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10-letter words containing r, w, y

  • gray whale — a grayish-black whalebone whale, Eschrichtius robustus, of the North Pacific, growing to a length of 50 feet (15.2 meters): now rare.
  • graywether — sarsen.
  • grey power — the political, financial, or social influence of elderly people
  • grey water — household waste water that can be reused for some purposes without purification, e.g. bath water, which can be used to water plants
  • grey whale — a large N Pacific whalebone whale, Eschrichtius glaucus, that is grey or black with white spots and patches: family Eschrichtidae
  • growlingly — In a growling manner; with growls.
  • hardwarily — /hard-weir'*-lee/ In a way pertaining to hardware. "The system is hardwarily unreliable." The adjective "hardwary" is *not* traditionally used, though it has recently been reported from the U.K. See softwarily.
  • harm's way — danger; a dangerous situation: to get out of harm's way during a storm.
  • hateworthy — Worthy of being hated, detestable, despicable.
  • hollywired — Siliwood
  • holy water — water blessed by a priest.
  • hydropower — hydroelectric power.
  • hyperaware — having knowledge; conscious; cognizant: aware of danger.
  • hyperpower — an extremely powerful state that dominates all other states in every sphere of activity
  • jaywalkers — Plural form of jaywalker.
  • johnny raw — a novice; new recruit
  • jury wheel — a device, containing slips with the names of prospective jurors, that when spun mixes the names for random selection.
  • key escrow — (security)   A controversial arrangement where the keys needed to decrypt encrypted data must be held in escrow by a third party so that government agencies can obtain them to decrypt messages which they suspect to be relevant to national security.
  • key worker — a social worker, mental health worker, or nursery nurse assigned to an individual case, patient, or child
  • kidneywort — the navelwort, Umbilicus rupestris, of the stonecrop family, having drooping yellowish-green flowers.
  • larry wall — (person)   A demigod, the author of Perl, patch, and rn. In the Perl README, he says, "I want you to know that I create nice things like this because it pleases the Author of my story. If this bothers you, then your notion of Authorship needs some revision. But you can use Perl anyway." E-mail: Larry Wall <[email protected]>.
  • lawn party — garden party.
  • lawyerlike — Resembling a lawyer or some aspect of one.
  • leftwardly — leftwards
  • lollywater — a sweet soft drink, especially one brightly colored.
  • looyenwork — a physical therapy intended to release muscle fibre adhesions
  • loveworthy — worthy of being loved
  • loweringly — In a lowering manner; with cloudiness or threatening gloom.
  • lukewarmly — In a lukewarm manner, tepidly, without extremeness.
  • moneyworts — Plural form of moneywort.
  • mother yaw — the initial lesion of yaws, occurring at the site of inoculation.
  • nameworthy — worthy of or deserving a name
  • narrowbody — (aeronautics) An airliner capable of seating six or less passengers in a single row of economy seating, with one aisle.
  • nearly new — Nearly new items are items for sale that have belonged to another person but have not been used much and are still in very good condition. A nearly new shop sells nearly new items.
  • new jersey — a state in the E United States, on the Atlantic coast. 7836 sq. mi. (20,295 sq. km). Capital: Trenton. Abbreviation: NJ (for use with zip code), N.J.
  • new romney — a seaport town in E Kent, in SE England: one of the Cinque Ports.
  • new year's — the year approaching or newly begun.
  • new yorker — Also called New York State. a state in the NE United States. 49,576 sq. mi. (128,400 sq. km). Capital: Albany. Abbreviation: NY (for use with zip code), N.Y.
  • newark bay — a bay in NE New Jersey. 6 miles (10 km) long; 1 mile (1.6 km) wide.
  • news story — a news report of any length, usually presented in a straightforward style and without editorial comment.
  • newsworthy — of sufficient interest to the public or a special audience to warrant press attention or coverage.
  • nitwittery — foolishness; stupidity
  • norway rat — an Old World rat, Rattus norvegicus, having a grayish-brown body with whitish underparts and a long, scaly tail, now common in the U.S. in or near homes, barns, wharves, etc.
  • noteworthy — worthy of notice or attention; notable; remarkable: a noteworthy addition to our collection of rare books.
  • oldworldly — of or relating to the ancient world or to a former period of history.
  • overwisely — in a pretentiously wise manner
  • party wall — a wall used, or usable, as a part of contiguous structures.
  • party whip — whip (def 21).
  • pennyworth — as much as may be bought for a penny.
  • phoney war — A phoney war is when two opposing groups are openly hostile towards each other, as if they were at war, but there is no real fighting.
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