8-letter words containing a, d, o, w, n
- advowson — the right of presentation to a vacant benefice
- and how! — very much so!
- backdown — an act of retreating from a previously asserted position
- barnwood — aged and weathered boards, especially those salvaged from dismantled barns: The den was paneled in barnwood.
- beatdown — A physical beating or assault.
- bow hand — the hand that holds the bow in archery or in playing a violin, cello, etc.
- browband — the strap of a horse's bridle that goes across the forehead
- chawdron — the entrails of an animal
- cordwain — cordovan leather
- cowhands — Plural form of cowhand.
- cramdown — (legal) A court settlement in bankruptcy in which creditors receive less than they were owed.
- danewort — a caprifoliaceous shrub, Sambucus ebulus, native to Europe and Asia and having serrated leaves and white flowers
- darktown — a part of a town or city inhabited largely by blacks.
- downbeat — the downward stroke of a conductor's arm or baton indicating the first or accented beat of a measure.
- downcast — directed downward, as the eyes.
- downfall — descent to a lower position or standing; overthrow; ruin.
- downhaul — any of various lines for pulling down a sail or a yard, as for securing in a lowered position when not in use.
- downland — An area of rolling downs, often grassy pasture over chalk or limestone.
- download — to transfer (software, data, character sets, etc.) from a distant to a nearby computer, from a larger to a smaller computer, or from a computer to a peripheral device.
- downplay — to treat or speak of (something) so as to reduce emphasis on its importance, value, strength, etc.: The press has downplayed the president's role in the negotiations.
- downrate — to lower the rate of: to downrate the speed of an economic recovery.
- downtake — a pipe or passage for conducting smoke, a current of air, or the like downward from a furnace, opening, etc.
- downward — Also, downwards. from a higher to a lower place or condition.
- downwash — a deflection of air downward relative to an airfoil that causes the deflection.
- drawdown — a lowering of water surface level, as in a well.
- facedown — with the face or the front or upper surface downward: He was lying facedown on the floor. Deal the cards facedown on the table.
- gondwana — a hypothetical landmass in the Southern Hemisphere that separated toward the end of the Paleozoic Era to form South America, Africa, Antarctica, and Australia.
- handwork — work done by hand, as distinguished from work done by machine.
- hard-won — If you describe something that someone has gained or achieved as hard-won, you mean that they worked hard to gain or achieve it.
- jawboned — Simple past tense and past participle of jawbone.
- lay down — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- loanword — a word in one language that has been borrowed from another language and usually naturalized, as wine, taken into Old English from Latin vinum, or macho, taken into Modern English from Spanish.
- lowlands — land that is low or level, in comparison with the adjacent country.
- madwoman — a woman who is or behaves as if insane.
- madwomen — Plural form of madwoman.
- markdown — a reduction in price, usually to encourage buying.
- mawbound — (of cattle) constipated
- moonward — Also, moonwards. toward the moon: turned their eyes moonward.
- narrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of narrow.
- nowadays — at the present day; in these times: Few people do their laundry by hand nowadays.
- obwalden — one of the two divisions of the canton of Unterwalden, in central Switzerland. 189 sq. mi. (490 sq. km). Capital: Sarnen.
- onwardly — moving forward; advancing
- pandowdy — apple pandowdy.
- pat-down — an act or instance of passing the hands over the body of a clothed person to detect concealed weapons, drugs, etc.; frisking.
- pay down — to settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something: Please pay your bill.
- playdown — a play-off.
- rawboned — having little flesh, especially on a large-boned frame; gaunt.
- sandworm — any of several marine worms that live in sand.
- sandwort — any plant belonging to the genus Arenaria, of the pink family, having narrow leaves and clusters of usually white flowers, many of which grow in sandy soil.
- snow day — a day on which public schools or other institutions are closed due to heavy snow.
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