| DOWNPLAY | • downplay v. (Transitive) To de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential. • DOWNPLAY v. to understate, underemphasise. |
| PLAYDOWN | • playdown n. (Sports) Any match that is part of a playoff. • play␣down v. (Idiomatic, transitive) To make or attempt to make something seem less important, likely, or obvious. • PLAYDOWN n. a playoff. |
| PLOWLAND | • plowland n. Alternative spelling of ploughland. • PLOWLAND n. land under the plough, also PLOUGHLAND. |
| CLAMPDOWN | • clampdown n. A sudden repressive or punitive restriction or control. • clamp-down n. Alternative form of clampdown. • CLAMPDOWN n. a tightening e.g. of regulations. |
| DOWNPLAYS | • downplays v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downplay. • DOWNPLAY v. to understate, underemphasise. |
| PLAYDOWNS | • playdowns n. Plural of playdown. • PLAYDOWN n. a playoff. |
| PLOWLANDS | • plowlands n. Plural of plowland. • PLOWLAND n. land under the plough, also PLOUGHLAND. |
| CLAMPDOWNS | • clampdowns n. Plural of clampdown. • clamp-downs n. Plural of clamp-down. • CLAMPDOWN n. a tightening e.g. of regulations. |
| DOWNPLAYED | • downplayed v. Simple past tense and past participle of downplay. • DOWNPLAY v. to understate, underemphasise. |
| SPLASHDOWN | • splashdown n. The act of landing in water, as by a space capsule or rollercoaster. • splash␣down n. Alternative form of splashdown. • splash␣down v. (Of a spacecraft or other flying object) To land in water. |
| CANDLEPOWER | • candlepower n. (Dated) A unit of luminous intensity of a light source, equal to 0.981 candelas. • candle␣power n. Alternative spelling of candlepower. • CANDLEPOWER n. an old unit of luminosity. |
| DOWNPLAYING | • downplaying v. Present participle of downplay. • downplaying n. The act by which something is downplayed, or made to seem less important. • DOWNPLAY v. to understate, underemphasise. |
| SPLASHDOWNS | • splashdowns n. Plural of splashdown. • splash␣downs n. Plural of splash down. • SPLASHDOWN n. a landing in the sea e.g. of a spacecraft. |
| CANDLEPOWERS | • candlepowers n. Plural of candlepower. • candle␣powers n. Plural of candle power. • CANDLEPOWER n. an old unit of luminosity. |
| LANDOWNERSHIP | • landownership n. The state or position of landowner. • landownership n. The land belonging to a landowner; a smallholding. • LANDOWNERSHIP n. the office of landowner. |
| UNPUTDOWNABLE | • unputdownable adj. Of a person, etc.: difficult or impossible to put down (in various senses). • unputdownable adj. (Specifically) Of a book or other written work: so captivating or engrossing that one cannot bear to stop reading it. • un-put-downable adj. Alternative form of unputdownable. |
| LANDOWNERSHIPS | • landownerships n. Plural of landownership. • LANDOWNERSHIP n. the office of landowner. |