12-letter words containing y, n, w
- amboyna wood — the mottled, curled wood of an Asiatic, leguminous tree (Pterocarpus indicus), used in making furniture
- angle of yaw — the acute angle between the longitudinal axis of an aircraft or spacecraft and a given reference direction, as viewed from above.
- antisway bar — stabilizer bar.
- aykhona wena — an exclamation expressive of surprise, pain, pleasure, etc
- bargain away — to lose or renounce (freedom, rights, etc) in return for something valueless or of little value
- buying power — the amount of services or goods a company, person, group or currency is able to purchase
- buying-power — Also called buying power. the ability to purchase goods and services.
- chimneysweep — Alternative form of chimney sweep.
- companionway — A companionway is a staircase or ladder that leads from one deck to another on a ship.
- company town — a town built by a company for its employees
- conway's law — (project, humour) The rule (presumably formulated by Melvin Conway) that the organisation of software and the organisation of the software team will be congruent; originally stated as "If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler".
- corn whiskey — a whisky made from maize
- countrywoman — A countrywoman is a woman who lives in the country rather than in a city or a town.
- countrywomen — Plural form of countrywoman.
- cringeworthy — Causing feelings of embarrassment or awkwardness.
- crown canopy — canopy (def 4).
- crown colony — a British colony whose administration and legislature is controlled by the Crown
- cylinder saw — crown saw.
- down payment — an initial amount paid at the time of purchase, in installment buying, time sales, etc.
- downy mildew — Also called false mildew. any fungus of the family Peronosporaceae, causing many plant diseases and producing a white, downy mass of conidiophores, usually on the under surface of the leaves of the host plant.
- eensy-weensy — tiny; small.
- entranceways — Plural form of entranceway.
- explain away — If someone explains away a mistake or a bad situation they are responsible for, they try to indicate that it is unimportant or that it is not really their fault.
- eye-watering — painful or extremely unpleasant
- eyewitnesses — Plural form of eyewitness.
- far and away — at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.
- flow country — an area of moorland and peat bogs in northern Scotland known for its wildlife, now partly afforested
- flying wedge — a fast-moving group of law-enforcement officers in a compact, wedge-shaped formation that can infiltrate crowds or protect someone effectively.
- galanty show — pantomime shadow play
- get anywhere — to be successful
- granny woman — midwife (def 1).
- gravity wind — a light wind directed downslope, occurring at night because of the cooling and densification of the air near the ground.
- halfway line — a line across a sports field, such as a football pitch, that divides the playing area into two equal areas and is equidistant between the two goals
- hangchow bay — a bay of the East China Sea.
- hangtown fry — a type of omelet to which fried oysters, bacon, and sometimes onions are added.
- hansa yellow — a pigment derived from coal tar, characterized chiefly by its brilliant yellow color.
- henry howard — Earl of (Henry Howard) 1517?–47, English poet.
- hollywoodian — a person who works for the motion-picture industry located in Hollywood, Calif.
- in a bad way — not good in any manner or degree.
- in a big way — very much, greatly
- industrywide — from, covering, or affecting an entire industry: industrywide profits.
- japanese yew — a yew, Taxus cuspidata, of Japan, grown as an ornamental.
- journeywoman — The female equivalent of a journeyman.
- junk jewelry — cheap costume jewelry.
- k'ang yu-wei — 1858–1927, Chinese scholar and reformer.
- know by name — to have heard of without having met
- laundrywoman — laundress.
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
- lawyerliness — Quality of being lawyerly.
- layaway plan — a method of purchasing by which the purchaser reserves an article with a down payment and claims it only after paying the full balance.
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