9-letter words containing w, d, o
- hose down — spray sth clean
- how-de-do — a greeting; salutation: She smiled and gave him a how-do-you-do fit for a king.
- howl down — to utter a loud, prolonged, mournful cry, as that of a dog or wolf.
- howlround — the condition, resulting in a howling noise, when sound from a loudspeaker is fed back into the microphone of a public-address or recording system
- howtowdie — a Scottish dish of boiled chicken with poached eggs and spinach
- hull down — the hollow, lowermost portion of a ship, floating partially submerged and supporting the remainder of the ship.
- hunt down — to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.
- in a 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.
- inglewood — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- ironwoods — Plural form of ironwood.
- isherwood — Christopher (William Bradshaw) [brad-shaw] /ˈbræd ʃɔ/ (Show IPA), 1904–86, English poet, novelist, and playwright; in the U.S. since 1938.
- ivorywood — the yellowish-white wood of an Australian tree, Siphonodon australe, used for engraving, inlaying, and turnery
- jointweed — a plant of the buckwheat family, with jointed stems and clustered white or pink flowers
- keep down — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- kick down — vehicle: lower gear
- kingswood — a city in South Gloucestershire, SW England.
- knockdown — capable of knocking something down; overwhelming; irresistible: a knockdown blow.
- knotweeds — Plural form of knotweed.
- knowledge — acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation; general erudition: knowledge of many things.
- kollywood — the Tamil-language film industry, based at Kodambakkam in S India
- lamb down — to persuade (someone) to spend all his money
- lancewood — the tough, elastic wood of any of various trees, especially Oxandra lanceolata, of tropical America, used for carriage shafts, cabinetwork, etc.
- landowner — an owner or proprietor of land.
- landowska — Wanda [won-duh;; Polish vahn-dah] /ˈwɒn də;; Polish ˈvɑn dɑ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1959, Polish harpsichordist, in the U.S. after 1940.
- lansdowne — Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice [pet-ee-fits-mawr-is,, -mor-] /ˈpɛt i fɪtsˈmɔr ɪs,, -ˈmɒr-/ (Show IPA), 5th Marquis of, 1845–1927, British statesman: viceroy of India 1888–94, foreign secretary 1900–05.
- last word — the closing remark or comment, as in an argument: By the rules of debate she would have the last word.
- late wood — summerwood.
- law lords — (in Britain) members of the House of Lords who sit as the highest court of appeal, although in theory the full House of Lords has this role
- leadworks — a factory that makes things out of lead
- leadworts — Plural form of leadwort.
- lemonwood — a tropical American tree, Calycophyllum candidissimum, of the madder family, having flowers with conspicuous white calyx lobes.
- lifeworld — All the immediate experiences, activities, and contacts that make up the world of an individual or corporate life.
- lightwood — Also called fatwood. kindling.
- live down — to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
- load down — If you load someone down with things, especially heavy things, you give them a large number of them or put a large number of them on them.
- loan word — 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.
- loanwords — Plural form of loanword.
- lock down — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- lockdowns — Plural form of lockdown.
- locoweeds — Plural form of locoweed.
- lollywood — the Pakistani film industry, based in Lahore
- longsword — A sword of a kind used in mediaeval Europe for hewing, thrusting and slicing. It is well suited to two-handed use in combat, but some can also be used in one hand.
- longwords — Plural form of longword.
- look down — the appearance of paper when inspected under reflected light.
- look-down — the appearance of paper when inspected under reflected light.
- lookdowns — Plural form of lookdown.
- low board — a diving board 1 meter (3.2 feet) above the water.
- low rider — an individually decorated and customized car fitted with hydraulic jacks that permit lowering of the chassis nearly to the road.
- low-grade — of an inferior quality, worth, value, etc.: The mine yields low-grade silver ore.
- lowballed — Simple past tense and past participle of lowball.