12-letter words containing y, n, w
- twenty-three — a cardinal number, 20 plus 3.
- twitteringly — in a twittering manner
- two-cylinder — (of an engine) having two cylinders
- unnewsworthy — (of a story or incident) not important or significant enough to be considered news
- unnoteworthy — worthy of notice or attention; notable; remarkable: a noteworthy addition to our collection of rare books.
- unrewardedly — in an unrewarding manner
- unroadworthy — not mechanically sound or suitable for use on the road
- unswervingly — to turn aside abruptly in movement or direction; deviate suddenly from the straight or direct course.
- unwatchfully — in an unwatchful manner
- unwaveringly — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
- unwearyingly — in an unwearying manner
- wackyparsing — (Internet, slang) present participle of wackyparse.
- waitangi day — the national day of New Zealand (Feb 6), commemorating the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (1840) by Māori chiefs and a representative of the British Government. The treaty provided the basis for the British annexation of New Zealand
- wave cyclone — a cyclone that forms on a front and, in maturing, produces an increasingly sharp, wavelike deformation of the front.
- wave-and-pay — relating to a payment system that uses RFID technology to allow a customer to pay for goods by passing a card in front of a sensor
- weeny-bopper — a child of 8 to 12 years, esp a girl, who is a keen follower of pop music
- west babylon — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- west germany — a former republic in central Europe: created in 1949 by the coalescing of the British, French, and U.S. zones of occupied Germany established in 1945. 96,025 sq. mi. (248,706 sq. km). Capital: Bonn.
- whimperingly — In a whimpering way.
- whipping boy — a person who is made to bear the blame for another's mistake; scapegoat.
- whisperingly — In a whispering manner; quietly.
- white bryony — a climbing herbaceous cucurbitaceous plant, Bryonia dioica, of Europe and North Africa, having greenish flowers and red berries
- winter-hardy — able to survive the effects of cold weather.
- woburn abbey — a mansion in Woburn in Bedfordshire: originally an abbey; rebuilt in the 17th century for the Dukes of Bedford, altered by Henry Holland in the 18th century; deer park landscaped by Humphrey Repton
- yellow avens — herb bennet.
- yellow no. 5 — a yellow dye used in food, drugs, cosmetics, and other products: required by FDA regulations to be identified on food labels because of possible allergic reactions in sensitive individuals.
- yellow-green — a color containing both yellow and green.
- yellowshanks — A bird, the yellowlegs.
- you-know-who — a person whose name one does not want to say, but who is known to the person to whom one is speaking
- yukawa meson — a hypothetical elementary particle with finite rest mass, whose exchange between nucleons would account for the strong short-range forces between nucleons: subsequently identified as the pion.