Using plain direct language; accustomed to express opinions directly and bluntly; blunt.
adv
(obsolete) Plainly, unambiguously; directly.
(obsolete) Straight down; perpendicularly.
(obsolete) Without delay; at once.
Really; actually; quite
downrightly
downrightly
adv
(dated) clearly; plainly; directly; downright
downrightness
downrightness
noun
The personal quality of being straightforward and direct in one's manner
downrushing
downrushing
verb
present participle of downrush
downshifting
downshifting
noun
A social trend towards living a simpler, less ambitious life with a better work-life balance.
verb
present participle of downshift
downweigh
downweigh
verb
(transitive) To weigh or press down; depress; cause to sink or prevent from rising.
downweight
downweight
verb
(statistics) To give something a lower weight
downweighted
downweighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of downweight
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
dwight
dwight
Proper noun
name derived from the surname.
A village/town in Illinois.
A city/town in Kansas.
A village in Nebraska.
A city/village in North Dakota.
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
gawkihood
goldthwaite
goldthwaite
Proper noun
a small city in Texas, USA
grasswidowhood
grasswidowhood
noun
Alternative form of grass widowhood
handsewing
handwaving
handwaving
adj
(not comparable) Waving the hands.
Pertaining to empty gesturing, with little substance behind it; vague; not supported by data.
noun
(chiefly figuratively) Alternative spelling of hand waving (“empty gesturing”)
verb
present participle of handwave
handweaving
handweaving
noun
the manufacture of handwoven goods
handwringer
handwringer
noun
A person who clasps and squeezes the hands in an excessive expression of distress.
handwringers
handwringers
noun
plural of handwringer
handwriting
handwriting
noun
(by extension) A characteristic trait or hallmark by which somebody may be recognised.
Text that was written by hand.
The act or process of writing done with the hand, rather than typed or word-processed.
The characteristic writing of a particular person.
verb
present participle of handwrite
handwritings
handwritings
noun
plural of handwriting
hardworking
hardworking
adj
Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.
headlongwise
headworking
heartwounding
hedgewise
hedgewise
adv
In the manner of a hedge.
hedwig
hedwig
Proper noun
name occasionally borrowed from
hedwiga
highbrowed
highbrowed
adj
(of a person) highbrow; intellectual and cultured
highwood
hoodwinking
hoodwinking
noun
An act of deception.
verb
present participle of hoodwink
horsedrawing
howdying
howdying
verb
present participle of howdy
hundredweight
hundredweight
noun
(Canada, US) A unit of measurement containing 100 avoirdupois pounds (45.5 kg).
(UK, chiefly historical) A unit of measurement containing 112 avoirdupois pounds (8 st or 51 kg).
(historical) Synonym of quintal, a unit of measurement containing various amounts depending on the objects weighed.
(historical) Various units of ancient measurement systems consisting of 100 units usually translated as "pounds".
hundredweights
hundredweights
noun
plural of hundredweight
lightwards
lightwards
adv
Synonym of lightward
lightwood
lightwood
noun
(Canada, US) Any wood used to light a fire; kindlings; especially, very resinous pine wood.
Any of various trees with pale-coloured wood, especially the Australian tree Acacia melanoxylon.
ludwigshafen
middleweight
middleweight
noun
(countable) A boxer who fights in this division; a similar wrestler etc
(countable, business, by extension) An employee ranking anywhere between junior and senior.
(uncountable) A weight class in professional boxing between light middleweight or welterweight and super middleweight or cruiserweight; a similar division in wrestling and other sports
middleweights
middleweights
noun
plural of middleweight
nightward
nightward
adj
Toward night.
nightwards
notwithstanding
notwithstanding
adv
Nevertheless, all the same.
conj
Although; despite; even though.
prep
In spite of, despite.
outweighed
outweighed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outweigh
overshadowing
overshadowing
noun
A dominating shadow or malign influence.
verb
present participle of overshadow
overshadowingly
overshadowingly
adv
So as to overshadow.
overweighed
overweighed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overweigh
overweighted
overweighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overweight
rawhiding
rawhiding
verb
present participle of rawhide
reweighed
reweighed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reweigh
rightward
rightward
adj
To or from the right.
rightwardly
rightwardly
adv
In a rightward direction.
rightwards
rightwards
adv
Rightward; towards the right.
sandwiching
sandwiching
verb
present participle of sandwich
shadowboxing
shadowboxing
noun
A form of solo exercise, involving throwing punches at the air, and not at an opponent.
verb
present participle of shadowbox
shadowgraphic
shadowgraphic
adj
Relating to shadowgraphy.
shadowgraphist
shadowgraphist
noun
An entertainer who produces the silhouettes of animals, etc. by selectively blocking parts of a light source.
shadowing
shadowing
noun
(computing) The technique of copying ROM contents to RAM to allow for shorter access times. The ROM chip is then disabled while the initialized memory locations are switched in on the same block of addresses.
(education) A work experience option where students learn about a job by walking through the work day as a shadow to a competent worker.
(espionage) Secretly or discreetly tracking or following someone, keeping under surveillance.
A faint representation; an adumbration.
The effect of being shadowed (in the sense of blocked), as from a light source or radio transmission.
The situation where an individual repeats speech immediately as they hear it (usually through earphones).
verb
present participle of shadow
shinglewood
shuntwinding
skedgewith
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
straightwards
swordfishing
swordfishing
verb
present participle of swordfish
thousandweight
tightwad
tightwad
noun
(colloquial, derogatory) One who is stingy; someone overly cautious or defensive with money.
That tightwad would drive ten miles to save a few cents on gas.
tightwads
tightwads
noun
plural of tightwad
toothdrawing
toothdrawing
noun
The extraction of teeth, as by a dentist.
underweigh
underweigh
prep_phrase
(dated) Alternative form of under way
verb
To weigh insufficiently (indicating a too-small weight)
underweight
underweight
adj
(finance) Being less invested in a particular area than market wisdom suggests.
Not too heavy for an intended purpose.
Of an inappropriately or unusually low weight.
noun
(countable) An underweight person.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being underweight.
verb
(countable, finance)
(transitive) To give insufficient weight to (a consideration); to underestimate the importance of.
(transitive) To underestimate the weight of.
underweighted
underweighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of underweight
underweights
underweights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of underweight
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.
unweighed
unweighed
adj
not deliberately considered or pondered; hasty
not weighed
unweighted
unweighted
adj
Not weighted (used especially of an average or other statistic)
unwithdrawing
unwithdrawing
adj
That does not withdraw.
unwithholding
unwithstanding
wadleigh
walhonding
wardholding
wardholding
noun
(now historical) A form of land tenure in Scotland, equivalent to knight service in England.
watchdogging
watchdogging
verb
present participle of watchdog
weatherboarding
weatherboarding
noun
(architecture) A type of wooden siding in which a house is sided with long, thin, overlapping boards.
weighbridge
weighbridge
noun
(UK) a platform, flush with the roadway, having a mechanism for weighing vehicles, wagons, livestock, etc.
weighbridgeman
weighbridgeman
noun
A man who operates a weighbridge.
weighed
weighed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of weigh
weighted
weighted
adj
(graph theory, of a graph) having values assigned to its edges
(statistics) With the components of an average multiplied by particular factors so as to take account of their relative importance.
Biased, so as to favour one party.
Containing a large proportion (of something).
Having weights on it.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of weight
weightedly
weightedly
adv
In a weighted manner
weightedness
weightedness
noun
The condition of being weighted
wheedling
wheedling
adj
Coaxing, aiming to persuade.
noun
The act of one who wheedles.
verb
present participle of wheedle
wheedlingly
wheedlingly
adv
In a wheedling manner.
whidding
whidding
verb
present participle of whid
whigged
whigged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whig
whinged
whinged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whing
simple past tense and past participle of whinge
willinghearted
willinghood
windowlight
windowlight
noun
Natural light that enters a building through the window.
windowshopping
windtight
windtight
adj
Impermeable to wind.
winghanded
withdraught
withdraught
noun
(law, obsolete) A fine imposed on plaintiffs for such a dismissal.
(law, obsolete) Retraxit: a dismissal with prejudice based on a plaintiff's withdrawal of the suit.
(obsolete) A place to withdraw to: a private chamber or retreat.
(obsolete) A sewer or watercourse used for sewerage.
withdrawing
withdrawing
noun
withdrawal
verb
present participle of withdraw
withdrawingness
withdrawingness
noun
The quality of being withdrawing; a tendency to draw back.
withholding
withholding
noun
The deduction of taxes from an employee's salary.
The tax so deducted, and paid to local or national government.