8-letter words containing d, r, o, w
- dew-worm — any large earthworm that is found on the ground at night and is used as fishing bait
- dewdrops — a drop of dew.
- dewormer — an agent for ridding (animals) of worms
- discrown — to deprive of a crown; dethrone; depose.
- doctorow — E(dgar) L(aurence) born 1931, U.S. author and editor.
- dog work — tedious labor; drudgery.
- doorways — Plural form of doorway.
- dowagers — Plural form of dowager.
- dowering — Present participle of dower.
- downpour — a heavy, drenching rain.
- downrate — to lower the rate of: to downrate the speed of an economic recovery.
- downrush — (intransitive) To rush down; rush downward.
- downtrod — tyrannized over; oppressed: the downtrodden plebeians of ancient Rome.
- downturn — an act or instance of turning down or the state of being turned down: the downturn of a lower lip in a permanent pout.
- downward — Also, downwards. from a higher to a lower place or condition.
- draw off — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- draw out — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- draw top — a tabletop that can be extended by drawing out and raising leaves suspended from either end.
- drawbore — a hole in a tenon made eccentric with the corresponding holes to the mortise so that the two pieces being joined will be forced tightly together when the pin (drawbore pin) is hammered into place.
- drawdown — a lowering of water surface level, as in a well.
- drawhole — a funnel-shaped vertical opening cut at the bottom of a stope, which permits the loading of ore into conveyances in the passageways below.
- dropdown — (computing, GUI, of a widget) Dropping down from above; being a specific type of selection control that hides its contents until activated.
- dropwise — in the form of a drop
- dropwort — a European plant, Filipendula vulgaris, of the rose family, bearing small, scentless, white or reddish flowers.
- drownded — Simple past tense and past participle of drownd.
- drowning — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- drowsier — Comparative form of drowsy.
- drowsily — half-asleep; sleepy.
- drowsing — Present participle of drowse.
- ductwork — a system of ducts used for a particular purpose, as in a ventilation or heating system.
- dyeworks — a factory producing dyes
- endowers — Plural form of endower.
- escrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of escrow.
- farrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of farrow.
- firewood — wood suitable for fuel.
- flowered — having flowers.
- foreward — (obsolete) An advance group; the vanguard.
- forewind — a favourable wind
- foreword — a short introductory statement in a published work, as a book, especially when written by someone other than the author.
- forwards — forward.
- frowsted — Simple past tense and past participle of frowst.
- furrowed — a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.
- fuzzword — A term that is deliberately vague or euphemistic in meaning.
- glowered — to look or stare with sullen dislike, discontent, or anger.
- goalward — relating to a move towards a goal
- goldwork — work produced by a goldsmith.
- gridwork — Work in the form of a grid.
- griswold — Erwin Nathaniel, 1904–1994, U.S. lawyer and educator: dean of Harvard University Law School 1950–67.
- halfword — (computing) An area of storage one half the size of the word in a particular system; usually two bytes.
- handwork — work done by hand, as distinguished from work done by machine.