| DOWNWARD | • downward adv. Toward a lower level, whether in physical space, in a hierarchy, or in amount or value. • downward adv. At a lower level. • downward adv. Southward. |
| DOWNWARP | • downwarp n. (Geology) A segment of the crust of the Earth that bends downward. • DOWNWARP n. a broad surface depression. |
| DOWNWASH | • downwash n. Downward air turbulence caused by a propeller or jet, but especially by helicopter blades. • downwash n. The downward motion of air as a result of eddies behind a wing or chimney, etc. • DOWNWASH n. a downward deflection of air. |
| DRAWDOWN | • drawdown n. The act of reduction or depletion (including through withdrawal or utilization). • drawdown n. The result of reduction, utilization, or depletion. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • drawdown n. (Economics) (A measure of) the decline from a historical peak in some economic or financial variable. |
| TOWNWARD | • townward adj. Towards a town. • townward adv. Towards a town; townwards. • TOWNWARD adv. in the direction of the town. |
| WAIWODES | • waiwodes n. Plural of waiwode. • WAIWODE n. (Russian) originally the title of a military commander in various Slavonic countries; afterwards applied to governors of towns or provinces, also VAIVODE, VOIVODE, WAIVODE, WAYWODE, WOIWODE. |
| WALLOWED | • wallowed v. Simple past tense and past participle of wallow. • WALLOW v. to roll about. |
| WANWORDY | • WANWORDY adj. (Scots) worthless, unworthy. |
| WASHDOWN | • washdown n. A particularly thorough washing. • wash␣down v. To help to swallow by drinking a liquid, after eating something, or taking a pill. • wash␣down v. To wash something completely from top to bottom. |
| WAYWODES | • waywodes n. Plural of waywode. • WAYWODE n. (Russian) originally the title of a military commander in various Slavonic countries; afterwards applied to governors of towns or provinces, also VAIVODE, VOIVODE, WAIVODE, WAIWODE, WOIWODE. |
| WIDOWMAN | • widowman n. (Archaic) A widower. • WIDOWMAN n. a man whose wife is dead, also WIDOWER. |
| WOODWALE | • WOODWALE n. the woodpecker. |
| WOODWARD | • woodward n. (Archaic) A warden of a wood. • Woodward prop.n. A surname. • Woodward prop.n. A small city in Dallas County, Iowa, United States. |
| WOODWASP | • woodwasp n. Any of various not closely related insects of the suborder Symphyta (the sawflies, not true wasps)… • wood␣wasp n. Alternative spelling of woodwasp. • WOODWASP n. a large wasplike insect. |
| WOOLWARD | • woolward adv. (Obsolete) In wool; with woollen clothing next to the skin. • WOOLWARD adj. (obsolete) wearing wool next the skin, esp. as a penance. |
| WORDWRAP | • word␣wrap n. (Computing) A word processing feature which automatically adjusts lines of text to fit within the page… • word␣wrap v. (Computing) To adjust lines of text in this manner. • WORDWRAP n. in computing, a function that shifts a word at the end of a line to a new line in order to keep within preset margins. |