13-letter words containing y, o, w, l
- solitary wasp — any of numerous wasps, as the sand wasps or mud wasps, that do not live in a community.
- solitary wave — a localized disturbance that propagates like a wave but resembles a particle in that it does not disperse, even if it collides with other such waves.
- southwesterly — coming from the south west
- statutory law — the written law established by enactments expressing the will of the legislature, as distinguished from the unwritten law or common law.
- sweet trolley — (in a restaurant) a trolley on which desserts are brought to the table so that diners can choose from them
- tell you what — You say 'Tell you what' to introduce a suggestion or offer.
- thankworthily — in a thankworthy way or manner
- the mayflower — the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
- unworkability — the quality or state of being unworkable
- vowel harmony — a phonological rule in some languages, as Hungarian and Turkish, requiring that the vowels of a word all share a specified feature, such as front or back articulation, thereby conditioning the form that affixes may take, as in forming the Turkish plurals evler “houses” from ev “house” and adamlar “men” from adam “man.”.
- well-conveyed — to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.
- what you will — whatever you like
- wholistically — Alternative form of holistically.
- whoremasterly — of or relating to the character of a whoremaster
- wibbly-wobbly — wobbly
- willow family — the plant family Salicaceae, characterized by deciduous trees and shrubs having simple, alternate leaves, hairy catkins of male and female flowers on separate plants, and capsular fruit, and including the aspen, cottonwood, poplar, and willow.
- wolffian body — the mesonephros.
- 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-headed — having hair of a woolly texture or appearance.
- woolly-minded — showing a vague or muddled way of thinking
- worldly goods — everything you own
- 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 jacket — any of several paper wasps of the family Vespidae, having black and bright yellow bands.
- yellow jersey — (in the Tour de France) a yellow jersey worn by the overall leader
- yellow locust — black locust.
- yellow mombin — a tropical American tree, Spondias mombin, having yellowish-white flowers and yellow, oval, edible fruit.
- yellow poplar — tulip tree (def 1).
- yellow ribbon — a yellow-colored ribbon displayed as a symbol of solidarity with soldiers in combat, political hostages, etc.
- yellow rocket — any of several yellow-flowered plants of the related genus Barbarea, esp B. vulgaris
- yellow streak — a trait of cowardice in a person's character.
- yellowhammers — Plural form of yellowhammer.
- yellowishness — The property of having a slight or moderate shade of yellow, usually tinged with other colours.
- yellowthroats — Plural form of yellowthroat.