8-letter words containing o, r, w
- 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
- ear worm — a tune or part of a song that repeats in one’s mind.
- ear-worm — a tune or part of a song that repeats in one’s mind.
- earworms — Plural form of earworm.
- eat crow — any of several large oscine birds of the genus Corvus, of the family Corvidae, having a long, stout bill, lustrous black plumage, and a wedge-shaped tail, as the common C. brachyrhynchos, of North America.
- eelworms — Plural form of eelworm.
- embowers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embower.
- empowers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empower.
- endowers — Plural form of endower.
- enflower — to decorate with flowers
- escrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of escrow.
- ex works — (of a price, value, etc) excluding the cost of delivery from the factory and sometimes excluding the commission or profit of the distributor or retailer
- eyebrows — Plural form of eyebrow.
- facework — The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building.
- fallower — A person or machine that fallows, a reaper or plowman.
- fan worm — feather-duster worm.
- farmwork — The agricultural work done on a farm.
- farrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of farrow.
- fencerow — the uncultivated land on each side of and below a fence.
- figworts — Plural form of figwort.
- firewood — wood suitable for fuel.
- firework — Often, fireworks. a combustible or explosive device for producing a striking display of light or a loud noise, used for signaling or as part of a celebration.
- fireworm — the larva of any of several moths, as Rhopobota naevana (black-headed fireworm) which feeds on the leaves of cranberries and causes them to wither.
- fishworm — an earthworm.
- flatwork — sheets, tablecloths, etc., that are ordinarily ironed mechanically, as on a mangle, rather than by hand.
- flatworm — any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having bilateral symmetry and a soft, solid, usually flattened body, including the planarians, tapeworms, and trematodes; platyhelminth.
- fleawort — a European plantain, Plantago psyllium, having seeds that are used in medicine.
- flowered — having flowers.
- flowerer — a plant that flowers at a specific time or in a certain manner.