9-letter words starting with do
- dovzhenko — Alexander P [uh-lyi-ksahndr] /ʌ lyɪˈksɑndr/ (Show IPA), 1894–1956, Russian motion-picture director.
- dow jones — financial news firm
- dowdiness — The characteristic of being dowdy; frumpiness; plainness.
- dowelling — Present participle of dowel.
- dowerless — Law. the portion of a deceased husband's real property allowed to his widow for her lifetime.
- dowitcher — any of several long-billed, snipelike shore birds of North America and Asia, especially Limnodromus griseus.
- down card — a card that is dealt and played face down, as in blackjack and stud poker.
- down east — New England.
- down home — of, relating to, or exhibiting the simple, familiar, or folksy qualities associated with one's family or with rural areas, especially of the southern U.S.: down-home cooking; down-home hospitality.
- down with — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- down-home — of, relating to, or exhibiting the simple, familiar, or folksy qualities associated with one's family or with rural areas, especially of the southern U.S.: down-home cooking; down-home hospitality.
- down-time — (jargon) A period of time during which a (computer) system is not operational, due to a malfunction or maintenance.
- downbeats — Plural form of downbeat.
- downburst — a strong downward current of air from a cumulonimbus cloud, often associated with intense thunderstorms.
- downcomer — a pipe, tube, or passage for conducting fluid materials downward.
- downcourt — to or into the opposite end of the court.
- downcycle — a downward course in the business cycle.
- downdraft — a downward current, as of air: a downdraft in a mine shaft.
- downfalls — Plural form of downfall.
- downfield — In or to a position nearer to the opponents' end of a field.
- downforce — a force produced by air resistance plus gravity that increases the stability of an aircraft or motor vehicle by pressing it downwards
- downgrade — a downward slope, especially of a road.
- downgyved — (poetic, obsolete) Hanging down like gyves or fetters.
- downiness — The quality of being downy.
- downlight — a lamp, often a light bulb set in a metal cylinder, mounted on or recessed into the ceiling so that a beam of light is directed downward.
- downlinks — Plural form of downlink.
- downloads — 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.
- downpipes — Plural form of downpipe.
- downplays — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downplay.
- downpours — Plural form of downpour.
- downrange — (of a missile, space launch, etc.) traveling in a specified direction away from the launch site and toward the target.
- downright — thorough; absolute; out-and-out: a downright falsehood.
- downriver — Toward or situated at a point nearer the mouth of a river.
- downscale — located at, moving toward, or of or for the middle or lower end of a social or economic scale: The discount store caters mainly to downscale customers.
- downshift — to shift an automotive transmission or vehicle into a lower gear.
- downsides — Plural form of downside.
- downsized — Simple past tense and past participle of downsize.
- downsizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downsize.
- downslide — a decline or downward trend, as of prices.
- downslope — A downward slope.
- downspout — a pipe for conveying rain water from a roof or gutter to the ground or to a drain.
- downstage — at or toward the front of the stage.
- downstair — down the stairs.
- downstate — the southern part of a U.S. state.
- downswept — curved downwards
- downswing — a downward swing, as of a golf club in driving a ball.
- downthrow — a throwing down or being thrown down; overthrow.
- downticks — Plural form of downtick.
- downtowns — Plural form of downtown.
- downtrend — a downward or decreasing tendency, movement, or shift: a downtrend in gasoline consumption; a downtrend in stock prices.