9-letter words containing w, d, a
- deadwoods — Plural form of deadwood.
- deal with — When you deal with something or someone that needs attention, you give your attention to them, and often solve a problem or make a decision concerning them.
- death row — If someone is on death row, they are in the part of a prison which contains the cells for criminals who have been sentenced to death.
- deathblow — a thing or event that destroys life or hope, esp suddenly
- deathward — having an inclination or disposition towards death
- debt swap — A debt swap is a legal agreement where two people or companies exchange their debts, often where one has a fixed interest rate and one does not.
- deep-draw — to form (tubing, containers, etc.) by pulling strip or sheet metal between suitably formed and spaced dies. Compare cup (def 22).
- deepwater — having or taking place in deep water
- delftware — glazed earthenware, usually blue and white, which originated in Delft
- dew plant — sundew.
- dew snail — a slug
- dewatered — Simple past tense and past participle of dewater.
- dewaterer — a person who or a thing which dewaters
- dewlapped — Having dewlaps (of a specified kind).
- dial down — to reduce or become reduced
- dire dawa — city in E Ethiopia: pop. 98,000
- 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.
- disallows — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disallow.
- disavowal — a disowning; repudiation; denial.
- disavowed — Deny any responsibility or support for.
- dishallow — to profane; desecrate.
- dishwater — water in which dishes are, or have been, washed.
- doomwatch — surveillance of the environment to warn of and prevent harm to it from human factors such as pollution or overpopulation
- 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.
- down card — a card that is dealt and played face down, as in blackjack and stud poker.
- down east — New England.
- downbeats — Plural form of downbeat.
- downdraft — a downward current, as of air: a downdraft in a mine shaft.
- downfalls — Plural form of downfall.
- downgrade — a downward slope, especially of a road.
- downloads — to transfer (software, data, character sets, etc.) from a distant to a nearby computer, from a larger to a smaller computer, or from a computer to a peripheral device.
- downplays — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downplay.
- downrange — (of a missile, space launch, etc.) traveling in a specified direction away from the launch site and toward the target.
- downscale — located at, moving toward, or of or for the middle or lower end of a social or economic scale: The discount store caters mainly to downscale customers.
- downstage — at or toward the front of the stage.
- downstair — down the stairs.
- downstate — the southern part of a U.S. state.
- downwards — Also, downwards. from a higher to a lower place or condition.
- downy oak — Quercus pubescens
- 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).