9-letter words containing d, o, w, n, a
- hand down — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- handblown — (of glassware) shaped by means of a handheld blowpipe: handblown crystal.
- handiwork — work done by hand.
- handtowel — a small piece of thick soft cloth used to dry the hands
- handwoven — made on a handloom; handloomed.
- handwrote — to write (something) by hand.
- handywork — Dated form of handiwork.
- in a word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- lamb down — to persuade (someone) to spend all his money
- lancewood — the tough, elastic wood of any of various trees, especially Oxandra lanceolata, of tropical America, used for carriage shafts, cabinetwork, etc.
- landowner — an owner or proprietor of land.
- landowska — Wanda [won-duh;; Polish vahn-dah] /ˈwɒn də;; Polish ˈvɑn dɑ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1959, Polish harpsichordist, in the U.S. after 1940.
- lansdowne — Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice [pet-ee-fits-mawr-is,, -mor-] /ˈpɛt i fɪtsˈmɔr ɪs,, -ˈmɒr-/ (Show IPA), 5th Marquis of, 1845–1927, British statesman: viceroy of India 1888–94, foreign secretary 1900–05.
- load down — If you load someone down with things, especially heavy things, you give them a large number of them or put a large number of them on them.
- loan word — 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.
- loanwords — Plural form of loanword.
- lowlander — a native of the Lowlands.
- mark down — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- mark-down — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- markdowns — Plural form of markdown.
- moonwards — towards the moon
- nail down — a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- nail-down — a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- nanoworld — The sphere of influence of nanotechnology.
- newsboard — bulletin board.
- northward — Also, northwards, northwardly. toward the north.
- oceanward — Toward the ocean.
- old woman — elderly lady
- overdrawn — Past participle of overdraw.
- own brand — Own brands are products which have the trademark or label of the shop which sells them, especially a supermarket chain. They are normally cheaper than other popular brands.
- pastedown — the leaf of an endpaper that is pasted to the inside of the front or back cover of a book.
- phasedown — an act or instance of phasing down; gradual reduction.
- play down — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- portadown — a town in S Northern Ireland, in the district of Armagh. Pop: 25 958 (2001)
- powderman — a person in charge of explosives, especially in a demolition crew.
- rainbowed — containing, resembling, or involving a rainbow
- ramp down — decrease effort, work
- raw-boned — having little flesh, especially on a large-boned frame; gaunt.
- road town — a town on SE Tortola, in the NE West Indies: capital of the British Virgin Islands.
- rosenwald — Julius, 1862–1932, U.S. businessman and philanthropist.
- sapanwood — a dyewood yielding a red color, produced by a small, East Indian tree, Caesalpinia sappan, of the legume family.
- satinwood — the satiny wood of an East Indian tree, Chloroxylon swietenia, of the rue family, used especially for making furniture.
- scaledown — a reduction in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion: a scaledown of military expenditures.
- 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.
- 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.