11-letter words containing y, a, w
- wall system — a modular system of shelves, some of which may be enclosed by doors, either mounted on a wall or arranged in freestanding units, for holding books, bric-a-brac, etc., and sometimes including such features as a drop-leaf desk or specially designed storage space, as to accommodate records or electronic equipment.
- walt disney — Walt(er E.) 1901–66, U.S. creator and producer of animated cartoons, motion pictures, etc.
- wanderingly — In a way that wanders.
- warrantably — In a way that is justified; reasonably.
- warrantying — an act or an instance of warranting; assurance; authorization; warrant.
- washability — capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, or the like.
- wasterfully — in a wasteful manner
- water cycle — the natural sequence through which water passes into the atmosphere as water vapor, precipitates to earth in liquid or solid form, and ultimately returns to the atmosphere through evaporation.
- water nymph — a nymph of the water, as a naiad, a Nereid, or an Oceanid.
- water poppy — a Brazilian, aquatic plant, Hydrocleys nymphoides, having yellow, poppylike flowers.
- wave energy — energy obtained by harnessing wave power
- wave theory — Also called undulatory theory. Physics. the theory that light is transmitted as a wave, similar to oscillations in magnetic and electric fields. Compare corpuscular theory.
- wavy-haired — having wavy hair
- way of life — lifestyle
- way station — a station intermediate between principal stations, as on a railroad.
- waywardness — The quality of being wayward.
- weak safety — a member of a secondary, usually the deepest-playing defender, with no specific assignment at the snap of the ball, but often covering the area of the field across from the weak side of the opponent's offensive line against runs and long pass plays.
- wearability — the durability of clothing under normal wear.
- wearisomely — causing weariness; fatiguing: a difficult and wearisome march.
- weather eye — sensitivity and alertness to signs of change in the weather.
- wedding day — the day of a wedding.
- weldability — to unite or fuse (as pieces of metal) by hammering, compressing, or the like, especially after rendering soft or pasty by heat, and sometimes with the addition of fusible material like or unlike the pieces to be united.
- well-played — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- wensleydale — a rich, medium-hard, white cheese with blue veins, somewhat strong in flavor.
- wesleyanism — the evangelical principles taught by John Wesley; Methodism.
- wettability — the condition of being wettable.
- wheat berry — the whole kernel of wheat, sometimes cracked or ground and used as a cereal or cooked food, or made into bread.
- where away? — in what direction?
- whigmaleery — whigmaleerie.
- whimsically — given to whimsy or fanciful notions; capricious: a pixyish, whimsical fellow.
- whiskeyjack — (US) Alternative form of whisky jack (gray jay, Canada jay).
- whit monday — the Monday following Whitsunday.
- whit sunday — the seventh Sunday after Easter, celebrated as a festival in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost.
- white wavey — See under wavey.
- whitley bay — a resort in NE England, in North Tyneside unitary authority, Tyne and Wear, on the North Sea. Pop: 36 544 (2001)
- whittuesday — the day following Whitmonday.
- whydah bird — any of various predominantly black African weaverbirds of the genus Vidua and related genera, the males of which grow very long tail feathers in the breeding season
- william joy — (person) (Bill Joy) Author of the C shell and vi, he was also one of the people at the University of California at Berkeley responsible for the Berkeley Software Distribution of Unix. He also wrote a book on Unix. He was a co-founder of Sun Microsystems, Inc., where he is still (1997) Vice-President of Research. Among his many projects for Sun have been helping to design the Network File System and the SPARC architechture. See also dinosaur.
- windbaggery — Informal. an empty, voluble, pretentious talker.
- winnability — a capacity for winning or being won
- wire agency — a business organization that gathers news, news photos, the latest stock-market prices, etc., for distribution, usually by teletypewriter, to its subscribers, especially newspapers: so called from the original transmission of news by telegraph wire.
- wishy-washy — lacking in decisiveness; without strength or character; irresolute.
- wither away — weaken and die
- woolly bear — the caterpillar of any of several moths, as a tiger moth, having a dense coat of woolly hairs.
- workability — practicable or feasible: He needs a workable schedule.
- working day — daytime hours occupied by work
- working-day — workaday; everyday.
- world-weary — weary of the world; bored with existence, material pleasures, etc.
- worry beads — a string of beads manipulated to relieve worry and tension.
- yachtswoman — a woman who owns or sails a yacht, or who is devoted to yachting.