| BUILDDOWN | • builddown n. A systematic, gradual reduction in the number of something (especially nuclear weapons), normally by… • build␣down v. (Card games) In solitaire card games, to place a card over another card of higher value (e.g. 4♦ over 5♣). • BUILDDOWN n. a planned reduction. |
| DISENDOWS | • disendows v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disendow. • DISENDOW v. to deprive of endowment. |
| DISGOWNED | • disgowned v. Simple past tense and past participle of disgown. • DISGOWN v. to strip of a gown. |
| DOWDINESS | • dowdiness n. The characteristic of being dowdy; frumpiness; plainness. • DOWDINESS n. the state of being dowdy. |
| DOWNCRIED | • DOWNCRY v. to denigrate or disparage. |
| 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. |
| DOWNSIDES | • downsides n. Plural of downside. • DOWNSIDE n. a negative aspect. |
| DOWNSIZED | • downsized v. Simple past tense and past participle of downsize. • DOWNSIZE v. to produce in a smaller size. |
| DOWNSLIDE | • downslide n. A slide downward; a worsening. • DOWNSLIDE n. a downward movement. |
| DROWNDING | • drownding v. Present participle of drownd. • DROWND v. (colloquial) to drown. |
| EIDERDOWN | • eiderdown n. (Uncountable) The down of the eider duck, used for stuffing pillows and quilts. • eiderdown n. (Countable) A quilt stuffed with this down. • EIDERDOWN n. the soft down of the eider duck; a bedcover, usually quilted. |
| OUTWINDED | • outwinded v. Simple past tense and past participle of outwind. • OUTWIND v. to unwind. |
| WINDBOUND | • windbound adj. (Nautical) Unable to sail because of high winds, or of onshore winds. • WINDBOUND adj. hindered from sailing by contrary winds. |
| WINDLOADS | • WINDLOAD n. the force on a structure arising from the impact of wind on it. |
| WINDROWED | • windrowed v. Simple past tense and past participle of windrow. • WINDROW v. to arrange hay or grain in long rows. |
| WONDERKID | • wonderkid n. (Informal, slang) A child prodigy; (if male) a golden boy. • WONDERKID n. (colloquial) an exceptionally successful young person. |
| WOODBINDS | • woodbinds n. Plural of woodbind. • WOODBIND n. the honeysuckle, also WOODBINE. |
| WOODWINDS | • woodwinds n. Plural of woodwind. • woodwinds n. (Music) The woodwind instruments of an orchestra collectively. • WOODWIND n. any orchestral wind instrument other than the brass instruments. |