12-letter words containing y, n, w
- lee kuan yew — 1923–2015, Singaporean statesman; prime minister of Singapore 1959–90, during which period his party's authoritarian rule was criticized but the country's economy progressed rapidly
- lemon yellow — a clear, yellowish-green color.
- longwindedly — Alternative spelling of long-windedly.
- lower saxony — a state in NW Germany. 18,294 sq. mi. (47,380 sq. km). Capital: Hanover.
- mean well by — to have good intentions or friendly, helpful feelings toward
- merry-andrew — a clown; buffoon.
- money cowrie — the highly polished, usually brightly colored shell of a marine gastropod of the genus Cypraea, as that of C. moneta (money cowrie) used as money in certain parts of Asia and Africa, or that of C. tigris, used for ornament.
- monkeywrench — Alternative form of monkey wrench.
- mulligatawny — a curry-flavored soup of East Indian origin, made with chicken or meat stock.
- naughty word — a word that is considered to be rude
- new egyptian — the Egyptian language, c. 1600-700 b.c.
- new plymouth — a seaport on W North Island, in New Zealand.
- new theology — a movement away from orthodox or fundamentalist theological thought, originating in the late 19th century and aimed at reconciling modern concepts and discoveries in science and philosophy with theology.
- new york bay — a bay of the Atlantic at the mouth of the Hudson, W of Long Island and E of Staten Island and New Jersey.
- new york cut — a porterhouse steak with the fillet removed.
- newfangledly — in a newfangled manner
- newly minted — new, recently created
- news analyst — commentator (def 1).
- newtownabbey — a town in Northern Ireland, in Newtownabbey district, Co Antrim on Belfast Lough: the third largest town in Northern Ireland, formed in 1958 by the amalgamation of seven villages; light industrial centre, esp for textiles. Pop: 62 056 (2001)
- nonyellowing — that does not become yellow, esp with age
- norway maple — a European maple, Acer platanoides, having bright-green leaves, grown as a shade tree in the U.S.
- not to worry — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- not with you — not able to grasp or follow what you are saying
- noteworthily — worthy of notice or attention; notable; remarkable: a noteworthy addition to our collection of rare books.
- nurserywoman — a woman who owns or operates a plant nursery.
- nurserywomen — Plural form of nurserywoman.
- out and away — away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
- owen stanley — a mountain range on New Guinea in SE Papua New Guinea. Highest peak, Mt. Victoria, 13,240 feet (4036 meters).
- pennywhistle — a cheap toy whistle orig. sold for a penny
- punxsutawney — a town in central Pennsylvania: Groundhog Day celebration.
- railway line — railroad route
- renewability — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
- ruby wedding — a fortieth wedding anniversary
- runaway star — a star with an unusually high proper motion, believed to result from its ejection from a nearby binary system when its companion star underwent a supernova explosion.
- skew polygon — the figure formed by joining four or more points, not all in one plane, by the same number of lines
- smyth sewing — a method of sewing together folded, gathered, and collated signatures with a single thread sewn through the folds of individual signatures.
- snow crystal — a crystal of ice sufficiently heavy to fall from the atmosphere.
- snowy mespil — a N American tree, Amelanchier Lamarckii, that produces small white flowers in spring
- snowy plover — a small plover, Charadrius alexandrinus, mainly of the U.S. and Mexico, having a white breast and sand-colored upper parts.
- subway train — a train that runs on an underground railway
- towaway zone — See example at towaway.
- turkey brown — an angler's name for a species of mayfly, Paraleptophlebia submarginata
- twenty-eight — a cardinal number, 20 plus 8.
- twenty-fifth — next after the twenty-fourth; being the ordinal number for 25.
- twenty-first — next after the twentieth; being the ordinal number for 21.
- twenty-ninth — next after the twenty-eighth; being the ordinal number for 29.
- twenty-seven — a cardinal number, 20 plus 7.
- twenty-sixer — a liquor bottle of around 26 ounces (0.750 litre) capacity
- twenty-sixth — next after the twenty-fifth; being the ordinal number for 26.
- twenty-third — next after the twenty-second; being the ordinal number for 23.