5-letter words containing y, a
- anomy — a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- antsy — If someone is antsy, they are nervous or impatient.
- anury — (medicine, archaic) anuria.
- anyon — a particle that occurs in two-dimensional space having characteristics of both fermions and bosons
- apery — imitative behaviour; mimicry
- apply — If you apply for something such as a job or membership of an organization, you write a letter or fill in a form in order to ask formally for it.
- appuy — to support, or to post troops to a position which provides defensive support
- aptly — inclined; disposed; given; prone: too apt to slander others.
- araby — Arabia
- arany — János (ˈjaːnoʃ). 1817–82, Hungarian epic poet, ballad writer, and scholar
- archy — a male given name, form of Archibald.
- arefy — to dry
- arity — (programming) The number of arguments a function or operator takes. In some languages functions may have variable arity which sometimes means their last or only argument is actually a list of arguments.
- array — An array of different things or people is a large number or wide range of them.
- arsey — aggressive, irritable, or argumentative
- artsy — Artsy means the same as arty.
- aryan — (in Nazi ideology) a Caucasian of non-Jewish descent, esp of the Nordic type
- asity — A stocky perching bird related to the pittas, found only in Madagascar.
- askey — Arthur. 1900–82, British comedian
- assay — An assay is a test of a substance to find out what chemicals it contains. It is usually carried out to find out how pure a substance is.
- assyr — Assyrian
- asway — in a rocking or oscillating manner
- async — (computing) Asynchronous.
- asyut — an ancient city in central Egypt, on the Nile. Pop: 417 000 (2005 est)
- ataxy — loss of coordination of the muscles, especially of the extremities.
- atimy — a public loss of honour or withdrawal of civil liberties
- atomy — an atom or minute particle
- atony — lack of normal tone or tension, as in muscles; abnormal relaxation of a muscle
- atopy — a hereditary tendency to be hypersensitive to certain allergens
- atray — (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To vex; trouble; frighten; torment; harass.
- aunty — auntie.
- autry — Gene, 1907–1998, U.S. actor and singer.
- avery — Milton, 1893–1965, U.S. painter.
- aways — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- ayacc — A Yacc-like parser generator from the Irvine Research Unit in Software written in Ada that produce Ada output. Comes with aflex. Version 1.2a. Mailing list: <[email protected]>.
- ayahs — Plural form of ayah.
- ayana — a female given name: from an African word meaning “beautiful flower.”.
- aydin — a town in SW Turkey: an ancient city of Lydia. Pop: 160 000 (2005 est)
- ayelp — in a state of yelping
- ayont — beyond
- ayous — the wood of the obeche.
- ayres — air1 (def 8d).
- azury — a bluish colour
- azygy — the state of not being joined in a pair
- azyme — unleavened bread
- b-day — birthday: When's her b-day?
- babby — (regional) Baby (human infant).
- baccy — Older Use. tobacco.
- baddy — A baddy is a person in a story or film who is considered to be evil or wicked, or who is fighting on the wrong side. You can also refer to the baddies in a situation in real life.
- badly — If something is done badly or goes badly, it is not very successful or effective.