Since most massive stars have luminosities far below the Eddington luminosity, their winds are driven mostly
Eddington_luminosity
Class of astronomical objects
cool giant star loses material via Roche lobe overflow or through its stellar wind, which flows onto the hot compact star, usually via an accretion disk
Symbiotic_binary
Region of a star
Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics (1st ed.). John Wiley and Sons. p. 168. ISBN 978-1-119-96497-1. Pols, Onno Rudolf (2011). Stellar Structure and Evolution
Radiative_zone
Star not gravitationally bound to any galaxy
Collectively, intergalactic stars are referred to as the intracluster stellar population, or IC population for short, in the scientific literature. The
Intergalactic_star
Binary star system in which two massive stars emit powerful stellar winds
Magellanic Cloud. Struve-Sahade effect Cosmic wind Stellar wind Solar wind Planetary wind Stellar-wind bubble Pulsar wind nebula Galactic superwind Superwind Volpi
Colliding-wind_binary
Supernova that ejects a large mass at unusually high velocity
jets. Those powerful jets plough through stellar material creating strong shock waves, with the vigorous winds of newly-formed 56Ni blowing off the accretion
Hypernova
Unit of time
zone Atmosphere Photosphere Starspot Chromosphere Stellar corona Alfvén surface Stellar wind Bubble Bipolar outflow Accretion disk Protoplanetary disk
Galactic_year
Structure formed by diffuse material in orbital motion around a massive central body
zone Atmosphere Photosphere Starspot Chromosphere Stellar corona Alfvén surface Stellar wind Bubble Bipolar outflow Accretion disk Protoplanetary disk
Accretion_disk
Type of star, larger and brighter than the Sun
elements to the surface and high luminosity which produces a powerful stellar wind and causes the star's atmosphere to expand. A star whose initial mass
Giant_star
Hypothesized alternative to a black hole
December 2006. Retrieved 10 April 2014. McRae, Mike (20 February 2024). "Bubble-Like 'Stars Within Stars' Could Explain Black Hole Weirdness". ScienceAlert
Gravastar
Dense stellar wind
wind envelope becomes its planetary nebula. Cosmic wind Solar wind Stellar wind Planetary wind Stellar-wind bubble Colliding-wind binary Pulsar wind nebula
Superwind
Theoretical stellar remnant
A black dwarf is a theoretical stellar remnant, specifically a white dwarf that has cooled sufficiently to no longer emit significant heat or light. Because
Black_dwarf
Compact exotic star which forms matter consisting mostly of quarks
will occur and hinder total gravitational collapse that would form a stellar black hole. If these ideas are correct, quark stars might occur, and be
Quark_star
Layer of a star's atmosphere
not exclusively, since it also refers to the corresponding layer of a stellar atmosphere. The name was suggested by the English astronomer Norman Lockyer
Chromosphere
Central region of the Sun
through a better understanding of neutrino oscillation. Active region Stellar core García, Rafael A.; Turck-Chièze, Sylvaine; Jiménez-Reyes, Sebastian
Solar_core
Matthews, Thomas A. (1965). "Redshifts of the Quasi-Stellar Radio Sources 3c 47 and 3c 147". Quasi-Stellar Sources and Gravitational Collapse: 269. Bibcode:1965qssg
List of the most distant astronomical objects
List_of_the_most_distant_astronomical_objects
Stellar explosions that appear to be supernovae
Supernova impostors are stellar explosions that appear at first to be a supernova but do not destroy their progenitor stars. As such, they are a class
Supernova_impostor
Star whose atmosphere contains more carbon than oxygen
more) of the total mass of a carbon star may be lost by way of powerful stellar winds. The star's remnants, carbon-rich "dust" similar to graphite, therefore
Carbon_star
Hypothetical astronomical object
is formed and, indeed, well before the Planck scale for distance: for a stellar mass black hole the Planck star would be of the order of 10−12 m – for
Planck_star
Main sequence star that is more luminous and bluer than expected
that is more luminous and bluer than expected. Typically identified in a stellar cluster, they have a higher effective temperature than the main sequence
Blue_straggler
Nucleosynthesis pathway
they became a standard model for s-process element formation based on stellar structure models. Important series of measurements of neutron-capture cross
S-process
Hypothetical types of stars
C.; Shahbaz, T.; Nolan, L.A. (1997). "Are Q-stars a serious threat for stellar-mass black hole candidates?". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Exotic_star
Distributions of Young and Field Age Objects with Masses Spanning the Stellar to Planetary Regime". The Astrophysical Journal. 810 (2): 158. arXiv:1508
List_of_coolest_stars
B-type star with emission lines
doi:10.1086/182025. Massa, D. (1975). "The influence of rotation and stellar winds upon the Be phenomenon". Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 87: 777
Be_star
Reveals Most Distant Star Ever Seen". Space.com. Retrieved 2 April 2018. Stellar Catalog [1] International Astronomical Union: IAU Sol Station — information
Lists_of_stars
Star that never sets due to its apparent proximity to a celestial pole
zone Atmosphere Photosphere Starspot Chromosphere Stellar corona Alfvén surface Stellar wind Bubble Bipolar outflow Accretion disk Protoplanetary disk
Circumpolar_star
Milky Way superbubble
maintained by supernovae and stellar winds in the Scorpius–Centaurus association, some 500 light years from the Sun. The Loop I Bubble contains the star Antares
Local_Bubble
zone Atmosphere Photosphere Starspot Chromosphere Stellar corona Alfvén surface Stellar wind Bubble Bipolar outflow Accretion disk Protoplanetary disk
List_of_Arabic_star_names
Stars that host planetary systems
main-sequence star of spectral classes late-F, G, or early-K without a close stellar companion. This 1.2% is more than double the frequency of 'Hot Jupiters'
Planet-hosting_star
typically around 6.5 apparent magnitude. The known 133 objects are bound in 95 stellar systems. Of those, 103 are main sequence stars: 78 red dwarfs and 25 "typical"
List_of_nearest_stars
Scatter plot of stars showing the relationship of luminosity to stellar classification
relationship between the stars' absolute magnitudes or luminosities and their stellar classifications or effective temperatures. It is also sometimes called
Hertzsprung–Russell_diagram
STELLAR WIND-BUBBLE
STELLAR WIND-BUBBLE
Male
English
Short form of English Winfred and Winifred, both WIN means "holy reconciliation," and other names beginning with Win-.Â
Male
Romanian
Romanian form of Greek Stylianos, STELIAN means "pillar."
Girl/Female
Latin
From Atella.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Truly, Kind person, Beautiful
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Truely Kind person , Beautiful
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places named Wing in Buckinghamshire and Rutland. The former was probably named in Old English as the settlement of the Wiwingas ‘the family or followers of a man named Wiwa’, or alternatively perhaps ‘the people of the temple’ (from a derivative of Old English wīg, wēoh ‘(pre-Christian) temple’). The latter is from Old Norse vengi, a derivative of vangr ‘field’. Compare Wang.Dutch (van Wing) : variant of Winge.Chinese : variant of Rong 2.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Little Mountain; Truly; Kind Person; Beautiful
Girl/Female
Latin Swedish American French
Star.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Jamaican
Full of Wind; Windy; Blustery; Breezy
Surname or Lastname
English (central and northern)
English (central and northern) : nickname for a gentle or timid person, from Middle English, Old English hind ‘female deer’.English and Scottish : variant of Hine ‘servant’, with excrescent -d.
Female
English
English name derived from Latin stella, STELLA means "star."
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Wine Seller
Surname or Lastname
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from Middle High German kint, German Kind ‘child’, hence a nickname for someone with a childish or naive disposition, or an epithet used to distinguish between a father and his son. In some cases it may be a short form of any of various names ending in -kind, a patronymic ending of Jewish surnames.Dutch : variant spelling of Kint, cognate with 1, also found in such forms as ’t Kind and compounds such as Jongkind.English : nickname from Middle English kind (Old English gecynde) in any of its many senses: ‘legitimate’, ‘dutiful’, ‘benevolent’, ‘loving’, ‘gracious’.
Girl/Female
Indian
Truly, Kind person, Beautiful
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived near a pathway, alleyway, or road, Old English (ge)wind (from windan ‘to go’).English, German, and Danish : nickname for a swift runner, from Middle English wind ‘wind’, Middle High German wint ‘wind’, also ‘greyhound’.German : variant of Wendt.Swedish : ornamental name from vind ‘wind’, or a habitational name from a place named with this element.
Male
Scottish
Modern form of Scottish Eallair, ELLAR means "superior of a church cell."
Female
Romanian
Romanian name derived from Latin stella, STELA means "star."
Female
Esperanto
Esperanto name STELARA means "like a constellation."Â
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Wild Wind
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : topographic name, a variant of Sell 1.English and Scottish : occupational name for a saddler, from Anglo-Norman French seller (Old French sellier, Latin sellarius, a derivative of sella ‘seat’, ‘saddle’).English and Scottish : metonymic occupational name for someone employed in the cellars of a great house or monastery, from Anglo-Norman French celler ‘cellar’ (Old French cellier), or a reduction of the Middle English agent derivative cellerer.English and Scottish : occupational name for a tradesman or merchant, from an agent derivative of Middle English sell(en) ‘to sell’ (Old English sellan ‘to hand over, deliver’).German : probably a habitational name from a place named Sella near Hoyerswerda.
STELLAR WIND-BUBBLE
STELLAR WIND-BUBBLE
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu
Nectar; Wine
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Talland in Cornwall, which is thought to be named as ‘hill-brow church site’, from Cornish tal + lann.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Light, Sun
Boy/Male
Assamese, Indian
Lord Siva
Girl/Female
Australian, Farsi, Finnish, Swedish
God is My Oath; House Owner; Star; Myrtle Leaf
Boy/Male
Australian, Spanish
Innocent
Girl/Female
Tamil
Beautiful
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Restrainer of anger
Biblical
a wine-press
Biblical
banishment of grace
STELLAR WIND-BUBBLE
STELLAR WIND-BUBBLE
STELLAR WIND-BUBBLE
STELLAR WIND-BUBBLE
STELLAR WIND-BUBBLE
a.
See Stilar.
a.
Consisting of, or proceeding from, the stars; stellar; stellary; as, starry light; starry flame.
a.
Full of stars; starry; as, stellar regions.
superl.
Consisting of wind; accompanied or characterized by wind; exposed to wind.
n.
A farcical drama performed at Atella.
a.
Having the taste or qualities of wine; vinous; as, grapes of a winy taste.
superl.
Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered; as, a wild roadstead.
n.
Same as Stealer.
v. t.
To cover, or provide with, a sollar.
v. t.
To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
a.
Of or pertaining to stars; astral; as, a stellar figure; stellary orbs.
a.
Alt. of Stellary
n.
Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows.
pl.
of Stela
superl.
Serving to occasion wind or gas in the intestines; flatulent; as, windy food.
a.
Of or pertaining to Atella, in ancient Italy; as, Atellan plays; farcical; ribald.
n.
One who, or that which, shells; as, an oyster sheller; a corn sheller.
n.
A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the four winds.
superl.
Next the wind; windward.