An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal.
backwind
backwind
noun
(nautical) The flow of air so deflected
verb
(nautical) To deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel
(transitive) To wind backwards.
chawdron
chawdron
noun
(now historical) A sauce made from chopped entrails.
(obsolete) Entrails, intestines (of animals as food)
chindwin
chinwood
clownade
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.
cordwain
cordwain
noun
A kind of leather from Córdoba, originally of tanned goatskin, later of horsehide.
cowbinds
cowhands
cowhands
noun
plural of cowhand
crowding
crowding
noun
The act by which somebody is crowded.
verb
present participle of crowd
cutdowns
cutdowns
noun
plural of cutdown
decrowns
decrowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrown
discrown
discrown
verb
(transitive) To remove the crown from; thus, to deprive of royal status.
diswench
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.
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.
downtick
downtick
noun
(finance) A stock market transaction or quote at a price below a preceding one.
A small decrease or downward change in something that has been steady or rising.
ducktown
duckwing
duckwing
noun
Any of various types of chicken noted for their triangular wing patch
facedown
facedown
adv
Alternative form of face-down
noun
Alternative form of face-down (“a confrontation”)
kickdown
kickdown
noun
(automotive) In a vehicle with automatic transmission, a downshift triggered by pressing down the throttle pedal.
neckward
neckweed
neckweed
noun
(humorous, archaic) The hemp plant, which furnishes ropes for hanging criminals.
An American annual weed (Veronica peregrina), with small white flowers and a roundish pod.
oldwench
sandwich
sandwich
adj
(US) Of a meal or serving size that is smaller than a dinner.
noun
(UK) A layer cake or sandwich cake.
(archaic) A sandwichman (one who wears a sandwich board).
(by extension) Any combination formed by layering one type of material between two layers of some other material.
A dish or foodstuff where at least one piece, but typically two or more pieces, of bread serve(s) as the wrapper or container of some other food.
verb
(figuratively) To put or set something between two others, in time.
(sex) To double penetrate
To eat sandwiches.
To feed sandwiches.
To place one item physically between two other, usually flat, items.
scuddawn
unchawed
unchawed
adj
Obsolete form of unchewed.
unchewed
unchewed
adj
That has not been chewed.
unclawed
unclawed
adj
Lacking claws.
unwicked
unwicked
adj
Not wicked (evil or mischievous); innocuous.
Not wicked (fitted with a wick); wickless.
uwchland
wahconda
wardency
wardency
noun
The office / position of a warden
wauconda
windsock
windsock
noun
(aviation) A large, conical, open-ended tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed, used especially at smaller airfields.