10-letter words containing w, y
- down-cycle — business: move downward
- downplayed — Simple past tense and past participle of downplay.
- downwardly — Also, downwards. from a higher to a lower place or condition.
- drawlingly — Speaking with a drawl.
- drive away — depart in a vehicle
- dwarfishly — In a dwarfish manner.
- early wood — springwood.
- eastwardly — having an eastward direction or situation.
- either way — whichever is true
- entry word — in book
- everywhere — In or to all places.
- everywoman — a woman who exemplifies all women in some way
- expressway — A highway designed for fast traffic, with controlled entrance and exit, a dividing strip between the traffic in opposite directions, and typically two or more lanes in each direction.
- eye shadow — make-up for the eyelids
- eyewitness — A person who has personally seen something happen and so can give a first-hand description of it.
- family way — family (def 18).
- flawlessly — having no defects or faults, especially none that diminish the value of something: a flawless Ming Dynasty vase.
- flower fly — syrphid fly.
- flower key — feature key
- flyswatter — A hand-held device for swatting flies or other insects, to kill or shoo them.
- flyweights — Plural form of flyweight.
- fort wayne — a city in NE Indiana.
- french way — cunnilingus or fellatio.
- frowningly — While or as if frowning.
- galaxywide — Throughout a galaxy.
- galleywest — Informal. into a state of unconsciousness, confusion, or disarray (usually used in the phrase to knock galley-west).
- galsworthy — John, 1867–1933, English novelist and dramatist: Nobel Prize 1932.
- go haywire — to behave or perform erratically
- goldwynism — a phrase or statement involving a humorous and supposedly unintentional misuse of idiom, as “Keep a stiff upper chin,” especially such a statement attributed to Samuel Goldwyn, as “Include me out.”.
- gray power — the organized influence exerted by elderly people as a group, especially for social or political purposes or ends.
- gray water — dirty water from sinks, showers, bathtubs, washing machines, and the like, that can be recycled, as for use in flushing toilets.
- gray whale — a grayish-black whalebone whale, Eschrichtius robustus, of the North Pacific, growing to a length of 50 feet (15.2 meters): now rare.
- graywether — sarsen.
- grey power — the political, financial, or social influence of elderly people
- grey water — household waste water that can be reused for some purposes without purification, e.g. bath water, which can be used to water plants
- grey whale — a large N Pacific whalebone whale, Eschrichtius glaucus, that is grey or black with white spots and patches: family Eschrichtidae
- growlingly — In a growling manner; with growls.
- handywoman — Female equivalent of handyman.
- handywomen — Plural form of handywoman.
- hardwarily — /hard-weir'*-lee/ In a way pertaining to hardware. "The system is hardwarily unreliable." The adjective "hardwary" is *not* traditionally used, though it has recently been reported from the U.K. See softwarily.
- harm's way — danger; a dangerous situation: to get out of harm's way during a storm.
- hateworthy — Worthy of being hated, detestable, despicable.
- haulageway — a passageway by which coal, ore, etc., is hauled to the surface from an underground mine.
- hawk's-eye — a dark-blue chatoyant quartz formed by the silicification of crocidolite, used for ornamental purposes. Compare tiger's-eye (def 1).
- highwayman — (formerly) a holdup man, especially one on horseback, who robbed travelers along a public road.
- highwaymen — Plural form of highwayman.
- hollywired — Siliwood
- holy water — water blessed by a priest.
- housewifey — (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a housewife.
- hydropower — hydroelectric power.