12-letter words containing y, w
- high wycombe — a town in S central England, in S Buckinghamshire: furniture industry. Pop: 77 178 (2001)
- highway code — In Britain, the Highway Code is an official book published by the Department of Transport, which contains the rules which tell people how to use public roads safely.
- hollywoodian — a person who works for the motion-picture industry located in Hollywood, Calif.
- hollywoodish — of, relating to, or resembling Hollywood, Hollywoodians, or the products of Hollywood and the motion-picture industry.
- how are you? — what is your state of health?
- how dare you — You say 'how dare you' when you are very shocked and angry about something that someone has done.
- in a bad way — not good in any manner or degree.
- in a big way — very much, greatly
- industrywide — from, covering, or affecting an entire industry: industrywide profits.
- japanese yew — a yew, Taxus cuspidata, of Japan, grown as an ornamental.
- joe-pye weed — Also called purple boneset. a tall composite weed, Eupatorium purpureum, of North America, having clusters of pinkish or purple flowers.
- journeywoman — The female equivalent of a journeyman.
- joy, william — William Joy
- junk jewelry — cheap costume jewelry.
- k'ang yu-wei — 1858–1927, Chinese scholar and reformer.
- know by name — to have heard of without having met
- larch sawfly — a red and black sawfly, Pristiphora erichsonii, the larvae of which infest and feed on the leaves of larch.
- laundrywoman — laundress.
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
- lawyer's wig — the shaggy ink-cap
- lawyerliness — Quality of being lawyerly.
- layaway plan — a method of purchasing by which the purchaser reserves an article with a down payment and claims it only after paying the full balance.
- lead the way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- lee kuan yew — 1923–2015, Singaporean statesman; prime minister of Singapore 1959–90, during which period his party's authoritarian rule was criticized but the country's economy progressed rapidly
- lemon yellow — a clear, yellowish-green color.
- lloyd webber — (Sir) Andrew, born 1948, English composer of musical theater.
- longwindedly — Alternative spelling of long-windedly.
- lower saxony — a state in NW Germany. 18,294 sq. mi. (47,380 sq. km). Capital: Hanover.
- lyric writer — someone who writes lyrics
- mail gateway — (messaging) A machine that connects two or more electronic mail systems (including dissimilar mail systems) and transfers messages between them. Sometimes the mapping and translation can be quite complex, and it generally requires a store and forward scheme whereby the message is received from one system completely before it is transmitted to the next system, after suitable translations.
- make headway — forward movement; progress in a forward direction: The ship's headway was slowed by the storm.
- malt whiskey — Malt whiskey or malt is whiskey that is made from malt.
- marshmallowy — Similar to a marshmallow.
- matthew quay — Matthew Stanley, 1833–1904, U.S. politician: senator 1887–99, 1901–4.
- mean well by — to have good intentions or friendly, helpful feelings toward
- meet halfway — to compromise with
- merry-andrew — a clown; buffoon.
- microbrewery — a brewery producing less than 15,000 barrels per year and usually concentrating on exotic or high quality beer.
- midwest city — a city in central Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City.
- military law — the body of laws relating to the government of the armed forces; rules and regulations for the conduct of military personnel.
- money cowrie — the highly polished, usually brightly colored shell of a marine gastropod of the genus Cypraea, as that of C. moneta (money cowrie) used as money in certain parts of Asia and Africa, or that of C. tigris, used for ornament.
- monkeywrench — Alternative form of monkey wrench.
- mulligatawny — a curry-flavored soup of East Indian origin, made with chicken or meat stock.
- murphy's law — the facetious proposition that if something can go wrong, it will.
- naughty word — a word that is considered to be rude
- new egyptian — the Egyptian language, c. 1600-700 b.c.
- new plymouth — a seaport on W North Island, in New Zealand.
- new theology — a movement away from orthodox or fundamentalist theological thought, originating in the late 19th century and aimed at reconciling modern concepts and discoveries in science and philosophy with theology.
- new york bay — a bay of the Atlantic at the mouth of the Hudson, W of Long Island and E of Staten Island and New Jersey.
- new york cut — a porterhouse steak with the fillet removed.