Anagrams of: NORTHWESTWIND

• pull back or move away or backward

• withdraw from active participation

• release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles

• cause to be returned

• take back what one has said

• keep away from others

• break from a meeting or gathering

• retire gracefully

• remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)

• lose interest

• make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

• remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

• the northwestern region of the United States

• the direction corresponding to the northwestward compass point

• the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees

• a location in the northwestern part of a country, region, or city

• to, toward, or in the northwest

• situated in or oriented toward the northwest

• coming from the northwest

• the act of separating grain from chaff

• separate the chaff from grain by using air currents

• blow on

• select desirable parts from a group or list

• blow away or off with a current of air

• having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable

• an important, honorable person (word is often used humorously)

• worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse

• having qualities or abilities that merit recognition in some way

• any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt)