(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.)
downshifted
downshifted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of downshift
downshifting
downshifting
noun
A social trend towards living a simpler, less ambitious life with a better work-life balance.
verb
present participle of downshift
downshifts
downshifts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downshift
draftswomanship
draftswomanship
noun
(rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.
fairweather
fairweather
adj
Alternative spelling of fair-weather
faithwise
faithwise
adv
In terms of religious faith.
faithworthiness
faithworthiness
noun
(archaic) trustworthiness
faithworthy
faithworthy
adj
(archaic) trustworthy
fanwright
fanwright
noun
(historical) A person who makes fans for use in winnowing.
featherweight
featherweight
noun
A sportsman who fights in this division.
A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 126 pounds or 57.2 kilograms.
The lightest weight that may be carried by a racehorse.
featherweights
featherweights
noun
plural of featherweight
featherwing
featherwise
featherwise
adv
Arranged at angles like the barbs of a feather.
fevertwitch
fightwite
fightwite
noun
(historical, law) A mulct or fine imposed on a person for disturbing the peace with a fight or quarrel.
fishertown
fitchew
fitchew
noun
(obsolete) polecat
fitchews
fitchews
noun
plural of fitchew
flightworthy
flightworthy
adj
(aviation) Safe enough to fly
flowcharting
flowcharting
noun
(computing) the design and construction of flowcharts
flyweight
flyweight
noun
(figuratively, adjectival use) Small, light or unimportant.
(martial arts) A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 112 pounds or 50.8 kilograms.
(mechanics) A weight that moves outward depending on centrifugal force.
flyweights
flyweights
noun
plural of flyweight
forthwith
forthwith
adv
(chiefly formal, literary) Without delay; immediately.
frithwork
halfwit
halfwit
noun
(informal) Someone lacking in intelligence.
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
hostlerwife
interwhiff
kitchenwife
leftwich
nightfowl
oftwhiles
oftwhiles
adv
(archaic) Often; oftentimes.
schweinfurt
snowflight
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
sweetfish
sweetfish
noun
An amphidromous fish, the ayu of East Asia (Plecoglossus altivelis), the only member of its genus and family Plecoglossidae, named and prized for its sweet-tasting flesh, especially in Japan, as a game fish, and is also subject to extensive aquaculture.
tablefellowship
tablefellowship
noun
The role or status of tablefellow.
thiefwise
thimbleflower
twelfthtide
twelfthtide
Proper noun
The season including Epiphany (the twelfth day after Christmas) and the evening of the preceding day (Twelfth Night), regarded as the end of the Christmas season; Epiphany itself.
twitchfire
unfaithworthiness
unfaithworthy
uninterferedwith
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.
wanthrift
wastethrift
wastethrift
noun
(obsolete) A spendthrift.
watchfire
watchfire
noun
A fire maintained during the night by people keeping watch.
weatherfish
weatherfish
noun
A loach of the genus Misgurnus
especially, Misgurnus fossilis
weatherfishes
weatherfishes
noun
plural of weatherfish
weatherproofing
weatherproofing
noun
(UK) The practice of protecting a building and its interior from the elements/weather and wind or Something protecting the interior of a building or similar from weather and wind
verb
present participle of weatherproof
weighshaft
weightlifter
weightlifter
noun
(weightlifting) A person who competes for maximum weight lifted in a series of specific lifts.
A person who uses weights to train the muscles of the body, usually for strength or for improved performance in a sport.
weightlifting
weightlifting
noun
(sports) A sport in which competitors lift heavy weights in two events: the snatch and the clean and jerk.
A form of exercise in which weights are lifted.
wethersfield
wheatfield
wheatfield
noun
A field of wheat; a plot of land planted with wheat.
whiffet
whiffet
noun
A little whiff or puff.
whiffets
whiffets
noun
plural of whiffet
whiffletree
whiffletree
noun
(US) a whippletree
whiffletrees
whiffletrees
noun
plural of whiffletree
whift
whiggification
whiggification
noun
The process or result of whiggifying.
whipcraft
whipcraft
noun
(politics) The art or skill of a political whip, who enforces the party's policies in votes.
The art or skill of using a whip, for example in training animals.
whipgraft
whipgraft
noun
Alternative form of whip graft
whipstaff
whipstaff
noun
(nautical) A bar, going through the poopdeck, attached orthogonally to the tiller for steering a ship.
whipstaffs
whistlefish
whistlefish
noun
(dialect, archaic) A fish: the gossat or rockling.
whistlefishes
whiteface
whiteface
noun
(countable) A traditional clown who ranks above the auguste.
(countable) Any bird of the genus Aphelocephala.
(countable) Any dragonfly of the genus Leucorrhinia.
(countable, slang) A person of European descent. (See usage notes.)
(uncountable) Makeup that makes the face appear white.
A Hereford cow.
whitefeet
whitefield
whitefield
Proper noun
a town in the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England
whitefieldian
whitefieldism
whitefieldite
whitefish
whitefish
noun
(fisheries) Any of several species of demersal fish with fins, particularly cod, whiting, and haddock, as opposed to the oily or pelagic fishes.
Any of several North American freshwater fish, of the genus Coregonus, used as food.
Any of several other fish, such as whiting (Merlangius merlangus) or menhaden (Brevoortia spp. and Ethmidium spp.).
The beluga (both the sturgeon and the whale)
verb
To fish for whitefish.
whitefisher
whitefisher
noun
One who fishes for whitefish.
whitefishery
whitefishery
noun
The industry of fishing for whitefish.
whitefishes
whitefishes
noun
plural of whitefish
whiteflies
whiteflies
noun
plural of whitefly
whitefly
whitefly
noun
Any of various small insects of the family Aleyrodidae that have long wings, and a white body; often a garden pest
whitefoot
whitefootism
whiteford
whitfield
whitfield
Proper noun
One of two hamlets and three villages in England.
A in Pennsylvania.
whitfinch
whitford
wifething
witchcraft
witchcraft
noun
Something, such as an advanced technology, that seems almost magical.
The practice of witches; magic, sorcery, or the use of supernatural powers to influence or predict events.