12-letter words containing w, e, y
- george dewey — George, 1837–1917, U.S. admiral: defeated Spanish fleet in Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.
- get anywhere — to be successful
- gillyflowers — Plural form of gillyflower.
- gollywobbler — a very large quadrilateral staysail set between the foremast and mainmast of a schooner.
- gravity wave — Astronomy, Physics. gravitational wave.
- grey wagtail — a greyish species of wagtail, Motacilla cinerea, found in temperate regions
- grey warbler — a small bush bird that hatches the eggs of the shining cuckoo
- gully-washer — a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
- gullywashers — Plural form of gullywasher.
- halfway line — a line across a sports field, such as a football pitch, that divides the playing area into two equal areas and is equidistant between the two goals
- halfwittedly — In a halfwitted manner.
- hansa yellow — a pigment derived from coal tar, characterized chiefly by its brilliant yellow color.
- hare wallaby — a wallaby of the genus Lagorchestes
- have it away — to have sexual intercourse
- heavyweights — Plural form of heavyweight.
- henry howard — Earl of (Henry Howard) 1517?–47, English poet.
- hideaway bed — a sofa, loveseat, etc., that can be converted into a bed, usually by folding out a concealed mattress and springs.
- high wycombe — a town in S central England, in S Buckinghamshire: furniture industry. Pop: 77 178 (2001)
- highway code — In Britain, the Highway Code is an official book published by the Department of Transport, which contains the rules which tell people how to use public roads safely.
- how are you? — what is your state of health?
- how dare you — You say 'how dare you' when you are very shocked and angry about something that someone has done.
- industrywide — from, covering, or affecting an entire industry: industrywide profits.
- japanese yew — a yew, Taxus cuspidata, of Japan, grown as an ornamental.
- joe-pye weed — Also called purple boneset. a tall composite weed, Eupatorium purpureum, of North America, having clusters of pinkish or purple flowers.
- journeywoman — The female equivalent of a journeyman.
- junk jewelry — cheap costume jewelry.
- k'ang yu-wei — 1858–1927, Chinese scholar and reformer.
- know by name — to have heard of without having met
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
- lawyer's wig — the shaggy ink-cap
- lawyerliness — Quality of being lawyerly.
- lead the way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- lee kuan yew — 1923–2015, Singaporean statesman; prime minister of Singapore 1959–90, during which period his party's authoritarian rule was criticized but the country's economy progressed rapidly
- lemon yellow — a clear, yellowish-green color.
- lloyd webber — (Sir) Andrew, born 1948, English composer of musical theater.
- longwindedly — Alternative spelling of long-windedly.
- lower saxony — a state in NW Germany. 18,294 sq. mi. (47,380 sq. km). Capital: Hanover.
- lyric writer — someone who writes lyrics
- mail gateway — (messaging) A machine that connects two or more electronic mail systems (including dissimilar mail systems) and transfers messages between them. Sometimes the mapping and translation can be quite complex, and it generally requires a store and forward scheme whereby the message is received from one system completely before it is transmitted to the next system, after suitable translations.
- make headway — forward movement; progress in a forward direction: The ship's headway was slowed by the storm.
- malt whiskey — Malt whiskey or malt is whiskey that is made from malt.
- matthew quay — Matthew Stanley, 1833–1904, U.S. politician: senator 1887–99, 1901–4.
- mean well by — to have good intentions or friendly, helpful feelings toward
- meet halfway — to compromise with
- merry-andrew — a clown; buffoon.
- microbrewery — a brewery producing less than 15,000 barrels per year and usually concentrating on exotic or high quality beer.
- midwest city — a city in central Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City.
- money cowrie — the highly polished, usually brightly colored shell of a marine gastropod of the genus Cypraea, as that of C. moneta (money cowrie) used as money in certain parts of Asia and Africa, or that of C. tigris, used for ornament.
- monkeywrench — Alternative form of monkey wrench.
- new egyptian — the Egyptian language, c. 1600-700 b.c.