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9-letter words containing w, o, n, d

  • slap down — a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
  • slim down — slender, as in girth or form; slight in build or structure.
  • slow down — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
  • smackdown — a severe rebuke or criticism: his amazing smackdown of the protesters.
  • snakewood — the heavy, dark-red wood of a South American tree, Piratinera guianensis, used for decorative veneers, musical instrument bows, etc.
  • snow mold — a disease of cereals and other grasses, characterized by a dense, cottony growth that covers the affected parts as the snow melts in the spring, caused by any of several fungi of the genera Calonectria, Fusarium, Pythium, and Typhula.
  • snow-clad — covered with snow.
  • snowblade — one of a pair of short skis used without poles
  • snowboard — a board for gliding on snow, resembling a wide ski, to which both feet are secured and that one rides in an upright position.
  • snowbound — shut in or immobilized by snow.
  • snowdonia — a massif in NW Wales, in Gwynedd, the highest peak being Snowdon
  • snowdrift — a mound or bank of snow driven together by the wind.
  • snowed in — If you are snowed in, you cannot go anywhere because of heavy snow.
  • snowfield — a large and relatively permanent expanse of snow.
  • snowmould — a fungal disease of soil or grass resulting from snow cover
  • snowslide — an avalanche consisting largely or entirely of snow.
  • snug down — to make ready for a storm by reducing sail, lashing movable gear, etc.
  • sound bow — that part of a bell against which the tongue strikes.
  • sound law — phonetic law.
  • southdown — one of an English breed of sheep, yielding mutton of high quality.
  • spelldown — a spelling competition that begins with all the contestants standing and that ends when all but one, the winner, have been required to sit down due to a specified number of misspellings.
  • standdown — the action of ending military activities or active duty temporarily, or a period or condition of being temporarily relieved from active duty
  • step down — serving to reduce or decrease voltage: a step-down transformer.
  • step-down — serving to reduce or decrease voltage: a step-down transformer.
  • stew pond — a fishpond or fishtank
  • stinkwood — any of several trees yielding fetid wood.
  • stop down — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
  • sundowner — Chiefly British. an alcoholic drink taken after completing the day's work, usually at sundown.
  • swansdown — the down or under plumage of a swan, used for trimming, powder puffs, etc.
  • swinehood — the quality or condition of a swine
  • swordsman — a person who uses or is skilled in the use of a sword.
  • taekwondo — a Korean martial art, a particularly aggressive form of karate, that utilizes punches, jabs, chops, blocking and choking moves, and especially powerful, leaping kicks.
  • take down — made or constructed so as to be easily dismantled or disassembled.
  • talk down — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
  • tear down — to pull apart or in pieces by force, especially so as to leave ragged or irregular edges. Synonyms: rend, rip, rive. Antonyms: mend, repair, sew.
  • the-downs — a range of low ridges in S and SW England.
  • thin down — become slimmer
  • throwdown — challenge to a physical or artistic competition
  • tonawanda — a city in NW New York, near Buffalo.
  • tone down — any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.: shrill tones.
  • touchdown — Football. an act or instance of scoring six points by being in possession of the ball on or behind the opponent's goal line.
  • townshend — Charles, 1725–67, English politician, chancellor of the exchequer for whom the Townshend Acts are named.
  • turn down — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
  • unallowed — Physics. involving a change in quantum numbers, permitted by the selection rules: allowed transition.
  • unbrowned — (of food) not browned
  • uncrowded — filled to excess; packed.
  • uncrowned — not crowned; not having yet assumed the crown.
  • underflow — to move along in a stream: The river flowed slowly to the sea.
  • undergown — a gown worn under another article of clothing
  • underwood — woody shrubs or small trees growing among taller trees.
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