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
downshift
downshift
noun
(automotive, cycling) A shift of a transmission into a lower gear.
A change in career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
A change of direction or a movement downwards.
A reduction in quality or quantity.
verb
(automotive, cycling) To shift (a car or bicycle) into a lower gear.
(automotive, cycling) To shift a transmission into a lower gear.
To change (one's career or lifestyle) to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
To change one's career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
To function at a lower rate; to slacken.
To reduce (something) in quality or quantity (as effect, scope, speed, etc.)
downthrow
downthrow
noun
(geology) A depression of the strata on one side of a fault
Ruin; defeat.
drawlatch
drawlatch
noun
(obsolete) A housebreaker or thief
drawsheet
drawsheet
noun
Alternative form of draw sheet
duckwheat
dutchtown
earthward
earthward
adj
Towards or in the direction of the Earth.
edgeworth
enswathed
enswathed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enswathe
enworthed
faldworth
forthward
forthward
adv
(obsolete) Forward.
ghostweed
ghostweed
noun
The plant Euphorbia marginata.
handwrist
handwrite
handwrite
verb
To write something manually, normally used to emphasise that it is not being typed.
handwrote
handwrote
verb
simple past tense of handwrite
headwater
headwater
noun
(chiefly in the plural) The source (and the initial part) of a stream
heartward
heartweed
heartwood
heartwood
noun
The wood nearer the heart of a stem or branch, different in color from the sapwood
hotelward
hotelward
adv
Toward a hotel.
howardite
howardite
noun
(geology) An achondritic stony meteorite.
howtowdie
inswathed
inswathed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inswathe
kurthwood
lightwood
lightwood
noun
(Canada, US) Any wood used to light a fire; kindlings; especially, very resinous pine wood.
Any of various trees with pale-coloured wood, especially the Australian tree Acacia melanoxylon.
matchwood
matchwood
noun
wood, often in the form of splinters, suitable for making matches
nightward
nightward
adj
Toward night.
northward
northward
adj
Situated or directed towards the north; moving or facing towards the north.
adv
Towards the north; in a northerly direction.
noun
The direction or area lying to the north of a place.
notchweed
notchweed
noun
A foul-smelling weed, the stinking goosefoot, Chenopodium vulvaria.
outhowled
outhowled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outhowl
outshadow
outshadow
verb
overshadow (to make to seem insignificant)
outshowed
outshowed
verb
simple past tense of outshow
outwished
outwished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outwish
patchword
patchword
noun
A word inserted for the sake of meter.
pathwayed
pathwayed
adj
Having a pathway.
rightward
rightward
adj
To or from the right.
shadowist
shrewdest
shrewdest
adj
superlative form of shrewd: most shrewd
shutdowns
shutdowns
noun
plural of shutdown
southdown
southdown
Noun
One of a particular English breed of small sheep with short wool and no horns.
southward
southward
adj
Situated or directed towards the south; moving or facing towards the south.
adv
Towards the south; in a southerly direction.
noun
The direction or area lying to the south of a place.
southwood
swathband
swithered
swithered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of swither
tenchweed
thickwind
thindowns
thornwood
threadway
throwdown
throwdown
noun
(slang) A fight or brawl; or, a challenge or incitement to fight.
(slang, basketball) A slam dunk.
(slang, hardcore punk music) A type of hardcore dance in which a person violently clears a space for himself and appears to be ready to fight those around him, while making violent and erratic movements with his body.
(slang, hip-hop) A performance by a rapper or DJ that is intended to be particularly hardcore or intense.
(slang, rare) A weapon planted at a crime scene in order to mislead investigation, especially in situations where deadly force would only have been justified if the victim were armed. Also an untraceable weapon kept in readiness for such use.
(slang, wrestling) A fall, indicating defeat.
tightwads
tightwads
noun
plural of tightwad
torchweed
torchwood
torchwood
noun
(countable) A type of cactus, Cactus heptagonus.
(uncountable) Wood exhibiting fungal bioluminescence or foxfire.
(uncountable) Wood used to make torches.
Amyris balsamifera (balsam torchwood)
Amyris diatrypa (hairy torchwood)
Amyris elemifera (sea torchwood)
Amyris madrensis (mountain torchwood)
Amyris texana (Texas torchwood)
touchdown
touchdown
noun
(American football, Canadian football) A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone.
(aviation) The moment when an aircraft or spacecraft makes first or final contact with the ground during a landing.
(rugby) A defensive action of grounding the ball in the team's own in-goal to stop the play.
(rugby) A try (scoring play of grounding the ball in the opposing team's in-goal).
The moment of contact of a tornado with the ground.
touchwood
touchwood
noun
Decayed wood used as tinder; punk.
towheaded
towheaded
adj
Having pale blond hair, resembling tow.
townshend
townshend
Proper noun
Any one of a number of municipalities in anglophone areas.
twisthand
underthaw
unswathed
unswathed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unswathe
unwatched
unwatched
adj
Not watched; unsupervised.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unwatch
unwhetted
unwhetted
adj
Not having been whetted.
unwitched
unwitched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unwitch
wadsworth
wandought
washstand
washstand
noun
(dated) In a stable or garage, a place in the floor prepared so that carriages or automobiles may be washed there and the water run off.
(furniture) A table containing a basin and a pitcher of water for washing
watchband
watchband
noun
a band of leather, metal etc that fastens a wristwatch to the wrist; a watchstrap
watchdogs
watchdogs
noun
plural of watchdog
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of watchdog
watchword
watchword
noun
(military, security) A prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard; a password or signal by which friends can be known from enemies.
A word used as a motto, as expressive of a principle, belief, or rule of action; a rallying cry.
waterhead
watershed
watershed
adj
Serving to mark a significant development, change in direction, etc.
noun
(Canada, Britain) The time after which material of more adult nature (violence, swear words, sex) may be broadcast on television or radio, either one laid down by law or one contrived from convention (e.g. when children are not watching)
(figurative) A critical point marking a change in course or development.
(hydrology, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.
(hydrology, US, Canada) A region of land within which water flows down into a specified body, such as a river, lake, sea, or ocean; a drainage basin.
wathstead
weathered
weathered
adj
(architecture) Made slightly sloping, so as to throw off water.
Worn by weather, as of rocks, stone, etc.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of weather
weinhardt
wheatbird
wheatbird
noun
A bird that feeds on wheat, especially the chaffinch.
wheatland
wheatland
noun
An area where wheat is produced.
whitebird
whitedamp
whitedamp
noun
A noxious mixture of gases formed by the combustion of coal, usually in an enclosed environment such as a mine.
whiteford
whitehead
whitehead
noun
A domestic pigeon of a particular breed; a white-tailed monk.
A pimple formed by a clogged sebaceous gland, usually with a milky-white cap.
A species of passerine bird, endemic to New Zealand (Mohoua albicilla)
The blue-winged snow goose, Anser caerulescens caerulescens.
The surf scoter duck.
whiteland
whiteside
whiteside
noun
The goldeneye.
whiteweed
whiteweed
noun
oxeye daisy
whitewood
whitewood
noun
(pinball) A prototype version of a pinball table, without the final artwork.
Coccoloba krugii (whitewood seagrape), of the neotropics
Elaeocarpus kirtonii (brown-heart quandong, mountain beech, Mowbullan whitewood, pigeonberry ash, silver quandong, white quandong, white beech), an Australian rainforest tree
Elaeocarpus obovatus (blueberry-ash), freckled oliveberry, grey carrobean, hard quandong), an Australian rainforest tree
Liriodendron tulipifera (tulip poplar), a large flowering tree of North America.
Petrobium atboreum (Saint Helena whitewood), an endemic tree of the island of St Helena
Tabebuia heterophylla (white cedar), of the Caribbean and South America.
Terminalia buceras (black olive, gregory wood), a Caribbean tree
The wood of these trees or of spruce (Picea spp.)
whitfield
whitfield
Proper noun
One of two hamlets and three villages in England.
A in Pennsylvania.
whodunits
whodunits
noun
plural of whodunit
whodunnit
whodunnit
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of whodunit
widthless
widthless
adj
Without width.
widthways
widthways
adj
widthwise The direction of the width of an object or place.
adv
widthwise Directed across the width of an object or place.
widthwise
widthwise
adj
directed across the width of an object or place.
adv
Across the width of an object or place.
windchest
windchest
noun
(music) A chest or reservoir of wind in an organ.
windtight
windtight
adj
Impermeable to wind.
witchedly
witchhood
witchweed
witchweed
noun
Any of several flowering plants of the genus Striga, from Africa and Asia, some of which are parasitic to crops.
witchwood
withdrawn
withdrawn
adj
introverted; not inclined to interact with other people
removed from circulation
verb
past participle of withdraw
withdraws
withdraws
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of withdraw
withewood
withholds
withholds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of withhold
witholden
witholden
verb
past participle of withold
withstand
withstand
verb
(transitive) To resist or endure (something) successfully.
To oppose (something) forcefully.
withstood
withstood
verb
simple past tense and past participle of withstand