11-letter words containing y, n, w
- money cowry — a tropical marine gastropod, Cypraea moneta
- money wages — wages evaluated with reference to the money paid rather than the equivalent purchasing power
- nay pyi taw — the official capital of Myanmar (Burma), built in the centre of the country near Pyinmana in 2005–2006, and superseding Yangon (Rangoon) for main government functions. Pop: officially approaching 1 000 000 in 2007
- 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
- northwardly — Northwards, towards the north.
- norway pine — red pine.
- oysterwoman — a woman who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
- paddy wagon — Informal. patrol wagon.
- 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.
- playwriting — the art or technique of writing theatrical plays; the work or profession of a playwright.
- policy wonk — a person who studies or makes political policies, esp one who has a strong enthusiasm for technical details
- policyowner — policyholder.
- rewardingly — in a rewarding way or manner
- rotary wing — an airfoil that rotates about an approximately vertical axis, as that supporting a helicopter or autogiro in flight.
- saginaw bay — an arm of Lake Huron, off the E coast of Michigan. 60 miles (97 km) long.
- scrawlingly — in a scrawling manner
- seventy-two — a cardinal number, 70 plus 2.
- shanty town — ghetto, slum
- 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)
- sunday week — a week (counting backward or forward) from Sunday (or Monday, Tuesday, etc.)
- swann's way — the first part of the very long, seven-volume novel by Marcel Proust, 'In Remembrance of Things Past' (also called 'In Search of Lost Time'), in which Charles Swann meets his eventual wife, Odette; one of its major themes is memory
- swansea bay — an inlet of the Bristol Channel, on which the port of Swansea stands
- swingeingly — by way of swingeing
- szymanowski — Karol [kah-rawl] /ˈkɑ rɔl/ (Show IPA), 1882?–1937, Polish composer.
- tally-woman — a mistress
- tawny pipit — a small sandy-brown European bird, Anthus campestris, of the wagtail family; an irregular migrant to some parts of Britain
- teeny-weeny — tiny; small.
- thankworthy — deserving gratitude.
- 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
- thwartingly — in a thwarting manner; obstructingly
- tiddlywinks — a game played on a flat surface, in which players attempt to snap small plastic disks into a cup by pressing the edges of the disks with larger ones.
- tiggywinkle — a gene found in fish and belonging to a family of genes known as the Hedgehog family
- twenty-five — a cardinal number, 20 plus 5.
- twenty-fold — having twenty sections, aspects, divisions, kinds, etc.
- twenty-four — a cardinal number, 20 plus 4.
- twenty-nine — a cardinal number, 20 plus 9.
- two a penny — Things that are said to be two a penny or ten a penny are not valuable or interesting because they are very common and easy to find.
- typewriting — the act or skill of using a typewriter.
- typewritten — A typewritten document has been typed on a typewriter or word processor.
- unknowingly — ignorant or unaware: unknowing aid to the enemy.