Anagrams of: DOWDS_

• deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust

• British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970)

• lacking in smartness or taste

• primly out of date

• a lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabs

• a lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabs

• searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod

• wet thoroughly

• use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal

• slacken

• cover with liquid; pour liquid onto

• pan with a convex bottom; used for frying in Chinese cooking

• an act or social event involving a public performance or entertainment

• something intended to communicate a particular impression

• pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression

• give an exhibition of to an interested audience

• establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment

• provide evidence for

• make visible or noticeable

• show in, or as in, a picture

• give expression to

• indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively

• be or become visible or noticeable

• indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments

• give evidence of, as of records

• take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums

• finish third or better in a horse or dog race

• A knitted or woven covering for the foot.

• A shoe worn by Greco-Roman comedy actors.

• A color pattern (usually white) on a cat's or dog's lower leg that is different from the color pattern on the rest of the animal.

• (WMF jargon) A sock puppet.

• A gun sock.

• pan with a convex bottom; used for frying in Chinese cooking