(transitive) To de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential.
downplayed
downplayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of downplay
downplaying
downplaying
noun
The act by which something is downplayed, or made to seem less important.
verb
present participle of downplay
downplays
downplays
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downplay
downrightly
downrightly
adv
(dated) clearly; plainly; directly; downright
downwardly
downwardly
adv
In a downward direction
doylestown
doylestown
Proper noun
a village in Ohio, USA.
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA
a village in Wisconsin, USA.
drawability
drawability
noun
The quality or degree of being drawable.
drawlingly
drawlingly
adv
Speaking with a drawl.
drawly
drawly
adj
(of a voice) Having a drawling sound.
drawnly
drewryville
drowningly
drowsily
drowsily
adv
In a drowsy manner.
drywall
drywall
noun
A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings.
A stone wall constructed without mortar or cement.
A wall made of this.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To install and finish drywall.
drywalls
drywalls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drywall
dulwilly
dulwilly
noun
(UK, dialect) The ringed plover.
dwaibly
dwarfishly
dwarfishly
adv
In a dwarfish manner.
earlywood
earlywood
noun
wood formed in a tree relatively early in the season
eastwardly
eastwardly
adj
(Blowing) from the east.
Towards the east.
adv
In or from an easterly direction.
elbowy
elbowy
adj
(of a built structure) Angular in an awkward way.
(of a person’s body) Tall and awkward.
(of a person’s movement) Awkward; especially, involving the awkward protrusion of the elbows.
(of a tree or branches) Having bends that resemble elbows.
elseways
elseways
adv
Otherwise
elwyn
enwingly
fallaway
fallaway
adj
(basketball) Of a shot, taken while moving away from the basket.
noun
(basketball) A shot taken while moving away from the basket.
fallway
fallway
noun
(US) A well or opening, through the successive floors of a factory or warehouse or the decks of a ship, providing access for goods, material, or people.
A hydraulic canal, as for a water-powered mill.
fawningly
fawningly
adv
In a fawning or sycophantic manner.
fellowly
fellowly
adj
Fellowlike; companionable, sociable or sympathetic.
adv
In a fellowly manner.
flangeway
flangeway
noun
(rail transport) The gap in road surfaces, running rails at rails at junctions, etc, that allows the wheel flange of a rail vehicle to pass.
(rail transport, historical) An early type of railway that used flanged rails rather than flanged wheels.
flatway
flatways
flatways
adv
Alternative form of flatwise
flawlessly
flawlessly
adv
In a flawless manner.
flawy
flawy
adj
Full of flaws or cracks; broken; defective.
Subject to sudden flaws or gusts of wind.
flightworthy
flightworthy
adj
(aviation) Safe enough to fly
floodway
floodway
noun
An engineered path to channel floodwaters away from areas to be protected.
floodways
floodways
noun
plural of floodway
floorway
floorway
noun
An elevated section of floor over which one can walk.
flowerfly
flowerfly
noun
Alternative spelling of flower-fly
flowerily
flowerily
adv
In a flowery way.
flowery
flowery
adj
(not comparable) Pertaining to flowers.
(of a speech or piece of writing) overly complicated or elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance
Decorated with or abundant in flowers.
flowingly
flowingly
adv
In a flowing manner.
flyaway
flyaway
adj
(of hair) Soft, light, unruly, and difficult to set into a style.
Disposed to fly away; unrestrained; light and free.
Flighty; frivolous
noun
(gymnastics) A kind of dismount from bars that incorporates one or more flips or twists.
(television) A portable satellite television antenna.
A stray hair that is difficult to style.
Anything that is difficult to capture or restrain.
flyaways
flyaways
noun
plural of flyaway
flyblew
flyblew
verb
simple past tense of flyblow
flyblow
flyblow
noun
The larva of the blowfly, especially when found on rotten meat.
verb
(transitive) To deposit eggs upon, as a blowfly does on meat; to cause to be maggoty.
(transitive, by extension) To taint or contaminate.
flyblowing
flyblowing
verb
present participle of flyblow
flyblown
flyblown
adj
contaminated with flyblows
sordid, squalid
tainted
flyblows
flyblows
noun
plural of flyblow
flyflower
flyswat
flyswat
noun
flyswatter
flyswatter
flyswatter
noun
A hand-held device for swatting flies or other insects, to kill or shoo them.
flyswatters
flyswatters
noun
plural of flyswatter
flyway
flyway
noun
A migratory route used by birds between breeding areas.
flyways
flyways
noun
plural of flyway
flyweight
flyweight
noun
(figuratively, adjectival use) Small, light or unimportant.
(martial arts) A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 112 pounds or 50.8 kilograms.
(mechanics) A weight that moves outward depending on centrifugal force.
flyweights
flyweights
noun
plural of flyweight
flywheel
flywheel
noun
(mechanical engineering) A rotating mass used to maintain the speed of a machine within certain limits while the machine receives or releases energy at a varying rate, or as a form of energy storage.
flywheels
flywheels
noun
plural of flywheel
flywinch
flywire
flywire
noun
(chiefly Australia) A type of screening used to exclude flies and other insects.
flywort
foldaway
foldaway
adj
That may be folded away when not in use.
noun
A piece of furniture, of any kind, that can be folded away when not in use.
folkway
folkway
noun
Often plural: a belief or custom common to members of a culture or society.
folkways
folkways
noun
plural of folkway
followingly
followingly
adv
accordingly
as follows
subsequently, consequently
forebackwardly
foreknowingly
foreknowingly
adv
With foreknowledge.
forewarningly
forewarningly
adv
So as to forewarn; in a way that gives advance warning.
forwardly
forwardly
adv
In a forward manner
fowlery
fowlery
noun
A place where fowl are raised.
frowardly
frowardly
adv
in a froward manner
frowningly
frowningly
adv
While or as if frowning
frowsily
frowsily
adv
In a frowsy manner.
frowstily
frowstily
adv
In a frowsty manner.
frowzily
frowzily
adv
In a frowzy manner
frowzly
gallaway
galleyworm
galleyworm
noun
A centipede or millipede.
galloway
galloway
noun
A kind of small horse originally bred in Galloway, Scotland.
gallycrow
gallycrow
noun
Alternative spelling of gallicrow
gallywasp
galsworthy
galway
galways
gawkily
gawkily
adv
In a gawky manner.
gawkishly
gawkishly
adv
In a gawkish manner.
gentlewomanly
gentlewomanly
adj
Having the manners or behavior of a gentlewoman; having social graces; polite.
gillyflower
gillyflower
noun
(by extension) Any clove-scented flower.
(heraldry) A stylized representation of a carnation blossom, usually red, and shown with or without a slip and leaves.
A variety of purplish-red apple with a roundish conical shape and a large core.
Any of several species of wallflower.
Clove pink.
gillyflowers
gillyflowers
noun
plural of gillyflower
gladwyne
gloweringly
gloweringly
adv
In a glowering manner.
glowfly
glowingly
glowingly
adv
While giving off a glow.
With enthusiastic praise.
gnawingly
gnawingly
adv
In a manner that chafes or worries.
goldsworthy
goldwyn
goldwynism
goldwynism
Noun
Any of a number of often-repeated malapropisms originally uttered by US film producer Samuel Goldwyn (1879-1974) or a malapropism reminiscent of Goldwyn's utterances.
gollywobbler
gollywog
gollywog
noun
Alternative form of golliwog
goodwilly
goodwilly
adj
(obsolete or dialectal) Cordial; friendly; cheering.
(obsolete or dialectal) Liberal; generous.
noun
(obsolete or dialectal) A volunteer.
goodwily
gowkedly
graywall
grewsomely
growingly
growingly
adv
To a growing or increasing degree
growlery
growlery
noun
Alternative form of Growlery
growlingly
growlingly
adv
In a growling manner; with growls.
growly
growly
adj
Resembling the sound of a growl; throaty.
Tending to growl.
guidwilly
gwely
gwendolyn
gwendolyn
Proper noun
name, variant of Gwendolen.
gwendolynne
gwynneville
gyrowheel
halfpennyworth
halfpennyworth
noun
(Britain) As much as could be bought for a halfpenny (pre- or post-decimalisation).
(Britain, informal) A negligible amount.
(Britain, informal) One's opinion or thoughts; one's two cents.
halfway
halfway
adv
Half of the way between two points; midway.
Moderately; somewhat.
hallowday
hallowedly
hallowedly
adv
In a hallowed, sacred, or solemn manner; sacredly; solemnly.
hallway
hallway
noun
A corridor in a building that connects rooms.
hallways
hallways
noun
plural of hallway
handyblow
harrowingly
harrowingly
adv
In a way or to an extent that is harrowing
haulageway
haulageway
noun
A track or road used for hauling materials.
haulaway
hawkishly
hawkishly
adv
In a hawkish manner.
hawley
hawleyville
heavenwardly
heavenwardly
adv
Toward Heaven.
helpworthy
helpworthy
adj
Deserving or worthy of help.
holloway
holloway
noun
(UK) A road or track that is significantly lower than the land on either side, not formed by recent engineering but possibly of much greater age.
hollowly
hollowly
adv
in a hollow manner
hollywood
hollywood
Proper noun
An area of Los Angeles, known as the center of the American motion picture industry.
The American motion picture industry, regardless of location.
Adjective
Resembling or relating to Hollywood.
Noun
A waxing practice that removes all of the pubic hair, unlike a Brazilian which leaves a small strip behind.
hollywooder
hollywooder
Noun
Someone who works in the film industry in Hollywood.
hollywoodian
hollywoodian
Adjective
Pertaining to Hollywood.
hollywoodish
hollywoodish
Adjective
Resembling some aspect of Hollywood; Hollywoodesque.
hollywoodite
hollywoodize
hollywoodize
Verb
To adapt to the norms and ideals of Hollywood; to make glitzy, superficial, thrilling, etc.
homewardly
honeyflower
honeywell
housewifely
housewifely
adj
Befitting a housewife.
howlingly
howlingly
adv
(informal) In a comical way that causes howls of laughter.
With a howl or howls.
howlyn
hwyl
hwyl
noun
A melodic chanting style of Welsh preaching.
idyllwild
imlaystown
inlawry
interrailway
interrailway
adj
Between railways.
intertwiningly
intertwiningly
adv
So as to intertwine.
intertwistingly
interweavingly
interweavingly
adv
So as to interweave.
interwovenly
interwovenly
adv
In an interwoven manner.
inwardly
inwardly
adv
(obsolete) Completely, fully.
In an inward manner; to or toward the inside or to oneself.