5-letter words containing y, n
- nyasa — former name of Malawi (def 2).
- nyaya — (in ancient India) a philosophical school emphasizing logical analysis of knowledge, which is considered as deriving from perception, inference, analogy, and reliable testimony.
- nydia — a female given name.
- nylon — any of a class of thermoplastic polyamides capable of extrusion when molten into fibers, sheets, etc., of extreme toughness, strength, and elasticity, synthesized by the interaction of a dicarboxylic acid with a diamine: used especially for yarn, fabrics, and bristles, as for brushes.
- nyman — Michael. born 1944, British composer; works include the opera The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat (1986) and scores for films, including The Piano (1992) and several films by Peter Greenaway
- nymph — one of a numerous class of lesser deities of mythology, conceived of as beautiful maidens inhabiting the sea, rivers, woods, trees, mountains, meadows, etc., and frequently mentioned as attending a superior deity.
- nyoro — a member of a Negroid people of W Uganda
- nyssa — a tree, native to Asia and North America, that is a member of the genus Nyssa and family Cornaceae
- nysut — New York State United Teachers
- onely — Obsolete spelling of only.
- onery — (US, particularly, Southern US) eye dialect ornery.
- onlay — an overlay, especially one in relief.
- onyon — Obsolete spelling of onion.
- oundy — wavy or curly
- panay — an island in the central Philippines. 4446 sq. mi. (11,515 sq. km). Capital: Iloilo.
- pandy — a stroke on the palm of the hand with a cane or strap given as a punishment in school.
- pansy — a violet, Viola tricolor hortensis, cultivated in many varieties, having richly and variously colored flowers.
- panty — panties.
- payne — John Howard, 1791–1852, U.S. actor and dramatist.
- penny — a bronze coin, the 100th part of the dollars of various nations, as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States; one cent.
- peony — any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Paeonia, having large, showy flowers, as the widely cultivated species P. lactiflora: the state flower of Indiana.
- phony — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
- piney — abounding in or covered with pine trees: piny hillsides.
- pinky — pink3 .
- pinny — pinafore: apron
- pliny — ("the Elder"; Gaius Plinius Secundus) a.d. 23–79, Roman naturalist, encyclopedist, and writer.
- ponty — a rod used for shaping molten glass
- porny — Informal. pertaining to, resembling, characteristic of, or containing pornography; pornographic: porny photos.
- punky — Slang. of or like punks or hoodlums.
- punny — having, involving, or characteristic of a pun.
- punty — an iron rod used in glassmaking for handling the hot glass.
- pydna — a town in ancient Macedonia, W of the Gulf of Salonika: decisive Roman victory over the Macedonians 186 b.c.
- pylon — a marking post or tower for guiding aviators, frequently used in races.
- pyran — either of two compounds having the formula C 5 H 6 O, containing one oxygen and five carbon atoms arranged in a six-membered ring.
- queyn — a worthless girl
- rainy — characterized by rain: rainy weather; a rainy region.
- randy — sexually aroused; lustful; lecherous.
- rangy — (of animals or people) slender and long-limbed.
- rayon — a regenerated, semisynthetic textile filament made from cellulose, cotton linters, or wood chips by treating these with caustic soda and carbon disulfide and passing the resultant solution, viscose, through spinnerets.
- renay — a person who disowns an organization, country, or belief system
- rindy — with a rind or rindlike skin
- rouyn — a city in SW Quebec, in E Canada: gold and copper mining.
- rudny — a city in N central Kazakhstan, SW of Kustanai.
- runny — tending to run or drip: a runny paste.
- runty — stunted; dwarfish: The runty puppy seems the most playful of the litter.
- sandy — of the nature of or consisting of sand.
- sayon — a sleeveless tunic worn by lower-class men during the Middle Ages
- senvy — mustard (the plant or seed)
- seyen — a scion
- shiny — bright or glossy in appearance.