4-letter words containing y, o
- onry — {{eye dialect of|from=Southern United States|ornery}}.
- onyx — Mineralogy. a variety of chalcedony having straight parallel bands of alternating colors. Compare Mexican onyx.
- oory — shabby; dingy.
- oozy — of or like ooze, soft mud, or slime.
- opry — (Appalachian) opera.
- orby — like or pertaining to an orb.
- orgy — wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- orly — a suburb SE of Paris, France: international airport.
- oryx — a large African antelope, Oryx gazella, grayish with black markings and having long, nearly straight horns: an endangered species.
- otay — (nonstandard, eye dialect, childish) Alternative form of okay.
- owhy — (language) An early functional language(?).
- oxy- — denoting something sharp; acute
- oyer — oyer and terminer.
- oyes — a cry of “oyez.”.
- oyez — a cry of “oyez.”.
- ploy — a maneuver or stratagem, as in conversation, to gain the advantage.
- pogy — a porgy.
- poky — puttering; slow; dull: poky drivers.
- poly — Informal. polyester (def 2): a blend of poly and cotton.
- pony — a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- pory — containing pores; porous
- posy — a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- poxy — If you describe something or someone as poxy, you think that they are insignificant, too small, or bad in some other way.
- pyo- — denoting pus
- pyro — a pyromaniac.
- quoy — (in Scotland, especially as part of a placename) An area of wasteland (or common land) now enclosed for farming.
- roky — steamy or smoky
- ropy — resembling a rope or ropes: ropy muscles.
- rory — a male given name.
- rosy — pink or pinkish-red; roseate.
- ryot — a peasant.
- soay — a breed of small horned sheep having long legs and dark brown wool that is plucked rather than shorn; found mainly on St Kilda where they were probably introduced by the Vikings
- soya — Soya flour, butter, or other food is made from soya beans.
- sybo — a spring onion
- toby — Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- tody — any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- toey — touchy or restive; apprehensive; fractious.
- tony — high-toned; stylish: a tony nightclub.
- tory — a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- towy — of the nature of or resembling the fiber tow.
- toyo — a Japanese straw-like material made out of rice paper and used to make hats
- troy — expressed or computed in troy weight.
- typo — typographical error.
- tyro — a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- wyo. — Wyoming
- xylo — (colloquial, rare) xylophone.
- yafo — Jaffa.
- yaoi — (slang, pornography, anime, manga) A form of hentai involving two or more males in a homosexual relationship, primarily intended for a female audience.
- yayo — (US, slang) cocaine.
- yebo — an expression of affirmation