9-letter words containing d, o, w, s
- downshift — to shift an automotive transmission or vehicle into a lower gear.
- downsides — Plural form of downside.
- downsized — Simple past tense and past participle of downsize.
- downsizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downsize.
- downslide — a decline or downward trend, as of prices.
- downslope — A downward slope.
- downspout — a pipe for conveying rain water from a roof or gutter to the ground or to a drain.
- downstage — at or toward the front of the stage.
- downstair — down the stairs.
- downstate — the southern part of a U.S. state.
- downswept — curved downwards
- downswing — a downward swing, as of a golf club in driving a ball.
- downticks — Plural form of downtick.
- downtowns — Plural form of downtown.
- downturns — Plural form of downturn.
- downwards — Also, downwards. from a higher to a lower place or condition.
- drag show — a performance by drag artists
- draw lots — to decide an issue by using lots
- draw shot — a stroke that imparts a backward spin to the cue ball, causing it to roll back after striking the object ball. Compare follow shot (def 2).
- drawworks — A drawworks is a drum for reeling the drill string in and out.
- dropworts — Plural form of dropwort.
- drownings — Plural form of drowning.
- dumb show — a part of a dramatic representation given in pantomime, common in early English drama.
- dump scow — a barge for disposing of garbage, dredged material, etc., having hoppers in the bottom through which such cargo can be dumped.
- dust bowl — the region in the S central U.S. that suffered from dust storms in the 1930s.
- dust down — wipe clean
- eyeshadow — A colored cosmetic, typically in powder form, applied to the eyelids or to the skin around the eyes to accentuate them.
- flatwoods — a woodland in a low-lying region having little drainage.
- for words — indescribably; extremely
- forewords — Plural form of foreword.
- frostweed — a plant, Helianthemum canadense, of the rockrose family, native to eastern North America, having narrow leaves and a solitary yellow flower.
- goalwards — toward or in the direction of the opposing team's goal
- god knows — If someone says God knows in reply to a question, they mean that they do not know the answer.
- good news — someone or something that is positive, encouraging, uplifting, desirable, or the like.
- good show — excellent, that's good
- goosedown — Down from a goose.
- gowdspink — the goldfinch
- hardwoods — Plural form of hardwood.
- headwords — Plural form of headword.
- hedgerows — Plural form of hedgerow.
- hold sway — have influence
- homewards — Of or pertaining to leading toward home.
- honeydews — Plural form of honeydew.
- hoodwinks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hoodwink.
- horseweed — a North American composite weed, Erigeron canadensis, having narrow, hairy leaves and clusters of very small greenish-white flowers.
- horsewood — A West Indian tree, Calliandra latifolia, with showy crimson blossoms.
- hose down — spray sth clean
- ironwoods — Plural form of ironwood.
- isherwood — Christopher (William Bradshaw) [brad-shaw] /ˈbræd ʃɔ/ (Show IPA), 1904–86, English poet, novelist, and playwright; in the U.S. since 1938.
- kingswood — a city in South Gloucestershire, SW England.