8-letter words containing d, o, w, e
- dowfness — the quality or characteristic of being dowf
- downbeat — the downward stroke of a conductor's arm or baton indicating the first or accented beat of a measure.
- downbent — Bent downward.
- downcome — a downcomer.
- downhole — a hole dug or drilled downward, as in a mine or a petroleum or gas well.
- downhome — Alternative form of down-home.
- downiest — Superlative form of downy.
- downless — the soft, first plumage of many young birds.
- downlike — having the quality or characteristics of feathers or down
- downline — Alternative spelling of down line.
- downpipe — downspout.
- downrate — to lower the rate of: to downrate the speed of an economic recovery.
- downside — the lower side or part.
- downsize — company: make redundancies
- downstep — An downward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language.
- downtake — a pipe or passage for conducting smoke, a current of air, or the like downward from a furnace, opening, etc.
- downtime — a time during a regular working period when an employee is not actively productive.
- downvote — such an unfavorable vote.
- downzone — to change the zoning designation on (property) to restrict high-density development.
- dowsabel — sweetheart.
- drawbore — a hole in a tenon made eccentric with the corresponding holes to the mortise so that the two pieces being joined will be forced tightly together when the pin (drawbore pin) is hammered into place.
- drawhole — a funnel-shaped vertical opening cut at the bottom of a stope, which permits the loading of ore into conveyances in the passageways below.
- dropwise — in the form of a drop
- drownded — Simple past tense and past participle of drownd.
- drowsier — Comparative form of drowsy.
- dwell on — to live or stay as a permanent resident; reside.
- dyeworks — a factory producing dyes
- eastwood — Clint, born 1930, U.S. actor and director.
- edgewood — a city in NE Maryland, near Baltimore.
- endowers — Plural form of endower.
- endowing — Present participle of endow.
- escrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of escrow.
- 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.
- farrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of farrow.
- fidonews — (messaging, history) The weekly official on-line newsletter of FidoNet, also known as "'Snooz". As the editorial policy of Fidonews was "anything that arrives, we print", there were often large articles completely unrelated to FidoNet, which in turn tend to elicit flamage in subsequent issues.
- firewood — wood suitable for fuel.
- flowered — having flowers.
- followed — to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
- food web — a series of organisms related by predator-prey and consumer-resource interactions; the entirety of interrelated food chains in an ecological community.
- foreward — (obsolete) An advance group; the vanguard.
- forewind — a favourable wind
- foreword — a short introductory statement in a published work, as a book, especially when written by someone other than the author.
- frowsted — Simple past tense and past participle of frowst.
- fuelwood — any wood used as a fuel; firewood
- furrowed — a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.
- get down — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- glenwood — a town in SW Iowa.
- glowered — to look or stare with sullen dislike, discontent, or anger.
- goatweed — a plant of the genus Capraria
- goodwife — Chiefly Scot. the mistress of a household.