8-letter words containing w, d, o
- kickdown — a method of changing gear in a car with automatic transmission, by fully depressing the accelerator
- kingwood — a Brazilian wood streaked with violet tints, used especially in cabinetwork.
- kirkwood — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- knotweed — any of several knotty-stemmed plants belonging to the genus Polygonum, of the buckwheat family.
- knowledg — Obsolete form of knowledge.
- koldewey — Robert [rob-ert;; German roh-bert] /ˈrɒb ərt;; German ˈroʊ bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1925, German archaeologist.
- kowtowed — Simple past tense and past participle of kowtow.
- lacewood — the quartersawed wood of the sycamore tree.
- lakewood — a city in central Colorado, near Denver.
- latewood — Wood formed in a tree relatively late in the season.
- lay down — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- leadwork — work involving lead, such as maintenance work on lead pipes
- leadwort — any plant or shrub of the genus Plumbago, having spikes of blue, white, or red flowers.
- let down — British. a lease.
- letdowns — Plural form of letdown.
- lie down — the manner, relative position, or direction in which something lies: the lie of the patio, facing the water. Synonyms: place, location, site.
- lie-down — a nap.
- limewood — the wood of a linden.
- lindworm — a wingless, two-legged dragon
- loanword — a word in one language that has been borrowed from another language and usually naturalized, as wine, taken into Old English from Latin vinum, or macho, taken into Modern English from Spanish.
- lockdown — the confining of prisoners to their cells, as following a riot or other disturbance.
- lockwood — Belva Ann Bennett [bel-vuh] /ˈbɛl və/ (Show IPA), 1830–1917, U.S. lawyer and women's-rights activist.
- locoweed — any of various leguminous plants of the genera Astragalus and Oxytropis, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, causing locoism in sheep, horses, etc.
- log-wood — a portion or length of the trunk or of a large limb of a felled tree.
- logwoods — Plural form of logwood.
- longwood — a city in central Florida.
- longword — (computing) A type of unsigned integer variable that is longer than a word (specific number of bits depends upon architecture).
- lookdown — the appearance of paper when inspected under reflected light.
- low road — a method, manner, etc., that is underhand, unscrupulous, or otherwise contemptible.
- low tide — the tide at the point of maximum ebb.
- low-down — If someone gives you the low-down on a person or thing, they tell you all the important information about them.
- low-paid — job: poorly remunerated
- lowlands — land that is low or level, in comparison with the adjacent country.
- lowrider — an individually decorated and customized car fitted with hydraulic jacks that permit lowering of the chassis nearly to the road.
- lynnwood — a city in NW Washington.
- madwoman — a woman who is or behaves as if insane.
- madwomen — Plural form of madwoman.
- madworts — Plural form of madwort.
- markdown — a reduction in price, usually to encourage buying.
- mawbound — (of cattle) constipated
- mcdowell — Ephraim, 1771–1830, U.S. surgeon.
- mellowed — soft, sweet, and full-flavored from ripeness, as fruit.
- meltdown — network meltdown
- milkwood — any of various trees having a milky juice, as Pseudomedia spuria, of Jamaica.
- mixdowns — Plural form of mixdown.
- moldwarp — the common European mole, Talpa europaea.
- moonward — Also, moonwards. toward the moon: turned their eyes moonward.
- mow down — to cut down (grass, grain, etc.) with a scythe or a machine.
- my word! — an exclamation of surprise, annoyance, etc
- narrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of narrow.