5-letter words containing s, y, a
- hasty — moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried.
- hayes — Carlton J(oseph) H(untley) 1882–1964, U.S. historian, educator, and diplomat.
- hoyas — Plural form of hoya.
- islay — an island off the W coast of Scotland: the southernmost of the Inner Hebrides; separated from the island of Jura by the Sound of Islay. Pop: 3457 (2001). Area: 606 sq km (234 sq miles)
- j say — Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1767–1832, French economist. Compare Say's law.
- jasey — a wig, especially one made of worsted.
- jassy — a region in NE Romania: formerly a principality that united with Wallachia to form Romania. Capital: Jassy.
- kayes — a city in W Mali.
- kayos — a knockout in boxing.
- kiyas — judgment of an act or belief by application of established principles governing some analogous act or belief.
- kyats — Plural form of kyat.
- lacys — a male given name.
- lasky — Jesse Louis, 1880–1958, U.S. film producer.
- lassy — Chiefly Scots Variant of lassie.
- lesya — any of six possible colors given to the monad, or individual soul, by its karma and being lighter or darker according to the proportion of good or evil included in the karma.
- lyase — any of various enzymes, as decarboxylase, that catalyze reactions involving the formation of or addition to a double bond.
- mashy — mashie.
- massy — massive.
- masty — (of a person) burly or big
- mayas — the power, as of a god, to produce illusions.
- mayst — 2nd person singular present indicative of may1 .
- mynas — Plural form of myna.
- mysap — a Web-integrated software application used by businesses to plan and control product distribution, human resources, budgets, etc
- mysia — an ancient country in NW Asia Minor.
- nasby — Petroleum V. pen name of David Ross Locke.
- nasty — physically filthy; disgustingly unclean: a nasty pigsty of a room.
- nyasa — former name of Malawi (def 2).
- nyssa — a tree, native to Asia and North America, that is a member of the genus Nyssa and family Cornaceae
- ofays — a contemptuous term used to refer to a white person.
- okays — Plural form of okay.
- palsy — any of a variety of atonal muscular conditions characterized by tremors of the body parts, as the hands, arms, or legs, or of the entire body.
- pansy — a violet, Viola tricolor hortensis, cultivated in many varieties, having richly and variously colored flowers.
- pasay — a city in E Philippines, on Manila Bay, on E Luzon.
- passy — Frédérick [frey-dey-reek] /freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1822–1912, French economist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1901.
- pasty — of or like paste in consistency, texture, color, etc.
- patsy — a person who is easily swindled, deceived, coerced, persuaded, etc.; sucker.
- pisay — pisé.
- plays — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- prays — to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
- qiyas — judgment of an act or belief by application of established principles governing some analogous act or belief.
- quays — Plural form of quay.
- raspy — harsh; grating; rasping.
- resay — to say again; repeat
- sadly — affected by unhappiness or grief; sorrowful or mournful: to feel sad because a close friend has moved away.
- saggy — sagging or tending to sag: a saggy roof.
- sally — a sortie of troops from a besieged place upon an enemy.
- salty — tasting of or containing salt; saline.
- samey — If you describe a set of things as samey, you mean that they are all very similar, and it would be more interesting if they were different from each other.
- sammy — a male given name, form of Samuel.
- sandy — of the nature of or consisting of sand.