5-letter words containing p, a, y
- payne — John Howard, 1791–1852, U.S. actor and dramatist.
- payor — A payor is a person who makes a payment.
- peaky — peaked2 .
- peary — Robert Edwin, 1856–1920, U.S. admiral and arctic explorer.
- peaty — of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing the substance peat.
- peavy — peavey.
- phyla — plural of phylum.
- phyma — a nodule, swelling, or small, rounded tumor of the skin.
- pisay — pisé.
- platy — (of an igneous rock) split into thin, flat sheets, often resembling strata, as a result of uneven cooling.
- playa — Western U.S. the sandy, salty, or mud-caked flat floor of a desert basin having interior drainage, usually occupied by a shallow lake during or after prolonged, heavy rains.
- plays — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- poway — a city in SW California.
- prays — to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
- pydna — a town in ancient Macedonia, W of the Gulf of Salonika: decisive Roman victory over the Macedonians 186 b.c.
- pygal — the rear part or a turtle or tortoise
- pyral — relating to a pyre
- pyran — either of two compounds having the formula C 5 H 6 O, containing one oxygen and five carbon atoms arranged in a six-membered ring.
- raspy — harsh; grating; rasping.
- repay — to pay back or refund, as money.
- sappy — abounding in sap, as a plant.
- soapy — containing or impregnated with soap: soapy water.
- spacy — spaced-out (def 2).
- splay — to spread out, expand, or extend.
- spray — a single, slender shoot, twig, or branch with its leaves, flowers, or berries.
- spyal — a spy
- typal — of, relating to, or constituting a type.
- unpay — to not pay
- upaya — any device, as a koan, used for purposes of instruction.
- uplay — to stash or hoard
- vampy — like a vamp; vampish
- waspy — Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. of, relating to, or characteristic of WASPs: a Waspy country club.
- yampa — a river in NW Colorado, flowing W into the Green River in Dinosaur National Monument. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- yampy — a foolish person
- yapok — an aquatic Central and South American opossum, Chironectes variegatus (or minimus), having webbed hind feet and a grayish coat.
- yapon — a holly shrub or small tree, Ilex vomitoria, of the southern U.S., having bitter leaves that are sometimes brewed as a tea.
- yappy — to bark sharply, shrilly, or snappishly; yelp.
- yawps — Plural form of yawp.
- zappy — energetic, lively, or fast-moving; zippy.