11-letter words containing w, y
- newburyport — a city in NE Massachusetts.
- news agency — a business organization that gathers news for transmittal to its subscribers. Compare press association.
- news weekly — a weekly newspaper or news magazine
- northwardly — Northwards, towards the north.
- norway pine — red pine.
- otherworldy — With a quality unlike those normal to everyday life, or outside typical human experience.
- oyster stew — a stew containing oysters
- oysterwoman — a woman who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
- paddy wagon — Informal. patrol wagon.
- palsy-walsy — friendly or appearing to be friendly in a very intimate or hearty way: The police kept their eye on him because he was trying to get palsy-walsy with the security guard.
- part way up — some way towards the summit
- peely-wally — off colour; pale and ill-looking
- pennine way — a long-distance footpath extending from Edale, Derbyshire, for 402 km (250 miles) to Kirk Yetholm, Scottish Borders
- pennyweight — (in troy weight) a unit of 24 grains or 1/20 of an ounce (1.56 grams). Abbreviation: dwt, pwt.
- playwriting — the art or technique of writing theatrical plays; the work or profession of a playwright.
- policy wonk — a person who studies or makes political policies, esp one who has a strong enthusiasm for technical details
- 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
- rewardingly — in a rewarding way or manner
- 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.
- rye whiskey — rye1 (defs 4, 5).
- saginaw bay — an arm of Lake Huron, off the E coast of Michigan. 60 miles (97 km) long.
- scrawlingly — in a scrawling manner
- semi-weekly — occurring, done, appearing, or published twice a week: semiweekly visits.
- 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
- six day war — a war fought in June, 1967, between Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, in which Israel captured large tracts of Arab territory.
- six-day war — a war fought in June, 1967, between Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, in which Israel captured large tracts of Arab territory.
- 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
- spirit away — the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- square away — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- steerageway — sufficient speed to permit a vessel to be maneuvered.
- storywriter — a person who writes stories, tales, fables, etc.
- straightway — straightaway.
- sunday week — a week (counting backward or forward) from Sunday (or Monday, Tuesday, etc.)
- superlawyer — an extremely successful lawyer