11-letter words containing y, n
- voznesensky — Andrei (Andreievich) (anˈdrjej).1933–2010, Russian poet, noted for his experimental style
- vulcanicity — a branch of geology studying volcanic action
- vulcanology — volcanology.
- walt disney — Walt(er E.) 1901–66, U.S. creator and producer of animated cartoons, motion pictures, etc.
- wanderingly — In a way that wanders.
- warrantably — In a way that is justified; reasonably.
- warrantying — an act or an instance of warranting; assurance; authorization; warrant.
- water nymph — a nymph of the water, as a naiad, a Nereid, or an Oceanid.
- wave energy — energy obtained by harnessing wave power
- way station — a station intermediate between principal stations, as on a railroad.
- waywardness — The quality of being wayward.
- wedding day — the day of a wedding.
- weeping ivy — a climbing plant, Ficus benjamina, of the fig family, grown as a greenhouse or house plant for its graceful glossy leaves on slender drooping branches
- welcomingly — In a welcoming manner.
- wendy house — a child's playhouse.
- wensleydale — a rich, medium-hard, white cheese with blue veins, somewhat strong in flavor.
- wesleyanism — the evangelical principles taught by John Wesley; Methodism.
- wheyishness — the quality of being wheyish
- whistlingly — with a whistle; in a whistling manner
- whit monday — the Monday following Whitsunday.
- whit sunday — the seventh Sunday after Easter, celebrated as a festival in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost.
- whodunnitry — the style or genre of novels, plays, etc concerned with crime
- willy-nilly — in a disorganized or unplanned manner; sloppily.
- wind energy — wind power.
- windbaggery — Informal. an empty, voluble, pretentious talker.
- winnability — a capacity for winning or being won
- winterberry — any of several North American hollies of the genus Ilex, having red berries that are persistent through the winter.
- winterishly — In a way that is characteristic of winter.
- wire agency — a business organization that gathers news, news photos, the latest stock-market prices, etc., for distribution, usually by teletypewriter, to its subscribers, especially newspapers: so called from the original transmission of news by telegraph wire.
- witheringly — to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
- wonderberry — the black, edible fruit of an improved garden variety of the black nightshade.
- wonderfully — excellent; great; marvelous: We all had a wonderful weekend.
- wonderingly — In a wondering manner; with wonderment.
- wood betony — the betony, Stachys officinalis.
- working day — daytime hours occupied by work
- working-day — workaday; everyday.
- wrenchingly — In a wrenching manner; with a sudden jerk or emotional shock.
- xanthophyll — lutein (def 1).
- xenobiology — The speculative biology of extraterrestrial life forms.
- xylophonist — A person who plays or performs with the xylophone.
- yachtswoman — a woman who owns or sails a yacht, or who is devoted to yachting.
- yachtswomen — Irregular plural form of yachtswoman.
- yankee bond — a bond issued by a foreign corporation or country designed for sale in the U.S.
- yatteringly — in a yattering manner
- ye jianying — 1898–1986, Chinese marshal and Communist leader: defense minister 1971–78.
- year-around — year-round.
- year's mind — a Requiem Mass said one year after a person's death or burial.
- yellow line — A yellow line is a narrow yellow line painted at the edge of a road to warn drivers that parking is not allowed there, or is only allowed at certain times.
- yellow pine — any of several North American pines yielding a strong, yellowish wood.
- yellow rain — small, powdery yellow deposits containing the fungal toxin tricothecene, found on leaves and other surfaces in Southeast Asia and Afghanistan in the early 1980s and alleged by some to be a chemical weapon disseminated by air but claimed by others to be pollen-containing bee excrement contaminated by fungus.