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

  • portadown — a town in S Northern Ireland, in the district of Armagh. Pop: 25 958 (2001)
  • powdering — a thin sprinkling of something on a surface
  • powderman — a person in charge of explosives, especially in a demolition crew.
  • pre-owned — previously owned; used; secondhand: a sale of preowned furs.
  • prickwood — the dense wood of the spindle tree, used for making skewers
  • prowessed — brave or skilful
  • quadwords — Plural form of quadword.
  • rainbowed — containing, resembling, or involving a rainbow
  • ramp down — decrease effort, work
  • raw-boned — having little flesh, especially on a large-boned frame; gaunt.
  • reforward — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
  • ride down — to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
  • ridgewood — a city in NE New Jersey.
  • road show — touring performance or display
  • road town — a town on SE Tortola, in the NE West Indies: capital of the British Virgin Islands.
  • road-show — of or relating to road shows.
  • roadworks — work, as construction or repairs, done on a road.
  • root word — basic word form without prefix or suffix
  • rosenwald — Julius, 1862–1932, U.S. businessman and philanthropist.
  • rosinweed — any coarse, North American, composite plant of the genus Silphium, having a resinous juice and stalkless, paired leaves.
  • roundwood — small pieces of timber (about 5–15 cm, or 2–6 in.) in diameter; small logs
  • roundworm — any nematode, especially Ascaris lumbricoides, that infests the intestine of humans and other mammals.
  • rowdiness — a rough, disorderly person.
  • rude word — a word that is generally considered vulgar or obscene; swearword
  • scrubdown — an act or instance of scrubbing, especially a thorough washing of a surface or object: The decks of the ship get a scrubdown every morning.
  • scrumdown — the forming of a scrum in rugby
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • snowdrift — a mound or bank of snow driven together by the wind.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • swearword — a word used in swearing or cursing; a profane or obscene word.
  • sword arm — the arm in which your sword is normally held
  • swordbill — a South American hummingbird, Ensifera ensifera, having a slender bill that is longer than its body.
  • swordfish — a large, marine food fish, Xiphias gladius, having the upper jaw elongated into a swordlike structure.
  • swordplay — the action or technique of wielding a sword; fencing.
  • swordsman — a person who uses or is skilled in the use of a sword.
  • swordtail — any of several small, brightly colored, viviparous, freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, native to Central America, having the lower part of the caudal fin elongated into a swordlike structure: often kept in aquariums.
  • tear down — to pull apart or in pieces by force, especially so as to leave ragged or irregular edges. Synonyms: rend, rip, rive. Antonyms: mend, repair, sew.
  • the crowd — the common people; the masses
  • the sword — violence, warfare
  • throwdown — challenge to a physical or artistic competition
  • tigerwood — a heavily striped wood used in cabinetmaking
  • torchwood — any of various resinous woods suitable for making torches, as the wood of the tree Amyris balsamifera, of the rue family, native to Florida and the West Indies.
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