9-letter words containing w, y
- clearways — Plural form of clearway.
- colorways — Plural form of colorway.
- colourway — one of several different combinations of colours in which a given pattern is printed on fabrics, wallpapers, etc
- come away — to become detached
- copy down — If you copy down something that someone has said or written, you write it down exactly.
- copywrite — (rare) To write the copy (or text) of an advertisement; to have a job as a copywriter.
- cow cocky — a one-man dairy farmer
- cowboy up — to adopt a tough approach or course of action
- cowboying — Present participle of cowboy.
- crawdaddy — crawdad.
- crazyweed — locoweed
- crossways — crosswise.
- crowberry — a low-growing N temperate evergreen shrub, Empetrum nigrum, with small purplish flowers and black berry-like fruit: family Empetraceae
- crowdedly — In a crowded manner.
- cruiseway — a canal used for recreational purposes
- cyberwand — (hardware, virtual reality) A virtual reality controller. The CyberWand costs $99, or $765 with optional Polhemus sensor. It is basically the handle of a flight control system without the base. The controller's four buttons and 2-D hat sensor track six degrees of movement.
- dairy cow — a cow which is used to produce milk
- day-lewis — C(ecil). 1904–72, British poet, critic, and (under the pen name Nicholas Blake) author of detective stories; poet laureate (1968–72)
- dayflower — any of various tropical and subtropical plants of the genus Commelina, having jointed creeping stems, narrow pointed leaves, and blue or purplish flowers which wilt quickly: family Commelinaceae
- daywalker — (fantasy) One who can go out in the sunlight, distinguished from vampires etc. who cannot.
- dayworker — a person who works during the daytime
- dewy-eyed — If you say that someone is dewy-eyed, you are criticizing them because you think that they are unrealistic and think events and situations are better than they really are.
- dicky bow — a bow tie
- dirty war — a war conducted by the military or secret police of a regime against revolutionary and terrorist insurgents and marked by the regime's use of kidnapping, torture, and murder, with members of the civilian population often the victims.
- downcycle — a downward course in the business cycle.
- downgyved — (poetic, obsolete) Hanging down like gyves or fetters.
- downplays — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downplay.
- downy oak — Quercus pubescens
- draw away — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- draw play — draw (def 54).
- driveaway — the delivery of a car to a buyer or to a specified destination by means of a hired driver.
- driveways — Plural form of driveway.
- drop away — become fewer
- drywalled — to construct or renovate with dry wall: to dry-wall the interior of a house.
- drywaller — to construct or renovate with dry wall: to dry-wall the interior of a house.
- dustywing — any of the rare, minute neuropterous insects of the family Coniopterygidae, characterized by a white, powdery body and wing cover, large eyes, long and slender antennae, and chewing mouthparts.
- earlywood — the light-coloured wood made by a tree in the spring that shows up in the yearly growth ring
- empty cow — a cow that does not produce calves during the breeding season
- entryways — Plural form of entryway.
- everywhen — always, at all times
- eyeshadow — A colored cosmetic, typically in powder form, applied to the eyelids or to the skin around the eyes to accentuate them.
- fade away — to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- fadeaways — Plural form of fadeaway.
- fall away — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- fancywork — ornamental needlework.
- fawn lily — any of several lilies of the genus Erythronium, of western North America, as E. californicum, having mottled leaves and cream-white flowers.
- fawningly — In a feigning manner; falsely.
- fifty-two — a cardinal number, 50 plus 2.
- file away — in folder
- fill away — to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.