| down and out |
without money, friends, or hope. |
| down-and-out |
without money, friends, or hope. |
| down at the heels |
in a state of shabbiness. |
| downbeat |
the first beat of a measure in a piece of music. [3 definitions] |
| downcast |
directed or cast downwards, as the eyes. [2 definitions] |
| downdraft |
an air current that flows downward. |
| Down East |
(sometimes l.c.) New England, esp. the state of Maine. |
| downer |
(informal) a drug that depresses or sedates, such as a barbiturate or tranquilizer. [2 definitions] |
| downfall |
a drastic decline in status, wealth, or the like; ruin. [3 definitions] |
| downgrade |
a slope downward, as in a road. [5 definitions] |
| downhearted |
sad or depressed; dejected. |
| downhill |
down a hill. [5 definitions] |
| down-home |
of, resembling, or characteristic of the qualities associated with rural folk or family, such as hospitality, simplicity, and warmth. |
| Downing Street |
the elected government of Great Britain, so termed because 10 Downing Street is the residence of the prime minister. |
| down in the mouth |
depressed; sad. |
| downlink |
a channel for receiving transmissions from a spacecraft, or a transmission made on such a channel. |
| download |
to transfer (data, files, or programs) from a network or remote computer to one's own computer. [2 definitions] |
| down payment |
money to pay for part of the price of something that is very expensive. |
| downplay |
to dismiss the significance of; minimize. |
| downpour |
a very heavy rain. |
| downrange |
in the direction of the point taken as target, away from the launch site, on a missile test range. |