(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
downsteepy
downsteepy
adj
Having a great declivity.
dropsywort
gipsyweed
gipsyweed
noun
Alternative form of gypsyweed
gunpowdery
gunpowdery
adj
Resembling or characteristic of gunpowder.
gypsyweed
gypsyweed
noun
Speedwell, Veronica officinalis.
hydropower
hydropower
noun
hydroelectric power
hydropowers
paddywack
paddywack
noun
Alternative form of paddywhack
paddywacked
paddywacking
paddywatch
paddywhack
paddywhack
noun
(dated) A blow; a slap.
(dated, derogatory) An Irishman.
(slang) The paxwax (ligament of the neck in quadrupeds).
verb
(dated, transitive) To slap.
pandowdy
pandowdy
noun
(US) A pudding of spiced, sliced apples (or other fruit), sugar and butter, baked with a crumble topping in a deep dish.
pathwayed
pathwayed
adj
Having a pathway.
pineywoods
playdown
playdown
noun
(sports) Any match that is part of a playoff.
playdowns
playdowns
noun
plural of playdown
playward
plentywood
plentywood
Proper noun
a city in Montana, USA
plywood
plywood
noun
(countable) A specific grade or type of this construction material.
(uncountable) Construction material supplied in sheets, and made of three or more layers of wood veneer glued together, laid up with alternating layers having their grain perpendicular to each other.
verb
(transitive) To fit or block up with plywood.
plywoods
plywoods
noun
plural of plywood
povertyweed
powderly
powdery
powdery
adj
Of or pertaining to powder.
powdery drink
powdry
powdry
adj
Obsolete form of powdery.
powldoody
powldoody
noun
(rare) A variety of Irish oyster, eaten as a delicacy.
powsoddy
powsowdy
powsowdy
noun
Alternative form of powsowdie
preworldly
preworldly
adj
(metaphysics) precosmic
pygmyweed
pyramidwise
pyramidwise
adj
In the form of a pyramid.
rowdyproof
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.
speedaway
speedaway
noun
A team game combining elements of soccer, American football, and basketball.
speedway
speedway
noun
(chiefly US) A road for high speed traffic; an expressway.
(uncountable) A form of bicycle racing on flat (non-banked) oval dirt tracks.
(uncountable) A form of motorcycle racing on flat (without camber) oval dirt tracks using motorcycles with neither brakes nor gears.
A positive-camber banked oval racing circuit, designed for high speed cornering, racing anywhere on the length of the track.
A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing.
A size of paved banked oval racetrack, smaller than superspeedways, but larger than a mile.
speedways
speedways
noun
plural of speedway
superworldly
swordplay
swordplay
noun
fighting with a sword
swordplayer
swordplayer
noun
One who takes part in swordplay; a fencer or gladiator.
swordplayers
swordplayers
noun
plural of swordplayer
typewrited
unpathwayed
unpathwayed
adj
Without a path.
upwardly
upwardly
adv
In an upward manner.
Towards a higher level, position or status.
waywodeship
waywodeship
noun
The office, province, or jurisdiction of a waywode.
whipcordy
whipcordy
adj
Resembling or characteristic of whipcord.
widespreadedly
widespreadly
widespreadly
adv
In a widespread manner
wildtype
windplayer
woodburytype
woodburytype
Noun
A photomechanical printing process in which a relief pattern in gelatin is hardened and pressed against a metal plate, producing an intaglio.
A print of this kind.
woodpenny
wordplay
wordplay
noun
A humorous play on words; such plays on words collectively.
A witty verbal exchange; such exchanges collectively.