11-letter words containing y, e, w
- money wages — wages evaluated with reference to the money paid rather than the equivalent purchasing power
- new biology — the branch of biology that deals with the nature of biological phenomena at the molecular level through the study of DNA and RNA, proteins, and other macromolecules involved in genetic information and cell function, characteristically making use of advanced tools and techniques of separation, manipulation, imaging, and analysis.
- new country — a style of country music that emerged in the late 1980s characterized by a more contemporary sound and down-to-earth rather than sentimental lyrics
- new economy — the postindustrial world economy based on internet trading and advanced technology
- new harmony — a town in SW Indiana: socialistic community established by Robert Owen 1825.
- new yorkese — the speech thought to be characteristic of a person from New York City, as in pronunciation or vocabulary.
- newburyport — a city in NE Massachusetts.
- news agency — a business organization that gathers news for transmittal to its subscribers. Compare press association.
- news weekly — a weekly newspaper or news magazine
- norway pine — red pine.
- otherworldy — With a quality unlike those normal to everyday life, or outside typical human experience.
- oyster stew — a stew containing oysters
- oysterwoman — a woman who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
- peely-wally — off colour; pale and ill-looking
- pennine way — a long-distance footpath extending from Edale, Derbyshire, for 402 km (250 miles) to Kirk Yetholm, Scottish Borders
- pennyweight — (in troy weight) a unit of 24 grains or 1/20 of an ounce (1.56 grams). Abbreviation: dwt, pwt.
- policyowner — policyholder.
- power alley — either of the two areas in the outfield between the outfielders
- power cycle — (hardware) (Or "cycle power", "cycle") To turn a machine's power off and on, with the intention of clearing some kind of hung or gronked state. Synonym 120 reset; see also Big Red Switch. Compare Vulcan nerve pinch, bounce and boot, and see the AI Koan about Tom Knight and the novice.
- prizeworthy — deserving or qualified for a prize: a prizeworthy performance.
- quoteworthy — quotable.
- review body — an organization sponsored by the government to make independent recommendations
- review copy — a copy of a book sent by a publisher to a journal, newspaper, etc, to enable it to be reviewed
- rewardingly — in a rewarding way or manner
- riverworthy — (of a boat) able to cross or sail a river safely
- rye whiskey — rye1 (defs 4, 5).
- semi-weekly — occurring, done, appearing, or published twice a week: semiweekly visits.
- seventy-two — a cardinal number, 70 plus 2.
- shameworthy — deserving shame; denoting something a person ought to be ashamed of
- snowy egret — a white egret, Egretta thula, of the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere: formerly hunted in great numbers for its plumes, the species is now protected and has recovered.
- snowy river — a river in SE Australia, rising in SE New South Wales: waters diverted through a system of dams and tunnels across the watershed into the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers for hydroelectric power and to provide water for irrigation. Length: 426 km (265 miles)
- square away — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- steerageway — sufficient speed to permit a vessel to be maneuvered.
- storywriter — a person who writes stories, tales, fables, etc.
- sunday week — a week (counting backward or forward) from Sunday (or Monday, Tuesday, etc.)
- superlawyer — an extremely successful lawyer
- swansea bay — an inlet of the Bristol Channel, on which the port of Swansea stands
- swedish ivy — any of various plants belonging to the genus Plectranthus, of the mint family, native to the Old World tropics, having rounded, scalloped or toothed leaves and widely cultivated as a houseplant.
- swingeingly — by way of swingeing
- swivel-eyed — having or displaying extreme or fanatical views
- teeny-weeny — tiny; small.
- the beltway — Washington, D.C., esp. as regarded as the center of U.S. government and politics: so called from the expressway around the District of Columbia & nearby areas
- the haywain — a famous picture by John Constable
- the tynwald — the Parliament of the Isle of Man, consisting of the crown, lieutenant governor, House of Keys, and legislative council
- the yahwist — the conjectured author or authors of the earliest of four main sources or strands of tradition of which the Pentateuch is composed and in which God is called Yahweh throughout
- tiggywinkle — a gene found in fish and belonging to a family of genes known as the Hedgehog family
- to give way — If an object that is supporting something gives way, it breaks or collapses, so that it can no longer support that thing.
- trophy wife — the young, often second, wife of a rich middle-aged man.
- troy weight — a system of weights in use for precious metals and gems (formerly also for bread, grain, etc.): 24 grains = 1 pennyweight (1.555 grams); 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (31.103 grams); 12 ounces = 1 pound (0.373 kilogram). The grain, ounce, and pound are the same as in apothecaries' weight, the grain alone being the same as in avoirdupois weight. The troy pound is no longer a standard weight in Great Britain.
- twelfth day — the 12th day after Christmas, January 6, on which the festival of the Epiphany is celebrated: formerly observed as the last day of the Christmas festivities.