4-letter words containing n, y
- yaun — /yawn/ Yet Another Unix Nerd. Reported from the San Diego Computer Society (predominantly a microcomputer users' group) as a good-natured punning insult aimed at Unix zealots.
- yawn — to open the mouth somewhat involuntarily with a prolonged, deep inhalation and sighing or heavy exhalation, as from drowsiness or boredom.
- yean — (of a sheep or goat) to bring forth young.
- yens — (colloquial, usually, Appalachian, also Midwestern US) You, you all; used in referring to a group that includes one's audience.
- yern — Obsolete form of yearn.
- yins — Plural form of yin.
- yinz — (US, dialectal, especially, Pittsburgh, and, Appalachia) you (plural).
- ynwa — Youll Never Walk Alone
- yond — Yonder.
- yoni — (in Shaktism) the external female genitals regarded as the symbol of Shakti. Compare lingam (def 2).
- yron — Archaic spelling of iron.
- yuan — the Mongol dynasty in China, 1260–1368, founded by Kublai Khan.
- yuen — a river in S China, flowing NE to Tungting. 540 miles (869 km) long.
- zany — ludicrously or whimsically comical; clownish.
- zayn — The letter \u0632 in the Arabic script.
- zony — The offspring of a male zebra and a female pony.