11-letter words containing w, y
- cow country — a region of cattle ranches, as rural areas of the southwestern U.S., especially Texas.
- cow parsley — a common Eurasian umbelliferous hedgerow plant, Anthriscus sylvestris, having umbrella-shaped clusters of white flowers
- cowboy boot — a boot having a thick, angled heel of medium height and, usually, a pointed toe and ornamental stitching, tooling, etc.: traditionally worn by American cowboys
- crashworthy — (of a vehicle) Capable of withstanding a crash.
- crown daisy — a garden plant, Chrysanthemum coronarium, of the composite family, native to southern Europe, having numerous yellowish-white flower heads.
- crown derby — a type of porcelain manufactured at Derby from 1784–1848
- crushworthy — (usually, of a, person) Suitable for a crush (infatuation): attractive.
- daisy wheel — a component of a computer printer in the shape of a wheel with many spokes that prints characters using a disk with characters around the circumference as the print element
- dietary law — law dealing with foods permitted to be eaten, food preparation and combinations, and the utensils and dishes coming into contact with food.
- dirty power — Electrical mains voltage that is unfriendly to the delicate innards of computers. Spikes, drop-outs, average voltage significantly higher or lower than nominal, or just plain noise can all cause problems of varying subtlety and severity (these are collectively known as power hits).
- dobby weave — a weave with small, geometric patterns
- donkey work — Informal. tedious, repetitious work; drudgery.
- donkey-work — Informal. tedious, repetitious work; drudgery.
- downpayment — an initial amount paid at the time of purchase, in installment buying, time sales, etc.
- downplaying — Present participle of downplay.
- drainageway — a conduit, ditch, or the like, for draining water from an area.
- drawability — the degree to which a metal can be drawn.
- droolworthy — inspiring or likely to inspire excessive enthusiasm or pleasure; extremely attractive or desirable
- dyer's-weed — any of various plants yielding dyes, as the weld, Reseda luteola, the dyeweed, Genista tinctoria, or the woad, Isatis tinctoria.
- eat away at — worry
- emery wheel — a grinding or polishing wheel consisting of, or the surface of which is coated with, abrasive emery particles
- entranceway — A way into a place or thing, esp. a doorway or corridor at the entrance to a building.
- everywhence — from all directions
- everywheres — (nonstandard) Everywhere.
- expressways — Plural form of expressway.
- eyebrowless — having no eyebrows
- faithworthy — worthy of faith, trustworthy
- fancy woman — an immoral woman, especially a man's mistress.
- farawayness — the state of being faraway
- fiddle away — to waste (time)
- flowability — to move along in a stream: The river flowed slowly to the sea.
- fly swatter — a device for killing flies, mosquitoes, and other insects, usually a square sheet of wire mesh attached to a long handle.
- fly-by-wire — (of aircraft or spacecraft) activated entirely by electronic controls.
- flying wing — an airplane whose wings form almost all the airframe, with the fuselage almost or entirely within the wing structure.
- followed by — You use followed by to say what comes after something else in a list or ordered set of things.
- forty winks — a short nap.
- four-by-two — a piece of timber with a cross section that measures 4 inches by 2 inches
- fuzzy-wuzzy — a Black fuzzy-haired native of any of various countries
- galley-west — Informal. into a state of unconsciousness, confusion, or disarray (usually used in the phrase to knock galley-west).
- gamble away — lose through gambling
- getaway car — an automobile used by criminals in order to leave the scene of a crime quickly
- gillyflower — Archaic. any of several fragrant flowers of the genus Dianthus, as the carnation or clove pink.
- give way to — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- greasy wool — untreated wool, still retaining the lanolin, which is used for waterproof clothing
- grey willow — a species of willow, Salix cinerea, with greenish-grey catkins
- gullywasher — a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
- gypsy winch — a small winch or crab.
- hammer away — If you hammer away at a task or activity, you work at it constantly and with great energy.
- harrowingly — extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous: a harrowing experience.
- heavy water — water in which hydrogen atoms have been replaced by deuterium, used chiefly as a coolant in nuclear reactors.