8-letter words containing w, s, d
- downiest — Superlative form of downy.
- downless — the soft, first plumage of many young birds.
- downmost — in the lowest position
- downrush — (intransitive) To rush down; rush downward.
- downside — the lower side or part.
- downsize — company: make redundancies
- downspin — spin (def 19).
- downstep — An downward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language.
- downwash — a deflection of air downward relative to an airfoil that causes the deflection.
- dowsabel — sweetheart.
- drawbars — Plural form of drawbar.
- drawings — Plural form of drawing.
- dropwise — in the form of a drop
- drowsier — Comparative form of drowsy.
- drowsily — half-asleep; sleepy.
- drowsing — Present participle of drowse.
- dry wash — clothes, curtains, etc., washed and dried but not yet ironed. Compare wet wash.
- drywalls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drywall.
- dumbshow — Gestures used to convey a meaning or message without speech; mime.
- dustbowl — An area which abounds in dust and which is very dry.
- dwarfish — like a dwarf, especially in being abnormally small; diminutive.
- dwarfism — the condition of being a dwarf or dwarfed.
- dwarvish — Synonym of dwarfish.
- dweebish — Dweeby.
- dwellers — to live or stay as a permanent resident; reside.
- dwindles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dwindle.
- dyeworks — a factory producing dyes
- eastward — Also, eastwards. toward the east.
- eastwood — Clint, born 1930, U.S. actor and director.
- edgeways — with the edge forward; in the direction of the edge.
- edgewise — with the edge forward; in the direction of the edge.
- endowers — Plural form of endower.
- eschewed — Deliberately avoid using; abstain from.
- escrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of escrow.
- fidonews — (messaging, history) The weekly official on-line newsletter of FidoNet, also known as "'Snooz". As the editorial policy of Fidonews was "anything that arrives, we print", there were often large articles completely unrelated to FidoNet, which in turn tend to elicit flamage in subsequent issues.
- foodways — the customs and traditions relating to food and its preparation
- forwards — forward.
- frowsted — Simple past tense and past participle of frowst.
- fud wars — /fuhd worz/ Political posturing, intended to create FUD, engaged in by hardware and software vendors ostensibly committed to standardisation but actually willing to fragment the market to protect their own shares. The Unix International vs. OSF conflict is but one outstanding example.
- gadwalls — Plural form of gadwall.
- godowsky — Leopold, 1870–1938, U.S. composer and pianist, born in Poland.
- griswold — Erwin Nathaniel, 1904–1994, U.S. lawyer and educator: dean of Harvard University Law School 1950–67.
- gwyniads — Plural form of gwyniad.
- handsaws — Plural form of handsaw.
- handsewn — sewn by hand.
- handwash — If you handwash something, you wash it by hand rather than in a washing machine.
- hoedowns — Plural form of hoedown.
- indwells — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of indwell.
- jackdaws — Plural form of jackdaw.
- jigsawed — Simple past tense and past participle of jigsaw.