| 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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| 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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| sundowner | (noun) a drink taken at sundown | - |
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| (noun) a tramp who habitually arrives at sundown | - |
| 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 | - |
| turndown | (noun) the act of refusing an offer | Synonyms: nonacceptance |
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| unendowed | (adjective) not equipped or provided | - |
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| unshadowed | (adjective) not darkened or obscured by shadow | - |
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| widow | (noun) a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried | Synonyms: widow woman |
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| (verb) cause to be without a spouse | - |
| widowed | (adjective) single because of death of the spouse | - |
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| widower | (noun) a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried | Synonyms: widowman |
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| widowhood | (noun) the state of being a widow who has not remarried | - |
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| (noun) the time of a woman's life when she is a widow | - |
| widowman | (noun) a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried | Synonyms: widower |
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| window | (noun) a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air | - |
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| (noun) a transparent opening in a vehicle that allow vision out of the sides or back; usually is capable of being opened | - |
| (noun) a transparent panel (as of an envelope) inserted in an otherwise opaque material | - |
| (noun) (computer science) a rectangular part of a computer screen that contains a display different from the rest of the screen | - |
| (noun) a pane of glass in a window | Synonyms: windowpane |
| (noun) an opening in a wall or screen that admits light and air and through which customers can be served | - |
| (noun) an opening that resembles a window in appearance or function | - |
| (noun) the time period that is considered best for starting or finishing something | - |
| windowpane | (noun) very thin translucent flounder of the Atlantic coast of North America | Synonyms: Scophthalmus aquosus |
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| (noun) a pane of glass in a window | Synonyms: window |
| windowsill | (noun) the sill of a window; the horizontal member at the bottom of the window frame | - |
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