8-letter words containing r, w, d
- 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.
- drawings — Plural form of drawing.
- drawling — an act or utterance of a person who drawls.
- drawlink — (rail transport) drawbar.
- drawtube — a tube sliding within another tube, as the tube carrying the eyepiece in a microscope.
- driftway — A common road or path for driving cattle.
- driveway — a road, especially a private one, leading from a street or other thoroughfare to a building, house, garage, etc.
- 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.
- dry wash — clothes, curtains, etc., washed and dried but not yet ironed. Compare wet wash.
- dry well — a drainage pit lined with loose stonework for the leaching of liquid wastes.
- dry wine — wine that is not sweet
- dry-wall — to construct or renovate with dry wall: to dry-wall the interior of a house.
- drywalls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drywall.
- ductwork — a system of ducts used for a particular purpose, as in a ventilation or heating system.
- dwarfing — Present participle of dwarf.
- dwarfish — like a dwarf, especially in being abnormally small; diminutive.
- dwarfism — the condition of being a dwarf or dwarfed.
- dwarvish — Synonym of dwarfish.
- dwellers — to live or stay as a permanent resident; reside.
- dyeworks — a factory producing dyes
- eastward — Also, eastwards. toward the east.
- edward i — ("Edward Longshanks") 1239–1307, king of England 1272–1307 (son of Henry III).
- edward v — 1470–83, king of England 1483 (son of Edward IV).
- endowers — Plural form of endower.
- escrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of escrow.
- faceward — Toward the face.
- farrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of farrow.
- finedraw — (transitive) To sew up so finely that the seam is not visible; to renter.
- fireward — (obsolete) a fire chief.
- fireweed — any of various plants appearing in recently burned clearings, as the willow herb, Epilobium angustifolium.
- 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.
- fud wars — /fuhd worz/ Political posturing, intended to create FUD, engaged in by hardware and software vendors ostensibly committed to standardisation but actually willing to fragment the market to protect their own shares. The Unix International vs. OSF conflict is but one outstanding example.
- furrowed — a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.
- fuzzword — A term that is deliberately vague or euphemistic in meaning.
- gladwrap — a thin polythene material that clings closely to any surface around which it is placed: used for wrapping food
- glowered — to look or stare with sullen dislike, discontent, or anger.