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13-letter words containing y, n, w

  • weeping myall — any of several Australian acacias, especially Acacia pendula (weeping myall) having gray foliage and drooping branches.
  • well-conveyed — to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.
  • wend your way — If you wend your way in a particular direction, you walk, especially slowly, casually, or carefully, in that direction.
  • west by north — a point on the compass 11°15prime; north of west. Abbreviation: WbN.
  • west new york — a town in NE New Jersey, across the Hudson from New York City.
  • when pigs fly — If you say 'when pigs fly' after someone has said that something might happen, you are emphasizing that you think it is very unlikely.
  • wild hyacinth — any of several plants having usually blue flowers resembling those of a hyacinth, as Camassia scilloides, of the central U.S., or Triteleia hyacinthina, of western North America.
  • winter barley — barley that is planted in the autumn to be harvested in the spring or early summer.
  • winter cherry — Also called Chinese lantern plant. a Eurasian ground cherry, Physalis alkekengi, of the nightshade family, bearing fruit enclosed in a showy, orange-red, inflated calyx.
  • winter savory — See under savory2 .
  • with any luck — You can add with luck or with any luck to a statement to indicate that you hope that a particular thing will happen.
  • with impunity — unpunished
  • wolffian body — the mesonephros.
  • wood hyacinth — bluebell (def 2).
  • woolly indris — a related nocturnal Madagascan animal, Avahi laniger, with thick grey-brown fur and a long tail
  • woolly monkey — either of two large New World monkeys Lagothrix lagotricha, with black skin and dark, woolly fur, and L. flavicauda, similar but with a buffy face patch and a yellow-banded tail, native to forests of the Amazon and Orinoco basins: L. lagotricha is endangered and L. flavicauda threatened.
  • woolly-minded — showing a vague or muddled way of thinking
  • working party — A working party is a committee which is formed to investigate a particular situation or problem and to produce a report containing its opinions and suggestions.
  • wrongheadedly — In a wrongheaded manner.
  • yellow enzyme — any of several yellow respiratory enzymes that are members of the flavoprotein group, found naturally as in yeast
  • yellow mombin — a tropical American tree, Spondias mombin, having yellowish-white flowers and yellow, oval, edible fruit.
  • yellow ribbon — a yellow-colored ribbon displayed as a symbol of solidarity with soldiers in combat, political hostages, etc.
  • yellowishness — The property of having a slight or moderate shade of yellow, usually tinged with other colours.
  • you can't win — an expression of resignation after an unsuccessful attempt to overcome difficulties
  • you know what — a thing or person that the speaker cannot or does not want to specify
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