(chemistry) Describing an NMR resonance at a higher frequency to that of a reference signal
(sports) Toward the defending team's end of the playing field
adv
Towards the lower part of a field
downshift
downshift
noun
(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.)
drawknife
drawknife
noun
A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; a drawshave.
A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood.
verb
(transitive) To cut or shave with a drawknife.
driftweed
driftweed
noun
Seaweed brought ashore by the wind.
driftwind
driftwind
noun
A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps.
driftwood
driftwood
noun
A floating piece, or pieces, of wood that drifts with the current of a body of water.
Such a piece of wood that has been cast ashore.
dwarfisms
dwarfisms
noun
plural of dwarfism
dwarflike
dwarflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dwarf; small, diminutive.
dwarfling
dwarfling
noun
A diminutive dwarf.
elfinwood
elfinwood
noun
krummholz
fiddlebow
fieldward
fieldward
adj
Towards a field.
fieldwork
fieldwork
noun
(countable, rare) A temporary fortification built by troops in the field; a defensive earthwork in the field.
(in scientific research) The collection of raw data in the field, field research, field study, field studies.
(uncountable) Work done out in the real world rather than in controlled conditions
(uncountable, agriculture) Work done out in the fields as opposed to that done elsewhere on the farm (e.g., barn, house, outbuildings, office).
fieldwort
fieldwort
noun
(botany) gentian
fireweeds
fireweeds
noun
plural of fireweed
firewoods
firewoods
noun
plural of firewood
flintwood
flintwood
noun
The very hard wood of the blackbutt tree.
fruitwood
fruitwood
noun
In orchard culture, the woody growth of the scion of any grafted fruit tree above the graft, as opposed to the rootstock, which is the part of the plant below the graft.
Particular branches or twigs in particular positions, or of particular types or ages, that may be expected to bear fruit in most types of orchard trees, since fruit is not borne randomly all over the tree.
The wood of any fruit tree, particularly hardwood from species such as pear and cherry, that is valued for furniture, woodcuts and other applications.
lidflower
midwifery
midwifery
noun
The practice and science of being a midwife.
midwifing
midwifing
verb
(rare) present participle of midwife
snowdrift
snowdrift
noun
A bank of snow accumulated by the wind.
snowfield
snowfield
noun
A large permanent expanse of snow on a mountain or at the head of a glacier.
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.
townified
twifoldly
wakefield
wakefield
noun
(physics) A small area of very strong potential gradient, in a laser beam or plasma stream, used to accelerate charged particles in a plasma wakefield accelerator
westfield
wharfside
wharfside
noun
The side of a wharf, where goods may be loaded and unloaded.
whiteford
whitfield
whitfield
Proper noun
One of two hamlets and three villages in England.
A in Pennsylvania.
wifehoods
wifehoods
noun
plural of wifehood
wildfires
wildfires
noun
plural of wildfire
wildfowls
wildfowls
noun
plural of wildfowl
williford
windfalls
windfalls
noun
plural of windfall
windflaws
windflaws
noun
plural of windflaw
windowful
windowful
noun
The amount displayed in a window.
windproof
windproof
adj
Providing protection from the wind.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to the wind.
winifield
winifrede
winnfield
winnifred
winnifred
Proper noun
name; spelling variant of Winifred.
winterfed
winterfed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of winterfeed