12-letter words containing a, w, y
- gateway 2000 — (company) One of the lagest US manufacturers of IBM compatibles, founded by CEO Ted Waitt in September 1985, in Sioux City, Iowa. In 1990 the company moved to North Sioux City, South Dakota. In August 1994, quarterly profits were $4 million on sales of $617 million. Sales for the first quarter of 1997 were $1.42 billion. On 1997-05-15 Gateway bought the Amiga brand.
- gateway drug — any mood-altering drug, as a stimulant or tranquilizer, that does not cause physical dependence but may lead to the use of addictive drugs, as heroin.
- get anywhere — to be successful
- go-away bird — a common name for a grey-plumaged lourie of the genus Corythaixoides
- granny woman — midwife (def 1).
- gravity wave — Astronomy, Physics. gravitational wave.
- gravity wind — a light wind directed downslope, occurring at night because of the cooling and densification of the air near the ground.
- grey wagtail — a greyish species of wagtail, Motacilla cinerea, found in temperate regions
- grey warbler — a small bush bird that hatches the eggs of the shining cuckoo
- gully-washer — a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
- gullywashers — Plural form of gullywasher.
- halfway line — a line across a sports field, such as a football pitch, that divides the playing area into two equal areas and is equidistant between the two goals
- halfwittedly — In a halfwitted manner.
- hangchow bay — a bay of the East China Sea.
- hangtown fry — a type of omelet to which fried oysters, bacon, and sometimes onions are added.
- hansa yellow — a pigment derived from coal tar, characterized chiefly by its brilliant yellow color.
- hare wallaby — a wallaby of the genus Lagorchestes
- have it away — to have sexual intercourse
- heavyweights — Plural form of heavyweight.
- henry howard — Earl of (Henry Howard) 1517?–47, English poet.
- hideaway bed — a sofa, loveseat, etc., that can be converted into a bed, usually by folding out a concealed mattress and springs.
- highway code — In Britain, the Highway Code is an official book published by the Department of Transport, which contains the rules which tell people how to use public roads safely.
- hollywoodian — a person who works for the motion-picture industry located in Hollywood, Calif.
- how are you? — what is your state of health?
- how dare you — You say 'how dare you' when you are very shocked and angry about something that someone has done.
- in a bad way — not good in any manner or degree.
- in a big way — very much, greatly
- japanese yew — a yew, Taxus cuspidata, of Japan, grown as an ornamental.
- journeywoman — The female equivalent of a journeyman.
- joy, william — William Joy
- k'ang yu-wei — 1858–1927, Chinese scholar and reformer.
- know by name — to have heard of without having met
- larch sawfly — a red and black sawfly, Pristiphora erichsonii, the larvae of which infest and feed on the leaves of larch.
- laundrywoman — laundress.
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
- lawyer's wig — the shaggy ink-cap
- lawyerliness — Quality of being lawyerly.
- layaway plan — a method of purchasing by which the purchaser reserves an article with a down payment and claims it only after paying the full balance.
- lead the way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- lee kuan yew — 1923–2015, Singaporean statesman; prime minister of Singapore 1959–90, during which period his party's authoritarian rule was criticized but the country's economy progressed rapidly
- lower saxony — a state in NW Germany. 18,294 sq. mi. (47,380 sq. km). Capital: Hanover.
- mail gateway — (messaging) A machine that connects two or more electronic mail systems (including dissimilar mail systems) and transfers messages between them. Sometimes the mapping and translation can be quite complex, and it generally requires a store and forward scheme whereby the message is received from one system completely before it is transmitted to the next system, after suitable translations.
- make headway — forward movement; progress in a forward direction: The ship's headway was slowed by the storm.
- malt whiskey — Malt whiskey or malt is whiskey that is made from malt.
- marshmallowy — Similar to a marshmallow.
- matthew quay — Matthew Stanley, 1833–1904, U.S. politician: senator 1887–99, 1901–4.
- mean well by — to have good intentions or friendly, helpful feelings toward
- meet halfway — to compromise with
- merry-andrew — a clown; buffoon.
- military law — the body of laws relating to the government of the armed forces; rules and regulations for the conduct of military personnel.