9-letter words containing dow
- fold-down — designed to be folded out for use and collapsed when not in use: a fold-down tray on the back of an airplane seat; a fold-down trailer for camping.
- gear down — Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
- glendower — Owen, 1359?–1416? Welsh rebel against Henry IV of England.
- goosedown — Down from a goose.
- gulp down — food, drink: swallow quickly
- hand down — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hold down — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- hose down — spray sth clean
- howl down — to utter a loud, prolonged, mournful cry, as that of a dog or wolf.
- 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.
- 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
- knockdown — capable of knocking something down; overwhelming; irresistible: a knockdown blow.
- lamb down — to persuade (someone) to spend all his money
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- macdowell — Edward Alexander, 1861–1908, U.S. composer and pianist.
- mark down — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- mark-down — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- markdowns — Plural form of markdown.
- meadowrue — A plant (any plant of genus Thalictrum), also known as thalictrum.
- melt down — substance
- meltdowns — Plural form of meltdown.
- move down — If someone or something moves down, they go to a lower level, grade, or class.
- nail down — a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- nail-down — a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- neckdowns — Plural form of neckdown.
- note down — write for reference
- pastedown — the leaf of an endpaper that is pasted to the inside of the front or back cover of a book.
- phasedown — an act or instance of phasing down; gradual reduction.
- pipe down — a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.
- play down — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- plop down — If you plop down or plop yourself down somewhere, you sit down quickly but gently.
- portadown — a town in S Northern Ireland, in the district of Armagh. Pop: 25 958 (2001)
- pull down — designed to be pulled down for use: a pull-down bed; a desk with a pull-down front.
- pull-down — designed to be pulled down for use: a pull-down bed; a desk with a pull-down front.
- push-down — a sudden, downward shift by an aircraft in the direction of the flight path.
- ramp down — decrease effort, work
- ride down — to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
- scaledown — a reduction in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion: a scaledown of military expenditures.
- scrubdown — an act or instance of scrubbing, especially a thorough washing of a surface or object: The decks of the ship get a scrubdown every morning.