| DOWNFIELD | • downfield adj. (Sports) Toward the defending team’s end of the playing field. • downfield adj. (Chemistry) Describing an NMR resonance at a higher frequency to that of a reference signal. • downfield adv. Towards the lower part of a field. |
| DOWNSHIFT | • downshift n. A change of direction or a movement downwards. • downshift n. A reduction in quality or quantity. • downshift n. A change in career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding. |
| DRAWKNIFE | • drawknife n. A joiner’s tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it… • drawknife n. A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from… • drawknife v. (Transitive) To cut or shave with a drawknife. |
| FOREWINDS | • forewinds n. Plural of forewind. • FOREWIND n. a wind from the forequarter. |
| MIDWIFING | • midwifing v. (Rare) present participle of midwife. • MIDWIFE v. to assist a woman in childbirth, also MIDWIVE. |
| SNOWDRIFT | • snowdrift n. A bank of snow accumulated by the wind. • snow␣drift n. Alternative spelling of snowdrift. • SNOWDRIFT n. a drift of snow. |
| SNOWFIELD | • snowfield n. A large permanent expanse of snow on a mountain or at the head of a glacier. • SNOWFIELD n. an area of snow. |
| WINDFALLS | • windfalls n. Plural of windfall. • WINDFALL n. unexpected good fortune. |
| WINDFLAWS | • windflaws n. Plural of windflaw. • WINDFLAW n. a gust of wind. |
| WINDPROOF | • windproof adj. Providing protection from the wind. • windproof v. (Transitive) To make resistant to the wind. • WINDPROOF v. to make a fabric etc. proof against the wind. |
| WINDSURFS | • windsurfs v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of windsurf. • WINDSURF v. to sail on a sailboard. |
| WINTERFED | • winterfed v. Simple past tense and past participle of winterfeed. • WINTERFEED v. to feed livestock in winter when the grazing is not rich enough. |