5-letter words containing y, g
- gabys — a female given name, form of Gabriella.
- gaily — with merriment; merrily; joyfully; cheerfully.
- gally — to frighten or scare.
- gamay — a grape grown especially in the Beaujolais region of France and in N California.
- gamey — having the tangy flavor or odor of game: I like the gamy taste of venison.
- gammy — disabled; lame: a gammy leg.
- gappy — Having many gaps.
- gaspy — tending to gasp
- gassy — full of or containing gas.
- gaucy — plump; portly
- gaudy — brilliantly or excessively showy: gaudy plumage.
- gaumy — sticky; smeared
- gauzy — like gauze; transparently thin and light.
- gawky — awkward; ungainly; clumsy.
- gawsy — (of people) well-dressed and of cheerful appearance.
- gayal — an ox, Bibos frontalis, of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, sometimes considered to be a domesticated breed of the gaur.
- gayer — of, relating to, or exhibiting sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex; homosexual: a gay couple. Antonyms: straight.
- gayle — a female or male given name.
- gayly — with merriment; merrily; joyfully; cheerfully.
- gayne — (obsolete) To gain; to avail.
- geeky — a digital-technology expert or enthusiast (a term of pride as self-reference, but often used disparagingly by others).
- gehry — Frank (Ephraim Goldberg) born 1929, U.S. architect, born in Canada.
- gelly — Obsolete form of jelly.
- gemmy — having gems; set with gems.
- genty — neat
- germy — full of germs.
- gerry — Geraldine Anne ("Gerry") 1935–2011, U.S. politician: congresswoman 1978–84; first woman chosen as the vice-presidential nominee of a major political party 1984.
- getty — J(ean) Paul, 1892–1976, U.S. oil magnate and art collector.
- geyan — somewhat
- ghyll — (Scotland/Northern England) A ravine.
- giddy — affected with vertigo; dizzy.
- giffy — Obsolete form of jiffy (brief moment).
- gilly — gillie.
- gimpy — a limp.
- ginny — a female given name, form of Virginia or Genevieve.
- gippy — an Egyptian person or thing
- gipsy — a member of a nomadic, Caucasoid people of generally swarthy complexion, who migrated originally from India, settling in various parts of Asia, Europe, and, most recently, North America.
- girly — featuring nude or scantily clad young women: a girlie show; girlie magazines.
- gitty — A narrow, pedestrian, passageway in a residential area, between high brick walls, wooden fences, hedges, etc.
- givey — (especially of soil) moist, soft, or spongy.
- glady — resembling a glade
- glary — smooth and slippery, as ice.
- glazy — Having the appearance of a glaze.
- gleby — clod-like
- globy — round; globular
- glory — very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown: to win glory on the field of battle.
- glowy — Glowing.
- gluey — like glue; viscid; sticky.
- glyde — Obsolete spelling of glide.
- glyph — a pictograph or hieroglyph.