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12-letter words containing w, y

  • cutaway dive — a back dive in which the diver rotates the body to enter the water headfirst facing the springboard.
  • cylinder saw — crown saw.
  • delaware bay — an inlet of the Atlantic at the mouth of the Delaware river
  • do away with — from this or that place; off: to go away.
  • down payment — an initial amount paid at the time of purchase, in installment buying, time sales, etc.
  • downy mildew — Also called false mildew. any fungus of the family Peronosporaceae, causing many plant diseases and producing a white, downy mass of conidiophores, usually on the under surface of the leaves of the host plant.
  • dual highway — divided highway.
  • dwarf cherry — any of several low, North American cherries that grow on dry or sandy soil, especially Prunus pumila, of the Great Lakes region.
  • early hebrew — noting or pertaining to the alphabetical script used for the writing of Hebrew mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries b.c.
  • edward abbey — Edward, 1927–89, U.S. novelist and nature writer.
  • eensy-weensy — tiny; small.
  • entranceways — Plural form of entranceway.
  • everywhither — (archaic,or,poetic) to everywhere.
  • explain away — If someone explains away a mistake or a bad situation they are responsible for, they try to indicate that it is unimportant or that it is not really their fault.
  • eye-watering — painful or extremely unpleasant
  • eyewitnesses — Plural form of eyewitness.
  • factory work — work in a factory
  • far and away — at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.
  • flightworthy — being in proper physical or mechanical condition for safe flight; airworthy: a flightworthy spacecraft.
  • flow country — an area of moorland and peat bogs in northern Scotland known for its wildlife, now partly afforested
  • flying wedge — a fast-moving group of law-enforcement officers in a compact, wedge-shaped formation that can infiltrate crowds or protect someone effectively.
  • fowl typhoid — a septicemic disease of fowl, especially chickens, caused by the bacterium Salmonella gallinarum and marked by fever, loss of appetite, thirst, anemic pallor of the skin of the head, and prostration.
  • fribble away — to use wastefully
  • fritter away — to squander or disperse piecemeal; waste little by little (usually followed by away): to fritter away one's money; to fritter away an afternoon.
  • galanty show — pantomime shadow play
  • gallery wire — perforated wire or metal stripping used to support or enhance a stone mounted in a ring.
  • gateway 2000 — (company)   One of the lagest US manufacturers of IBM compatibles, founded by CEO Ted Waitt in September 1985, in Sioux City, Iowa. In 1990 the company moved to North Sioux City, South Dakota. In August 1994, quarterly profits were $4 million on sales of $617 million. Sales for the first quarter of 1997 were $1.42 billion. On 1997-05-15 Gateway bought the Amiga brand.
  • gateway drug — any mood-altering drug, as a stimulant or tranquilizer, that does not cause physical dependence but may lead to the use of addictive drugs, as heroin.
  • george dewey — George, 1837–1917, U.S. admiral: defeated Spanish fleet in Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.
  • get anywhere — to be successful
  • gillyflowers — Plural form of gillyflower.
  • go-away bird — a common name for a grey-plumaged lourie of the genus Corythaixoides
  • gollywobbler — a very large quadrilateral staysail set between the foremast and mainmast of a schooner.
  • granny woman — midwife (def 1).
  • gravity wave — Astronomy, Physics. gravitational wave.
  • gravity wind — a light wind directed downslope, occurring at night because of the cooling and densification of the air near the ground.
  • grey wagtail — a greyish species of wagtail, Motacilla cinerea, found in temperate regions
  • grey warbler — a small bush bird that hatches the eggs of the shining cuckoo
  • gully-washer — a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
  • gullywashers — Plural form of gullywasher.
  • halfway line — a line across a sports field, such as a football pitch, that divides the playing area into two equal areas and is equidistant between the two goals
  • halfwittedly — In a halfwitted manner.
  • hangchow bay — a bay of the East China Sea.
  • hangtown fry — a type of omelet to which fried oysters, bacon, and sometimes onions are added.
  • hansa yellow — a pigment derived from coal tar, characterized chiefly by its brilliant yellow color.
  • hare wallaby — a wallaby of the genus Lagorchestes
  • have it away — to have sexual intercourse
  • heavyweights — Plural form of heavyweight.
  • henry howard — Earl of (Henry Howard) 1517?–47, English poet.
  • hideaway bed — a sofa, loveseat, etc., that can be converted into a bed, usually by folding out a concealed mattress and springs.
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