(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.
dwarfishness
dwarfishness
noun
The quality of being dwarfish.
faithworthiness
faithworthiness
noun
(archaic) trustworthiness
fanwright
fanwright
noun
(historical) A person who makes fans for use in winnowing.
featherwing
fellowshiping
fellowshipping
fellowshipping
verb
present participle of fellowship
fishertown
fisherwoman
fisherwoman
noun
A woman who fishes.
A woman whose profession is catching fish.
She is a fisherwoman, out on a trawler for days at a time.
fisherwomen
fisherwomen
noun
plural of fisherwoman
fishwoman
fishwoman
noun
(dated) A woman who sells fish.
fliegerabwehrkanone
flowcharting
flowcharting
noun
(computing) the design and construction of flowcharts
flywinch
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
foreshowing
foreshowing
noun
The act or an instance of showing something, usually an event, ahead of time; a prognostication
verb
present participle of foreshow
freewheeling
freewheeling
adj
Unbounded by rules or conventions; unrestrained.
verb
present participle of freewheel.
freewheelingness
frenchwise
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
handsawfish
handsawfishes
hawfinch
hawfinch
noun
A large Eurasian finch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes), with a thick bill.
hawfinches
hawfinches
noun
plural of hawfinch
henwife
henwife
noun
A woman in charge of domestic fowl; sometimes used contemptuously about men.
hingeflower
housewifeliness
housewifeliness
noun
The quality of being housewifely.
housewifelinesses
howfing
interwhiff
kitchenwife
ludwigshafen
newfashioned
newfashioned
adj
Alternative form of new-fashioned
newfish
nightfowl
renfrewshire
renfrewshire
Proper noun
a historic county of Scotland, merged into Strathclyde region in 1975.
a council area in Scotland, created in 1996 on the abolition of Strathclyde region in part of the area of the historic county.
schweinfurt
schwenkfeldian
schwenkfeldian
Noun
A Schwenkfelder.
showoffishness
shufflewing
shufflewing
Noun
The hedge sparrow.
snailfishessnailflower
snowflight
straightforwardness
straightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being straightforward.
swordfisherman
swordfisherman
noun
A fisherman who fishes for swordfish.
swordfishing
swordfishing
verb
present participle of swordfish
undersheriffwick
undersheriffwick
noun
The area of jurisdiction of an undersheriff.
unfaithworthiness
unfaithworthy
unfellowshiped
unfellowshiped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unfellowship
unhousewifely
unhousewifely
adj
Not housewifely.
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.
unwishful
unwishful
adj
Not wishful.
unwishfully
unwishfully
adv
(rare) In an unwishful manner; without wishing.
unwishfulness
unwishfulness
noun
(very rare) The state or condition of being unwishful.
unworshipful
unworshipful
adj
Not worshipful.
wanthrift
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
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.
wharfing
wharfing
noun
(engineering) A technique of facing seawalls and embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by ties.
The material for constructing a wharf.
verb
present participle of wharf
wharfinger
wharfinger
noun
(chiefly historical) The owner or manager of a wharf.
wharfingers
wharfingers
noun
plural of wharfinger
wharncliffe
wharncliffe
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Wharncliffe
whiffen
whiffenpoof
whiffenpoof
noun
A fictional bird, said to fly forwards while looking backwards.
whiffing
whiffing
noun
A mode of fishing with a hand line for pollock, mackerel, etc.
The act of one who, or that which, whiffs.
verb
present participle of whiff
whiffling
whiffling
noun
A breathy noise, as of a horse or a bird.
Aimless talk; waffle.
verb
present participle of whiffle
whifflingly
whiggification
whiggification
noun
The process or result of whiggifying.
whitefieldian
whitfinch
whoofing
whoofing
verb
present participle of whoof
wifething
windfish
windfishes
wingfish
wingfish
noun
A sea robin with large, wing-like pectoral fins.
wingfishes
wingfishes
noun
plural of wingfish
wishfulness
wishfulness
noun
The state or quality of being wishful.
Wishful thinking.
withinforth
withinforth
adv
(obsolete) within; inside; inwardly
wolfishness
wolfishness
noun
The quality of being wolfish.
worshipfulness
worshipfulness
noun
The state or condition of being worshipful; reverence.