Using plain direct language; accustomed to express opinions directly and bluntly; blunt.
adv
(obsolete) Plainly, unambiguously; directly.
(obsolete) Straight down; perpendicularly.
(obsolete) Without delay; at once.
Really; actually; quite
downrightly
downrightly
adv
(dated) clearly; plainly; directly; downright
downrightness
downrightness
noun
The personal quality of being straightforward and direct in one's manner
downrushing
downrushing
verb
present participle of downrush
downshifting
downshifting
noun
A social trend towards living a simpler, less ambitious life with a better work-life balance.
verb
present participle of downshift
downweigh
downweigh
verb
(transitive) To weigh or press down; depress; cause to sink or prevent from rising.
downweight
downweight
verb
(statistics) To give something a lower weight
downweighted
downweighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of downweight
draughtswoman
draughtswoman
noun
Alternative spelling of draftswoman
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
edgeworth
foreshadowing
foreshadowing
noun
(literature, usually uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.
verb
present participle of foreshadow
gawkihood
gentlewomanhood
gentlewomanhood
noun
The qualities or condition of a gentlewoman.
ghostweed
ghostweed
noun
The plant Euphorbia marginata.
goldsworthy
goldthwaite
goldthwaite
Proper noun
a small city in Texas, USA
gopherwood
gopherwood
noun
Alternative form of gopher wood
grasswidowhood
grasswidowhood
noun
Alternative form of grass widowhood
grewhound
grewhound
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) Synonym of greyhound.
hagdown
hagdown
noun
Alternative form of hagdon
handwrought
handwrought
adj
Made by hand, handmade
hardworking
hardworking
adj
Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.
headlongwise
headworking
heartwounding
hedgerow
hedgerow
noun
a row of closely planted bushes or trees forming a hedge
hedgerows
hedgerows
noun
plural of hedgerow
hedgewood
highbrowed
highbrowed
adj
(of a person) highbrow; intellectual and cultured
highwood
hogward
hogweed
hogweed
noun
An umbelliferous plant, of genus Heracleum, most species of which are phototoxic.
Any coarse weedy herb.
Certain plants from the genera Ambrosia, Erigeron, or Heracleum.
hogweeds
hogweeds
noun
plural of hogweed
hoodwinking
hoodwinking
noun
An act of deception.
verb
present participle of hoodwink
hornswoggled
hornswoggled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hornswoggle
horsedrawing
howdying
howdying
verb
present participle of howdy
lightwood
lightwood
noun
(Canada, US) Any wood used to light a fire; kindlings; especially, very resinous pine wood.
Any of various trees with pale-coloured wood, especially the Australian tree Acacia melanoxylon.
notwithstanding
notwithstanding
adv
Nevertheless, all the same.
conj
Although; despite; even though.
prep
In spite of, despite.
outweighed
outweighed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outweigh
overshadowing
overshadowing
noun
A dominating shadow or malign influence.
verb
present participle of overshadow
overshadowingly
overshadowingly
adv
So as to overshadow.
overweighed
overweighed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overweigh
overweighted
overweighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overweight
roughdraw
roughhewed
roughhewed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of roughhew
shadowboxing
shadowboxing
noun
A form of solo exercise, involving throwing punches at the air, and not at an opponent.
verb
present participle of shadowbox
shadowgram
shadowgram
noun
An image produced by means of shadowgraphy.
shadowgraph
shadowgraph
noun
(physics) An optical technique of visualizing patterns of fluid flow by using differences in refractive index
A shadow-picture; a radiograph or X-ray photograph; a sciagram.
verb
(photography) To take a picture by means of X-ray, radium, or similar source of actinic radiation.
(transitive) To outline in a shadow-picture on a screen.
shadowgraphic
shadowgraphic
adj
Relating to shadowgraphy.
shadowgraphist
shadowgraphist
noun
An entertainer who produces the silhouettes of animals, etc. by selectively blocking parts of a light source.
shadowgraphs
shadowgraphs
noun
plural of shadowgraph
shadowgraphy
shadowgraphy
noun
The creation of shadowgraph images.
The selective blocking of a light source in order to produce the silhouettes of animals, etc. as a form of entertainment.
shadowing
shadowing
noun
(computing) The technique of copying ROM contents to RAM to allow for shorter access times. The ROM chip is then disabled while the initialized memory locations are switched in on the same block of addresses.
(education) A work experience option where students learn about a job by walking through the work day as a shadow to a competent worker.
(espionage) Secretly or discreetly tracking or following someone, keeping under surveillance.
A faint representation; an adumbration.
The effect of being shadowed (in the sense of blocked), as from a light source or radio transmission.
The situation where an individual repeats speech immediately as they hear it (usually through earphones).
verb
present participle of shadow
shinglewood
straightforward
straightforward
adj
(figurative) direct; forthright; frank; sincere
easy, simple, uncomplicated, without difficulty
proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating
adv
In a straightforward manner; straightforwards; straightforwardly.
straightforwarder
straightforwardest
straightforwardly
straightforwardly
adv
In a straightforward manner.
straightforwardness
straightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being straightforward.
straightforwards
straightfoward
swordfishing
swordfishing
verb
present participle of swordfish
thousandweight
toothdrawing
toothdrawing
noun
The extraction of teeth, as by a dentist.
undergrowth
undergrowth
noun
The plants in a forest which only reach a relatively low height (such as shrubs and bushes).
undergrowths
undergrowths
noun
plural of undergrowth
underwrought
underwrought
verb
(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of underwork
unstraightforward
unstraightforward
adj
Not straightforward; oblique, evasive, equivocal, indirect.
unstraightforwardness
unstraightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being unstraightforward; a lack of straightforwardness; obliqueness, evasiveness.
unwithholding
walhonding
wandought
wardholding
wardholding
noun
(now historical) A form of land tenure in Scotland, equivalent to knight service in England.
watchdog
watchdog
noun
(electronics, computing) Ellipsis of watchdog timer.
(figurative) An individual or group that monitors the activities of another entity (such as an individual, corporation, non-profit group, or governmental organization) on behalf of the public to ensure that entity does not behave illegally or unethically.
A guard dog.
verb
(electronics) To be continuously reset by a watchdog timer.
To perform a function analogous to that of a watchdog; to guard and warn.
watchdogged
watchdogged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of watchdog
watchdogging
watchdogging
verb
present participle of watchdog
watchdogs
watchdogs
noun
plural of watchdog
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of watchdog
weatherboarding
weatherboarding
noun
(architecture) A type of wooden siding in which a house is sided with long, thin, overlapping boards.
whangdoodle
whangdoodle
noun
(obsolete) Term of disparagement
(often humorous) A whimsical monster in folklore and children's fiction; a bugbear.
(poker) A ruling in which the opening stake limits are doubled for the next play after the appearance of a very good hand.
willinghood
windowlight
windowlight
noun
Natural light that enters a building through the window.
windowshopping
withholding
withholding
noun
The deduction of taxes from an employee's salary.
The tax so deducted, and paid to local or national government.
verb
present participle of withhold
withholdings
withholdings
noun
plural of withholding
wonderbright
woodchopping
woodchopping
verb
present participle of woodchop
woodhung
woodshedding
woodshedding
verb
present participle of woodshed
woodwright
woodwright
noun
A woodworker.
wordlength
wordlength
noun
(sciences) The length of a word.
worldaught
wrightwood
wronghead
wronghead
noun
A person of a perverse understanding or obstinate character.
wrongheaded
wrongheaded
adj
Having an obstinately (persistently, stubbornly) perverse/erroneous opinion or judgement.