14-letter words containing y, o, w
- two-way street — an arrangement or a situation involving reciprocal obligation or mutual action
- twopenny piece — a two pence coin
- unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
- voluntary work — unpaid employment for a cause
- walk away from — to outdistance easily; defeat handily
- walkaround pay — extra pay earned by an employee for accompanying an official inspector on a plant tour or around a job site.
- wall pellitory — pellitory (sense 1)
- west hollywood — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- west yorkshire — a metropolitan county in N England. 787 sq. mi. (2039 sq. km).
- whistling buoy — a buoy having a whistle operated by air trapped and compressed in an open-bottomed chamber by the rising and falling water level caused by natural wave action.
- white mahogany — an Australian eucalyptus, Eucalyptus acmenioides.
- wholeheartedly — fully or completely sincere, enthusiastic, energetic, etc.; hearty; earnest: a wholehearted attempt to comply.
- window display — an arrangement of items in a shop window
- with an eye to — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- with eyes open — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- woolly mammoth — a large extinct elephant
- woolly thistle — a tall perennial plant; Cirsium eriophorum
- worcesterberry — a North American wild gooseberry, Ribes divaricatum
- working memory — temporary or short-term recall
- worldly wisdom — experience of the world that makes you difficult to shock or deceive
- worldly-minded — having or showing devotion to the affairs and interests of this world.
- worms eye view — a perspective seen from below or from a low or inferior position: The new man will get a worm's-eye view of the corporate structure.
- wyandotte cave — a cave in S Indiana: one of the most extensive in the U.S., with 23 miles (37 km) of passages.
- wyoming valley — a valley in NE Pennsylvania, along the Susquehanna River: Indian massacre 1778.
- yeddo hawthorn — a Japanese shrub, Raphiolepis umbellata, of the rose family, having leathery leaves and dense, hairy clusters of fragrant white flowers.
- yellow emperor — the legendary first emperor of China.
- yellow gentian — a plant, Gentiana lutea, of Europe and Asia Minor, having yellow flowers, the rootstock yielding a bitter tonic.
- yellow jasmine — Carolina jessamine.
- yellow newtown — a variety of yellow apple that ripens in the autumn.
- yellow puccoon — a plant, Lithospermum incisum, of central and western North America, having numerous branches and fringed yellow flowers.
- yellow wagtail — Motacilla flava; a small passerine
- yellow warbler — a small American warbler, Dendroica petechia, the male of which has yellow plumage streaked with brown on the underparts.
- yellow yorling — a yellowhammer
- yellow-bellied — having a yellow abdomen or underside.
- yellowfin tuna — an important food fish, Thunnus albacares, inhabiting warm seas.
- yom kippur war — a war that began on Yom Kippur in 1973 with the attack of Israel by Egypt, Syria, and Iraq: Israel recovered most of its initial losses.
- you don't know — You can say 'You don't know' in order to emphasize how strongly you feel about the remark you are going to make.
- you never know — You say 'You never know' or 'One never knows' to indicate that it is not definite or certain what will happen in the future, and to suggest that there is some hope that things will turn out well.
- you're welcome — You say 'You're welcome' to someone who has thanked you for something in order to acknowledge their thanks in a polite way.
- zephyr worsted — lightweight worsted yarn.