5-letter words containing y, i
- 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.
- goyim — goy.
- grimy — covered with grime; dirty: I shook his grimy hand.
- gripy — resembling or causing gripes.
- grisy — grim or grisly
- gyani — (in India) a title placed before the name of a Punjabi scholar
- gynie — Diminutive of gynaecologist.
- haily — relating to or comprising hail
- hairy — covered with hair; having much hair.
- hayti — former name of Haiti (def 1).
- hicky — hick (def 2).
- hilly — full of hills; having many hills; hilly country.
- hiney — heinie2 .
- hinky — acting in a nervous or very cautious way.
- hinny — the offspring of a male horse and a female donkey. Compare mule1 (defs 1, 2).
- hiply — In a hip way.
- hippy — having big hips.
- hissy — Slang. a fit of anger; temper tantrum.
- hizzy — (slang) A house, a residence.
- hying — past participle of hie.
- hylic — of or relating to matter; material or solid, having a physical form
- hymie — a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jewish male.
- hyoid — Also, hyoidal, hyoidean. noting or pertaining to a U -shaped bone at the root of the tongue in humans, or a corresponding bone or collection of bones in animals.
- i-pay — (protocol) A Dutch only payment system for the Internet.
- i-spy — a game in which one player specifies the initial letter of the name of an object that he or she can see, which the other players then try to guess
- icily — in an icy manner: I received him icily because of the harsh way he had treated me.
- idyll — a poem or prose composition, usually describing pastoral scenes or events or any charmingly simple episode, appealing incident, or the like.
- imply — implies
- inlay — to decorate (an object) with layers of fine materials set in its surface: to inlay a chest with lighter wood.
- irony — the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
- 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)
- italy — a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870–1946. 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Capital: Rome.
- itchy — having or causing an itching sensation.
- ivory — the hard white substance, a variety of dentin, composing the main part of the tusks of the elephant, walrus, etc.
- ixnay — Used in rejecting something specified.
- iyfeg — (Usenet) Insert Your Favourite Ethnic Group. Used as a meta-name when telling ethnic jokes on the net to avoid offending anyone. See also JEDR.
- jiayi — a city on W Taiwan.
- jiffy — a very short time; moment: to get dressed in a jiffy.
- jiggy — nervous; active; excitedly energetic.
- jimmy — a short crowbar.
- jimpy — Neat, jimp, neatly, tightly.
- jitty — (colloquial, British) alternative spelling of gitty (the narrow passage between rows of terraced houses or a fenced or hedged pathway linking two areas of a village).
- jivey — resembling, suggesting, or characteristic of jive; lively.
- jizya — the poll tax formerly paid by minority religious groups within the Muslim empire.
- juicy — full of juice; succulent: a juicy pear.
- kicky — pleasurably amusing or exciting: a kicky tune.
- kiddy — a child.