5-letter words containing y, n
- henny — resembling a hen
- henry — the standard unit of inductance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the inductance of a closed circuit in which an electromotive force of one volt is produced when the electric current in the circuit varies uniformly at a rate of one ampere per second. Abbreviation: H.
- henty — George Alfred, 1832–1902, English journalist and novelist.
- heyne — (obsolete) A wretch; a rascal.
- 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).
- honey — a sweet, viscid fluid produced by bees from the nectar collected from flowers, and stored in nests or hives as food.
- honky — a contemptuous term used to refer to a white person.
- horny — consisting of a horn or a hornlike substance; corneous.
- hundy — (slang) hundred.
- hunky — Slang. (of a male) having a handsome, well-developed physique.
- hunny — Eye dialect of honey.
- hyena — a doglike carnivore of the family Hyaenidae, of Africa, southwestern Asia, and south central Asia, having a coarse coat, a sloping back, and large teeth and feeding chiefly on carrion, often in packs.
- hying — past participle of hie.
- hyman — a male given name.
- hymen — the ancient Greek god of marriage.
- hymns — Plural form of hymn.
- hyson — a Chinese green tea dried and prepared from twisted leaves, especially of the early crop (young hyson)
- 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.
- ixnay — Used in rejecting something specified.
- janky — (slang) of poor quality, odd.
- janny — a janitor
- janty — Archaic form of jaunty.
- jayne — a female given name.
- jenny — spinning jenny.
- jonty — a master-at-arms aboard a ship
- junky — of the nature of junk; trashy.
- kandy — a city in central Sri Lanka: famous Buddhist temples.
- karyn — a female given name.
- kenny — Arthur C(harles) 1917–2008, English science-fiction writer.
- kenya — a republic in E Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British crown colony and protectorate. 223,478 sq. mi. (578,808 sq. km). Capital: Nairobi.
- 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.
- konya — a city in S Turkey, S of Ankara.
- kylin — (in Chinese art) a mythical animal of composite form
- kynar — a hard, white polyvinylidene fluoride resin that resists chemicals and heat, used in pipes, pumps, etc.
- kynde — Obsolete form of kind.
- kynge — Obsolete spelling of king.
- landy — John Michael, born 1930, Australian track athlete and political leader: governor of Victoria 2001–06.
- lanky — ungracefully thin and rawboned; bony; gaunt: a very tall and lanky man.
- lanny — a male given name, form of Lenny.
- lawny — a thin or sheer linen or cotton fabric, either plain or printed.
- layin — the act of dropping the ball into the basket while airborne
- leany — (obsolete) lean.
- lenny — a male given name, form of Leonard.
- lenya — Lotte [lot-ee;; German law-tuh] /ˈlɒt i;; German ˈlɔ tə/ (Show IPA), (Karoline Blamauer) 1900–81, Austrian actress and singer, in the U.S. after 1935 (wife of Kurt Weill).
- lindy — Also called lindy hop, Lindy Hop. an energetic jitterbug dance.