9-letter words containing l, a, w, y
- lock away — put in prison
- lumpy jaw — actinomycosis.
- lyke-wake — a watch held over a dead person, often with festivities
- lynch law — the administration of summary punishment, especially death, upon a suspected, accused, or convicted person by a mob acting without legal process or authority.
- mawkishly — In a mawkish manner.
- mayflower — (italics) the ship in which the Pilgrims sailed from Southampton to the New World in 1620.
- melt away — thaw
- milky way — the spiral galaxy containing our solar system. With the naked eye it is observed as a faint luminous band stretching across the heavens, composed of approximately a trillion stars, most of which are too distant to be seen individually.
- mollyhawk — the juvenile of the southern black-backed gull, Larus dominicanus
- mollymawk — any of various oceanic birds, as the fulmar or albatross.
- muley saw — a saw having a long, stiff blade that is not stretched in a gate, but whose motion is directed by clamps at each end mounted on guide rails.
- nonlawyer — a person who is not a lawyer
- outwardly — as regards appearance or outward manifestation: outwardly charming; outwardly considerate.
- play down — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- play with — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- plug away — keep working on sth
- polywater — a subtance mistakenly identified as a polymeric form of water, now known to be water containing ions from glass or quartz.
- powerplay — behaviour intended to maximise person's power
- pull away — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
- renewably — in a renewable fashion, in such a way as to be renewable
- salt away — a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- say's law — the principle, propounded by Jean Baptiste Say, that the supply of goods is always matched by the demand for them.
- scallywag — scalawag.
- seawardly — in a seaward direction
- shadowily — in a shadowy way or manner
- shallowly — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
- showmanly — characteristic of a showman
- slantways — aslant; obliquely.
- sluiceway — a channel controlled by a sluice gate.
- swordplay — the action or technique of wielding a sword; fencing.
- tail away — When a person's voice tails away or tails off, it gradually becomes quieter and then silent.
- talk away — to pass (a period of time) by talking
- tawny owl — a European owl, Strix aluco, having a reddish-brown or grey plumage, black eyes, and a round head
- trelawney — Edward John, 1792–1881, English adventurer and author.
- twalpenny — a Scots shilling
- twayblade — any of various orchids, especially of the genera Listera and Liparis, characterized by two nearly opposite broad leaves.
- unawarely — not aware or conscious; unconscious: to be unaware of any change.
- unwealthy — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
- unwomanly — not possessing qualities, such as warmth, attractiveness, etc, generally regarded as typical of a woman, esp a mature woman
- waggishly — In a waggish manner.
- wailingly — in a wailing manner
- waitingly — in a waiting manner
- wakefully — In a wakeful manner.
- walbrzych — a city in SW Poland, in Silesia.
- walk away — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- walkaways — Plural form of walkaway.
- wall-eyed — having eyes in which there is an abnormal amount of the white showing, because of divergent strabismus.
- wallyball — a game similar to volleyball played in a walled court so that the ball may be bounced against the walls.
- wallydrag — a feeble, dwarfed animal or person.
- warlockry — witchcraft