| AWAKENED | • awakened v. Simple past tense and past participle of awaken. • awakened adj. Having been woken up. • awakened adj. Aroused or activated. |
| BACKDOWN | • backdown n. An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal. • back␣down v. (Idiomatic) To take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously has or has planned to. • back␣down v. (Idiomatic) To withdraw from a commitment or position. |
| BACKWIND | • backwind v. (Nautical) To deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel. • backwind n. (Nautical) The flow of air so deflected. • backwind v. (Transitive) To wind backwards. |
| BAWDKINS | • bawdkins n. Plural of bawdkin. • BAWDKIN n. a rich embroidered material, originally woven with woof of silk and warp of gold thread, also BALDACHIN, BALDACHINO, BALDAQUIN, BAUDEKIN. |
| DAWNLIKE | • dawnlike adj. Resembling dawn or some aspect of it. • DAWNLIKE adj. suggestive of daybreak. |
| HANDWORK | • handwork n. Work done by the hands, as opposed to by machine. • handwork v. (Transitive) To work (materials) by hand, without the use of a machine. • hand-work n. (Rare) Alternative form of handiwork. |
| KNAPWEED | • knapweed n. Any of various common weeds of the genus Centaurea. • KNAPWEED n. any of several plants of the genus Centaurea, related to the thistles. |
| MARKDOWN | • markdown n. A reduction in price in order to stimulate sales. • mark␣down v. To reduce the price of. • mark␣down v. To write a memorandum about. |
| TAKEDOWN | • takedown n. (Slang) A taking down: the arrest of a suspect by a police officer. • takedown n. (Martial arts) A taking down: an act of bringing one’s opponent to the ground by grabbing one or both… • takedown n. Enforced removal of material from a website, etc. |
| UNAWAKED | • unawaked adj. (Archaic) unawakened. • UNAWAKED adj. not awakened. |
| WAKANDAS | • WAKANDA n. (Native American) a supernatural force in Sioux belief, also WACONDA, WAHCONDA. |
| WANDLIKE | • wandlike adj. Resembling a wand. • WANDLIKE adj. like a wand. |
| WEAKENED | • weakened adj. Reduced; made less strong. • weakened v. Simple past tense and past participle of weaken. • WEAKEN v. to make weak. |
| WINDPACK | • WINDPACK n. snow that has been compacted by the wind. |