The act by which something is downplayed, or made to seem less important.
verb
present participle of downplay
downpouring
downpouring
noun
The act of something being poured down.
verb
present participle of downpour
downtrampling
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
drawspring
drawspring
noun
(rail transport) The spring to which a drawbar is attached.
drownproofing
drownproofing
verb
present participle of drownproof
gawped
gawped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gawp
giftwrapped
giftwrapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of giftwrap
gipsyweed
gipsyweed
noun
Alternative form of gypsyweed
gnapweed
gopherwood
gopherwood
noun
Alternative form of gopher wood
gospelwards
grandnephew
grandnephew
noun
A grandson of one's sibling; a son of one's nephew or niece. (Brother's grandson: fraternal grandnephew. Sister's grandson: sororal grandnephew.)
grandnephews
grandnephews
noun
plural of grandnephew
gunpowder
gunpowder
noun
(India, informal) Idli podi/milagai podi; ground-up dry spices mixed with oil and ghee and served alongside idli or dosa.
An explosive mixture of saltpetre (potassium nitrate), charcoal and sulphur; formerly used in gunnery but now mostly used in fireworks.
Short for gunpowder tea.
gunpowderous
gunpowders
gunpowders
noun
plural of gunpowder
gunpowdery
gunpowdery
adj
Resembling or characteristic of gunpowder.
gypsyweed
gypsyweed
noun
Speedwell, Veronica officinalis.
paddywacking
partridgewood
pegwood
periwigged
periwigged
adj
Wearing a periwig.
periwigpated
pigeonweed
pigeonweed
noun
Synonym of pokeweed (“the plant Phytolacca americana”)
pigeonwood
pigeonwood
noun
An evergreen tree, Trema orientalis, which is widely distributed throughout much of the tropics.
Hedycarya arborea, a tree endemic to New Zealand.
pigweed
pigweed
noun
(uncommon, dialectal) Heracleum sphondylium
Amaranthus species
Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder
Chenopodium album, white goosefoot
Polygonum aviculare (common knotgrass)
Portulaca bicolor, of Australia
pigweeds
pigweeds
noun
plural of pigweed
pigwidgeon
pigwidgeon
noun
(rare) A contemptible or stupid person or creature.
(rare) A small or petty person, creature or object, especially a fairy, dwarf, imp, or elf.
pigwidgin
plugdrawer
powdering
powdering
noun
A black tuft of ermine fur on the white of a robe of state.
An application or patch of powder.
verb
present participle of powder
preacknowledge
preacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge in advance.
preacknowledged
preacknowledged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledging
preacknowledging
verb
present participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
predrawing
pregwood
preknowledge
preknowledge
noun
prior knowledge
pseudosweating
puddingwife
puddingwives
pygmyweed
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.
sideswiping
sideswiping
verb
present participle of sideswipe
speedwriting
spellingdown
spiderwebbing
spiderwebbing
verb
present participle of spiderweb
spongewood
springwood
springwood
noun
The wood in a tree's growth ring formed earlier in the growing season, when growth is more rapid, thus composed of wider elements and usually lighter in colour.
springwoods
springwoods
noun
plural of springwood
spurwinged
spurwinged
adj
(zoology) Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings.
superacknowledgment
superknowledge
superknowledge
noun
superhuman or supernatural knowledge
undersweeping
underwrapping
underwrapping
noun
(molecular biology) A state of being insufficiently desolvated, so that the main chain of hydrogen bonds in a protein are too accessible, rendering the protein unstable.
A material that forms an underwrapped layer.
The act of underwrapping something.
verb
present participle of underwrap
widegap
widegap
adj
Having a wide bandgap.
widespreading
windowshopping
wingspread
wingspread
noun
The distance between the extreme tips of the wings of a bird, insect or aircraft.