8-letter words containing d, o, w, n
- howdunit — A type of detective story in which the focus is not on who committed the crime, but how they have done so.
- i wonder — You can say 'I wonder' if you want to be very polite when you are asking someone to do something, or when you are asking them for their opinion or for information.
- in-crowd — in-group (def 1).
- in-world — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
- ironweed — any of certain North American composite plants of the genus Vernonia, having tubular, chiefly purple or red disk flowers.
- ironwood — any of various trees yielding a hard, heavy wood, as the American hornbeam, Carpinus caroliniana, or Lyonothamnus floribundus, found on the islands off the coast of S California.
- jawboned — Simple past tense and past participle of jawbone.
- jew down — one of a scattered group of people that traces its descent from the Biblical Hebrews or from postexilic adherents of Judaism; Israelite.
- kentwood — a city in W Michigan.
- kickdown — a method of changing gear in a car with automatic transmission, by fully depressing the accelerator
- kingwood — a Brazilian wood streaked with violet tints, used especially in cabinetwork.
- knotweed — any of several knotty-stemmed plants belonging to the genus Polygonum, of the buckwheat family.
- knowledg — Obsolete form of knowledge.
- lay down — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- let down — British. a lease.
- letdowns — Plural form of letdown.
- lie down — the manner, relative position, or direction in which something lies: the lie of the patio, facing the water. Synonyms: place, location, site.
- lie-down — a nap.
- lindworm — a wingless, two-legged dragon
- 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.
- lockdown — the confining of prisoners to their cells, as following a riot or other disturbance.
- longwood — a city in central Florida.
- longword — (computing) A type of unsigned integer variable that is longer than a word (specific number of bits depends upon architecture).
- lookdown — the appearance of paper when inspected under reflected light.
- low-down — If someone gives you the low-down on a person or thing, they tell you all the important information about them.
- lowlands — land that is low or level, in comparison with the adjacent country.
- lynnwood — a city in NW Washington.
- 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
- meltdown — network meltdown
- mixdowns — Plural form of mixdown.
- moonward — Also, moonwards. toward the moon: turned their eyes moonward.
- mow down — to cut down (grass, grain, etc.) with a scythe or a machine.
- narrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of narrow.
- neckdown — An angled narrowing of the roadway and widening of the pavement, used as a traffic calming measure.
- newfound — newly found or discovered: newfound friends.
- nonwoody — herbaceous.
- 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.
- one-down — having conceded an advantage or lead to someone or something
- onwardly — moving forward; advancing
- ovenwood — brushwood; deadwood fit only for burning.
- overwind — to wind beyond the proper limit; wind too far: He must have overwound his watch.
- 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.
- peg down — to make (a person) committed to a course of action or bound to follow rules
- pin down — a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.