(cryptography) A string representing an encoded piece of text.
A type of crossword puzzle where the letters of the alphabet are represented by numbers and the solver must identify them by their position and frequency.
A word or phrase (or by extension a concept) used to make a (concealed) reference to another word or concept.
cohdwell
cokewold
coldslaw
coldslaw
noun
Archaic form of coleslaw.
coltwood
comedown
comedown
noun
A calm, mellow period experienced after the initial high from taking drugs.
A sudden drop to a lower status, condition or level; a disappointment or letdown.
coolweed
cordwain
cordwain
noun
A kind of leather from Córdoba, originally of tanned goatskin, later of horsehide.
cordwood
cordwood
noun
Split and cut wood as an economic commodity.
Wood suitable for use as firewood; firewood cut and split into conveniently sized pieces for easy stacking into cords.
corkwood
corkwood
noun
Annona glabra, a plant found in the West Indies.
Caldcluvia paniculosa, a soft barked corkwood from Australia in the coachwood family.
Commiphora angolensis or sand corkwood, a shrub species growing mainly in Angola and Namibia.
Duboisia, a genus with species found in Australia.
Endiandra sieberi, a corkwood from Australia in the laurel family.
Entelea arborescens, a species found in New Zealand.
Erythrina vespertilio (grey corkwood), a species from Australia.
Hakea suberea, a species found in Australia.
Leitneria floridana, a species found in southeastern North America.
Melicope, a genus with species in Australia.
Musanga cecropioides or African corkwood, a species found in Africa.
Sesbania grandiflora, a species found in southeast Asia and northern Australia, with edible flowers.
The wood of Quercus suber, the cork oak.
cotswold
cotswold
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Cotswolds range of hills.
A style of traditional Morris dancing originating from the Cotswolds area of England.
Noun
A sheep of a certain breed with long wool, formerly common in the English counties of Gloucester, Hereford, and Worcester.
Proper noun
a local government district in Gloucestershire, England.
cowardly
cowardly
adj
Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful.
adv
(archaic) In the manner of a coward, cowardlily.
cowbinds
cowbirds
cowbirds
noun
plural of cowbird
cowhands
cowhands
noun
plural of cowhand
cowherds
cowherds
noun
plural of cowherd
cowhided
cowhided
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cowhide
cowhides
cowhides
noun
plural of cowhide
cowshard
cowsheds
cowsheds
noun
plural of cowshed
crabweed
crabwood
crabwood
noun
A flowering plant of the genus Carapa in the mahogany family, Meliaceae.
crawdads
crawdads
noun
plural of crawdad
crawford
crawford
Proper noun
derived from several different placenames.
cropweed
crowders
crowders
noun
plural of crowder
crowdies
crowdies
noun
plural of crowdie
plural of crowdy
crowding
crowding
noun
The act by which somebody is crowded.
verb
present participle of crowd
crudwort
cudweeds
cudweeds
noun
plural of cudweed
curdwort
curfewed
curfewed
adj
Subject to a curfew
cussword
cussword
noun
Alternative form of cuss word
cutdowns
cutdowns
noun
plural of cutdown
dagswain
dagswain
noun
(obsolete) A coarse woollen fabric made of daglocks.
dagwoods
dagwoods
noun
plural of dagwood
damewort
damewort
noun
dame's rocket, Hesperis matronalis.
daneweed
daneweed
noun
Synonym of danewort (“the plant Sambucus ebulus”)
danewort
danewort
noun
A European dwarf version of the elder, Sambucus ebulus, that has a bad smell
darktown
darktown
noun
(US, dated) An African-American area of a city in the American South.
dataflow
dataflow
noun
Alternative spelling of data flow
dawdlers
dawdlers
noun
plural of dawdler
dawdling
dawdling
noun
gerund of dawdle: the act of one who dawdles.
verb
present participle of dawdle
dawnlike
dawnlike
adj
Resembling dawn or some aspect of it.
dawnward
dawsonia
dayglows
dayglows
noun
plural of dayglow
dayworks
dayworks
noun
plural of daywork
deadwood
deadwood
noun
(bowling) Pins that have fallen and have not been cleared from the alley.
(by extension) Structural material on a load-carrying vehicle that reduces the available cargo space.
(nautical) Vertical planks between the keel and the sternpost that act as reinforcement.
(poker) Cards that have been discarded.
(rummy) Cards in a hand that do not contribute to sets and which are usually counted as points against the player holding the hand.
Dead branches or wood on a tree, or coarse woody debris.
Money not realized by exiting a winning pump trade too early.
People or things judged to be superfluous to an organization or project.
deadwork
deadwork
noun
Unprofitable work that is necessary as a preliminary, e.g. preparing a mine before ore can be extracted.
deadwort
decrowns
decrowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrown
deerweed
deerweed
noun
The vetch Acmispon glaber
deerwood
deflower
deflower
verb
(transitive) To deprive of flowers.
(transitive) To deprive of grace and beauty.
(transitive) To take the virginity of (somebody), especially a woman or girl.
delaware
delaware
Proper noun
An indigenous Native American people.
The Algonquian languages of these people.
A river that arises in the Catskill mountains.
A
A city in Ohio, USA
Noun
A member of the Delaware people.
An American variety of grape, with compact bunches of small, sweet, amber-colored berries.
dellslow
demiwolf
demiwolf
noun
(archaic) A mongrel dog, between a dog and a wolf.
democraw
dewaters
dewaters
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dewater
dewaxing
dewaxing
noun
A process in which wax is removed from a material or a surface.
verb
present participle of dewax
dewberry
dewberry
noun
American dewberry, species of Rubus sect. Flagellares
European dewberry, Rubus caesius.
The purple to black berries of these plants.
dewclaws
dewclaws
noun
plural of dewclaw
dewdrops
dewdrops
noun
plural of dewdrop
dewfalls
dewfalls
noun
plural of dewfall
dewhirst
dewhurst
dewiness
dewiness
noun
The state or quality of being dewy.
dewlight
dewooled
dewooled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dewool
dewormed
dewormed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deworm
dewsbury
dewsbury
Proper noun
a minster town in West Yorkshire, England.
dewyrose
deywoman
dilltown
dillweed
dillweed
noun
(slang, derogatory) A contemptible person; a fool.
(uncountable) Dill, an aromatic herb used in cooking and medicine; Anethum graveolens.
dilworth
dingwall
diredawa
disallow
disallow
verb
(UK, law, historical) to overrule a colonial legislation by the sovereign-in-privy council
To refuse to allow
To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper
disavows
disavows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disavow
disbowel
disbowel
verb
(rare) To disembowel.
discrown
discrown
verb
(transitive) To remove the crown from; thus, to deprive of royal status.
disendow
disendow
verb
To deprive of an endowment.
dishware
dishware
noun
crockery used for serving or cooking food
dishwash
dishwash
noun
(attributive) The washing of dishes.
Dishwater.
verb
(intransitive) To wash dishes and other dishware.
disowned
disowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disown
dissinew
diswench
disworth
dogwatch
dogwatch
noun
(by extension) A night shift, or other very late or early period of duty.
(nautical) A very brief period of naval service.
(nautical) Aboard a ship, either of the two short two-hour watches that take place between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
dogwoods
dogwoods
noun
plural of dogwood
dollyway
doorhawk
doorward
doorward
adv
Toward a door.
doorways
doorways
noun
plural of doorway
doorweed
doorweed
noun
Knotweed.
doorwise
doorwise
adv
In the manner of a door.
dorhawks
dorhawks
noun
plural of dorhawk
doveweed
dovewood
dowagers
dowagers
noun
plural of dowager
dowagiac
dowdiest
dowdiest
adj
superlative form of dowdy: most dowdy
dowdyish
dowdyish
adj
Like a dowdy; frumpy.
dowdyism
dowdyism
noun
(dated) A plain, unfashionable style of dress.
doweling
dowelled
dowelled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dowel
doweress
doweress
noun
(archaic) A widow who holds a dower; a dowager.
doweries
doweries
noun
plural of dowery
dowering
dowering
verb
present participle of dower
dowhacky
dowieism
dowieite
dowiness
dowmetal
downbear
downbear
verb
(transitive) To bear or press down (on); press upon; depress; subdue.
(transitive) To bear, bring or carry down.
(transitive) To lessen; reduce.
downbeat
downbeat
adj
Cautiously optimistic.
Sad or pessimistic.
noun
(music) The accented beat at the beginning of a bar (indicated by a conductor with a downward stroke).
downbend
downbent
downbent
adj
Bent downward.
downcast
downcast
adj
(of a person) Feeling despondent.
(of eyes) Looking downwards.
noun
(computing) A cast from supertype to subtype.
(mining) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.
(obsolete) A melancholy look.
verb
(transitive, computing) To cast from supertype to subtype.
(transitive, obsolete) To cast or throw down; to turn downward.
downcome
downcome
noun
A downpour of rain.
A tumbling or falling down; a sudden or heavy fall; an overthrow; ruin; destruction.
In ironmaking, a pipe that leads combustible gases downward from the top of the blast furnace to the hot-blast stoves, boilers, etc., where they are burned.
verb
To come down; fall down; come or fall apart.
downdale
downface
downface
adj
Having or on a downward oriented face.
adv
Further down the face
noun
(dogs) A profile characterized by a downward sloping muzzle.
The face that is oriented downward.
verb
(transitive) To disparage; to cause to lose face.
(transitive, archaic, rare) to persist in an assertion in the face of opposition.
downfall
downfall
noun
A precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth.
An act of falling down.
The cause of such a fall; a critical blow or error.
verb
(intransitive) To fall down; deteriorate; decline.
downfeed
downflow
downflow
noun
A downward flow.
downfold
downfold
noun
(geology) A syncline.
downgate
downgone
downgone
adj
(US, dialectal, Appalachia) Poor-looking; shabby
downhaul
downhaul
noun
(nautical) Any rope used to haul down a sail or spar.
downhill
downhill
adj
(by extension) Easy.
Going down a slope or a hill.
Located down a slope or hill.
adv
(by extension) Deteriorating, getting worse.
Down a slope.
noun
(countable) A rapid descent of a hill in related sports, especially in alpine skiing.
(uncountable) The fastest of the disciplines of alpine skiing.
verb
To take part in downhill skiing.
downiest
downiest
adj
superlative form of downy: most downy
downland
downland
noun
(UK) An area of rolling hills (downs), often grassy pasture over chalk or limestone.
downless
downless
adj
Of a bird, lacking down feathers.
downlier
downlike
downlike
adj
Resembling down (soft immature feathers) or some aspect of it.
downline
downline
adj
Alternative spelling of down-line
noun
Alternative spelling of down line
downlink
downlink
noun
(telecommunications) The transmission of a signal from a satellite to a receiving station on earth; or the means of this transmission.
(telecommunications) Transmission of data from a network, usually wireless, to the user.
verb
To transmit a signal from a satellite to a terrestrial receiving station.
download
download
noun
A file that has been or is intended to be transferred in this way.
A file transfer to a given computer or device from a remote one through a network connection.
verb
(transitive, computing) To transfer data to a given computer from a remote one via a network.
(transitive, firearms) To load a gun (especially a muzzle-loader) with less propellant than its designed load.
(transitive, nonstandard) Synonym of copy: to transfer data to or from removable media.
(transitive, nonstandard) Synonym of install: to load software forced.
(transitive, nonstandard) Synonym of upload: to send data from a given computer to a remote one.
downmost
downmost
adj
Furthest down; located at the bottom of a system or structure.
downness
downness
noun
(quantum mechanics) The property of being a down quark.
downpipe
downpipe
noun
The drainpipe that connects a roof-line gutter with the ground.
downplay
downplay
verb
(transitive) To de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential.
downpour
downpour
noun
A heavy rain.
verb
(intransitive) To pour down; rain heavily.
downrush
downrush
noun
A rushing down.
verb
(intransitive) To rush down; rush downward.
downside
downside
noun
A disadvantageous aspect of something that is normally advantageous.
A downward tendency, especially in the price of shares etc.
The side of something that is at the bottom, or that is intended to face downward.