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Dowered
Dowered Dow"ered, p. a. Furnished with, or as with, dower or a marriage portion. --Shak.
Dowerless
Dowerless Dow"er*less, a. Destitute of dower; having no marriage portion. --Shak.
Dowery
Dowery Dow"er*y, n. See Dower.
Endower
Endower En*dow"er, v. t. [Cf. OF. endouairer. See Dower, Endow.] To endow. [Obs.] --Waterhouse.
Endower
Endower En*dow"er, n. One who endows.
Overshadower
Overshadower O"ver*shad"ow*er, n. One that throws a shade, or shadow, over anything. --Bacon.
Widower
Widower Wid"ow*er, n. A man who has lost his wife by death, and has not married again. --Shak.
Widowerhood
Widowerhood Wid"ow*er*hood, n. The state of being a widower.

Meaning of Dower from wikipedia

- Dower is a provision accorded traditionally by a husband or his family, to a wife for her support should she become widowed. It was settled on the bride...
- Dower is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alan Dower (1898–1980), British Army officer and politician Dai Dower (1933–2016), British...
- Colonel Alan Vincent Gandar Dower (28 March 1898 – 6 May 1980) was a British Army officer and politician. He was Conservative Member of Parliament (MP)...
- A dower house is usually a moderately large house available for use by the widow of the previous owner of an English, Scottish, Welsh or Irish estate...
- John W. Dower (born June 21, 1938, in Providence, Rhode Island) is an American author and historian. His 1999 book Embracing Defeat: ****an in the Wake...
- Dower Lake is a lake in Todd County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Dower Lake was named for Sampson Dower, an English settler. List of lakes in Minnesota...
- John Dower may refer to: John Gordon Dower (1900–1947), British civil servant and architect John W. Dower (born 1938), American historian This disambiguation...
- was taken over by British European Airways in 1947. In 1929 Eric Gandar Dower bought a Blackburn Bluebird IV two-seat biplane in which he toured the country...
- John Wayne "Johnny" Dowers (born March 16, 1971, in DeQuincy, Louisiana) is an American actor, writer, and musician best known for his role as Detective...
- Dower's Prairie is a 14-acre (5.7 ha) native prairie remnant located in southwest Wisconsin, United States. Originally a dairy cow pasture, a hunter in...