10-letter words containing n, w
- downblouse — Describing a voyeuristic image of the view down a woman's cleavage.
- downbursts — Plural form of downburst.
- downcasted — Simple past tense and past participle of downcast.
- downcomers — a pipe, tube, or passage for conducting fluid materials downward.
- downcurved — curved downward at the edges or end: his downcurved mouth conveyed his disappointment; downcurved beak.
- downdrafts — Plural form of downdraft.
- downfallen — descent to a lower position or standing; overthrow; ruin.
- downgraded — Simple past tense and past participle of downgrade.
- downgrades — Plural form of downgrade.
- downgrowth — something that grows or has grown in a downward direction: The posterior pituitary is a downgrowth of the brain.
- downhiller — a skier who competes in downhill races, especially in the downhill.
- downlights — Plural form of downlight.
- downloaded — Simple past tense and past participle of download.
- downloader — Someone who downloads files from the Internet.
- downlooked — having a sad or dejected appearance
- downmarket — Toward or relating to the cheaper or less prestigious sector of the market.
- downplayed — Simple past tense and past participle of downplay.
- downrigger — a fishing line used in trolling that is attached to a weighted cable in order to put lures or bait at a specific depth under a boat, usually near the floor.
- downscaled — Simple past tense and past participle of downscale.
- downsizing — to design or manufacture a smaller version or type of: The automotive industry downsized its cars for improved fuel economy.
- downslides — Plural form of downslide.
- downspouts — Plural form of downspout.
- downstairs — down the stairs.
- downstater — A person from downstate; usually specifically a person from downstate New York.
- downstream — upstream
- downstreet — Toward the lower part of a street.
- downstroke — a downward stroke, as of a machine part, piston, or the like.
- downswings — Plural form of downswing.
- downthrows — Plural form of downthrow.
- downtowner — Someone from downtown.
- downtrends — Plural form of downtrend.
- downturned — Turned downwards.
- downwardly — Also, downwards. from a higher to a lower place or condition.
- downwashes — Plural form of downwash.
- drawing-in — the act or process of threading warp ends through the heddle eyes of the harness and the dents of the reed according to a given plan for weaving a fabric.
- drawknives — Plural form of drawknife.
- drawlingly — Speaking with a drawl.
- drawn work — ornamental work done by drawing threads from a fabric, the remaining portions usually being formed into lacelike patterns by needlework.
- drawstring — a string or cord that tightens or closes an opening, as of a bag, clothing, or the like, when one or both ends are pulled.
- dress down — of or for a dress or dresses.
- dress-down — pertaining to or being a policy that allows employees to dress less formally than usual: dress-down days during the summer.
- drill down — bore a hole
- drinkwater — John, 1882–1937, English poet, playwright, and critic.
- drownproof — to teach (a person) the technique of drownproofing.
- drowsiness — half-asleep; sleepy.
- duniwassal — (in Scotland) a minor nobleman
- dutchwoman — a female native or inhabitant of the Netherlands; a woman of Dutch ancestry.
- earthwoman — a female inhabitant or native of the planet Earth.
- earthwomen — Plural form of earthwoman.
- earwigging — any of numerous elongate, nocturnal insects of the order Dermaptera, having a pair of large, movable pincers at the rear of the abdomen.