Anagrams of: WOODWARD_

• spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position

• extending or moving from a higher to a lower place

• on or toward a surface regarded as a base

• the wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers)

• The act of reduction or depletion.

• The result of reduction or depletion.

• A change in hydraulic head in a well or other body of water.

• A measure of the decline from a historical peak in some variable, typically the cumulative profit or total open equity of a financial trading strategy.

• The process of a bank releasing previously agreed loan amount to the borrower, hence making it available for them to use.

• Sorghum

• the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close

• any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water

• cover with wax

• go up or advance

• increase in phase

• 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

• deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust

• British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970)

• lacking in smartness or taste

• primly out of date