5-letter words containing a, b, y
- beany — Resembling or characteristic of beans.
- beaty — (of music) having a strong rhythm
- belay — to make fast (a line) by securing to a pin, cleat, or bitt
- beray — to soil, dirty, defile
- bialy — (in Polish Ashkenazi cuisine) a type of bagel
- boyar — a member of an old order of Russian nobility, ranking immediately below the princes: abolished by Peter the Great
- boyau — a minor connecting trench often built in a zigzag pattern
- boyla — an Aboriginal Australian magician or medicine-man
- brady — Mathew B. (ˈmæθju ) ; mat hˈyo̅o) 1823?-96; U.S. photographer, esp. of Lincoln & the Civil War
- braky — overgrown with brambles or ferns
- braxy — an acute and usually fatal bacterial disease of sheep characterized by high fever, coma, and inflammation of the fourth stomach, caused by infection with Clostridium septicum
- bryan — a masculine name
- bunya — a tall dome-shaped Australian coniferous tree, Araucaria bidwillii, having edible cones (bunya nuts) and thickish flattened needles
- byacc — Berkeley Yacc
- byatt — Dame A(ntonia) S(usan). born 1936, British novelist; her books include The Virgin in the Garden (1978), Possession (1990), and A Whistling Woman (2002)
- bylaw — A bylaw is a law which is made by a local authority and which applies only in their area.
- byway — A byway is a small road which is not used by many cars or people.
- byzas — a son of Poseidon and the eponymous founder of Byzantium.
- cabby — a cabdriver.
- canby — Henry Seidel [sahyd-l] /ˈsaɪd l/ (Show IPA), 1878–1961, U.S. author and critic.
- carby — Carburetor/carburettor.
- danby — 1st Earl of, title of Thomas Osborne. 1631–1712, English politician; Lord Treasurer (1673–78): regarded as the founder of the Tory party
- darby — Abraham. 1677–1717, British iron manufacturer: built the first coke-fired blast furnace (1709)
- dauby — Smeary; viscous; glutinous; adhesive.
- embay — (chiefly of the wind ) confine (a sailing vessel) to a bay.
- fabry — Charles (ʃarl). 1867–1945, French physicist: discovered ozone in the upper atmosphere
- gabby — talkative; garrulous.
- gabys — a female given name, form of Gabriella.
- lamby — Resembling or characteristic of the meat of a lamb.
- layby — Alternative spelling of lay-by.
- libya — Ancient Geography. the part of N Africa W of Egypt.
- mabey — Misspelling of maybe.
- mabye — Misspelling of maybe.
- mauby — (in the E Caribbean) a bittersweet drink made from the bark of a rhamnaceous tree
- maybe — perhaps; possibly: Maybe I'll go too.
- mboya — Tom (Thomas Joseph Mboya) 1930–69, African political leader in Kenya.
- nasby — Petroleum V. pen name of David Ross Locke.
- rybat — a polished stone piece that forms the side of a window or door
- tabby — a cat with a striped or brindled coat.
- yabba — a form of methamphetamine
- yabby — a small Australian crayfish, of the genus Cherax, inhabiting streams and water holes.
- yerba — Ilex paraguariensis, a species of holly native to southern South America; or the dried leaves and twigs of this plant, used to make the caffeine-rich beverage mate.
- zyban — a drug that acts on the brain; used to help people give up smoking