9-letter words containing dow
- scrumdown — the forming of a scrum in rugby
- send down — to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.
- shadowbox — to make the motions of attack and defense, as in boxing, as a training or conditioning procedure.
- shadowily — in a shadowy way or manner
- shadowing — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- shakedown — extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.
- shootdown — the attack and destruction of an aircraft in flight.
- shut down — to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
- slag down — to give a verbal lashing to
- 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.
- snug down — to make ready for a storm by reducing sail, lashing movable gear, etc.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- turn down — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- unendowed — to provide with a permanent fund or source of income: to endow a college.
- vote down — proposal: defeat
- walk-down — a store, living quarters, etc., located below the street level and approached by a flight of steps: It was a dimly lit walk-down optimistically called a garden apartment.
- war widow — A war widow is a woman whose husband was killed while he was in the armed forces during a war.
- warm down — If you warm down after doing a physical activity, you do special exercises to help relax your muscles and joints.
- warm-down — a tapering off or recovery from strenuous physical exercise, especially running or racing, by slowing down or doing light stretches.
- wash down — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
- wave down — If someone waves down a vehicle, they wave their hand as a signal to the driver to stop the vehicle.
- wear down — to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like: to wear a coat; to wear a saber; to wear a disguise.
- widowbird — Alternative spelling of widow bird.
- widowered — a man who has lost his spouse by death and has not remarried.
- widowhood — the state or a period of being a widow or, sometimes, a widower.
- wind down — the act of winding.
- wind-down — an act or instance of winding down, as in intensity: a gradual wind-down in hostilities.
- windowbox — Alternative form of window box.
- windowing — an opening in the wall of a building, the side of a vehicle, etc., for the admission of air or light, or both, commonly fitted with a frame in which are set movable sashes containing panes of glass.
- windows 1 — (operating system) The first incarnation of Microsoft Windows, released in 1985. It took a total of 55 programmer-years to develop, and only allowed tiled windows.
- windows 2 — (operating system) The second version of Microsoft Windows, released in 1987. Windows 2 had considerably more features than Windows 1, such as overlapping windows and icons. When Windows/386 was released, Windows 2 was renamed Windows/286.
- wipe down — If you wipe down something, you wash or dry its surface completely.