| 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. |
| DOWNLIKE | • downlike adj. Resembling down (soft immature feathers) or some aspect of it. • DOWNLIKE adj. like down. |
| DOWNLINK | • downlink n. (Telecommunications) The transmission of a signal from a satellite to a receiving station on earth;… • downlink n. (Telecommunications) Transmission of data from a network, usually wireless, to the user. • downlink v. To transmit a signal from a satellite to a terrestrial receiving station. |
| DOWNTICK | • downtick n. A small decrease or downward change in something that has been steady or rising. • downtick n. (Finance) A stock market transaction or quote at a price below a preceding one. • DOWNTICK n. a stock market transaction. |
| 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. |
| HOODWINK | • hoodwink v. (Transitive, archaic) To cover the eyes with, or as if with, a hood; to blindfold. • hoodwink v. (Transitive, figuratively). • hoodwink v. (Intransitive, obsolete, rare) To close the eyes. |
| INKWOODS | • inkwoods n. Plural of inkwood. • INKWOOD n. an evergreen tree. |
| INWORKED | • inworked v. Simple past tense and past participle of inwork. • INWORK v. to work in. |
| KICKDOWN | • kickdown n. (Automotive) In a vehicle with automatic transmission, a downshift triggered by pressing down the throttle pedal. • kick-down n. Alternative form of kickdown. • kick␣down v. To break or demolish something by physical bodily force. |
| KINGWOOD | • kingwood n. Dalbergia cearensis, a Brazilian tree having a violet-brown, hard texture. • kingwood n. (Uncountable) The wood of this tree, used in cabinetmaking. • Kingwood prop.n. An unincorporated community in Harris County and Montgomery County, near Houston, Texas, United States. |
| KNOTWEED | • knotweed n. Any of several plants of the genus Polygonum, with jointed stems and inconspicuous flowers. • KNOTWEED n. a pernicious weed of waterways. |
| LOCKDOWN | • lockdown n. The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their… • lockdown n. (US) A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting. • lock-down n. Alternative form of lockdown. |
| LOOKDOWN | • lookdown n. An oddly-shaped Atlantic marine fish, Selene vomer. • look␣down v. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, down. • look␣down v. (Intransitive) To lower one’s eyes; to direct one’s look downwards. |
| 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. |
| UNWORKED | • unworked adj. Yet to be altered, carved, milled, worked, or otherwise changed from its natural or crude state. • unworked adj. (Archaeology) Describing an unaltered material found associated with human tool-making or other cultural activity. • UNWORK v. to undo or destroy, as work previously done. |
| WINDOCKS | • WINDOCK n. (Scots) a window, also WINDORE, WINNOCK. |
| WINDSOCK | • windsock n. (Aviation) A large, conical, open-ended tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed… • wind␣sock n. Alternative form of windsock. • WINDSOCK n. a device on an aerodrome to show the strength of the wind. |
| WOODSKIN | • WOODSKIN n. an American Indian canoe made of bark. |