10-letter words containing w, y
- wax myrtle — an aromatic shrub, Myrica cerifera, of the southeastern U.S., bearing small berries coated with wax that is sometimes used in making candles.
- wayfinding — (biology) The ability of a person or animal to orientate itself and to navigate; the process used by a person or animal for orienting itself and navigating.
- waymarking — A recreational activity involving the finding and logging of points of interest, usually with a GPS receiver and digital camera.
- waynesboro — a city in N Virginia.
- wearyingly — In a wearying way.
- wednesdays — on or during Wednesdays; every Wednesday.
- welsh pony — one of a breed of small, sturdy ponies raised originally in Wales.
- westwardly — having a westward direction or situation: the westwardly migration of the 1850s.
- wheezingly — With a wheezing sound.
- while away — a period or interval of time: to wait a long while; He arrived a short while ago.
- whirlingly — With a whirling motion.
- whirlybird — helicopter.
- whisky mac — a drink consisting of whisky and ginger wine
- whiskyjack — (Canada) Alternative form of whisky jack (gray jay, Canada jay).
- white lady — a cocktail consisting of gin, Cointreau, and lemon juice
- whitebelly — (zoology) Applied to various kinds of animal characterized by a white belly.
- whitmonday — the Monday following Whitsunday.
- whitsunday — the seventh Sunday after Easter, celebrated as a festival in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost.
- whizzingly — in a whizzing manner, with a whizzing sound or motion
- wild pansy — any uncultivated or wild form of the common pansy, Viola tricolor.
- wild thyme — mother-of-thyme.
- willoughby — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- willow fly — a stonefly, Leuctra geniculata, of the English chalk streams, esteemed by trout and therefore by anglers
- willywacks — willowwacks.
- winceyette — a plain-weave cotton fabric with slightly raised two-sided nap
- wind poppy — a Californian plant, Stylomecon heterophylla, of the poppy family, having satiny, brick-red flowers with purple centers.
- windlessly — Without any wind.
- windy city — Chicago, Ill. (used as a nickname).
- wing-weary — tired from flying or traveling.
- winstanley — Gerrard. ?1609–60, English radical; leader of the Diggers (1649–50) and author of the pamphlet The Law of Freedom in a Platform (1652)
- wirelessly — having no wire.
- with young — (of animals) pregnant
- wobblingly — With a wobbling motion.
- woman-year — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy, based on a standard number of woman-days in a year of work.
- womanfully — in a manner full of womanly spirit: She struggled womanfully to complete the task.
- womanishly — In a womanish way.
- wonder boy — a young man who is unusually successful or especially popular.
- wondrously — wonderful; remarkable.
- wood nymph — (especially in legend) a nymph of the woods; dryad.
- wood pussy — a skunk.
- wood-pussy — a skunk.
- woollyback — a person who lives in a region near, but not in, Liverpool
- woollybutt — any of several Australian trees of the genus Eucalyptus, especially E. longifolia, having rough, often fibrous bark.
- woollyfoot — a kind of fungus
- wordlessly — In a wordless manner.
- work-study — an examination of ways of finding the most efficient method of doing a job, esp in terms of time and effort
- worry line — a line on someone's face, believed to be cause by worry
- worry wart — a person who tends to worry habitually and often needlessly; pessimist; fussbudget.
- worryingly — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- worrywarts — Plural form of worrywart.