10-letter words containing bow
- all-elbows — (jargon) Said of a TSR (terminate-and-stay-resident) mess-dos program, such as the N pop-up calendar and calculator utilities that circulate on BBS systems: unsociable. Used to describe a program that rudely steals the resources that it needs without considering that other TSRs may also be resident. One particularly common form of rudeness is lock-up due to programs fighting over the keyboard interrupt.
- bow rudder — (in canoeing) a technique in which a paddler in the bow holds the paddle at an angle from the side of the bow, using it as a rudder to steer.
- bow street — a street in London, England: location of a metropolitan police court.
- bow weight — the poundage required to draw a bow to the full length of the arrow
- bow window — a bay window in the shape of a curve
- bow-legged — outward curvature of the legs causing a separation of the knees when the ankles are close or in contact.
- bowdlerise — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- bowdlerism — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- bowdlerize — To bowdlerize a book or film means to take parts of it out before publishing it or showing it.
- bowed down — weighed down; troubled
- bowerwoman — a chamber-woman
- bowhunting — the practice of hunting wild animals with bow and arrow
- bowldering — pavement made with small boulders.
- bowler hat — A bowler hat is a round, hard, black hat with a narrow brim which is worn by men, especially British businessmen. Bowler hats are no longer very common.
- bowlingual — a device that allegedly translates a dog’s barks and grunts into a human language
- bowser bag — doggy bag.
- disembowel — to remove the bowels or entrails from; eviscerate.
- drop elbow — an elbow having lugs for attaching it to a wall or joist.
- elbow room — Elbow room is the freedom to do what you want to do or need to do in a particular situation.
- elbow-rest — something designed for resting one's elbow on
- embowering — Present participle of embower.
- fiddle bow — a bow with which the strings of the violin or a similar instrument are set in vibration.
- fingerbowl — a small bowl filled with water for rinsing the fingers at the table after a meal
- float bowl — Automotive. the bowl-shaped section of a carburetor in which a reserve of fuel is maintained, the fuel level being regulated by a float.
- fruit bowl — dish for displaying fruit
- longbowman — an archer who uses a longbow.
- oxbow lake — a U -shaped piece of wood placed under and around the neck of an ox with its upper ends in the bar of the yoke.
- oxbow-lake — a U -shaped piece of wood placed under and around the neck of an ox with its upper ends in the bar of the yoke.
- punch bowl — a large bowl from which punch, lemonade, etc., is served, usually with a ladle.
- punch-bowl — a large bowl from which punch, lemonade, etc., is served, usually with a ladle.
- salad bowl — a large bowl in which a salad, especially a tossed salad, is served.
- sugar bowl — a small bowl, usually having a cover, for serving granulated sugar or sugar cubes.
- super bowl — the annual championship football game between the best team of the National Football Conference and that of the American Football Conference.
- take a bow — to bend the knee or body or incline the head, as in reverence, submission, salutation, recognition, or acknowledgment.
- the bowery — a street in New York City noted for its cheap hotels and bars, frequented by vagrants and drunks
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