| COUNTDOWN | • countdown n. A count backward in fixed units to the time of some event, especially the launch of a space vehicle. • countdown n. The acts of preparation carried out during this period. • countdown n. A radio or television program counting down the top songs of a given week, usually in reverse order… |
| DOWNTOWNS | • downtowns n. Plural of downtown. • DOWNTOWN n. the business district of a city. |
| DOWNTREND | • downtrend n. Any gradual movement towards a lower state or value. • downtrend v. (Intransitive) To undergo a downward trend. • DOWNTREND n. a tendency in a downward direction. |
| DOWNTURNS | • downturns n. Plural of downturn. • down-turns n. Plural of down-turn (alternative form of downturns). • DOWNTURN n. a decline. |
| ENDOWMENT | • endowment n. Something with which a person or thing is endowed. • endowment n. Property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution. • endowment n. (Insurance) Endowment assurance or pure endowment. |
| INTERWIND | • interwind v. To wind around; to intertwine. • interwind n. (Astronomy) The equivalent of solar wind from a pulsar. • INTERWIND v. to wind in among. |
| NEWSSTAND | • newsstand n. An open stall, often on a street, where newspapers and magazines are on sale to the public. • NEWSSTAND n. a stand from which newspapers are sold. |
| STANDDOWN | • standdown n. Alternative spelling of stand-down. • stand-down n. (Military) A time when soldiers are not on alert. • stand␣down v. (Idiomatic) To wait; to stop pursuing, stop fighting, or relax from a heightened readiness posture. |
| STOWNDING | • stownding v. Present participle of stownd. • STOWND v. to ache, throb, also STOUND. |
| THINDOWNS | • THINDOWN n. a lessening of the number of atomic particles in the air. |
| TOWNLANDS | • townlands n. Plural of townland. • TOWNLAND n. esp. in Ireland, a division of land of varying extent; a township. |
| TURNDOWNS | • turndowns n. Plural of turndown. • TURNDOWN n. a rejection. |
| UNDERWENT | • underwent v. Simple past tense of undergo. • UNDERGO v. to be subjected to. |
| WHODUNNIT | • whodunnit n. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of whodunit. • WHODUNNIT n. a mystery novel, also WHODUNIT. |
| WHYDUNNIT | • whydunnit n. Alternative spelling of whydunit. • WHYDUNNIT n. a novel or film concerned with motives, as opposed to whodunnit, also WHYDUNIT. |
| WINDBURNT | • windburnt adj. Alternative form of windburned. • WINDBURN v. to cause irritation to the skin by wind. |