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.