| Acronym | Definition |
|---|
| DOW | Day Of Week |
| DOW | Dawn of War (Warhammer 40K, computer game) |
| DOW | Downingtown (Amtrak station code; Downingtown, PA) |
| DOW | Diocese of the West (San Francisco, CA) |
| DOW | Deep Ocean Water |
| DOW | Date Of Withdrawal |
| DOW | Doing It Our Way (blog) |
| DOW | Died Of Wounds |
| DOW | Distribution of Workforce |
| DOW | Dogs of War (game) |
| DOW | Department of Waterworks (Indiana) |
| DOW | Description of Work |
| DOW | Date of Warrant |
| DOW | Data Order Write |
| DOW | Digital Orthophoto Workstation |
| DOW | Diamonds on Web |
| DOW | Doctors of the World (New York, NY) |
| DOW | Direct Overwrite |
| DOW | Dirty Old Woman |
| DOW | Dry Operating Weight (aviation) |
| DOW | Data Orderwire |
| DOW | Daubechies Orthogonal Wavelet |
| DOW | Defenders of Wildlife |
| DOW | Declaration of War (military/gaming slang) |
| DOW | Designer of the Week |
| DOW | Division of Wildlife |
| DOW | Deck over Wheels (trucking industry) |
| DOW | Doppler On Wheels |
| DOW | Data Order Wire |
| DOW | Division of Work |