4-letter words containing n, y
- myna — any of several Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae, especially those of the genera Acridotheres and Gracula, certain species of which have the ability to mimic speech and are kept as pets.
- nagy — Imre [im-re] /ˈɪm rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1958, Hungarian political leader: premier 1953–55, 1956.
- nary — not any; no; never a: nary a sound.
- navy — the whole body of warships and auxiliaries belonging to a country or ruler.
- nays — and not only so but; not only that but also; indeed: many good, nay, noble qualities.
- nixy — Alternative spelling of nixie (female water-elf).
- nosy — unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying; meddlesome.
- nowy — noting a partition line or charge in which one or more curves interrupt a normally straight line or lines, usually halfway along their length: per fess nowy; a cross nowy.
- nuby — An article of clothing similar to a scarf or a shawl.
- nyap — (language) An early system on the IBM 704.
- nyet — (slang, Russian) A Russian no; a negative response.
- nyms — Plural form of nym.
- nyos — Lake, a volcanic lake in Cameroon, at the NW border: eruption 1986.
- nysa — the mountain where Zeus sent the infant Dionysus to protect him from the vindictive wrath of Hera.
- nyse — finance: New York Stock Exchange
- only — without others or anything further; alone; solely; exclusively: This information is for your eyes only.
- onry — {{eye dialect of|from=Southern United States|ornery}}.
- onyx — Mineralogy. a variety of chalcedony having straight parallel bands of alternating colors. Compare Mexican onyx.
- piny — abounding in or covered with pine trees: piny hillsides.
- pnyx — a hill in Athens, Greece, near the Acropolis: the place of assembly in ancient Athens.
- pony — a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- puny — of less than normal size and strength; weak.
- pyin — an albuminous constituent of pus.
- ryan — a male given name.
- rynd — a piece of iron running across an upper millstone as a support.
- ryun — James Ronald ("Jim") born 1947, U.S. distance runner; congressman 1996–2007.
- snye — a backwater.
- suny — State University of New York
- syn- — with or together
- sync — synchronization: The picture and the soundtrack were out of sync.
- syne — to rinse; wash out
- tiny — very small; minute; wee.
- tiyn — a monetary unit of Kazakhstan, worth one-hundredth of a tenge
- tony — high-toned; stylish: a tony nightclub.
- tuny — having an easily discernable melody
- tyne — a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- viny — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling vines: viny tendrils.
- wany — Also, waney. waning; decreasing; diminished in part.
- wayn — Obsolete form of wain.
- winy — of, like, or characteristic of wine.
- wncy — Western North Carolina YMCA
- wnyl — West Newbury Youth League
- wynd — a narrow street or alley.
- wynn — Ed (Isaiah Edwin Leopold) 1886–1966, U.S. comedian.
- wyns — Plural form of wyn.
- xnty — Christianity
- yana — a member of a North American Indian people who once resided in the eastern portion of the upper Sacramento River valley in California.
- yang — (in Chinese philosophy and religion) two principles, one negative, dark, and feminine (yin) and one positive, bright, and masculine (yang) whose interaction influences the destinies of creatures and things.
- yank — an abrupt, vigorous pull; jerk.
- yarn — thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.