9-letter words containing s, w, y
- accessway — a path, route, etc., that provides access to a specific destination or property, as to a public beach or state park.
- alleyways — Plural form of alleyway.
- always-on — remaining available at all times
- anywheres — in, at, or to any place.
- armyworms — Plural form of armyworm.
- awesomely — causing or inducing awe; inspiring an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, or fear: an awesome sight.
- busy work — work assigned for the sake of looking or keeping busy.
- busy-wait — (programming) To wait for an event by spinning through a tight loop or timed-delay loop that polls for the event on each pass, as opposed to setting up an interrupt handler and continuing execution on another part of the task. This is a wasteful technique, best avoided on time-sharing systems where a busy-waiting program may hog the processor.
- busy-work — work assigned for the sake of looking or keeping busy.
- byam shaw — Glen Alexander. 1904–81, British actor and theatre director; director of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (1953–59)
- cableways — Plural form of cableway.
- carraways — Plural form of carraway.
- cassowary — any large flightless bird of the genus Casuarius, inhabiting forests in NE Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands, having a horny head crest, black plumage, and brightly coloured neck and wattles: order Casuariiformes
- cast away — to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the dice.
- castaways — Plural form of castaway.
- causeways — Plural form of causeway.
- cetshwayo — ?1826–84, king of the Zulus (1873–79): defeated the British at Isandhlwana (1879) but was overwhelmed by them at Ulundi (1879); captured, he stated his case in London, and was reinstated as ruler of part of Zululand (1883)
- clearways — Plural form of clearway.
- colorways — Plural form of colorway.
- crossways — crosswise.
- cruiseway — a canal used for recreational purposes
- day-lewis — C(ecil). 1904–72, British poet, critic, and (under the pen name Nicholas Blake) author of detective stories; poet laureate (1968–72)
- downplays — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downplay.
- driveways — Plural form of driveway.
- dustywing — any of the rare, minute neuropterous insects of the family Coniopterygidae, characterized by a white, powdery body and wing cover, large eyes, long and slender antennae, and chewing mouthparts.
- entryways — Plural form of entryway.
- eyeshadow — A colored cosmetic, typically in powder form, applied to the eyelids or to the skin around the eyes to accentuate them.
- fadeaways — Plural form of fadeaway.
- flywheels — Plural form of flywheel.
- flywhisks — Plural form of flywhisk.
- fosse way — a Roman road in Britain between Lincoln and Exeter, with a fosse on each side
- gipsywort — a hairy Eurasian plant, Lycopus europaeus, having two-lipped white flowers with purple dots on the lower lip: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
- giveaways — Plural form of giveaway.
- greenways — Plural form of greenway.
- guideways — Plural form of guideway.
- gypsyweed — Speedwell, Veronica officinalis.
- gypsywort — a plant, Lycopus europaeus, that is indigenous to Europe and Asia and has white flowers
- hatchways — Plural form of hatchway.
- hawkishly — resembling a hawk, as in appearance or behavior.
- hicks yew — a hybrid yew, Taxus media hicksii, having a columnar manner of growth.
- hideaways — Plural form of hideaway.
- hold sway — have influence
- holy wars — [Usenet, but may predate it] flame wars over religious issues. The paper by Danny Cohen that popularised the terms big-endian and little-endian was entitled "On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace". Other perennial Holy Wars have included Emacs vs. vi, my personal computer vs. everyone else's personal computer, ITS vs. Unix, Unix vs. VMS, BSD Unix vs. USG Unix, C vs. Pascal, C vs. Fortran, etc., ad nauseam. The characteristic that distinguishes holy wars from normal technical disputes is that in a holy wars most of the participants spend their time trying to pass off personal value choices and cultural attachments as objective technical evaluations. See also theology.
- honeydews — Plural form of honeydew.
- hypernews — A Hypertext system from the Turing Institute Glasgow, based on NeWS.
- irish yew — a variety of yew, Taxus baccata stricta, of Eurasia and northern Africa, having upright branches and dark green foliage with color variations.
- jawlensky — Alexej von [ah-le-ksey fuh n] /ˌɑ lɛˈkseɪ fən/ (Show IPA), 1864?–1941, German painter, born in Russia.
- lawlessly — In a lawless manner. Without constraint by law or moral code.
- lay waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- leastways — at least; at any rate; leastwise.
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