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10-letter words containing d, o, w

  • break down — If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
  • bridgetown — the capital of Barbados, a port on the SW coast. Pop: 144 000 (2005 est)
  • bridgework — a partial denture attached to the surrounding teeth
  • bring down — When people or events bring down a government or ruler, they cause the government or ruler to lose power.
  • broadsword — a broad-bladed sword used for cutting rather than stabbing
  • brown deer — a town in SE Wisconsin.
  • brownfield — Brownfield land is land in a town or city where houses or factories have been built in the past, but which is not being used at the present time.
  • build down — a process for reducing armaments, especially the number of nuclear weapons held by the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., by eliminating several older weapons for each new one that is deployed.
  • build-down — a gradual decrease in nuclear weapons, armed forces, etc., esp. by an agreement in which a smaller number of newer weapons would replace older ones
  • bulletwood — the wood of a tropical American sapotaceous tree, Manilkara bidentata, widely used for construction due to its durability and toughness
  • buttondown — (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
  • buttonwood — a North American plane tree, Platanus occidentalis
  • caddisworm — the aquatic larva of a caddis fly, which constructs a protective case around itself made of silk, sand, stones, etc
  • candlewood — the resinous wood of any of several trees, used for torches and candle substitutes
  • catchwords — Plural form of catchword.
  • chase down — If you chase someone down, you run after them or follow them quickly and catch them.
  • cheesewood — the tough yellowish wood of Australian trees of the genus Pittosporum: family Pittosporaceae
  • choke down — to swallow with difficulty
  • chow hound — a person who eats food in large quantities or with great gusto; glutton.
  • chowkidars — Plural form of chowkidar.
  • clamp down — To clamp down on people or activities means to take strong official action to stop or control them.
  • clamp-down — a device, usually of some rigid material, for strengthening or supporting objects or fastening them together.
  • clampdowns — Plural form of clampdown.
  • climb down — If you climb down in an argument or dispute, you admit that you are wrong, or change your intentions or demands.
  • climb-down — a retreat, as from an indefensible opinion or position.
  • close down — to cease or cause to cease operations
  • closedowns — Plural form of closedown.
  • coastwards — in the direction of the coast
  • codeswitch — Alternative form of code-switch.
  • codewalker — (programming, tool)   A program component that analyses other programs. Compilers have codewalkers in their front ends; so do cross-reference generators and some database front ends. Other utility programs that try to do too much with source code may turn into codewalkers. As in "This new 'vgrind' feature would require a codewalker to implement."
  • codswallop — If you describe something that someone has just said as codswallop, you mean that you think it is nonsense.
  • cold sweat — If you are in a cold sweat, you are sweating and feel cold, usually because you are very afraid or nervous.
  • cold-drawn — (of metal wire, bars, etc) having been drawn unheated through a die to reduce dimensions, toughen, and improve surface finish
  • cold-water — designating a room, apartment, etc. that is not provided with hot water or, sometimes, a bathroom
  • cordwainer — a shoemaker or worker in cordovan leather
  • cottonweed — a downy perennial plant, Otanthus maritimus, of European coastal regions, having small yellow flowers surrounded by large hairy bracts: family Asteraceae (composites)
  • cottonwood — A cottonwood or a cottonwood tree is a kind of tree that grows in North America and has seeds that are covered with hairs that look like cotton.
  • count down — to check over (the separate units or groups of a collection) one by one to determine the total number; add up; enumerate: He counted his tickets and found he had ten.
  • countdowns — Plural form of countdown.
  • countywide — Occurring or extending throughout a county.
  • cowardness — Synonym of cowardice.
  • crack down — If people in authority crack down on a group of people, they become stricter in making the group obey rules or laws.
  • crackdowns — Plural form of crackdown.
  • cross wind — a wind blowing across the course or path of a ship, aircraft, etc.
  • crosswinds — Plural form of crosswind.
  • crosswords — Plural form of crossword.
  • crotchwood — wood from a tree crotch, characterized by a swirling, irregular figure and used for furniture and veneers.
  • crowd surf — to engage in crowd surfing.
  • crowd-surf — to engage in crowd surfing.
  • crown land — (in the United Kingdom) land belonging to the Crown
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