8-letter words containing t, w, o, d
- let down — British. a lease.
- letdowns — Plural form of letdown.
- low tide — the tide at the point of maximum ebb.
- madworts — Plural form of madwort.
- meltdown — network meltdown
- old west — the western region of the U.S., especially in the frontier period of the 19th century.
- out-word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- outcrowd — to crowd out or exclude
- outdwell — to last longer than
- outlawed — a lawless person or habitual criminal, especially one who is a fugitive from the law.
- outwards — proceeding or directed toward the outside or exterior, or away from a central point: the outward flow of gold; the outward part of a voyage.
- outworld — (in science fiction) an outlying or alien planet.
- pat-down — an act or instance of passing the hands over the body of a clothed person to detect concealed weapons, drugs, etc.; frisking.
- put down — a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- put-down — a landing of an aircraft.
- sandwort — any plant belonging to the genus Arenaria, of the pink family, having narrow leaves and clusters of usually white flowers, many of which grow in sandy soil.
- set down — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- shutdown — a shutting down, as of a factory, school, or machine; a termination or suspension of operations, services, or business activity: a partial government shutdown; an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor.
- sit down — done or accomplished while sitting down: sit-down meetings between the two party leaders.
- sit-down — done or accomplished while sitting down: sit-down meetings between the two party leaders.
- softwood — any wood that is relatively soft or easily cut.
- stewpond — a fishpond, often located in the garden of a monastery
- stopword — any of a number of very commonly used words, as a, and, in, and to, that are normally excluded by computer search engines or when compiling a concordance.
- stowdown — the packing of or stowing in a ship's hold
- studwork — the act or process of building with studding.
- takedown — made or constructed so as to be easily dismantled or disassembled.
- teakwood — the wood of the teak.
- teardown — a taking apart; disassembly.
- the word — the proper or most fitting expression
- thindown — a reduction in the number of particles, esp protons, of very high energy reaching and penetrating the earth's atmosphere from outer space
- tie down — that with which anything is tied.
- tie-down — a device for tying something down.
- top-down — See under structured programming.
- towardly — apt to learn; promising.
- townland — a division of land of various sizes
- townsend — Francis Everett, 1867–1960, U.S. physician and proposer of the Townsend plan.
- turndown — that is or may be turned down; folded or doubled down: a turndown collar.
- two-door — (of a car) having two doors
- two-fold — a unit of stage scenery consisting of two flats hinged together.
- undertow — the seaward, subsurface flow or draft of water from waves breaking on a beach.
- unstowed — to remove (tools, utensils, equipment, etc.) from stowage, especially in preparation for use.
- untoward — unfavorable or unfortunate: Untoward circumstances forced him into bankruptcy.
- unwonted — not customary or usual; rare: unwonted kindness.
- wantoned — Simple past tense and past participle of wanton.
- wardmote — (historical) A meeting of the inhabitants of a ward.
- watchdog — a dog kept to guard property.
- waterdog — any of several large salamanders, as a mudpuppy or hellbender.
- web-toed — web-footed.
- weed out — a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop.
- westford — a city in NE Massachusetts.