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19-letter words containing y, a, h, w

  • alternative pathway — the activation of complement by contact with polysaccharides on bacteria, protozoa, or yeast cells: a nonspecific immune response. Compare classical pathway.
  • balsam woolly aphid — any plant louse of the family Aphididae, characterized by a waxy secretion that appears like a jumbled mass of fine, curly, white cottony or woolly threads, as Eriosoma lanigerum (woolly apple aphid or American blight) and Prociphilus tessellatus (woolly alder aphid)
  • daisy-wheel printer — a type of printer that uses a daisywheel
  • fall by the wayside — to cease or fail to continue doing something
  • finds its/their way — If something finds its way somewhere, it comes to that place, especially by chance.
  • goes without saying — If something goes without saying, it is obvious.
  • have a few too many — If you say that someone has had a few too many or has had a few, you mean that they have drunk too many alcoholic drinks.
  • have one's way with — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
  • heavy-water reactor — a nuclear reactor that uses heavy water as moderator
  • highways department — the department of a state, council, etc, responsible for the upkeep of roads and highways
  • information highway — information superhighway
  • north new hyde park — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
  • off-highway vehicle — An off-highway vehicle is a vehicle, such as one used for construction or agriculture, that is intended for use on steep or uneven ground.
  • okeechobee waterway — a waterway in S Florida from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. 155 miles (244 km) long.
  • one way and another — on balance
  • parting of the ways — When there is a parting of the ways, two or more people or groups of people stop working together or travelling together.
  • philadelphia lawyer — a lawyer of outstanding ability at exploiting legal fine points and technicalities.
  • play footsie (with) — to touch feet or rub knees (with) in a caressing way, as under the table
  • play the devil with — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
  • punch and judy show — A Punch and Judy show is a puppet show for children, often performed at fairs or at the seaside. Punch and Judy, the two main characters, are always fighting.
  • punch-and-judy show — a puppet show having a conventional plot consisting chiefly of slapstick humor and the tragicomic misadventures of the grotesque, hook-nosed, humpback buffoon Punch and his wife Judy.
  • saint swithin's day — July 15, superstitiously regarded as a day that, should it rain or be fair, will be followed by 40 consecutive days of like weather.
  • sleepy hollow chair — an armchair of the mid-19th century, sometimes on rockers, having a single piece forming a high upholstered back and a concave upholstered seat.
  • smooth the path/way — If you smooth the path or smooth the way towards something, you make it easier or more likely to happen.
  • to have it off/away — To have it off with someone or have it away with someone means to have sex with them.
  • to lay down the law — If you say that someone lays down the law, you are critical of them because they give other people orders and they think that they are always right.
  • waste heat recovery — the use of heat that is produced in a thermodynamic cycle, as in a furnace, combustion engine, etc, in another process, such as heating feedwater or air
  • wearable technology — a small computer or advanced electronic device that is worn or carried on the body: the trendiest wearable technologies.
  • welsh mountain pony — a small sturdy but graceful breed of pony used mostly for riding, originally from Wales
  • wesleyan methodists — a branch of the Methodist Church in its original form
  • what possessed you? — If you ask what possessed someone to do something, you are emphasizing your great surprise that they have done something which you consider foolish or dangerous.
  • what's your poison? — what would you like to drink?
  • what-do-you-call-it — whachamacallit.
  • whorfian hypothesis — Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.
  • wireless telegraphy — Now Rare. radiotelegraphy.
  • withdrawal symptoms — When someone has withdrawal symptoms, they feel ill after they have stopped taking a drug which they were addicted to.
  • withdrawal syndrome — a spectrum of physical and behavioral symptoms following cessation from the continuous use of an addictive drug, the character and severity of the symptoms depending upon the particular drug and the daily dose.
  • wouldn't harm a fly — If you say that someone wouldn't hurt a fly or wouldn't harm a fly, you are emphasizing that they are very kind and gentle.
  • yellowtail kingfish — a large carangid game fish, Seriola grandis, of S Australian waters

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