12-letter words containing w, y
- newfangledly — in a newfangled manner
- newly minted — new, recently created
- news analyst — commentator (def 1).
- newtownabbey — a town in Northern Ireland, in Newtownabbey district, Co Antrim on Belfast Lough: the third largest town in Northern Ireland, formed in 1958 by the amalgamation of seven villages; light industrial centre, esp for textiles. Pop: 62 056 (2001)
- nonyellowing — that does not become yellow, esp with age
- norway maple — a European maple, Acer platanoides, having bright-green leaves, grown as a shade tree in the U.S.
- not to worry — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- not with you — not able to grasp or follow what you are saying
- noteworthily — worthy of notice or attention; notable; remarkable: a noteworthy addition to our collection of rare books.
- nurserywoman — a woman who owns or operates a plant nursery.
- nurserywomen — Plural form of nurserywoman.
- off broadway — experimental or avant-garde drama produced in New York City, in small theaters, halls, churches, etc.
- off-broadway — experimental or avant-garde drama produced in New York City, in small theaters, halls, churches, etc.
- otherworldly — of, relating to, or devoted to another world, as the world of imagination or the world to come.
- out and away — away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
- owen stanley — a mountain range on New Guinea in SE Papua New Guinea. Highest peak, Mt. Victoria, 13,240 feet (4036 meters).
- oyster white — a slightly grayish white; off-white.
- pave the way — be a pioneer
- pay-per-view — a system requiring that a subscriber pay for each program viewed: championship games seen only on pay-per-view.
- pearly white — white and lustrous as a pearl.
- pennywhistle — a cheap toy whistle orig. sold for a penny
- power supply — power supply unit
- praiseworthy — deserving of praise; laudable: a praiseworthy motive.
- prayer shawl — a tallith.
- prayer wheel — a wheel or cylinder inscribed with or containing prayers, used chiefly by Buddhists of Tibet.
- primary wall — the wall of a plant cell that is formed first around the protoplast, composed of cellulose microfibrils aligned at all angles and held together by hydrogen bonds.
- primary wave — Seismology. P wave.
- property law — the branch of law dealing with issues relating to land and houses
- punxsutawney — a town in central Pennsylvania: Groundhog Day celebration.
- pussy willow — a small willow, Salix discolor, of eastern North America, having silky catkins.
- pussy-willow — a small willow, Salix discolor, of eastern North America, having silky catkins.
- putty powder — an abrasive consisting chiefly of stannic oxide, used for polishing hard surfaces.
- rack railway — cog railway.
- railway line — railroad route
- railway yard — an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings, used for storing rolling stock, making up trains, etc
- ready-witted — having a quick wit or intelligence.
- reality show — A reality show is a type of television program that aims to show how ordinary people behave in everyday life, or in situations, often created by the program makers, which are intended to represent everyday life.
- redwood city — a city in W California.
- renewability — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
- right of way — a common law or statutory right granted to a vehicle, as an airplane or boat, to proceed ahead of another.
- rock wallaby — any wallaby of the genus Petrogale, having a banded or striped coat, slender body, and long legs and feet, inhabiting caves and rocky areas in Australia.
- rollaway bed — a bed on castors
- ruby wedding — a fortieth wedding anniversary
- runaway star — a star with an unusually high proper motion, believed to result from its ejection from a nearby binary system when its companion star underwent a supernova explosion.
- say the word — If someone says the word, they give their approval as a sign that something should start to happen.
- shadowgraphy — the production of a shadowgraph
- show the way — guide
- showy orchis — a wild orchid, Orchis spectabilis, of eastern North America, having a spike of showy flowers, each with purple, pink, or white sepals and petals united into a galea and a white lip.
- skew polygon — the figure formed by joining four or more points, not all in one plane, by the same number of lines
- smyth sewing — a method of sewing together folded, gathered, and collated signatures with a single thread sewn through the folds of individual signatures.