17-letter words containing r, w, y

northwest by west — a point on the compass, 11°15′ west of northwest. Abbreviation: NWbW.
out of harm's way — If someone or something is out of harm's way, they are in a safe place away from danger or from the possibility of being damaged.
parliamentary law — the body of rules, usages, and precedents that governs proceedings of legislative and deliberative assemblies.
powder metallurgy — the art or science of manufacturing useful articles by compacting metal and other powders in a die, followed by sintering.
power of attorney — a written document given by one person or party to another authorizing the latter to act for the former.
power supply unit — (hardware) (PSU) An electronic module that converts high voltage (110 or 240 VAC) alternating current mains electricity into smoothed direct current at the various differnt voltages required by the motherboard; internal peripheral devices, cheifly storage devices: hard disks, CD or DVD, floppy disks and external connections such as USB. A PSU needs a high enough power output rating to supply all the devices connected to it and should output as little as possible electrical noise, both on the output wires and as electromagnetic radiation. See also uninterruptable power supply.
quality newspaper — a more serious newspaper which gives detailed accounts of world events, as well as reports on business, culture, and society
railway timetable — a list of railway journeys arranged according to the time when they begin and end
read-write memory — a type of computer memory that you can write to as well as read from
ready and waiting — If you want to emphasize that a person is properly prepared for something, or that something can now be used, you can say that they are ready and waiting.
revolutionary war — American Revolution.
rub the wrong way — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
seaweed marquetry — marquetry having the form of symmetrical, foliate scrolls, as on English cabinetwork of the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
secondary rainbow — a faint rainbow formed by light rays that undergo two internal reflections in drops of rain, appearing above the primary rainbow and having its colors in the opposite order.
secondary winding — A secondary winding is the winding of a transformer that receives its energy by electromagnetic induction from the primary winding.
slowly but surely — If you say that something is happening slowly but surely, you mean that it is happening gradually but it is definitely happening.
spiny-headed worm — any of a small group of endoparasites of the phylum Acanthocephala, as larvae parasitic in insects and crustaceans and as adults in various vertebrates.
spread your wings — if you spread your wings, you do something new and rather difficult or move to a new place, because you feel more confident in your abilities than you used to and you want to gain wider experience
squaw huckleberry — deerberry.
strawberry blonde — woman: with reddish fair hair
strawberry tomato — the small, edible, tomato-like fruit of the plant Physalis pruinosa, of the nightshade family.
sword and sorcery — a genre of literature and film, usually set in days of old with magic as well as sword fighting
thirty years' war — the war, often regarded as a series of wars (1618–48), in central Europe, initially involving a conflict between German Protestants and Catholics and later including political rivalries with France, Sweden, and Denmark opposing the Holy Roman Empire and Spain.
to knit your brow — If you knit your brows or knit your eyebrows, you frown because you are angry or worried.
to play with fire — If you say that someone is playing with fire, you mean that they are doing something dangerous that may result in great harm for them and cause many problems.
to show your face — If you show your face somewhere, you go there and see people, although you are not welcome, are rather unwilling to go, or have not been there for some time.
top-security wing — a wing of a prison, mental hospital, etc that has a very high level of precautions against escape
twenty four seven — continually; constantly: They're together 24/7.
twenty-four hours — the time taken by the Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; a whole day
twenty-four seven — continually; constantly: They're together 24/7.
twenty-four-seven — continually; constantly: They're together 24/7.
walleye surfperch — a common black and silvery surfperch (Hyperprosopon argenteum) found off the coast of California
water lily family — the plant family Nymphaeaceae, characterized by aquatic herbaceous plants having usually broad leaves, solitary, often showy flowers, and fruit in a variety of forms, and including the lotus (genus Nelumbo), spatterdock, water lily, and water shield.
westminster abbey — a Gothic church in London, England.
whiskey rebellion — a revolt of settlers in western Pennsylvania in 1794 against a federal excise tax on whiskey: suppressed by militia called out by President George Washington to establish the authority of the federal government.
williams syndrome — an abnormality in the genes involved in calcium metabolism, resulting in learning difficulties
willow flycatcher — a North American flycatcher, Empidonax alnorum, of alder thickets and other moist areas, that has greenish-brown upper parts and whitish underparts and is almost indistinguishable except by voice from E. traillii (willow flycatcher)
woolly rhinoceros — an extinct rhinoceros; Coelodonta antiquitatis
worth every penny — If you say that something or someone is worth every penny, you mean that they are worth all the money that is spent on them.
yellow copper ore — chalcopyrite.
yellow journalism — a color like that of egg yolk, ripe lemons, etc.; the primary color between green and orange in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 570 and 590 nm.
yellow water lily — any of several water lilies, as the spatterdock, Nuphar luteum, having yellow flowers.
yellowstone river — river flowing from NW Wyo. through Mont. into the Missouri River: 671 mi (1,080 km)

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