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Downbeats
- noun - 1
Pessimistic or gloomy
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Relaxed and understated
- the first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm moves downward)
Downbound
- adjective - heading in any direction that is conventionally down; "a downbound channel"; "the downbound train"
Downcasts
- noun - a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine
Downcomer
- - A pipe to conduct something downwards; specif.: (a) (Iron Manuf.) A pipe for leading the hot gases from the top of a blast furnace downward to the regenerators, boilers, etc. (b) (Steam Engin.) In some water-tube boilers, a tube larger in diameter than the water tubes to conduct the water from each top drum to a bottom drum, thus completing the circulation.
Downdraft
- noun - a strong downward air current
Downfalls
- noun - a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"
- failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
- the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
Downfield
- adjective - toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field; "he caught the ball and ran downfield 15 yards"
- toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field; "he threw to a downfield receiver"
Downgrade
- noun - rate lower; lower in value or esteem
- the property possessed by a slope or surface that descends
- To reduce the status of
Downgyved
- - Hanging down like gyves or fetters.