9-letter words containing r, w, d
- deworming — Present participle of deworm.
- dire dawa — city in E Ethiopia: pop. 98,000
- dire wolf — an extinct wolf, Canis dirus, widespread in North America during the Pleistocene Epoch, having a larger body and a smaller brain than the modern wolf.
- dirty war — a war conducted by the military or secret police of a regime against revolutionary and terrorist insurgents and marked by the regime's use of kidnapping, torture, and murder, with members of the civilian population often the victims.
- dishwater — water in which dishes are, or have been, washed.
- doorwoman — the female door attendant of an apartment house, nightclub, etc., who acts as doorkeeper and performs minor services for entering and departing residents or guests.
- doorwomen — Plural form of doorwoman.
- dowerless — Law. the portion of a deceased husband's real property allowed to his widow for her lifetime.
- dowitcher — any of several long-billed, snipelike shore birds of North America and Asia, especially Limnodromus griseus.
- down card — a card that is dealt and played face down, as in blackjack and stud poker.
- downburst — a strong downward current of air from a cumulonimbus cloud, often associated with intense thunderstorms.
- downcomer — a pipe, tube, or passage for conducting fluid materials downward.
- downcourt — to or into the opposite end of the court.
- downdraft — a downward current, as of air: a downdraft in a mine shaft.
- downforce — a force produced by air resistance plus gravity that increases the stability of an aircraft or motor vehicle by pressing it downwards
- downgrade — a downward slope, especially of a road.
- downpours — Plural form of downpour.
- downrange — (of a missile, space launch, etc.) traveling in a specified direction away from the launch site and toward the target.
- downright — thorough; absolute; out-and-out: a downright falsehood.
- downriver — Toward or situated at a point nearer the mouth of a river.
- downstair — down the stairs.
- downthrow — a throwing down or being thrown down; overthrow.
- downtrend — a downward or decreasing tendency, movement, or shift: a downtrend in gasoline consumption; a downtrend in stock prices.
- downturns — Plural form of downturn.
- downwards — Also, downwards. from a higher to a lower place or condition.
- drag down — demoralize
- drag show — a performance by drag artists
- draw away — 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 back — a hindrance or disadvantage; an undesirable or objectionable feature.
- draw down — 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 fire — If you draw fire for something that you have done, you cause people to criticize you or attack you because of it.
- draw game — a game in which a player must keep drawing pieces from the boneyard until a playable one is drawn.
- draw gear — an apparatus for coupling railway cars
- draw into — involve sb in sth
- draw lots — to decide an issue by using lots
- draw play — draw (def 54).
- draw rein — to tighten the reins
- draw shot — a stroke that imparts a backward spin to the cue ball, causing it to roll back after striking the object ball. Compare follow shot (def 2).
- draw upon — use as source or resource
- draw-gate — the valve that controls a sluice
- draw-loom — an early handloom used for producing figured fabrics.
- draw-slip — a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- drawbacks — Plural form of drawback.
- drawbench — a bench having apparatus for cold-drawing wires, tubes, etc.
- drawerful — an amount sufficient to fill a drawer: a drawerful of socks.
- drawknife — a knife with a handle at each end at right angles to the blade, used by drawing over a surface.
- drawn-out — long-drawn-out.
- drawnwork — Ornamental work on linen or other fabric, done by drawing out threads and usually with additional needlework.
- drawplate — A hardened steel plate having a hole, or a gradation of conical holes, through which wires are drawn to be reduced and elongated.
- drawshave — drawknife.