8-letter words containing y, n, w
- nymwegen — Nijmegen.
- onwardly — moving forward; advancing
- pandowdy — apple pandowdy.
- pay down — to settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something: Please pay your bill.
- playdown — a play-off.
- run away — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- say when — to state when an action is to be stopped or begun, as when someone is pouring a drink
- snow day — a day on which public schools or other institutions are closed due to heavy snow.
- steinway — Henry Engelhard [eng-guh l-hahrd,, -hahrt] /ˈɛŋ gəlˌhɑrd,, -ˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), (Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg) 1797–1871, U.S. piano manufacturer, born in Germany.
- sternway — Nautical. the movement of a vessel backward, or stern foremost.
- swannery — a place where swans are raised.
- swing by — Aerospace. a trajectory that uses the gravitational field of one celestial body to alter the course of a spacecraft destined for another body.
- thrawnly — in a thrawn, contrary or perverse manner
- toywoman — a woman who sells toys
- trainway — a railway track; the channel in a built-up area through which a train passes
- twenty's — a cardinal number, 10 times 2.
- twenty20 — a form of one-day cricket in which each side bats for twenty overs
- twentymo — a book size of about 3 × 5 inches (8 × 12 cm), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 20 leaves or 40 pages.
- twopenny — of the amount or value of twopence.
- underway — occurring while under way: the underway activities on a cruise ship.
- unswayed — swaybacked.
- unwarely — unwarily or incautiously; carelessly
- unwarily — not wary; not cautious or watchful, as against danger or misfortune.
- unwatery — not watery
- unwieldy — not wieldy; wielded with difficulty; not readily handled or managed in use or action, as from size, shape, or weight; awkward; ungainly.
- unwifely — not like a wife; not characteristic or appropriate of a wife
- unwisely — not wise; foolish; imprudent; lacking in good sense or judgment: an unwise choice; an unwise man.
- unworthy — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
- wagonway — A crude road for wagons.
- wantaway — a footballer who wants a transfer to another club
- wantonly — done, shown, used, etc., maliciously or unjustifiably: a wanton attack; wanton cruelty.
- wanwordy — without merit
- wardenry — the office, jurisdiction, or district of a warden.
- warranty — an act or an instance of warranting; assurance; authorization; warrant.
- waygoing — the act of leaving; departure; leavetaking.
- waypoint — a place or point between major points on a route.
- weaponry — weapons or weaponlike instruments collectively.
- wearying — Causing tiredness; tiring.
- wesleyan — of or relating to John Wesley, founder of Methodism.
- whinyard — a sword
- whydunit — A type of detective story in which the focus is not on who committed the crime, but what were their motives for committing it.
- wingedly — in a winged manner, as if furnished with wings
- winterly — of, relating to, or occurring in winter; hibernal.
- wintrily — In a wintry manner.
- wonderly — (obsolete) Wonderfully, in a wonderful manner.
- wontedly — Usually, customarily, or habitually.
- woodenly — consisting or made of wood; wood: a wooden ship.
- wooingly — In a wooing manner; enticingly; with persuasiveness.
- worrying — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- woundily — in an extreme or excessive manner