14-letter words containing l, y, w, e
- secondary wall — the innermost part of a plant cell wall, deposited after the wall has ceased to increase in surface area.
- seward's folly — the purchase of Alaska in 1867, through the negotiations of Secretary of State W. H. Seward.
- sleepaway camp — a camp providing facilities for teenagers to sleep away from home
- snowflake baby — a baby born following the transfer of a surplus embryo produced during the in-vitro fertilization of one woman to the womb of another woman who was not a cell donor
- south-westerly — A south-westerly point, area, or direction is to the south-west or towards the south-west.
- spectra yellow — a vivid yellow color.
- street railway — a company that operates streetcars or buses.
- teletypewriter — a telegraphic apparatus by which signals are sent by striking the letters and symbols of the keyboard of an instrument resembling a typewriter and are received by a similar instrument that automatically prints them in type corresponding to the keys struck. Abbreviation: TTY.
- three-way bulb — a light bulb that can be switched to three successive degrees of illumination.
- tuckaway table — a table having a support folding into one plane and a tilting or drop-leaf top.
- unlawful entry — clandestine, forced, or fraudulent entry into a premises, without the permission of its owner or occupant
- urban clearway — a stretch of road in an urban area on which motorists may stop only in an emergency
- wall pellitory — pellitory (sense 1)
- weatherability — the property of a material that permits it to endure or resist exposure to the weather.
- well and truly — If you say that something is well and truly finished, gone, or done, you are emphasizing that it is completely finished or gone, or thoroughly done.
- west hollywood — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- west lafayette — a city in central Indiana: suburb of Lafayette.
- white mulberry — See under mulberry (def 2).
- whitewall tyre — a pneumatic tyre having white sidewalls
- wholeheartedly — fully or completely sincere, enthusiastic, energetic, etc.; hearty; earnest: a wholehearted attempt to comply.
- wild hydrangea — a shrub, Hydrangea arborescens, of the saxifrage family, common throughout the eastern half of the U.S., having egg-shaped leaves and a rounded cluster of white flowers.
- woolly thistle — a tall perennial plant; Cirsium eriophorum
- worldly-minded — having or showing devotion to the affairs and interests of this world.
- wyoming valley — a valley in NE Pennsylvania, along the Susquehanna River: Indian massacre 1778.
- yellow emperor — the legendary first emperor of China.
- yellow gentian — a plant, Gentiana lutea, of Europe and Asia Minor, having yellow flowers, the rootstock yielding a bitter tonic.
- yellow jasmine — Carolina jessamine.
- yellow newtown — a variety of yellow apple that ripens in the autumn.
- yellow puccoon — a plant, Lithospermum incisum, of central and western North America, having numerous branches and fringed yellow flowers.
- yellow wagtail — Motacilla flava; a small passerine
- yellow warbler — a small American warbler, Dendroica petechia, the male of which has yellow plumage streaked with brown on the underparts.
- yellow yorling — a yellowhammer
- yellow-bellied — having a yellow abdomen or underside.
- yellowfin tuna — an important food fish, Thunnus albacares, inhabiting warm seas.
- you're welcome — You say 'You're welcome' to someone who has thanked you for something in order to acknowledge their thanks in a polite way.