(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.
faithwise
faithwise
adv
In terms of religious faith.
faithworthiness
faithworthiness
noun
(archaic) trustworthiness
farnsworth
featherweights
featherweights
noun
plural of featherweight
featherwise
featherwise
adv
Arranged at angles like the barbs of a feather.
fishertown
fitchews
fitchews
noun
plural of fitchew
flamethrowers
flamethrowers
noun
plural of flamethrower
flatwash
flatwashes
flowcharts
flowcharts
noun
plural of flowchart
flowsheet
flowsheet
noun
flowchart
flowsheets
flowsheets
noun
plural of flowsheet
flyweights
flyweights
noun
plural of flyweight
freshwater
freshwater
adj
(economics) neoclassical, in reference to U.S. macroeconomics and economics departments near the Great Lakes.
(nautical) Unskilled as a seaman.
Consisting of fresh water.
Living in fresh water.
noun
(countable) A body of fresh water
Alternative spelling of fresh water
freshwaters
freshwaters
noun
plural of freshwater
ghostflower
ghostflower
noun
Mohavea confertiflora, a flower native to the Sonoran and Mojave deserts.
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
hostlerwife
oftwhiles
oftwhiles
adv
(archaic) Often; oftentimes.
schaefferstown
schweinfurt
shadowfoot
shaftway
shaftway
noun
The vertical space in a building in which the elevator or lift travels.
snowflight
starchflower
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.
thenceforwards
thenceforwards
adv
From then on; from that time on
thiefwise
twelfths
twelfths
noun
plural of twelfth
unfaithworthiness
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.
unwatchfulness
unwatchfulness
noun
The quality of being unwatchful.
unwrathfulness
wastethrift
wastethrift
noun
(obsolete) A spendthrift.
watchfulness
watchfulness
noun
The state or quality of being watchful; alertness, vigilance or wakefulness.
watchfulnesses
watchfulnesses
noun
plural of watchfulness
watchglassful
watchglassful
noun
Enough to fill a watch glass (item of laboratory equipment).
weatherfish
weatherfish
noun
A loach of the genus Misgurnus
especially, Misgurnus fossilis
weatherfishes
weatherfishes
noun
plural of weatherfish
weatherproofness
weatherproofness
noun
The quality or degree of being weatherproof.
weatherproofs
weatherproofs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of weatherproof
weighshaft
westfahl
wethersfield
wharfmaster
wharfmaster
noun
The supervisor in charge of a wharf.
wharfmasters
wharfmasters
noun
plural of wharfmaster
wheatflakes
wheatflakes
noun
plural of wheatflake
whiffets
whiffets
noun
plural of whiffet
whiffletrees
whiffletrees
noun
plural of whiffletree
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
whitefieldism
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.).