5-letter words containing y, i
- kidly — Of, pertaining to, like, or resembling a kid or young child; kidlike; kiddy.
- kiley — kylie.
- killy — Jean-Claude [zhahn-klohd] /ʒɑ̃ˈkloʊd/ (Show IPA), born 1943, French skier.
- kindy — (Australia, New Zealand, informal) diminutive of kindergarten.
- kingy — (UK, slang, birdwatching) the kingfisher, Alcedo atthis.
- kinky — full of kinks; closely twisted: a kinky wire.
- kippy — an attractive young woman.
- kipsy — (Australia) A house or shelter.
- kirby — a fishhook having an even bend.
- kissy — Sentimentally affectionate.
- kitty — a kitten.
- kiyas — judgment of an act or belief by application of established principles governing some analogous act or belief.
- kriya — (Yoga) a technique or practice within a yoga discipline, also the outward physical manifestations of awakened kundalini.
- kylie — boomerang.
- kylin — (in Chinese art) a mythical animal of composite form
- kylix — a shallow bowl having two horizontal handles projecting from the sides, often set upon a stem terminating in a foot: used as a drinking cup.
- kyrie — (italics) the brief petition “Lord, have mercy,” used in various offices of the Greek Orthodox Church and of the Roman Catholic Church.
- lairy — of, relating to, or characteristic of a lair.
- laity — the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- layin — the act of dropping the ball into the basket while airborne
- leidy — Joseph, 1823–91, U.S. paleontologist, parasitologist, and anatomist.
- libby — Willard Frank, 1908–80, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1960.
- libya — Ancient Geography. the part of N Africa W of Egypt.
- licey — Containing lice (the insect).
- likey — Alternative form of like.
- lilly — a female given name.
- limby — Having many limbs, or branches.
- limey — a British sailor.
- lindy — Also called lindy hop, Lindy Hop. an energetic jitterbug dance.
- liney — full of or marked with lines.
- linky — (informal) Of or pertaining to hyperlinks.
- linty — full of or covered with lint: This blue suit gets linty quickly.
- linyu — Pinyin. former name of Shanhaiguan.
- lippy — having large or prominent lips.
- lithy — lithe; supple; flexible.
- lizzy — a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lycia — an ancient country in SW Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- lydia — an ancient kingdom in W Asia Minor: under Croesus, a wealthy empire including most of Asia Minor.
- lying — the manner, relative position, or direction in which something lies: the lie of the patio, facing the water. Synonyms: place, location, site.
- lynix — (spelling) Misspelling of "Linux" (the Unix clone), or possibly "lynx" (the web browser).
- lyric — (of poetry) having the form and musical quality of a song, and especially the character of a songlike outpouring of the poet's own thoughts and feelings, as distinguished from epic and dramatic poetry.
- lysi- — freeing, loosening, dissolving
- lysin — an antibody causing the disintegration of erythrocytes or bacterial cells.
- lysis — Immunology, Biochemistry. the dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
- lytic — of, noting, or pertaining to lysis or a lysin.
- maily — (rare) rough, rugged.
- meiny — Archaic. a group or suite of attendants, followers, dependents, etc.
- micky — Mickey (def 2).
- middy — Informal. a midshipman.
- miffy — touchy; inclined to take offense.