5-letter words containing y, n
- signy — the daughter of Volsung and mother, by her brother, Sigmund, of Sinfjotli, with whose help she kills her husband (Siggeir) to avenge his murder of Volsung.
- sigyn — Scandinavian Mythology. wife of Loki, who held a cup over Loki after his imprisonment in order to spare him the pain of the drops of poison with which he was punished.
- sinky — not firm underfoot
- snaky — of or relating to snakes.
- snary — of or resembling a snare
- snipy — resembling or like a snipe bird
- snowy — abounding in or covered with snow: snowy fields.
- sonly — like a son
- sonny — Theodore Walter ("Sonny") born 1930, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- sonsy — strong and healthy; robust.
- sonya — a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- soony — sentimental; emotional.
- spiny — abounding in or having spines; thorny, as a plant.
- steyn — Dale (Willem), born 1983, South African cricketer; a fast bowler and prolific wicket-taker in all forms of international cricket
- stony — full of or abounding in stones or rock: a stony beach.
- sunny — abounding in sunshine: a sunny day.
- sunya — that which exists absolutely and without predication.
- sweyn — known as Sweyn Forkbeard. died 1014, king of Denmark (?986–1014). He conquered England, forcing Ethelred II to flee (1013); father of Canute
- sycon — a type of sponge having a thick body wall that is folded to form many short canals leading to the spongocoel.
- syene — ancient name of Aswan.
- synch — synchronization: The picture and the soundtrack were out of sync.
- syncs — synchronization: The picture and the soundtrack were out of sync.
- synge — John Millington [mil-ing-tuh n] /ˈmɪl ɪŋ tən/ (Show IPA), 1871–1909, Irish dramatist.
- synod — an assembly of ecclesiastics or other church delegates, convoked pursuant to the law of the church, for the discussion and decision of ecclesiastical affairs; ecclesiastical council.
- synth — Informal. synthesizer (def 2).
- tandy — (company) A US company, the parent company of Radio Shack, makers of the TRS-80 and other early personal computers.
- taney — Roger Brooke, 1777–1864, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1836–64.
- tangy — having a tang.
- tanky — a member of the British Communist Party
- tansy — any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- tanya — a female given name.
- tawny — of a dark yellowish or dull yellowish-brown color.
- teeny — tiny.
- tenty — watchful; attentive.
- tinny — of or like tin.
- tinty — having many tints
- toney — tony
- tonya — a feminine name: dim. Toni; var. Tonia
- towny — townie.
- toyon — a shrub related to the rose which has white flowers and red berries and which grows on the Pacific coast of the United States
- tunny — tuna1 .
- twiny — of or resembling twine
- tygon — any of a group of vinyl compounds used as a lining or coating on metal surfaces, as tubing, etc., to prevent corrosion
- tying — present participle of tie.
- tyiyn — a monetary unit of Kyrgyzstan, worth one hundredth of a som
- tyner — McCoy (Sulaimon Saud) born 1938, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- tynes — a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tyran — a tyrant
- tyson — Michael Gerald ("Mike"; "Iron Mike") born 1966, U.S. boxer.
- unary — pertaining to a function whose domain is a given set and whose range is contained in that set.