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

  • horsewood — A West Indian tree, Calliandra latifolia, with showy crimson blossoms.
  • howlround — the condition, resulting in a howling noise, when sound from a loudspeaker is fed back into the microphone of a public-address or recording system
  • in a word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
  • 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.
  • ivorywood — the yellowish-white wood of an Australian tree, Siphonodon australe, used for engraving, inlaying, and turnery
  • landowner — an owner or proprietor of land.
  • last word — the closing remark or comment, as in an argument: By the rules of debate she would have the last word.
  • law lords — (in Britain) members of the House of Lords who sit as the highest court of appeal, although in theory the full House of Lords has this role
  • leadworks — a factory that makes things out of lead
  • leadworts — Plural form of leadwort.
  • lifeworld — All the immediate experiences, activities, and contacts that make up the world of an individual or corporate life.
  • loan word — a word in one language that has been borrowed from another language and usually naturalized, as wine, taken into Old English from Latin vinum, or macho, taken into Modern English from Spanish.
  • loanwords — Plural form of loanword.
  • longsword — A sword of a kind used in mediaeval Europe for hewing, thrusting and slicing. It is well suited to two-handed use in combat, but some can also be used in one hand.
  • longwords — Plural form of longword.
  • low board — a diving board 1 meter (3.2 feet) above the water.
  • low rider — an individually decorated and customized car fitted with hydraulic jacks that permit lowering of the chassis nearly to the road.
  • low-grade — of an inferior quality, worth, value, etc.: The mine yields low-grade silver ore.
  • lowlander — a native of the Lowlands.
  • lowriding — the practice of traveling in a lowrider.
  • mark down — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
  • mark-down — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
  • markdowns — Plural form of markdown.
  • meadowrue — A plant (any plant of genus Thalictrum), also known as thalictrum.
  • misworded — to word incorrectly.
  • mold-warp — the common European mole, Talpa europaea.
  • moonwards — towards the moon
  • nanoworld — The sphere of influence of nanotechnology.
  • networked — any netlike combination of filaments, lines, veins, passages, or the like: a network of arteries; a network of sewers under the city.
  • new order — a new or revised system of operation, form of government, plan of attack, or the like.
  • new world — Western Hemisphere (def 1).
  • newground — a tract of land recently cleared for cultivation.
  • newsboard — bulletin board.
  • no wonder — it is not surprising
  • northward — Also, northwards, northwardly. toward the north.
  • oceanward — Toward the ocean.
  • old world — Old world is used to describe places and things that are or seem to be from an earlier period of history, and that look interesting or attractive.
  • old-world — of or relating to the ancient world or to a former period of history.
  • outwardly — as regards appearance or outward manifestation: outwardly charming; outwardly considerate.
  • outworked — Simple past tense and past participle of outwork.
  • over-wind — to wind beyond the proper limit; wind too far: He must have overwound his watch.
  • overcrowd — Fill (accommodations or a space) beyond what is usual or comfortable.
  • overdrawn — Past participle of overdraw.
  • overdraws — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overdraw.
  • overdrown — (obsolete, transitive) To wet or drench to excess.
  • overwound — to wind beyond the proper limit; wind too far: He must have overwound his watch.
  • own brand — Own brands are products which have the trademark or label of the shop which sells them, especially a supermarket chain. They are normally cheaper than other popular brands.
  • pewholder — a person who leases or is the owner of a pew or an area of seats in a church
  • piepowder — a travelling market trader, merchant or similar traveller
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