9-letter words containing w, y
- mollymawk — any of various oceanic birds, as the fulmar or albatross.
- moneywise — In terms of money; financially speaking.
- moneywort — a creeping plant, Lysimachia nummularia, of the primrose family, having roundish leaves and solitary yellow flowers.
- motorways — Plural form of motorway.
- move away — relocate, go to live elsewhere
- muley saw — a saw having a long, stiff blade that is not stretched in a gate, but whose motion is directed by clamps at each end mounted on guide rails.
- new money — money and wealth that has not been inherited
- new penny — penny (def 2).
- new style — time reckoned according to the Gregorian calendar. Compare old style (def 2).
- newlyweds — a person who has recently married.
- nonlawyer — a person who is not a lawyer
- outwardly — as regards appearance or outward manifestation: outwardly charming; outwardly considerate.
- overweary — excessively weary; tired out.
- pass away — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- pay award — a bonus or increase in pay or salary
- pennywort — any of several plants having round or roundish leaves, as the navelwort.
- phony war — (in wartime) a period of apparent calm and inactivity, esp the period at the beginning of World War II
- piss away — urine.
- play down — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- play with — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- plug away — keep working on sth
- polywater — a subtance mistakenly identified as a polymeric form of water, now known to be water containing ions from glass or quartz.
- powerplay — behaviour intended to maximise person's power
- pull away — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
- pygmy owl — any of several small, diurnal owls of the genus Glaucidium, that feed chiefly on insects.
- renewably — in a renewable fashion, in such a way as to be renewable
- renewedly — in a renewed fashion
- right-way — a common law or statutory right granted to a vehicle, as an airplane or boat, to proceed ahead of another.
- rust away — When a metal object rusts away, it is gradually weakened and destroyed by rust.
- salt away — a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- sassywood — (in Liberia) a trial by ordeal, such as being forced to drink poison
- say's law — the principle, propounded by Jean Baptiste Say, that the supply of goods is always matched by the demand for them.
- scallywag — scalawag.
- screw eye — a screw having a ring-shaped head.
- screw fly — screwworm fly.
- screw you — expressing contempt
- seawardly — in a seaward direction
- seaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
- send away — dismiss
- shadowily — in a shadowy way or manner
- shallowly — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
- show copy — a positive print of a film for use at an important presentation such as a premiere
- show pony — a person who tries to be the centre of attention; show-off
- showbizzy — characteristic of showbiz
- showmanly — characteristic of a showman
- shut away — keep confined
- sign away — a token; indication.
- sillyweed — marijuana.
- sixty-two — a cardinal number, 60 plus 2.
- skew-eyed — having eyes that look in opposite directions from each other