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
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
goldsworthy
gopherwood
gopherwood
noun
Alternative form of gopher wood
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
grasswidowhood
grasswidowhood
noun
Alternative form of grass widowhood
grewhound
grewhound
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) Synonym of greyhound.
gruhenwald
handwringer
handwringer
noun
A person who clasps and squeezes the hands in an excessive expression of distress.
handwringers
handwringers
noun
plural of handwringer
handwriting
handwriting
noun
(by extension) A characteristic trait or hallmark by which somebody may be recognised.
Text that was written by hand.
The act or process of writing done with the hand, rather than typed or word-processed.
The characteristic writing of a particular person.
verb
present participle of handwrite
handwritings
handwritings
noun
plural of handwriting
handwrought
handwrought
adj
Made by hand, handmade
hardworking
hardworking
adj
Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.
headworking
heartwounding
hedgerow
hedgerow
noun
a row of closely planted bushes or trees forming a hedge
hedgerows
hedgerows
noun
plural of hedgerow
highbrowed
highbrowed
adj
(of a person) highbrow; intellectual and cultured
hogward
hornswoggled
hornswoggled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hornswoggle
horsedrawing
hundredweight
hundredweight
noun
(Canada, US) A unit of measurement containing 100 avoirdupois pounds (45.5 kg).
(UK, chiefly historical) A unit of measurement containing 112 avoirdupois pounds (8 st or 51 kg).
(historical) Synonym of quintal, a unit of measurement containing various amounts depending on the objects weighed.
(historical) Various units of ancient measurement systems consisting of 100 units usually translated as "pounds".
hundredweights
hundredweights
noun
plural of hundredweight
hungerweed
lightwards
lightwards
adv
Synonym of lightward
nightward
nightward
adj
Toward night.
nightwards
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
rawhiding
rawhiding
verb
present participle of rawhide
reweighed
reweighed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reweigh
rightward
rightward
adj
To or from the right.
rightwardly
rightwardly
adv
In a rightward direction.
rightwards
rightwards
adv
Rightward; towards the right.
roughdraw
roughhewed
roughhewed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of roughhew
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.
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
straightwards
swordfishing
swordfishing
verb
present participle of swordfish
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
underweigh
underweigh
prep_phrase
(dated) Alternative form of under way
verb
To weigh insufficiently (indicating a too-small weight)
underweight
underweight
adj
(finance) Being less invested in a particular area than market wisdom suggests.
Not too heavy for an intended purpose.
Of an inappropriately or unusually low weight.
noun
(countable) An underweight person.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being underweight.
verb
(countable, finance)
(transitive) To give insufficient weight to (a consideration); to underestimate the importance of.
(transitive) To underestimate the weight of.
underweighted
underweighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of underweight
underweights
underweights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of underweight
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.
unwithdrawing
unwithdrawing
adj
That does not withdraw.
wardholding
wardholding
noun
(now historical) A form of land tenure in Scotland, equivalent to knight service in England.
weatherboarding
weatherboarding
noun
(architecture) A type of wooden siding in which a house is sided with long, thin, overlapping boards.
weighbridge
weighbridge
noun
(UK) a platform, flush with the roadway, having a mechanism for weighing vehicles, wagons, livestock, etc.
weighbridgeman
weighbridgeman
noun
A man who operates a weighbridge.
willinghearted
withdraught
withdraught
noun
(law, obsolete) A fine imposed on plaintiffs for such a dismissal.
(law, obsolete) Retraxit: a dismissal with prejudice based on a plaintiff's withdrawal of the suit.
(obsolete) A place to withdraw to: a private chamber or retreat.
(obsolete) A sewer or watercourse used for sewerage.
withdrawing
withdrawing
noun
withdrawal
verb
present participle of withdraw
withdrawingness
withdrawingness
noun
The quality of being withdrawing; a tendency to draw back.
wonderbright
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.