7-letter words containing w, y
- dry law — a law prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcoholic beverages.
- drywall — to construct or renovate with dry wall: to dry-wall the interior of a house.
- drywell — a type of sewage or excess water disposal system
- dyewood — any wood yielding a coloring matter used for dyeing.
- earywig — (regional) earwig.
- ed wynn — Ed (Isaiah Edwin Leopold) 1886–1966, U.S. comedian.
- edgeway — A form of railway in which the road is causewayed up to the level of the top of the flanges.
- endways — With its end facing upward, forward, or toward the viewer.
- eyebrow — The strip of hair growing on the ridge above a person's eye socket.
- eyewash — Cleansing solution for a person’s eye.
- eyewear — Things worn on the eyes, such as spectacles and contact lenses.
- eyewink — a wink of the eye
- fairway — an unobstructed passage, way, or area.
- fallway — (US) A well or opening, through the successive floors of a warehouse or factory or the decks of a ship, providing access for material, goods or people.
- faraway — distant; remote: faraway lands.
- fishway — A structure built on or around dams or locks to faciliate the migration of fish.
- flowery — covered with or having many flowers.
- fly way — a route between breeding and wintering areas taken by concentrations of migrating birds.
- flyaway — fluttering or streaming in the wind; windblown: flyaway hair.
- flyblew — Simple past form of flyblow.
- flyblow — to deposit eggs or larvae on (meat or other food).
- flyways — Plural form of flyway.
- folkway — A custom or belief common to members of a society or culture.
- footway — a way or path for people going on foot.
- frawzey — a celebration; treat
- freeway — an express highway with no intersections, usually having traffic routed on and off by means of a cloverleaf.
- frowney — (chat) (Or "frowney face") See emoticon.
- frowsty — musty; ill-smelling.
- gangway — a passageway, especially a narrow walkway.
- gateway — an entrance or passage that may be closed by a gate.
- gawkily — In a gawky manner.
- getaway — a getting away or fleeing; an escape.
- glowfly — firefly.
- go away — leave!
- goldwyn — Samuel (Samuel Goldfish) 1882–1974, U.S. movie producer, born in Poland.
- gownboy — a foundationer schoolboy who wears a gown
- growthy — growing rapidly
- gwynedd — a county in E Wales. 1493 sq. mi. (3866 sq. km).
- gwyniad — A freshwater fish native to Bala Lake in Wales.
- hadaway — an exclamation urging the hearer to refrain from delay in the execution of a task
- halfway — to half the distance; to midpoint: The rope reaches only halfway.
- hallway — a corridor, as in a building.
- hawkeye — a native or inhabitant of Iowa (used as a nickname).
- hawkyns — Sir John, Hawkins, Sir John.
- hayward — Leland, 1902–71, U.S. theatrical producer.
- haywire — wire used to bind bales of hay.
- haywood — William Dudley ("Big Bill") 1869–1928, U.S. labor leader: a founder of the Industrial Workers of the World; in the Soviet Union after 1921.
- headway — headroom (def 2).
- heyward — DuBose [duh-bohz] /dəˈboʊz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1940, U.S. playwright, novelist, and poet.
- heywood — John, 1497?–1580? English dramatist and epigrammatist.