12-letter words containing r, w, y
- a dirty word — If you say that an expression is a dirty word in a particular group of people, you mean it refers to an idea that they strongly dislike or disagree with.
- antisway bar — stabilizer bar.
- army cutworm — the larva of a noctuid moth, Chorizagrotis auxiliaris, that is a pest of wheat and alfalfa in the Plains states.
- bargain away — to lose or renounce (freedom, rights, etc) in return for something valueless or of little value
- barley water — Barley water is a drink made from barley. It is sometimes flavoured with orange or lemon.
- baryta water — an aqueous solution of barium hydroxide, used chiefly as a reagent.
- battleworthy — capable of engaging in combat; ready for battle: a decline in the nation's battleworthy forces.
- bewilderedly — in a bewildered manner
- billy wilder — Billy (Samuel Wilder) 1906–2002, U.S. film director, producer, and writer; born in Austria.
- buying power — the amount of services or goods a company, person, group or currency is able to purchase
- buying-power — Also called buying power. the ability to purchase goods and services.
- by-a-whisker — whiskers, a beard.
- caraway seed — the pungent aromatic one-seeded fruit of this plant, used in cooking and in medicine
- carriageways — Plural form of carriageway.
- carried away — to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
- carry weight — to be important, influential, etc.
- carryforward — carry-over.
- charity work — unpaid work, usually fundraising, done in aid of a charity
- chip jewelry — (jargon) A euphamism for old computers destined to be scrapped or turned into decorative ornaments. "I paid three grand for that Mac SE, and now it's nothing but chip jewelry."
- city dweller — a resident or inhabitant of a city
- coomaraswamy — Ananda (Kentish). 1877–1947, Ceylonese art historian and interpreter of Indian culture to the West
- core gateway — Historically, one of a set of gateways (routers) operated by the Internet Network Operations Center at Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN). The core gateway system formed a central part of Internet routing in that all groups must advertise paths to their networks from a core gateway.
- corn whiskey — a whisky made from maize
- countrywoman — A countrywoman is a woman who lives in the country rather than in a city or a town.
- countrywomen — Plural form of countrywoman.
- creditworthy — A creditworthy person or organization is one who can safely be lent money or allowed to have goods on credit, for example because in the past they have always paid back what they owe.
- cringeworthy — Causing feelings of embarrassment or awkwardness.
- crown canopy — canopy (def 4).
- crown colony — a British colony whose administration and legislature is controlled by the Crown
- crumble away — disintegrate
- curry powder — Curry powder is a powder made from a mixture of spices. It is used in cooking, especially when making curry.
- cylinder saw — crown saw.
- delaware bay — an inlet of the Atlantic at the mouth of the Delaware river
- dwarf cherry — any of several low, North American cherries that grow on dry or sandy soil, especially Prunus pumila, of the Great Lakes region.
- early hebrew — noting or pertaining to the alphabetical script used for the writing of Hebrew mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries b.c.
- edward abbey — Edward, 1927–89, U.S. novelist and nature writer.
- entranceways — Plural form of entranceway.
- everywhither — (archaic,or,poetic) to everywhere.
- eye-watering — painful or extremely unpleasant
- factory work — work in a factory
- far and away — at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.
- flightworthy — being in proper physical or mechanical condition for safe flight; airworthy: a flightworthy spacecraft.
- flow country — an area of moorland and peat bogs in northern Scotland known for its wildlife, now partly afforested
- fribble away — to use wastefully
- fritter away — to squander or disperse piecemeal; waste little by little (usually followed by away): to fritter away one's money; to fritter away an afternoon.
- gallery wire — perforated wire or metal stripping used to support or enhance a stone mounted in a ring.
- 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.
- george dewey — George, 1837–1917, U.S. admiral: defeated Spanish fleet in Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.
- get anywhere — to be successful
- gillyflowers — Plural form of gillyflower.
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