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.