(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.
dwarfish
dwarfish
adj
Like a dwarf; being especially small or stunted.
Of, pertaining to, or made by or for dwarves.
dwarfishly
dwarfishly
adv
In a dwarfish manner.
dwarfishness
dwarfishness
noun
The quality of being dwarfish.
fellowshiped
fellowshipped
fellowshipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fellowship
fishweed
fishwood
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
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
handsawfish
handsawfishes
ludwigshafen
newfashioned
newfashioned
adj
Alternative form of new-fashioned
schwenkfeldian
schwenkfeldian
Noun
A Schwenkfelder.
shieldflower
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
swordfish
swordfish
noun
A large marine fish with a long, pointed bill, Xiphias gladius.
A sudoku technique involving possible cell locations for a digit, or pair, or triple, in uniquely three rows and three columns only. This allows for the elimination of candidates around the grid.
verb
To fish for swordfish.
swordfisherman
swordfisherman
noun
A fisherman who fishes for swordfish.
swordfishery
swordfishes
swordfishes
noun
plural of swordfish
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swordfish
swordfishing
swordfishing
verb
present participle of swordfish
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.
undersheriffwick
undersheriffwick
noun
The area of jurisdiction of an undersheriff.
unfellowshiped
unfellowshiped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unfellowship
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.
wethersfield
wharfside
wharfside
noun
The side of a wharf, where goods may be loaded and unloaded.
wheatfield
wheatfield
noun
A field of wheat; a plot of land planted with wheat.
whiffed
whiffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whiff
whiffled
whiffled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whiffle
whiskified
whiskified
adj
Drunk on whisky.
whiskyfied
whitefield
whitefield
Proper noun
a town in the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England
whitefieldian
whitefieldism
whitefieldite
whiteford
whitfield
whitfield
Proper noun
One of two hamlets and three villages in England.
A in Pennsylvania.
whitford
wifehood
wifehood
noun
The character or behaviour that befits a good wife; wifeliness.