Anagrams of STANDDOWNS_

• The down of a swan

• A soft woolen fabric; flannelette

• a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine

• directed downward

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• a suspension and relaxation from an alert state or a state of readiness

• (military) a temporary stop of offensive military action

• the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth

• the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth

• holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object

• talk socially without exchanging too much information

• talk incessantly and tiresomely

• chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth

• censure severely or angrily

• a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine

• directed downward

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• a suspension and relaxation from an alert state or a state of readiness

• (military) a temporary stop of offensive military action

• An area of rolling hills (downs), often grassy pasture over chalk or limestone.

• shade within clear boundaries

• an unilluminated area

• something existing in perception only

• a premonition of something adverse

• an indication that something has been present

• refuge from danger or observation

• a dominating and pervasive presence

• a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements

• an inseparable companion

• follow, usually without the person's knowledge

• cast a shadow over

• make appear small by comparison