diff --git a/include/osg/Export b/include/osg/Export
index 3f876ed7e..2c56e2de3 100644
--- a/include/osg/Export
+++ b/include/osg/Export
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
 #ifndef OSG_EXPORT
 #define OSG_EXPORT 1
 
-#ifdef WIN32
+#if defined(WIN32) && !(defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__MINGW32__))
     #pragma warning( disable : 4244 )
 	#pragma warning( disable : 4251 )
 	#pragma warning( disable : 4275 )
 	#pragma warning( disable : 4786 )
 #endif
 
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__MINGW32__)
 	#  ifdef SG_LIBRARY
 	#    define SG_EXPORT   __declspec(dllexport)
 	#  else
diff --git a/include/osg/GL b/include/osg/GL
index 717fd583f..11b9e1612 100644
--- a/include/osg/GL
+++ b/include/osg/GL
@@ -24,6 +24,18 @@
 
 #else
 
+#if defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__MINGW32__)
+#  ifndef APIENTRY
+#   define GLUT_APIENTRY_DEFINED
+#   define APIENTRY    __stdcall
+#  endif
+	   // XXX This is from Win32's <winnt.h> 
+#  ifndef CALLBACK
+#    define CALLBACK __stdcall
+#  endif
+
+#else // ! __CYGWIN__
+
     // Under windows avoid including <windows.h>
     // to avoid name space pollution, but Win32's <GL/gl.h> 
     // needs APIENTRY and WINGDIAPI defined properly. 
@@ -49,17 +61,20 @@
     #    define CALLBACK
     #   endif
     #  endif
-       // XXX This is from Win32's <wingdi.h> and <winnt.h> 
-    #  ifndef WINGDIAPI
-    #   define GLUT_WINGDIAPI_DEFINED
-    #   define WINGDIAPI __declspec(dllimport)
-    #  endif
-       // XXX This is from Win32's <ctype.h> 
-    #  ifndef _WCHAR_T_DEFINED
-    typedef unsigned short wchar_t;
-    #   define _WCHAR_T_DEFINED
-    #  endif
-    # endif
+
+#endif // __CYGWIN__
+
+	   // XXX This is from Win32's <wingdi.h> and <winnt.h> 
+#  ifndef WINGDIAPI
+#   define GLUT_WINGDIAPI_DEFINED
+#   define WINGDIAPI __declspec(dllimport)
+#  endif
+	   // XXX This is from Win32's <ctype.h> 
+#  ifndef _WCHAR_T_DEFINED
+typedef unsigned short wchar_t;
+#   define _WCHAR_T_DEFINED
+#  endif
+# endif
 
     #ifndef __gl_h_
         #include <GL/gl.h>
diff --git a/include/osg/Math b/include/osg/Math
index 8cf060f2b..d82f26a20 100644
--- a/include/osg/Math
+++ b/include/osg/Math
@@ -7,13 +7,9 @@
 
 #include <math.h>
 
-#if defined(WIN32)
-    // needed for _isnan & _finite used below.
-    #include <float.h>
-#endif
-
 #if defined(WIN32) || defined (macintosh)
     #include <float.h>
+#if !defined(__CYGWIN__)
     #define M_E             2.7182818284590452354
     #define M_LOG2E         1.4426950408889634074
     #define M_LOG10E        0.43429448190325182765
@@ -27,6 +23,7 @@
     #define M_2_SQRTPI      1.12837916709551257390
     #define M_SQRT2         1.41421356237309504880
     #define M_SQRT1_2       0.70710678118654752440
+#endif // __CYGWIN__
 #endif
 
 // PJA MAC OSX
@@ -75,7 +72,7 @@ inline double inRadians(double angle) { return angle; }
 inline double DegreesToRadians(double angle) { return angle*M_PI/180.0; }
 inline double RadiansToDegrees(double angle) { return angle*180.0/M_PI; }
 
-#ifdef WIN32
+#if defined(WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
     inline bool isNaN(float v) { return ::_isnan(v)!=0; }
     inline bool isNaN(double v) { return ::_isnan(v)!=0; }
     inline bool isInfinite(float v) { return !::_finite(v); }
diff --git a/include/osg/Timer b/include/osg/Timer
index e72d5eb16..9f83621b2 100644
--- a/include/osg/Timer
+++ b/include/osg/Timer
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 
 namespace osg {
 
-#ifdef WIN32
+#if defined(WIN32 ) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
     typedef __int64 Timer_t;
-#elif defined(__linux) || defined(__FreeBSD__)
+#elif defined(__linux) || defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
     typedef unsigned long long Timer_t;
 #elif defined(__sgi)
     typedef unsigned long long Timer_t;
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class SG_EXPORT Timer {
 
 };
 
-#ifdef WIN32
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !(defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__MINGW32__))
     #include <time.h>
     #pragma optimize("",off)
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ namespace osg{
 };
     #pragma optimize("",on)
     
-#elif defined(__linux) || defined(__FreeBSD__)
+#elif defined(__linux) || defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__MINGW32__)
 
     #include <sys/time.h>
 
diff --git a/include/osgDB/Export b/include/osgDB/Export
index 2b717696c..c4f2649ba 100644
--- a/include/osgDB/Export
+++ b/include/osgDB/Export
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@
 #ifndef OSGDB_EXPORT_
 #define OSGDB_EXPORT_ 1
 
-#ifdef WIN32
-        #pragma warning( disable : 4244 )
+#if defined(WIN32) && !(defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__MINGW32__))
+	#pragma warning( disable : 4244 )
 	#pragma warning( disable : 4251 )
 	#pragma warning( disable : 4275 )
 	#pragma warning( disable : 4786 )
 
 #endif
 
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__MINGW32__)
 	#  ifdef OSGDB_LIBRARY
 	#    define OSGDB_EXPORT   __declspec(dllexport)
 	#  else
diff --git a/include/osgGLUT/Export b/include/osgGLUT/Export
index 2bf16de79..43791235c 100644
--- a/include/osgGLUT/Export
+++ b/include/osgGLUT/Export
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
 #ifndef OSGGLUT_EXPORT_
 #define OSGGLUT_EXPORT_ 1
 
-#ifdef WIN32
-        #pragma warning( disable : 4244 )
+#if defined(WIN32) && !(defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__MINGW32__))
+	#pragma warning( disable : 4244 )
 	#pragma warning( disable : 4251 )
 	#pragma warning( disable : 4275 )
 	#pragma warning( disable : 4786 )
 #endif
 
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__MINGW32__)
 	#  ifdef OSGGLUT_LIBRARY
 	#    define OSGGLUT_EXPORT   __declspec(dllexport)
 	#  else
diff --git a/include/osgText/Export b/include/osgText/Export
index 56e1b560a..41bb5ae05 100644
--- a/include/osgText/Export
+++ b/include/osgText/Export
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #ifndef OSGTEXT_EXPORT_
 #define OSGTEXT_EXPORT_ 1
 
-#ifdef WIN32
+#if defined(WIN32) && !(defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__MINGW32__))
     #pragma warning( disable : 4244 )
     #pragma warning( disable : 4251 )
     #pragma warning( disable : 4275 )
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 #endif
 
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__MINGW32__)
     #  ifdef OSGTEXT_LIBRARY
     #    define OSGTEXT_EXPORT   __declspec(dllexport)
     #  else
diff --git a/include/osgUtil/Export b/include/osgUtil/Export
index 5fe2bd6cc..da7a6f55d 100644
--- a/include/osgUtil/Export
+++ b/include/osgUtil/Export
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
 #ifndef OSGUTIL_EXPORT_
 #define OSGUTIL_EXPORT_ 1
 
-#ifdef WIN32
-        #pragma warning( disable : 4244 )
+#if defined(WIN32) && !(defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__MINGW32__))
+	#pragma warning( disable : 4244 )
 	#pragma warning( disable : 4251 )
 	#pragma warning( disable : 4275 )
 	#pragma warning( disable : 4786 )
 #endif
 
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__MINGW32__)
 	#  ifdef OSGUTIL_LIBRARY
 	#    define OSGUTIL_EXPORT   __declspec(dllexport)
 	#  else
diff --git a/src/osg/GLExtensions.cpp b/src/osg/GLExtensions.cpp
index 3f3aa84f9..a0364c079 100644
--- a/src/osg/GLExtensions.cpp
+++ b/src/osg/GLExtensions.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#ifdef _WIN32
+#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
 #include <windows.h>
 #elif !defined macintosh
 #include <dlfcn.h>
diff --git a/src/osg/Notify.cpp b/src/osg/Notify.cpp
index 171fda247..e66491058 100644
--- a/src/osg/Notify.cpp
+++ b/src/osg/Notify.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ bool osg::initNotifyLevel()
     g_NotifyInit = true;
 
     // set up global notify null stream for inline notify
-#ifdef WIN32
+#if defined(WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
     g_NotifyNulStream = new std::ofstream ("nul");
 #else
     g_NotifyNulStream = new std::ofstream ("/dev/null");
diff --git a/src/osgDB/DynamicLibrary.cpp b/src/osgDB/DynamicLibrary.cpp
index fb5d3b172..74c7bed5a 100644
--- a/src/osgDB/DynamicLibrary.cpp
+++ b/src/osgDB/DynamicLibrary.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#ifdef WIN32
+#if defined(WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
 #include <Io.h>
 #include <Windows.h>
 #include <Winbase.h>
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ DynamicLibrary::~DynamicLibrary()
 {
     if (_handle)
     {
-#ifdef WIN32
+#if defined(WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
         FreeLibrary((HMODULE)_handle);
 #elif !defined(macintosh)
         dlclose(_handle);
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ DynamicLibrary* DynamicLibrary::loadLibrary(const std::string& libraryName)
     char* fullLibraryName = osgDB::findDSO( libraryName.c_str() );
     if (fullLibraryName==NULL) return NULL;
 
-#ifdef WIN32
+#if defined(WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
     HANDLE handle = LoadLibrary( fullLibraryName );
     if (handle) return new DynamicLibrary(libraryName,handle);
     notify(WARN) << "DynamicLibrary::failed loading "<<fullLibraryName<<std::endl;
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ DynamicLibrary* DynamicLibrary::loadLibrary(const std::string& libraryName)
 DynamicLibrary::PROC_ADDRESS DynamicLibrary::getProcAddress(const std::string& procName)
 {
     if (_handle==NULL) return NULL;
-#ifdef WIN32
+#if defined(WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
     return GetProcAddress( (HMODULE)_handle,  procName.c_str() );
 #elif !defined(macintosh)
     return dlsym( _handle,  procName.c_str() );
diff --git a/src/osgDB/FileUtils.cpp b/src/osgDB/FileUtils.cpp
index 4b625dc0f..996898c4e 100644
--- a/src/osgDB/FileUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/osgDB/FileUtils.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#ifdef WIN32
+#if defined(WIN32) &&!defined(__CYGWIN__)
 #include <Io.h>
 #include <Windows.h>
 #include <Winbase.h>
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ inline static char* strdup(const char *src)
 #endif
 #endif
 
-#ifdef WIN32
+#if defined(WIN32) &&!defined(__CYGWIN__)
 char *PathDelimitor = ";";
 static const char *s_default_file_path = ".;";
 static const char *s_default_dso_path = "C:/Windows/System/;";
@@ -59,11 +59,15 @@ static char *s_filePath = ".:";
 #else
 char *PathDelimitor = ":";
 static const char *s_default_file_path = ".:";
+#if defined(__CYGWIN__)
 static const char *s_default_dso_path = "/usr/lib/:/usr/local/lib/:";
+#else
+static const char *s_default_dso_path = "/usr/lib/:/usr/local/lib/:";
+#endif // __CYGWIN__
 static char *s_filePath = ".:";
 #endif
 
-#if defined (WIN32)
+#if defined(WIN32) &&!defined(__CYGWIN__)
 #define F_OK 4
 #endif
 
@@ -195,7 +199,7 @@ char *osgDB::findDSO( const char *name )
 {
 #ifndef macintosh
 
-    #ifdef __linux
+    #if defined(__linux) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
     if( access( name, F_OK ) == 0 ) 
     {
         if (name[0]!='/')
@@ -259,7 +263,7 @@ char *osgDB::findDSO( const char *name )
     }
     #endif
 
-#elif WIN32
+#elif defined(WIN32)
 
     if ((ptr = getenv( "PATH" )))
     {
@@ -268,13 +272,13 @@ char *osgDB::findDSO( const char *name )
         strcat( path, ptr );
     }
 
-    #else
+#else
     if( (ptr = getenv( "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" )))
     {
         strcat( path, PathDelimitor );
         strcat( path, ptr );
     }
-    #endif
+#endif
 
     // check existance of dso assembled direct paths.
     char* fileFound = NULL;
@@ -341,7 +345,7 @@ std::string osgDB::findFileInDirectory(const std::string& fileName,const std::st
 }
 
 
-#ifdef WIN32
+#if defined(WIN32) &&!defined(__CYGWIN__)
 
 #include <io.h>
 #include <direct.h>
diff --git a/src/osgDB/Registry.cpp b/src/osgDB/Registry.cpp
index bdd430a94..31f2249a8 100644
--- a/src/osgDB/Registry.cpp
+++ b/src/osgDB/Registry.cpp
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ std::string Registry::createLibraryNameForExt(const std::string& ext)
     if (itr!=_extAliasMap.end()) return createLibraryNameForExt(itr->second);
 
 #if defined(WIN32)
+// !! recheck evolving Cygwin DLL extension naming protocols !! NHV
 #   ifdef _DEBUG
     return "osgdb_"+ext+"d.dll";
 #   else
diff --git a/src/osgGLUT/Viewer.cpp b/src/osgGLUT/Viewer.cpp
index 08d2e5df6..6b06668d9 100644
--- a/src/osgGLUT/Viewer.cpp
+++ b/src/osgGLUT/Viewer.cpp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
-#if !defined(WIN32) && !defined(macintosh)
+#if (!defined(WIN32) && !defined(macintosh)) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #endif
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 #include <osgGLUT/glut>
 
-#ifdef WIN32
+#if defined(WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
 #include <sys/timeb.h>
 #else
 #endif
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/flt/GeoSetBuilder.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/flt/GeoSetBuilder.cpp
index c42e4696b..d3afa016f 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/flt/GeoSetBuilder.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/flt/GeoSetBuilder.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // GeoSetBuilder.cpp
 
-#ifdef WIN32
+#if defined(WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
 #pragma warning( disable : 4786 )
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/flt/Pool.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/flt/Pool.cpp
index e2afa76aa..677692936 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/flt/Pool.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/flt/Pool.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Pool.cpp
 
-#ifdef WIN32
+#if defined(WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
     #pragma warning( disable : 4786 )
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/flt/ReaderWriterFLT.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/flt/ReaderWriterFLT.cpp
index 53900ad5e..63323fbf4 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/flt/ReaderWriterFLT.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/flt/ReaderWriterFLT.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // ReaderWriterFLT.cpp
 
-#ifdef WIN32
+#if defined(WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
 #pragma warning( disable : 4786 )
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/flt/Registry.h b/src/osgPlugins/flt/Registry.h
index d7ebebe86..d04b74734 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/flt/Registry.h
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/flt/Registry.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef __FLT_REGISTRY_H
 #define __FLT_REGISTRY_H
 
-#ifdef WIN32
+#if defined(WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
 #pragma warning( disable : 4786 )
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/flt/flt.h b/src/osgPlugins/flt/flt.h
index eb2a21cc2..9856e10df 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/flt/flt.h
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/flt/flt.h
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 #include <iostream>
 
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#endif
+
 namespace flt {
 
 #define ENDIAN2(SRC, DST) endian2((void*)&(SRC), sizeof(SRC), (void*)&(DST), sizeof(DST))
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/osgtgz/ReaderWriterOSGTGZ.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/osgtgz/ReaderWriterOSGTGZ.cpp
index 1752a5c49..30cb95331 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/osgtgz/ReaderWriterOSGTGZ.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/osgtgz/ReaderWriterOSGTGZ.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <osgDB/FileUtils>
 #include <osgDB/FileNameUtils>
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
 #include <direct.h>
 #else
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class sgReaderWriterOSGTGZ : public osgDB::ReaderWriter
             char dirname[128];
             char command[1024];
 
-        #ifdef _WIN32
+		#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
             sprintf( dirname, "C:/Windows/Temp/.osgdb_osgtgz");
             // note, the following C option under windows does not seem to work...
             // will pursue an better tar.exe later. RO.
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class sgReaderWriterOSGTGZ : public osgDB::ReaderWriter
             mkdir( dirname);
         #endif
 
-        #ifdef __linux
+        #if defined(__linux) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
             sprintf( dirname, "/tmp/.osg%06d", getpid());
             sprintf( command,
                 "tar xfCz %s %s",
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class sgReaderWriterOSGTGZ : public osgDB::ReaderWriter
                 }
             }
 
-        #ifdef _WIN32
+		#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
             // note, is this the right command for windows?
             // is there any way of overiding the Y/N option? RO.
             sprintf( command, "erase %s", dirname );
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/tgz/ReaderWriterTGZ.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/tgz/ReaderWriterTGZ.cpp
index 13a60eefa..064eb263c 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/tgz/ReaderWriterTGZ.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/tgz/ReaderWriterTGZ.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <osgDB/FileNameUtils>
 #include <osgDB/Registry>
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
 #include <direct.h>
 #else
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class ReaderWriterTGZ : public osgDB::ReaderWriter
             char dirname[128];
             char command[1024];
 
-        #ifdef _WIN32
+		#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
             strcpy(dirname, "C:/Windows/Temp/.osgdb_tgz");
             mkdir( dirname);
             // note, the following C option under windows does not seem to work...
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class ReaderWriterTGZ : public osgDB::ReaderWriter
                 fileName.c_str(), dirname );
         #endif
 
-        #ifdef __linux
+        #if defined(__linux) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
             sprintf( dirname, "/tmp/.tgz%06d", getpid());
             mkdir( dirname, 0700 );
             sprintf( command,
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class ReaderWriterTGZ : public osgDB::ReaderWriter
             // restorre original state of the automatic generation of images to geode's.
             osgDB::Registry::instance()->setCreateNodeFromImage(prevCreateNodeFromImage);
 
-        #ifdef _WIN32
+		#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
             // note, is this the right command for windows?
             // is there any way of overiding the Y/N option? RO.
             sprintf( command, "erase %s", dirname );
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/zip/ReaderWriterZIP.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/zip/ReaderWriterZIP.cpp
index a5b7bb446..4cebecd95 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/zip/ReaderWriterZIP.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/zip/ReaderWriterZIP.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <osgDB/FileNameUtils>
 #include <osgDB/Registry>
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
 #include <direct.h>
 #else
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class ReaderWriterZIP : public osgDB::ReaderWriter
             char dirname[128];
             char command[1024];
 
-        #ifdef _WIN32
+		#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
             strcpy(dirname, "C:/Windows/Temp/.osgdb_zip");
             mkdir(dirname);
             sprintf( command,
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class ReaderWriterZIP : public osgDB::ReaderWriter
 
             osgDB::Registry::instance()->setCreateNodeFromImage(prevCreateNodeFromImage);
 
-        #ifdef _WIN32
+		#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
             // note, is this the right command for windows?
             // is there any way of overiding the Y/N option? RO.
             sprintf( command, "erase %s", dirname );
diff --git a/src/osgUtil/NvTriStripObjects.h b/src/osgUtil/NvTriStripObjects.h
index 99fc08c9e..8f4fb842f 100644
--- a/src/osgUtil/NvTriStripObjects.h
+++ b/src/osgUtil/NvTriStripObjects.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 //
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-typedef int WORD;
+typedef int nvWORD;
 typedef unsigned int UINT;
 
 struct MyVertex
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ typedef std::list  <NvFaceInfo*>     NvFaceInfoList;
 typedef std::list  <NvFaceInfoVec*>  NvStripList;
 typedef std::vector<NvEdgeInfo*>     NvEdgeInfoVec;
 
-typedef std::vector<WORD> WordVec;
+typedef std::vector<nvWORD> WordVec;
 typedef std::vector<MyVertex> MyVertexVec;
 typedef std::vector<MyFace> MyFaceVec;