8-letter words containing d, o, w, n
- pinewood — the wood of a pine.
- playdown — a play-off.
- pondweed — any aquatic plant of the genus Potamogeton, most species of which grow in ponds and quiet streams.
- preowned — previously owned; used; secondhand: a sale of preowned furs.
- pulldown — a mechanism that intermittently advances the film through the film gate of a camera or projector.
- pushdown — a list in which the last item added is at the top
- put down — a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- put-down — a landing of an aircraft.
- rawboned — having little flesh, especially on a large-boned frame; gaunt.
- re-endow — to endow again
- red snow — snow that has acquired a red color either from airborne particles of red dust or from a type of alga that contains a red pigment.
- renowned — celebrated; famous.
- rig down — Chiefly Nautical. to put in proper order for working or use. to fit (a ship, mast, etc.) with the necessary shrouds, stays, etc. to fit (shrouds, stays, sails, etc.) to the mast, yard, or the like.
- ringwood — a town in N New Jersey.
- rub down — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- rub-down — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- run down — melted or liquefied: run butter.
- run-down — fatigued; weary; exhausted.
- 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.
- set down — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- showdown — the laying down of one's cards, face upward, in a card game, especially poker.
- shutdown — a shutting down, as of a factory, school, or machine; a termination or suspension of operations, services, or business activity: a partial government shutdown; an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor.
- sit down — done or accomplished while sitting down: sit-down meetings between the two party leaders.
- sit-down — done or accomplished while sitting down: sit-down meetings between the two party leaders.
- slimdown — instance of an organization cutting staff
- slowdown — a slowing down or delay in progress, action, etc.
- snow day — a day on which public schools or other institutions are closed due to heavy snow.
- snowbird — junco.
- snowdome — a leisure centre with facilities for skiing, skating, etc
- snowdrop — any of several early-blooming bulbous plants belonging to the genus Galanthus, of the amaryllis family, native to Eurasia, especially G. nivalis, having drooping white flowers with green markings.
- snowland — an area that is covered by snow
- snowmold — a fungus disease of grasses and grains, appearing in lawns as gray patches near the edge of melting snow
- snowshed — a structure, as over an extent of railroad track on a mountainside, for protection against snow.
- stewpond — a fishpond, often located in the garden of a monastery
- stowdown — the packing of or stowing in a ship's hold
- swordman — swordsman.
- swounded — swoon.
- takedown — made or constructed so as to be easily dismantled or disassembled.
- teardown — a taking apart; disassembly.
- thindown — a reduction in the number of particles, esp protons, of very high energy reaching and penetrating the earth's atmosphere from outer space
- tie down — that with which anything is tied.
- tie-down — a device for tying something down.
- top-down — See under structured programming.
- townland — a division of land of various sizes
- townsend — Francis Everett, 1867–1960, U.S. physician and proposer of the Townsend plan.
- turndown — that is or may be turned down; folded or doubled down: a turndown collar.
- unavowed — acknowledged; declared: an avowed enemy.
- undertow — the seaward, subsurface flow or draft of water from waves breaking on a beach.
- unplowed — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.