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8-letter words containing wn

  • handsewn — sewn by hand.
  • hoedowns — Plural form of hoedown.
  • holddown — a clamp for holding a metal piece, as a sheet being deep-drawn, to prevent distortion or movement.
  • hometown — the town or city in which a person lives or was born, or from which a person comes.
  • hueytown — a town in central Alabama.
  • jew down — one of a scattered group of people that traces its descent from the Biblical Hebrews or from postexilic adherents of Judaism; Israelite.
  • kickdown — a method of changing gear in a car with automatic transmission, by fully depressing the accelerator
  • lawndale — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • lawnlike — Resembling or characteristic of a lawn.
  • lay down — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
  • let down — British. a lease.
  • letdowns — Plural form of letdown.
  • lie down — the manner, relative position, or direction in which something lies: the lie of the patio, facing the water. Synonyms: place, location, site.
  • lie-down — a nap.
  • lockdown — the confining of prisoners to their cells, as following a riot or other disturbance.
  • lookdown — the appearance of paper when inspected under reflected light.
  • low-down — If someone gives you the low-down on a person or thing, they tell you all the important information about them.
  • markdown — a reduction in price, usually to encourage buying.
  • meltdown — network meltdown
  • misdrawn — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
  • misknown — Past participle of misknow.
  • mixdowns — Plural form of mixdown.
  • mow down — to cut down (grass, grain, etc.) with a scythe or a machine.
  • neckdown — An angled narrowing of the roadway and widening of the pavement, used as a traffic calming measure.
  • new town — (sometimes initial capital letters) a comprehensively planned, self-sufficient urban community that provides housing, educational, recreational, and commercial facilities and often serves to absorb residents from a nearby overcrowded metropolis.
  • new-mown — recently mown or cut: the refreshing smell of new-mown hay.
  • nonowner — a person who is not an owner
  • nutbrown — dark brown, as many nuts when ripe.
  • oak lawn — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • one-down — having conceded an advantage or lead to someone or something
  • our town — a play (1938) by Thornton Wilder.
  • outblown — Inflated with wind.
  • outfrown — to outdo in frowning; silence, abash, or subdue by frowning.
  • outgrown — to grow too large for: to outgrow one's clothes.
  • own goal — In sport, if someone scores an own goal, they accidentally score a goal for the team they are playing against.
  • pat-down — an act or instance of passing the hands over the body of a clothed person to detect concealed weapons, drugs, etc.; frisking.
  • pawn off — If you pawn off something or someone that you do not want on another person, you persuade the person to accept them.
  • pawnable — able to be pawned
  • pawnshop — the shop of a pawnbroker, especially one where unredeemed items are displayed and sold.
  • pay down — to settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something: Please pay your bill.
  • peg down — to make (a person) committed to a course of action or bound to follow rules
  • pin down — a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
  • pit-sawn — (of timber, esp formerly) sawn into planks by hand in a saw-pit
  • playdown — a play-off.
  • pre-dawn — the period immediately preceding dawn.
  • predrawn — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
  • preowned — previously owned; used; secondhand: a sale of preowned furs.
  • pulldown — a mechanism that intermittently advances the film through the film gate of a camera or projector.
  • pushdown — a list in which the last item added is at the top
  • put down — a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
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