8-letter words starting with do
- douzeper — a member of the douzepers
- douzieme — (in Swiss watchmaking) the 12th part of a ligne, used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
- dovecote — a structure, usually at a height above the ground, for housing domestic pigeons.
- dovekies — Plural form of dovekie.
- dovelike — Similar to a dove.
- dovetail — a tenon broader at its end than at its base; pin.
- dowagers — Plural form of dowager.
- dowdiest — Superlative form of dowdy.
- dowdyish — Like a dowdy; frumpy.
- dowdyism — the quality of being dowdy
- doweling — Also called dowel pin. Carpentry. a pin, usually round, fitting into holes in two adjacent pieces to prevent their slipping or to align them.
- dowelled — Simple past tense and past participle of dowel.
- dowering — Present participle of dower.
- dowfness — the quality or characteristic of being dowf
- down low — of or pertaining to men who secretly or discreetly have sex with other men: She once dated a down-low guy.
- down-bow — (in bowing on a stringed instrument) a stroke bringing the tip of the bow toward the strings, indicated in scores by the symbol (opposed to up-bow).
- down-low — of or pertaining to men who secretly or discreetly have sex with other men: She once dated a down-low guy.
- downbeat — the downward stroke of a conductor's arm or baton indicating the first or accented beat of a measure.
- downbent — Bent downward.
- downcast — directed downward, as the eyes.
- downcome — a downcomer.
- downfall — descent to a lower position or standing; overthrow; ruin.
- downflow — something that flows downwards
- downhaul — any of various lines for pulling down a sail or a yard, as for securing in a lowered position when not in use.
- downhill — down the slope of a hill; downward.
- downhold — the act of keeping spending, expenses, losses, inflation, etc., as low as possible or advisable.
- downhole — a hole dug or drilled downward, as in a mine or a petroleum or gas well.
- downhome — Alternative form of down-home.
- downiest — Superlative form of downy.
- downland — An area of rolling downs, often grassy pasture over chalk or limestone.
- downless — the soft, first plumage of many young birds.
- downlike — having the quality or characteristics of feathers or down
- downline — Alternative spelling of down line.
- downlink — a transmission path for data or other signals from a communications satellite or airborne platform to an earth station.
- download — to transfer (software, data, character sets, etc.) from a distant to a nearby computer, from a larger to a smaller computer, or from a computer to a peripheral device.
- downmost — in the lowest position
- downpipe — downspout.
- downplay — to treat or speak of (something) so as to reduce emphasis on its importance, value, strength, etc.: The press has downplayed the president's role in the negotiations.
- downpour — a heavy, drenching rain.
- downrate — to lower the rate of: to downrate the speed of an economic recovery.
- downrush — (intransitive) To rush down; rush downward.
- downside — the lower side or part.
- downsize — company: make redundancies
- downspin — spin (def 19).
- downstep — An downward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language.
- downtake — a pipe or passage for conducting smoke, a current of air, or the like downward from a furnace, opening, etc.
- downtick — a decline or deterioration in business activity, in mood, etc.
- downtime — a time during a regular working period when an employee is not actively productive.
- downtown — to or in the main business section of a city.
- downtrod — tyrannized over; oppressed: the downtrodden plebeians of ancient Rome.