| awn | (noun) slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses | - |
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| backdown | (noun) a retraction of a previously held position | Synonyms: climb-down, withdrawal |
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| brawn | (noun) possessing muscular strength | Synonyms: brawniness, heftiness, muscle, muscularity, sinew |
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| breakdown | (noun) the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue | Synonyms: dislocation |
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| (noun) an analysis into mutually exclusive categories | Synonyms: partitioning |
| (noun) a cessation of normal operation | Synonyms: equipment failure |
| (noun) (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action | Synonyms: decomposition, putrefaction, rot, rotting |
| (noun) (chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance | Synonyms: chemical decomposition reaction, decomposition, decomposition reaction |
| (noun) a mental or physical breakdown | Synonyms: crack-up |
| brown | (noun) an orange of low brightness and saturation | Synonyms: brownness |
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| clampdown | (noun) sudden restriction on an activity | - |
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| closedown | (noun) termination of operations | Synonyms: closing, closure, shutdown |
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| clown | (noun) a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior | Synonyms: buffoon, goof, goofball, merry andrew |
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| (noun) a rude or vulgar fool | Synonyms: buffoon |
| comedown | (noun) decline to a lower status or level | - |
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| countdown | (noun) counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle) | - |
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| cowtown | (noun) a small town in a cattle-raising area of western North America | Synonyms: cow town |
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| crackdown | (noun) severely repressive actions | - |
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| crown | (noun) the part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head | - |
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| (noun) an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty | Synonyms: diadem |
| (noun) a wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory | - |
| (noun) the center of a cambered road | Synonyms: crest |
| (noun) (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth | Synonyms: cap, crownwork, jacket, jacket crown |
| (noun) the part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel | - |
| (noun) the top of the head | Synonyms: pate, poll |
| (noun) the award given to the champion | Synonyms: pennant |
| (noun) the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill) | Synonyms: crest, peak, summit, tip, top |
| (noun) the upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant | Synonyms: treetop |
| (noun) an English coin worth 5 shillings | - |
| dawn | (noun) the earliest period | Synonyms: morning |
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| (noun) the first light of day | Synonyms: aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, morning, sunrise, sunup |
| (noun) an opening time period | - |
| down | (noun) (American football) a complete play to advance the football | - |
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| (noun) soft fine feathers | Synonyms: down feather |
| (noun) fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) | Synonyms: pile |
| (noun) (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil | - |
| downtown | (noun) the central area or commercial center of a town or city | Synonyms: business district |
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| eiderdown | (noun) down of the eider duck | - |
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| (noun) a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider | Synonyms: continental quilt, duvet |
| fawn | (noun) a young deer | - |
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| (noun) a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color | Synonyms: dun, grayish brown, greyish brown |
| frown | (noun) a facial expression of dislike or displeasure | Synonyms: scowl |
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| godown | (noun) (in India and Malaysia) a warehouse | - |
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| gown | (noun) a woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions | - |
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| (noun) outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions | Synonyms: robe |
| (noun) protective garment worn by surgeons during operations | Synonyms: scrubs, surgical gown |
| (noun) lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women | Synonyms: night-robe, nightdress, nightgown, nightie |
| (noun) the members of a university as distinguished from the other residents of the town in which the university is located | - |
| hometown | (noun) the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence | - |
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| knockdown | (noun) a blow that knocks the opponent off his feet | - |
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| lawn | (noun) a field of cultivated and mowed grass | - |
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| letdown | (noun) a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized | Synonyms: disappointment |
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| lockdown | (noun) the act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot) | - |
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| lookdown | (noun) similar to moonfish but with eyes high on the truncated forehead | Synonyms: lookdown fish, Selene vomer |
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| meltdown | (noun) a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown | - |
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| (noun) severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping | Synonyms: nuclear meltdown |
| nightgown | (noun) lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women | Synonyms: gown, night-robe, nightdress, nightie |
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| pawn | (noun) borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan | - |
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| (noun) (chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank | - |
| (noun) a person used by another to gain an end | Synonyms: cat's-paw, instrument |
| (noun) an article deposited as security | - |
| prawn | (noun) shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible | - |
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| (noun) any of various edible decapod crustaceans | Synonyms: shrimp |
| renown | (noun) the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed | Synonyms: celebrity, fame |
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| rubdown | (noun) the act of rubbing down, usually for relaxation or medicinal purposes | - |
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| rundown | (noun) a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court) | Synonyms: summation, summing up |
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| shakedown | (noun) extortion of money (as by blackmail) | - |
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| (noun) a very thorough search of a person or a place | - |
| (noun) initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state | - |
| shantytown | (noun) a city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties | - |
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| showdown | (noun) a hostile disagreement face-to-face | Synonyms: confrontation, encounter, face-off |
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| shutdown | (noun) termination of operations | Synonyms: closedown, closing, closure |
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| slowdown | (noun) the act of slowing down or falling behind | Synonyms: lag, retardation |
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| spawn | (noun) the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs | - |
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| spelldown | (noun) a contest in which you are eliminated if you fail to spell a word correctly | Synonyms: spelling bee, spelling contest |
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| splashdown | (noun) a landing of a spacecraft in the sea at the end of a space flight | - |
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| standdown | (noun) (military) a temporary stop of offensive military action | Synonyms: stand-down |
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| (noun) a suspension and relaxation from an alert state or a state of readiness | Synonyms: stand-down |
| sundown | (noun) the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon | Synonyms: sunset |
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| takedown | (noun) a crushing remark | Synonyms: put-down, squelch, squelcher |
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| (noun) (amateur wrestling) being brought to the mat from a standing position | - |
| thistledown | (noun) pappus of a thistle consisting of silky featherlike hairs attached to the seed-like fruit of a thistle | - |
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| touchdown | (noun) a score in American football; being in possession of the ball across the opponents' goal line | - |
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| (noun) a landing (as the wheels touch the landing field); especially of airplanes | - |
| town | (noun) the people living in a municipality smaller than a city | Synonyms: townsfolk, townspeople |
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| (noun) an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city | - |
| (noun) an administrative division of a county | Synonyms: township |
| turndown | (noun) the act of refusing an offer | Synonyms: nonacceptance |
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| unknown | (noun) a variable whose values are solutions of an equation | Synonyms: unknown quantity |
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| (noun) an unknown and unexplored region | Synonyms: terra incognita, unknown region |
| (noun) anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found | Synonyms: alien, stranger |
| uptown | (noun) a residential part of town away from the central commercial district | - |
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| yawn | (noun) an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom | Synonyms: oscitance, oscitancy, yawning |
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