13-letter words containing r, w, y
- model railway — a model of a small-scale railway system, often with toy moving trains
- monkey flower — any of various plants belonging to the genus Mimulus, of the figwort family, as M. cardinalis (scarlet monkey flower) having spotted flowers that resemble a face.
- monkey wrench — spanner
- monkey-wrench — to ruin (plans, a schedule, etc.) unavoidably or, sometimes, deliberately: The storm monkey-wrenched our plans for a picnic.
- network layer — (networking) (communications subnet layer) The third lowest layer in the OSI seven layer model. The network layer determines routing of packets of data from sender to receiver via the data link layer and is used by the transport layer. The most common network layer protocol is IP.
- new jerseyite — of New Jersey
- new york city — 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.
- new york fern — a shield fern, Thelypteris noveboracenis, of eastern North America, having yellowish-green fronds.
- newbery award — an annual award for the most distinguished book for juveniles.
- north by west — a point on the compass 11°15′ west of north. Abbreviation: NbW.
- northwesterly — Situated in, or pointing to, the northwest.
- norway spruce — a European spruce, Picea abies, having shiny, dark-green needles, grown as an ornamental.
- of many words — talkative
- ordinary wave — Radio. (of the two waves into which a radio wave is divided in the ionosphere under the influence of the earth's magnetic field) the wave with characteristics more nearly resembling those that the undivided wave would have exhibited in the absence of the magnetic field.
- overflowingly — to an excessive degree
- owl butterfly — any of several South American nymphalid butterflies of the genus Caligo, especially C. eurylochus, having a spot like an owl's eye on each hind wing.
- pearly whites — white and lustrous as a pearl.
- permanent way — the roadbed and track of a railroad.
- play on words — a pun or the act of punning.
- playwrighting — the writing of plays
- powder monkey — (formerly) a boy employed on warships to carry gunpowder from the magazine to the guns.
- proxy gateway — proxy server
- railway guide — a publication containing routes and timetables for train journeys
- rayleigh wave — a wave along the surface of a solid, elastic body, especially along the surface of the earth.
- ready-to-wear — clothing made in standard sizes; ready-made clothing.
- roll-your-own — a cigarette that one has rolled oneself.
- rotary harrow — a harrow with a number of turning wheels rimmed with spikes, used for various soil treatments.
- royal warrant — an authorization to a tradesman to supply goods to a royal household
- run away with — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- salary review — the, often annual, assessment or review of the salary or paid to an employee, where decisions are taken on whether the employee's pay should be increased, etc
- sanitary ware — plumbing fixtures, as sinks or toilet bowls, made of ceramic material or enameled metal.
- screwworm fly — the adult screwworm.
- send away for — order by post
- shy away from — If you shy away from doing something, you avoid doing it, often because you are afraid or not confident enough.
- skew symmetry — symmetry of top left with bottom right, and top right with bottom left
- solitary wasp — any of numerous wasps, as the sand wasps or mud wasps, that do not live in a community.
- solitary wave — a localized disturbance that propagates like a wave but resembles a particle in that it does not disperse, even if it collides with other such waves.
- southwesterly — coming from the south west
- spruce sawfly — any of several sawflies of the family Diprionidae, especially Diprion hercyniae (European spruce sawfly) the larvae of which feed on the foliage of spruce.
- squirrel away — any of numerous arboreal, bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Sciurus, of the family Sciuridae.
- statutory law — the written law established by enactments expressing the will of the legislature, as distinguished from the unwritten law or common law.
- staying power — ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
- straight away — immediately
- sumptuary law — a law regulating personal habits that offend the moral or religious beliefs of the community.
- super-wealthy — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
- swamp cypress — bald cypress.
- sweet trolley — (in a restaurant) a trolley on which desserts are brought to the table so that diners can choose from them
- sword bayonet — a short sword that may be attached to the muzzle of a gun and used as a bayonet.
- tansy ragwort — a European composite plant, Senecio jacobaea, naturalized in North America, having numerous yellow flowers.
- thankworthily — in a thankworthy way or manner