English words: Downham to doxxer

300 English words, part 97 of 118 of the words starting with D, A to Z. 54 have a page of their own.

English words Downham to doxxer

Downham proper noun: A civil parish (served by Little Downham Parish Council) in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire.
downhanging adjective: Hanging downward.
downhaul noun: Any rope used to haul down a sail or spar.
downhearted adjective: Sad, discouraged, in low spirits, unhappy, having no hope
downheartedly adverb: In a downhearted manner
downheartedness noun: The characteristic of being downhearted; sadness.
downhill adjective, adverb, noun, verb /ˌdaʊnˈhɪl/: Down a slope.
downhill creep noun: The slow downward progression of rock and soil down a low-grade slope.
downhill ice cross noun: Alternative spelling of icecross downhill.
downhill-ski verb: To practice or learn in the sport of downhill skiing.
downhill skier noun: A skier who participates in downhill skiing.
downhill skiing noun, verb: Recreational skiing that primarily involves skiing down slopes.
downhiller noun: Someone who is traveling downhill.
downhole adjective: Located in the drilled bore of an oil well either underground or undersea.
downhome adjective: Alternative form of down-home.
Downieville proper noun: A census-designated place, the county seat of Sierra County, California, United States, named after William Downie.
downily adverb: In a downy manner.
downiness noun: The quality of being downy.
downing noun, verb /ˈdaʊnɪŋ/: An occasion on which something is downed.
Downing effect noun: The tendency of people with a below average IQ to overestimate their IQ, and of people with an above average IQ to underestimate their IQ.
Downingtown proper noun: A borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States.
downish adjective /ˈdaʊnɪʃ/: Feeling somewhat depressed.
downladder adverb: Down a ladder.
downland noun /ˈdaʊn.lænd/: An area of rolling hills (downs), often grassy pasture over chalk or limestone.
downlead noun: The line or lines bringing signals from a receiving antenna to a receiver.
downleg noun: A property that is being sold to initiate the 1031 exchange.
downless adjective: Of a bird, lacking down feathers.
downlevel adjective, adverb, noun, verb: Having lesser capabilities or a lower version number.
downlift noun: A lowering of the ground caused by geological forces.
downlight noun, verb: A light fixture installed in a hollow opening in a ceiling, concentrating the light in a downward direction.
downlighter noun /ˈdaʊnlaɪtə(ɹ)/: downlight
downlighting noun: Lighting concentrated in a downward direction.
downlike adjective: Resembling down (soft immature feathers) or some aspect of it.
downline adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of down line.
downlink noun, verb /ˈdaʊnlɪŋk/: The transmission of a signal from a satellite to a receiving station on earth; or the means of this transmission.
downlist verb: To move further down a list (especially in terms of endangered animals that are no longer at such risk).
downlisted adjective, verb: moved further down a list, or given the status of something further down a list
downlisting noun, verb: The placing of something lower on a list.
download noun, verb /ˈdaʊnˌləʊd/: A file transfer to a given computer or device from a remote one through a network connection.
download manager noun: A computer program which aids in the downloading of files.
downloadability noun: The property of being downloadable.
downloadable adjective, noun /ˌdaʊnˈləʊd.ə.bl̩/: Capable of being downloaded.
downloader noun: Someone who downloads files from the Internet.
downloading noun, verb /ˈdaʊnloʊdɪŋ/: The process by which something is downloaded.
downlooked adjective: Having a downcast countenance; dejected; gloomy; sullen.
downlooker noun: Any of various snipe flies of the genus Rhagio.
downlow adjective, noun: Alternative form of down low.
downlying noun: The time of retiring to rest.
downmarket adjective, adverb, verb: Designed for low-income consumers.
downmass noun: The payload mass carried down to Earth from low Earth orbit.
downmethylate verb: To methylate (a gene) less than usually
downmethylation noun: The process, or the result of downmethylating
downmix noun, verb: To mix (a number of distinct audio channels) to produce a lower number of channels.
downmodulate verb: To modulate to a lower level.
downmodulation noun: modulation to a lower level
downmodulatory adjective: Associated with downmodulation
downmost adjective: Furthest down; located at the bottom of a system or structure.
downmouth verb: To speak negatively or critically.
downness noun: The property of being a down quark.
downpatch noun, verb: To revert (a piece of software, especially a video game) to a former version.
Downpatrick proper noun: A town in and the county town of County Down, Northern Ireland. Its cathedral is said to contain the buried remains of Saint Patrick.
downpayment noun: Alternative form of down payment.
downpick noun, verb: A downward stroke with a plectrum on a stringed instrument; downstroke.
downpicked adjective, verb: Played using downpicking.
downpicking noun, verb: The technique of playing a stringed instrument with a plectrum using all downward strokes.
downpipe noun: The drainpipe that connects a roof-line gutter with the ground.
downpitch verb: To lower a sound in pitch.
downplay verb /ˈdaʊ̯nˌpleɪ̯/: To de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential.
downplayer noun: One who, or that which, downplays.
downplaying noun, verb: The act by which something is downplayed, or made to seem less important.
downpointer noun: A pointer in a hierarchical data structure that points to the node that is down from the current node.
downposit noun: Eggcorn of down payment/deposit
downpour noun, verb /ˈdaʊn.pɔː(ɹ)/: A heavy fall of rain.
downpouring noun, verb: The act of something being poured down.
downpress verb: To push or press downwards.
downpression noun: oppression
downpressor noun: Oppressor.
downpressure noun: downward pressure
downputting adjective: That puts down; insulting.
downrange adjective, adverb: In the horizontal direction away from the launch site of a rocket or projectile in the direction of its travel.
downrank verb: To lower in rank.
downrate verb: To give something a lower rating.
downregulatable adjective: Able to be downregulated.
downregulate verb: To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
downregulation noun: The suppression of a response to a stimulus
downregulator noun: A regulator that involves downregulation.
downregulatory adjective: Relating to downregulation.
downrigger noun: A large reel of heavily weighted steel wire fishing line used to fish with trolled bait at great depths.
downrigging noun: Fishing with a downrigger.
downright adjective, adverb, noun /ˈdaʊnɹaɪt/: Completely, wholly.
downrightly adverb: clearly; plainly; directly; downright
downrightness noun: The personal quality of being straightforward and direct in one's manner
downriver adjective, adverb: Closer to the mouth of a river.
downroute preposition: Alternative form of down route.
downrush noun, verb: To rush down; rush downward.
Downs cell noun: An electrochemical cell with a carbon anode, an iron cathode, and a liquid sodium chloride electrolyte, used for the commercial preparation of metallic sodium.
downsample verb: To reduce the sampling rate of (a signal).
downsampler noun: A process or algorithm that downsamples.
downsampling noun, verb: An instance of something being downsampled.
downscalable adjective: Able to be downscaled
downscale adjective, verb: Being downmarket, of a lower quality.
downscaler noun: Someone or something which downscales.
downscaling noun, verb: The act by which something is downscaled; a reduction in size or numbers.
downscan noun: A downward scan.
downsection adverb: Towards the lower part of a section.
downselect verb: to narrow the field of choices, especially, to choose a supplier from candidates under consideration
downselection noun: The process of downselecting.
downsend noun: The ability to send down, or to send back.
downset noun: An ideal.
downsetting noun: A setting down.
downshift noun, verb /ˈdaʊnʃɪft/: A change of direction or a movement downwards.
downshifter noun: A person who makes a transition to a less pressured or demanding career or lifestyle
downshifting noun, verb: A social trend towards living a simpler, less ambitious life with a better work-life balance.
downshock noun: Any shock caused by a sudden decrease (in temperature, pressure etc).
downshoot noun: An involuntary downward movement of the eye
Downsian adjective: Of or relating to Anthony Downs (1930–2021), American economist specializing in public policy and public administration.
downside noun /ˈdaʊnˌsaɪd/: A disadvantageous aspect of something that is normally advantageous.
downside beta noun: A financial metric that measures the extent to which an asset's price declines during broader market downturns.
downside up adjective, adverb: Alternative form of upside down.
downsies noun: Synonym of tranquilizers (“drugs used to reduce anxiety or tension”).
downsitting noun: The act of sitting down; repose, sitting or resting.
downsizable adjective: Able to be downsized.
downsize verb /ˈdaʊnsaɪz/: To reduce in size or number.
downsizer noun: One who, or that which, downsizes.
downsizing noun, verb: An act in which a company downsizes or is downsized.
downslant noun, verb: A downward slant.
downslide noun: A slide downward; a worsening.
downslope adjective, adverb, noun: In a direction down a slope.
downsloping adjective, noun: Sloping downward.
downslurred adjective: Falling in pitch.
Downsman noun: A man from the South Downs, Sussex, England.
downsome adjective /ˈdaʊnsəm/: Low-spirited; melancholy.
downspec verb: To reduce the performance of (a product) by giving it inferior specifications.
downspin noun, verb: Any type of movement that goes downwards in a spiraling motion.
downspout noun: A vertical pipe or conduit that carries rainwater from the scupper, guttering of a building to a lower roof level, drain, ground or storm water runoff system.
downspouting noun: A downspout.
downsprue noun: Synonym of sprue (“a channel through which molten metal is poured into the mold during the casting process”).
downstab noun: An instance of stabbing downward.
downstack noun: The lower part of the stack.
downstage adjective, adverb, noun, verb: Toward or at the front of a theatrical stage.
downstaging noun, verb: A reduction in the stage of a cancer, from a more to a less threatening stage.
downstair adjective: downstairs
downstairs adjective, adverb, noun /daʊnˈstɛɹz/: Located on a lower floor.
downstat noun: An unsuccessful person who is failing to make progress.
downstate adjective, adverb, noun: The southern region of certain US states, particularly Michigan, New York, and Illinois.
downstater noun: A person from downstate; usually specifically a person from downstate New York.
downsteepy adjective: Having a great declivity.
downstep noun, verb: A downward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language.
downstream adjective, adverb, verb /ˌdaʊnˈstɹiːm/: Toward the lower part of a stream; with the current (of a river, brook, or other flow of fluid).
downstreamer noun: A person who lives downstream.
downstreamly adverb: In a downstream manner
downstreamward adjective, adverb: In a downstream direction.
downstreamwards adjective, adverb: In a downstream direction.
downstreet adverb: Toward the lower part of a street.
downstrike adjective, adverb, noun, verb: A bolt of lightning that touches ground.
downstroke noun /ˈdaʊnˌstɹoʊk/: A downward stroke, especially one that is part of a sequence of alternating upward and downward strokes.
downstroy verb: To destroy.
downstyle adjective, noun: Which only capitalizes words (e.g. in headers) that would be capitalized in a normal sentence: which is styled in sentence case.
Downsville proper noun: A village in Lincoln Parish and Union Parish, Louisiana, named after Solomon W. Downs.
downsweep noun, verb: A downward sweep or curve.
downswept adjective, verb: swept downwards
downswing noun: The portion of any movement along an arc or curve, heading in a lower direction.
downtable adjective: Alternative form of down-table.
downtake noun: An outlet for conveying something downward.
downtalk verb: To speak in a condescending or belittling way or manner, making someone or something seem less important or less intelligent.
downtalker noun: Someone who downtalks.
downteching noun: The scaling down or simplifying of technical solutions, including the use of lower tech products or processes in an otherwise high tech environment
downtempo adjective, adverb, noun: A genre of house music and ambient music with an ethereal sound and a driving beat.
downtend verb: To have a downward tendency.
downthread adjective, adverb: Later, or hierarchically lower, in a thread of discussion.
downthrow noun: Defeat; ruin.
downthrown adjective: Having, or being, a downthrow
downthrust noun: Downward thrust.
downtick noun: A small decrease or downward change in something that has been steady or rising.
downticket adjective: Alternative form of down-ticket.
downtilt noun: downward tilt
downtime noun /ˈdaʊntaɪm/: Time lost due to the failure of some system or machinery, such as a computer crash or power outage.
downtitrate verb: To gradually reduce a dosage while observing the effects; (and usually, especially) to arrive at the optimal dose by so doing.
downtitration noun: The gradual reduction of a dose accompanied by observation of effects, usually and especially to arrive at an optimal dose.
Downton proper noun: A hamlet in Milford-on-Sea parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ2693).
downtone verb: To tone down; to make less emphatic or significant; to downplay.
downtoner noun: An element of language that tones something down.
Downtonian noun: A fan of the television series Downton Abbey.
downtown adjective, adverb, noun /ˈdaʊ̯nˌtaʊ̯n/: Of, relating to, or situated in the central business district.
downtowner noun: Someone from downtown.
downtrace noun: The process of taking scientific samples as a probe is moving downward.
downtrading noun: The practice of a consumer switching from expensive brands to cheaper alternatives
downtread verb /ˈdaʊnˌtɹɛd/: To oppress, persecute, or subjugate.
downtree adjective, noun /ˈdaʊn.tɹiː/: Lower in a tree data structure.
downtrend noun, verb: Any gradual movement towards a lower state or value.
downtrod adjective, verb: to oppress, suppress, exploit, persecute, step down on; put down; denigrate, subjugate
downtrodden adjective, verb /ˈdaʊnˌtɹɒdən/: Oppressed, persecuted or subjugated.
downtroddenly adverb: In a downtrodden manner.
downtroddenness noun: The state or quality of being downtrodden.
downtube noun: Alternative form of down tube.
downtune verb /ˈdaʊntjuːn/: To tune (a musical instrument) to a lower pitch.
downtuned adjective, verb: tuned to a lower pitch than normal
downtuning noun, verb: The action or the result of downtuning a guitar
downturn noun, verb /ˈdaʊntɜːn/: A downward trend, or the beginnings of one.
downturned adjective, verb: Turned or positioned downwards.
downvalley adjective: Direction of flow down a valley.
downvaluation noun: The act or result of downvaluing.
downvalue verb: To reduce in value; to devalue.
downvote noun, verb /ˈdaʊnˌvəʊt/: A vote against something that reduces a cumulative tally of popularity.
downvoter noun: One who downvotes.
downward adjective, adverb /ˈdaʊnwɚd/: Toward a lower level, whether in physical space, in a hierarchy, or in amount or value.
downward dog noun: Ellipsis of downward-facing dog.
downward drift noun: The phenomenon of people with mental illness moving ever downward along the social and economic scale after they reach adulthood and live independently.
downward-facing dog noun: A pose whereby the hands and feet are placed on the floor and the hips raised, creating an inverted V-shape.
downward spiral noun: A series of thoughts or actions which feeds back into itself, causing a situation to become progressively worse.
downwardly adverb: In a downward direction
downwardness noun: The quality of being or going downward.
downwards adjective, adverb /ˈdaʊnwədz/: Towards a lower place; towards what is below.
downwarp noun: A segment of the crust of the Earth that bends downward
downwash noun: downward air turbulence caused by a propeller or jet, but especially by helicopter blades
downweigh verb: To weigh or press down; depress; cause to sink or prevent from rising.
downweight noun, verb: To give something a lower weight.
downweighting noun, verb: The process by which something is downweighted.
downwell adjective, adverb, noun, verb: To sink below material of lower density.
downwelling noun, verb: The sinking of a higher-density medium through a lower-density one.
downwind adverb /ˌdaʊnˈwɪnd/: in the same direction as the wind is blowing
downwinder noun: A person (or community) that lives downwind from a potential hazard (such as a nuclear power station)
downy adjective, noun /ˈdaʊni/: Having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers or hair.
downy birch noun: A deciduous tree of species Betula pubescens.
downy mildew noun: Any of several types of oomycete microbe, in family Peronosporaceae, that are obligate parasites of plants.
downy oak noun: Quercus pubescens, a species of white oak native to southern Europe and southwest Asia.
downy rattlesnake noun: An orchid of species Goodyera pubescens, native to much of eastern North America
downy willow noun: A willow of species Salix lapponum
downy woodpecker noun: A small woodpecker native to North America, Dryobates pubescens
downzone verb: To change an area or property to a less restrictive zoning
downzoning noun, verb: A switch to a less restrictive zoning.
dowp noun: Alternative form of doup.
dowra noun: A guide (person who leads others).
dowrah noun: Alternative form of dowra.
dowral adjective: Of or relating to a dowry (property given groom's bride)
dowress noun: A woman entitled to dower.
dowried adjective, verb: Provided with a dowry
dowry noun, verb /ˈdaʊəɹi/: Payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.
dowry death noun: The murder or suicide of a woman as a result of harassment intended to elicit an increased dowry.
dowrying noun, verb: The act of bestowing a dowry as part of a marriage.
dowryless adjective /ˈdaʊ.ɹi.ləs/: Without a dowry.
dowsabel noun: Sweetheart.
dowse noun, verb /daʊs/: Alternative form of douse (“to plunge into water”).
dowser noun /ˈdaʊzə/: A divining rod used in searching for water, ore, etc.; a dowsing rod.
Dowsett proper noun: A surname.
dowsing noun, verb: The practice of seeking water or other substances (usually liquid) with the aid of a forked stick or similar pointing device, as believed by some...
dowsing rod noun: Synonym of divining rod.
dowsome adjective: Characterised or marked by douth (strength, health, or vitality); thriving.
Dowson proper noun /ˈdaʊ.sən/: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Dowsonian adjective: Of or relating to Ernest Dowson (1867–1900), English writer associated with the Decadent movement.
Dowty proper noun: A surname.
dox noun, verb: Documents, especially information sought by hackers about an individual (address, credit card numbers, etc.).
doxa noun /ˈdɒksə/: Popular opinion or belief.
doxacurium noun: A muscle relaxant that acts as a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist.
doxaminol noun: A beta-adrenergic agonist.
doxanthrine noun: A synthetic compound which is a potent and selective full agonist for the dopamine D₁ receptor.
doxantrazole noun: The antiallergy compound 10,10-dioxo-3-(2H-tetrazol-5-yl)thioxanthen-9-one
doxapram noun: A respiratory stimulant.
doxaprost noun: A prostaglandin analogue.
doxasphere noun: The arena of public opinion.
doxastic adjective, noun /dɒkˈsæstɪk/: Of, pertaining to, or depending on opinion or belief.
doxastic logic noun: A type of modal logic which deals with statements involving beliefs.
doxastically adverb: In a doxastic manner.
doxazocin noun: Alternative form of doxazosin.
doxazosin noun /dɑkˈseɪ.zəs.ɪn/: A drug taken orally in the form of its mesylate C₂₃H₂₅N₅O₅·CH₄O₃S to relieve urethral obstruction in benign prostatic hyperplasia and to treat hypertension....
doxecitine noun: Synonym of deoxycytidine.
doxefazepam noun: A benzodiazepine derivative drug with anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, sedative and skeletal muscle relaxant properties, used therapeutically as a hypnotic.
doxen noun: Alternative form of dachshund (extremely rare, nonstandard spelling).
doxenitoin noun: An anticonvulsant drug.
doxepin noun /ˈdɒk.səp.ɪn/: A psychotropic agent with tricyclic antidepressant and anxiolytic properties.
doxepine noun: Alternative form of doxepin.
doxer noun: Alternative form of doxxer.
doxercalciferol noun /ˌdɑk.sɚ.kælˈsɪf.əˌɹɔl/: A synthetic analogue of ergocalciferol, used as a drug to treat secondary hyperparathyroidism and metabolic bone disease.
Doxey proper noun: A village and civil parish in Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9023).
doxhund noun: Alternative form of dachshund (extremely rare, nonstandard spelling).
doxibetasol noun: A therapeutic glucocorticoid.
doxie noun: Alternative form of doxy (“sweetheart or mistress”).
doxifluridine noun: A synthetic nucleoside analog 1-[(2R,3R,4S,5R)-3,4-dihydroxy-5-methyloxolan-2-yl]-5-fluoropyrimidine-2,4-dione produced as a cytostatic agent
doxin noun: Alternative form of dachshund (extremely rare, nonstandard phonetic spelling).
doxofylline noun: A xanthine drug used in the treatment of asthma.
doxogenic adjective: Induced by one's own ideas or beliefs.
doxographer noun: A classical historian who describes the opinions of Ancient Greek philosophers and scientists.
doxographic adjective: Describing the opinions of Ancient Greek philosophers and scientists.
doxographical adjective: relating to doxographers
doxography noun: The work or works of classical historians describing the opinions of Ancient Greek philosophers and scientists.
doxologic adjective: Of or pertaining to doxology.
doxological adjective: Of or pertaining to doxology.
doxologically adverb: In terms of, or by means of, doxology.
doxologize verb: To give praise to God with a doxology
doxology noun /dɒkˈsɒlədʒi/: An expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn sung as part of a Christian worship service.
doxophobia noun: A fear of expressing one's opinion.
doxophylline noun: Alternative form of doxofylline.
doxorubicin noun /ˌdɒk.səʊˈɹuː.bɪs.ɪn/: An anthracycline antibiotic drug (trademark Adriamycin) with broad antineoplastic activity that is obtained from a bacterium (Streptomyces peucetius subsp....
doxorubicinol noun: A tetracenequinone polyketide that is a metabolite of doxorubicin
doxorubicinone noun: The quinone (8S,10S)-8-glycoloyl-6,8,10,11-tetrahydroxy-1-methoxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydro-5,12-tetracenedione that is a aglycone of doxorubicin
doxpicomine noun: A mild opioid analgesic drug.
doxribtimine noun: A pyrimidine nucleoside used as part of a medicine to treat thymidine kinase 2 deficiency.
doxx verb /dɒks/: To publish personal information of (a person) without their consent.
doxxee noun: One who is doxxed, a victim of doxxing.
doxxer noun: One who doxxes.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under D: 35,212 words, in 118 parts.