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10-letter words containing w, a, y

  • pantywaist — Informal. a weak, effeminate man; sissy.
  • party wall — a wall used, or usable, as a part of contiguous structures.
  • party whip — whip (def 21).
  • passageway — a way for passing into, through, or out of something, as within a building or between buildings; a corridor, hall, alley, catwalk, or the like.
  • phoney war — A phoney war is when two opposing groups are openly hostile towards each other, as if they were at war, but there is no real fighting.
  • phossy jaw — gangrenous condition of the lower jawbone
  • playfellow — a playmate.
  • playwright — a writer of plays; dramatist.
  • power play — Football. an aggressive running play in which numerous offensive players converge and forge ahead to block and clear a path for the ball carrier.
  • power yoga — a form of yoga involving aerobic exercises and constant strenuous movement
  • railwayman — male railway worker
  • ray flower — one of the marginal florets surrounding the disk of tubular florets in the flower heads of certain composite plants, as the daisy.
  • right away — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
  • roadworthy — in suitable operating condition or meeting accepted standards for safe driving on the road: a roadworthy automobile.
  • rowanberry — a mountain ash tree
  • scare away — frighten off sb, sth
  • sea lawyer — a sailor inclined to question or complain about the orders given.
  • sewability — the ability to be sewn or stitched
  • shantytown — a section, as of a city or town, characterized by shanties and crudely built houses.
  • sleep away — to spend in sleeping; sleep during
  • sleep-away — of or relating to a place at which one sleeps away from home: sleep-away camp.
  • smile away — to drive away or get rid of by a smile or smiling
  • store away — keep
  • strawberry — the fruit of any stemless plant belonging to the genus Fragaria, of the rose family, consisting of an enlarged fleshy receptacle bearing achenes on its exterior.
  • strip away — remove entirely
  • swaybacked — having the back sagged to an unusual degree; having a sway-back.
  • switchyard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
  • tawny port — a type of port that is aged in wood for at least 7 years, giving it a 'nutty' flavour; its colour is tawny, as opposed to the red of a ruby port
  • thoughtway — a habitual manner of thought in a particular group of people.
  • throughway — a limited-access toll highway providing a means of direct transportation between distant areas for high-speed automobile traffic.
  • throw away — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
  • thwartways — sideways or crosswise
  • tom sawyer — (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer)a novel (1876) by Mark Twain.
  • trail away — to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind.
  • twangingly — in a twanging manner
  • unavowedly — in an unavowed or concealed manner
  • united way — a nationwide civic organization (United Way of America) or any of its affiliated local groups that raise funds through individual contributions and allocate them to benefit civic and charitable programs and organizations, as the YMCA and Red Cross. Formerly Community Chests and Councils of America, United Community Funds and Councils of America.
  • unlawfully — not lawful; contrary to law; illegal.
  • unswayable — to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
  • untowardly — in an untoward manner
  • unwearying — not causing weariness
  • vijayawada — a city in E Andhra Pradesh, in SE India, on the delta of the Krishna River.
  • wackyparse — (Internet, slang) In Kibology, the practice of misreading text to humorous effect (perhaps deliberately), especially in line with traditional absurdist humor.
  • walvis bay — an inlet of the S Atlantic Ocean, on the coast of Namibia, in SW Africa.
  • wamblingly — in a wambling manner
  • warble fly — any of several stout, woolly flies of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which produce warbles in cattle and other animals.
  • warblingly — in a warbling manner
  • waste away — become thin and weak
  • wastefully — In a wasteful manner.
  • watchfully — vigilant or alert; closely observant: The sentry remained watchful throughout the night.
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