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9-letter words containing d, o, w, a

  • shadowing — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
  • shakedown — extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.
  • shoreward — Also, shorewards. toward the shore or land.
  • show card — an advertising placard or card.
  • showbread — the 12 loaves of bread placed every Sabbath on a table in the sanctuary of the Biblical tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem as an offering by the priests to God. Ex. 25:30; Lev. 24:5–9.
  • showcased — a glass case for the display and protection of articles in shops, museums, etc.
  • slag down — to give a verbal lashing to
  • slap down — a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
  • smackdown — a severe rebuke or criticism: his amazing smackdown of the protesters.
  • snakewood — the heavy, dark-red wood of a South American tree, Piratinera guianensis, used for decorative veneers, musical instrument bows, etc.
  • snow-clad — covered with snow.
  • snowblade — one of a pair of short skis used without poles
  • snowboard — a board for gliding on snow, resembling a wide ski, to which both feet are secured and that one rides in an upright position.
  • snowdonia — a massif in NW Wales, in Gwynedd, the highest peak being Snowdon
  • sod's law — (humour)   Murphy's Law.
  • sound law — phonetic law.
  • southward — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
  • spadework — preliminary or initial work, such as the gathering of data, on which further activity is to be based.
  • standdown — the action of ending military activities or active duty temporarily, or a period or condition of being temporarily relieved from active duty
  • swansdown — the down or under plumage of a swan, used for trimming, powder puffs, etc.
  • swearword — a word used in swearing or cursing; a profane or obscene word.
  • sword arm — the arm in which your sword is normally held
  • swordplay — the action or technique of wielding a sword; fencing.
  • swordsman — a person who uses or is skilled in the use of a sword.
  • swordtail — any of several small, brightly colored, viviparous, freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, native to Central America, having the lower part of the caudal fin elongated into a swordlike structure: often kept in aquariums.
  • taekwondo — a Korean martial art, a particularly aggressive form of karate, that utilizes punches, jabs, chops, blocking and choking moves, and especially powerful, leaping kicks.
  • take down — made or constructed so as to be easily dismantled or disassembled.
  • talk down — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
  • tear down — to pull apart or in pieces by force, especially so as to leave ragged or irregular edges. Synonyms: rend, rip, rive. Antonyms: mend, repair, sew.
  • tonawanda — a city in NW New York, near Buffalo.
  • towelhead — an offensive term for someone who wears a turban
  • towheaded — a head of very light blond, almost white hair.
  • two-faced — having two faces.
  • unallowed — Physics. involving a change in quantum numbers, permitted by the selection rules: allowed transition.
  • wadsworth — a city in N Ohio.
  • wagonload — the load carried by a wagon.
  • wakeboard — The board one stands on for wakeboarding.
  • walk-down — a store, living quarters, etc., located below the street level and approached by a flight of steps: It was a dimly lit walk-down optimistically called a garden apartment.
  • wallboard — material manufactured in large sheets for use in making or covering walls, ceilings, etc., as a substitute for wooden boards or plaster.
  • wallopped — Simple past tense and past participle of wallop.
  • wandorobo — Dorobo.
  • war cloud — something that threatens war; a harbinger of conflict.
  • war widow — A war widow is a woman whose husband was killed while he was in the armed forces during a war.
  • wardmotes — Plural form of wardmote.
  • wardrober — the employee of a royal household in charge of clothing
  • wardrobes — Plural form of wardrobe.
  • wardrooms — Plural form of wardroom.
  • warm down — If you warm down after doing a physical activity, you do special exercises to help relax your muscles and joints.
  • warm-down — a tapering off or recovery from strenuous physical exercise, especially running or racing, by slowing down or doing light stretches.
  • warmblood — A horse of a breed that is a cross between an Arab or similar breed and another breed of the draft or pony type.
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