14-letter words containing w, a, n, y
- one-way street — If you describe an agreement or a relationship as a one-way street, you mean that only one of the sides in the agreement or relationship is offering something or is benefitting from it.
- one-way ticket — transport: single-journey fare
- pick one's way — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- railway engine — a self-propelled engine used for drawing or pushing trains along railway tracks; locomotive
- richard tawney — Richard Henry, 1880–1962, English historian, born in Calcutta.
- sanitary towel — sanitary napkin.
- scenic railway — a railroad that carries its passengers on a brief tour of an amusement park, resort, etc.
- secondary wall — the innermost part of a plant cell wall, deposited after the wall has ceased to increase in surface area.
- secondary wave — a transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the second conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph.
- snowflake baby — a baby born following the transfer of a surplus embryo produced during the in-vitro fertilization of one woman to the womb of another woman who was not a cell donor
- snowy mountain — of or relating to the Snowy Mountains of Australia or their inhabitants
- take one's way — to go on a journey; travel
- ten years' war — a popular insurrection in Cuba (1868–78) against Spanish rule.
- the phoney war — a period of apparent calm and inactivity, esp the period at the beginning of World War II
- there's no way — If you say there's no way that something will happen, you are emphasizing that you think it will definitely not happen.
- to win the day — If a particular person, group, or thing wins the day, they win a battle, struggle, or competition. If they lose the day, they are defeated.
- unlawful entry — clandestine, forced, or fraudulent entry into a premises, without the permission of its owner or occupant
- unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
- urban clearway — a stretch of road in an urban area on which motorists may stop only in an emergency
- van der weyden — Rogier (roːˈxiːr). ?1400–64, Flemish painter, esp of religious works and portraits
- voluntary work — unpaid employment for a cause
- walkaround pay — extra pay earned by an employee for accompanying an official inspector on a plant tour or around a job site.
- wang yang-ming — (Wang Shou-jen; Wang Shouren) 1472–1529, Chinese scholar and philosopher.
- warrantability — The quality of being warrantable.
- water hyacinth — a floating aquatic plant, Eichornia crassipes, of tropical lakes and rivers, that grows so prolifically it often hinders the passage of boats.
- wayfaring tree — a Eurasian shrub, Viburnum lantana, of the honeysuckle family, having finely toothed, ovate leaves and branching clusters of white flowers, growing along roadsides and cultivated as an ornamental in North America.
- ways and means — methods
- well and truly — If you say that something is well and truly finished, gone, or done, you are emphasizing that it is completely finished or gone, or thoroughly done.
- white mahogany — an Australian eucalyptus, Eucalyptus acmenioides.
- wild hydrangea — a shrub, Hydrangea arborescens, of the saxifrage family, common throughout the eastern half of the U.S., having egg-shaped leaves and a rounded cluster of white flowers.
- window display — an arrangement of items in a shop window
- with an eye to — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- wyandotte cave — a cave in S Indiana: one of the most extensive in the U.S., with 23 miles (37 km) of passages.
- wyoming valley — a valley in NE Pennsylvania, along the Susquehanna River: Indian massacre 1778.
- yeddo hawthorn — a Japanese shrub, Raphiolepis umbellata, of the rose family, having leathery leaves and dense, hairy clusters of fragrant white flowers.
- yellow gentian — a plant, Gentiana lutea, of Europe and Asia Minor, having yellow flowers, the rootstock yielding a bitter tonic.
- yellow jasmine — Carolina jessamine.
- yellowfin tuna — an important food fish, Thunnus albacares, inhabiting warm seas.