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11-letter words containing w, o, y

  • policyowner — policyholder.
  • power alley — either of the two areas in the outfield between the outfielders
  • power cycle — (hardware)   (Or "cycle power", "cycle") To turn a machine's power off and on, with the intention of clearing some kind of hung or gronked state. Synonym 120 reset; see also Big Red Switch. Compare Vulcan nerve pinch, bounce and boot, and see the AI Koan about Tom Knight and the novice.
  • prizeworthy — deserving or qualified for a prize: a prizeworthy performance.
  • quoteworthy — quotable.
  • review body — an organization sponsored by the government to make independent recommendations
  • review copy — a copy of a book sent by a publisher to a journal, newspaper, etc, to enable it to be reviewed
  • riverworthy — (of a boat) able to cross or sail a river safely
  • rotary plow — a tined auger mounted on a horizontal power-driven shaft, for pulverizing unplowed soil preparatory to planting.
  • rotary wing — an airfoil that rotates about an approximately vertical axis, as that supporting a helicopter or autogiro in flight.
  • seventy-two — a cardinal number, 70 plus 2.
  • shadow play — a show in which shadows of puppets, flat figures, or live actors are projected onto a lighted screen.
  • shameworthy — deserving shame; denoting something a person ought to be ashamed of
  • shanty town — ghetto, slum
  • sightworthy — worth seeing
  • smooth away — to remove (difficulties, obstacles, etc.)
  • snowy egret — a white egret, Egretta thula, of the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere: formerly hunted in great numbers for its plumes, the species is now protected and has recovered.
  • snowy river — a river in SE Australia, rising in SE New South Wales: waters diverted through a system of dams and tunnels across the watershed into the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers for hydroelectric power and to provide water for irrigation. Length: 426 km (265 miles)
  • sorrowfully — full of or feeling sorrow; grieved; sad.
  • southwardly — toward the south
  • storywriter — a person who writes stories, tales, fables, etc.
  • szymanowski — Karol [kah-rawl] /ˈkɑ rɔl/ (Show IPA), 1882?–1937, Polish composer.
  • tally-woman — a mistress
  • thankworthy — deserving gratitude.
  • through way — a way that traffic or vehicles can pass through
  • to give way — If an object that is supporting something gives way, it breaks or collapses, so that it can no longer support that thing.
  • trophy wife — the young, often second, wife of a rich middle-aged man.
  • troy weight — a system of weights in use for precious metals and gems (formerly also for bread, grain, etc.): 24 grains = 1 pennyweight (1.555 grams); 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (31.103 grams); 12 ounces = 1 pound (0.373 kilogram). The grain, ounce, and pound are the same as in apothecaries' weight, the grain alone being the same as in avoirdupois weight. The troy pound is no longer a standard weight in Great Britain.
  • trustworthy — deserving of trust or confidence; dependable; reliable: The treasurer was not entirely trustworthy.
  • twenty-fold — having twenty sections, aspects, divisions, kinds, etc.
  • twenty-four — a cardinal number, 20 plus 4.
  • two a penny — Things that are said to be two a penny or ten a penny are not valuable or interesting because they are very common and easy to find.
  • two-by-four — two units thick and four units wide, especially in inches.
  • unknowingly — ignorant or unaware: unknowing aid to the enemy.
  • unseaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
  • vowel rhyme — Prosody. assonance (def 2).
  • vowel-rhyme — resemblance of sounds.
  • water poppy — a Brazilian, aquatic plant, Hydrocleys nymphoides, having yellow, poppylike flowers.
  • wave theory — Also called undulatory theory. Physics. the theory that light is transmitted as a wave, similar to oscillations in magnetic and electric fields. Compare corpuscular theory.
  • way of life — lifestyle
  • way station — a station intermediate between principal stations, as on a railroad.
  • wearisomely — causing weariness; fatiguing: a difficult and wearisome march.
  • welcomingly — In a welcoming manner.
  • welsh poppy — a poppy, Meconopsis cambrica, of western Europe, having pale-green, slightly hairy foliage and pale-yellow flowers.
  • wendy house — a child's playhouse.
  • werewolfery — the condition of being a werewolf
  • whit monday — the Monday following Whitsunday.
  • whiteboyism — the principles or conduct of the Whiteboys
  • whodunnitry — the style or genre of novels, plays, etc concerned with crime
  • wholesomely — In a wholesome manner.
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