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9-letter words containing d, o, w, s

  • shadowbox — to make the motions of attack and defense, as in boxing, as a training or conditioning procedure.
  • shadowily — in a shadowy way or manner
  • 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.
  • shootdown — the attack and destruction of an aircraft in flight.
  • shoreward — Also, shorewards. toward the shore or land.
  • shoreweed — a tufty aquatic perennial, Littorella uniflora, of the plantain family, that forms underwater mats but usually flowers only on muddy margins
  • shorewood — a city in SE Wisconsin, near Milwaukee.
  • show card — an advertising placard or card.
  • showbread — the 12 loaves of bread placed every Sabbath on a table in the sanctuary of the Biblical tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem as an offering by the priests to God. Ex. 25:30; Lev. 24:5–9.
  • showcased — a glass case for the display and protection of articles in shops, museums, etc.
  • shut down — to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
  • slag down — to give a verbal lashing to
  • slap down — a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
  • slideshow — a presentation of photographic slides, or images on a transparent base, placed in a projector and viewed sequentially on a screen.
  • slim down — slender, as in girth or form; slight in build or structure.
  • slow down — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
  • slow food — food that has been prepared with care, using high-quality local and seasonal ingredients
  • 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 mold — a disease of cereals and other grasses, characterized by a dense, cottony growth that covers the affected parts as the snow melts in the spring, caused by any of several fungi of the genera Calonectria, Fusarium, Pythium, and Typhula.
  • snow-clad — covered with snow.
  • snowblade — one of a pair of short skis used without poles
  • snowboard — a board for gliding on snow, resembling a wide ski, to which both feet are secured and that one rides in an upright position.
  • snowbound — shut in or immobilized by snow.
  • snowdonia — a massif in NW Wales, in Gwynedd, the highest peak being Snowdon
  • snowdrift — a mound or bank of snow driven together by the wind.
  • snowed in — If you are snowed in, you cannot go anywhere because of heavy snow.
  • snowfield — a large and relatively permanent expanse of snow.
  • snowmould — a fungal disease of soil or grass resulting from snow cover
  • snowslide — an avalanche consisting largely or entirely of snow.
  • snug down — to make ready for a storm by reducing sail, lashing movable gear, etc.
  • sod's law — (humour)   Murphy's Law.
  • sound bow — that part of a bell against which the tongue strikes.
  • sound law — phonetic law.
  • southdown — one of an English breed of sheep, yielding mutton of high quality.
  • southward — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
  • spadework — preliminary or initial work, such as the gathering of data, on which further activity is to be based.
  • spelldown — a spelling competition that begins with all the contestants standing and that ends when all but one, the winner, have been required to sit down due to a specified number of misspellings.
  • spicewood — spicebush (def 1).
  • spot-weld — to weld (two pieces of metal) together in a small area or spot by the application of heat and pressure.
  • standdown — the action of ending military activities or active duty temporarily, or a period or condition of being temporarily relieved from active duty
  • step down — serving to reduce or decrease voltage: a step-down transformer.
  • step-down — serving to reduce or decrease voltage: a step-down transformer.
  • stew pond — a fishpond or fishtank
  • stinkwood — any of several trees yielding fetid wood.
  • stockwood — (Arthur) Mervyn. 1913–95, British Anglican prelate; bishop of Southwark (1959–80)
  • stop down — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
  • storewide — applying to all the merchandise or all the departments within a store: the annual storewide clearance sale.
  • sundowner — Chiefly British. an alcoholic drink taken after completing the day's work, usually at sundown.
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