| BLOWDOWN | • blowdown n. (Chemical engineering) The removal of liquid and solid hydrocarbons from a refinery vessel by the use of pressure. • blowdown n. (Industrial engineering) Cooling fluid discharged from a plant at the end of its cycle. • blowdown n. (Forestry) Uprooting, overtopping, or bole breakage of trees by the wind; windthrow and windsnap. |
| COOLDOWN | • cooldown n. (Video games) The minimum length of time that the player needs to wait after using an ability or item… • cooldown n. (Sports) The rest period between sets or workout sessions. • cooldown n. (By extension) Any rest period between sessions of an activity or event. |
| DOWNFLOW | • downflow n. A downward flow. • DOWNFLOW n. a running down. |
| DOWNHOLE | • downhole adj. Occurring in the drilled bore of an oil well either underground or undersea. • DOWNHOLE adj. pertaining to subterranean drilling equipment. |
| DOWNLOAD | • download n. A file transfer to a given computer or device from a remote one through a network connection. • download n. A file that has been or is intended to be transferred in this way. • download v. (Transitive, computing) To transfer data to a given computer from a remote one via a network. |
| DOWNLOWS | • DOWNLOW n. as in on the downlow, not widely known. |
| HOLDDOWN | • holddown n. (Engineering) A clamping device that holds another structural element in place. • holddown n. (Computing) A period during which a network router ignores messages about a currently unreachable route… • hold-down n. Alternative form of holddown. |
| LOANWORD | • loanword n. A word directly taken into one language from another one with little or no translation. • loan␣word n. Alternative spelling of loanword. • LOANWORD n. a word taken from another language. |
| 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. |
| LOWDOWNS | • lowdowns n. Plural of lowdown. • LOWDOWN n. the real information about something. |
| SLOWDOWN | • slowdown n. A reduction in speed, or a decrease in the level of production, etc. • slow-down n. Alternative form of slowdown. • slow␣down v. (Intransitive) To decelerate. |
| SNOWMOLD | • snow␣mold n. A white mold that grows on grass after snow melt. • SNOWMOLD n. a fungus disease of grasses near the edge of melting snow, also SNOWMOULD. |
| WOODENLY | • woodenly adv. (Of speech) Dully and without emotion. • woodenly adv. (Of movement) Clumsily or without animation. • WOODEN adv. stiff as in wood. |
| WOODLAND | • woodland adj. Of a creature or object: growing, living, or existing in a woodland. • woodland adj. (Obsolete) Having the character of a woodland. • woodland n. Land covered with woody vegetation. |
| WOOLDING | • woolding n. (Nautical) The act of winding or wrapping anything with a rope. • woolding n. (Nautical) A rope used for binding masts and spars. • WOOLDING n. the act of winding a rope or chain. |