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10-letter words containing y, n, w

  • nearly new — Nearly new items are items for sale that have belonged to another person but have not been used much and are still in very good condition. A nearly new shop sells nearly new items.
  • new albany — a city in S Indiana, on the Ohio River.
  • new comedy — Greek comedy arising toward the end of the 4th century b.c. that employed stock characters and plots drawn from contemporary bourgeois life, the formulas of which were adopted by later Roman writers for the comic stage.
  • new jersey — a state in the E United States, on the Atlantic coast. 7836 sq. mi. (20,295 sq. km). Capital: Trenton. Abbreviation: NJ (for use with zip code), N.J.
  • new romney — a seaport town in E Kent, in SE England: one of the Cinque Ports.
  • new year's — the year approaching or newly begun.
  • new yorker — Also called New York State. a state in the NE United States. 49,576 sq. mi. (128,400 sq. km). Capital: Albany. Abbreviation: NY (for use with zip code), N.Y.
  • newark bay — a bay in NE New Jersey. 6 miles (10 km) long; 1 mile (1.6 km) wide.
  • newby hall — a mansion near Ripon in Yorkshire: built in 1705 and altered (1770–76) by Robert Adam
  • news story — a news report of any length, usually presented in a straightforward style and without editorial comment.
  • newsagency — a business organization that gathers news for transmittal to its subscribers. Compare press association.
  • newsweekly — a newsmagazine or newspaper published weekly.
  • newsworthy — of sufficient interest to the public or a special audience to warrant press attention or coverage.
  • ninety-two — a cardinal number, 90 plus 2.
  • nitwittery — foolishness; stupidity
  • norway rat — an Old World rat, Rattus norvegicus, having a grayish-brown body with whitish underparts and a long, scaly tail, now common in the U.S. in or near homes, barns, wharves, etc.
  • noteworthy — worthy of notice or attention; notable; remarkable: a noteworthy addition to our collection of rare books.
  • on the way — en route
  • owl monkey — douroucouli.
  • pantywaist — Informal. a weak, effeminate man; sissy.
  • penny-wise — greatly concerned with saving small sums of money
  • pennyworth — as much as may be bought for a penny.
  • phoney war — A phoney war is when two opposing groups are openly hostile towards each other, as if they were at war, but there is no real fighting.
  • prowlingly — in the manner of a prowl
  • railwayman — male railway worker
  • renownedly — celebrated; famous.
  • rowanberry — a mountain ash tree
  • scowlingly — in a scowling manner
  • shantytown — a section, as of a city or town, characterized by shanties and crudely built houses.
  • skywriting — the act or technique of writing against the sky with chemically produced smoke released from a maneuvering airplane.
  • skywritten — created by the process of skywriting
  • snow buggy — a vehicle designed for travelling over snow, often fitted with very large tyres or caterpillar tracks
  • snow bunny — a devotee of winter sports
  • swimmingly — without difficulty; with great success; effortlessly: She passed the exam swimmingly.
  • tawny port — a type of port that is aged in wood for at least 7 years, giving it a 'nutty' flavour; its colour is tawny, as opposed to the red of a ruby port
  • tiddlywink — Tiddlywinks is a game in which the players try to make small round pieces of plastic jump into a container, by pressing their edges with a larger piece of plastic.
  • top twenty — the twenty most important or successful items in a particular list
  • twangingly — in a twanging manner
  • twenty-one — a cardinal number, 20 plus 1.
  • twenty-six — a cardinal number, 20 plus 6.
  • twenty-two — a cardinal number, 20 plus 2.
  • twentyfold — having twenty sections, aspects, divisions, kinds, etc.
  • twittingly — in a twitting manner; tauntingly
  • unavowedly — in an unavowed or concealed manner
  • united way — a nationwide civic organization (United Way of America) or any of its affiliated local groups that raise funds through individual contributions and allocate them to benefit civic and charitable programs and organizations, as the YMCA and Red Cross. Formerly Community Chests and Councils of America, United Community Funds and Councils of America.
  • unlawfully — not lawful; contrary to law; illegal.
  • unswayable — to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
  • untowardly — in an untoward manner
  • unwearying — not causing weariness
  • unworthily — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
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