4-letter words containing y, r
- gyro — gyrocompass.
- hery — to glorify; praise
- hyar — (dialectal) here.
- hyer — Obsolete spelling of higher.
- ivry — Eye dialect of every.
- iyar — the eighth month of the Jewish calendar.
- jery — Several species of bird endemic to Madagascar, in the genuses Neomixis and Hartertula.
- jury — a group of persons sworn to render a verdict or true answer on a question or questions officially submitted to them.
- krym — the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- kyra — a female given name.
- llyr — the father of Manawydan: corresponds to the Irish Ler.
- lory — any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- lyra — (anatomy, dated) The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain; so called from the arrangement of the lines with which it is marked in the human brain.
- lyre — a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- mary — (Mary Stuart) 1542–87, queen of Scotland 1542–67; beheaded for plotting to assassinate her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.
- mayr — Ernst, 1904–2005, U.S. zoologist and evolutionary theorist, born in Germany.
- mery — Obsolete form of merry.
- miry — of the nature of mire; swampy: miry ground.
- myra — an ancient city in SW Asia Minor, in Lycia.
- nary — not any; no; never a: nary a sound.
- oary — oarlike.
- onry — {{eye dialect of|from=Southern United States|ornery}}.
- oory — shabby; dingy.
- 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.
- oyer — oyer and terminer.
- pory — containing pores; porous
- pray — to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
- prey — an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- pyr- — pyro-
- pyre — a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- pyro — a pyromaniac.
- racy — slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- rays — John, 1627?–1705, English naturalist.
- rely — to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon): You can rely on her work.
- rhys — Jean (Ellen Gwendolen Rees Williams) 1890–1979, English novelist, born in Dominica.
- rimy — covered with rime.
- roky — steamy or smoky
- ropy — resembling a rope or ropes: ropy muscles.
- rory — a male given name.
- rosy — pink or pinkish-red; roseate.
- ruby — a red variety of corundum, used as a gem.
- rudy — a male given name, form of Rudolf.
- ruly — orderly; well-behaved; tidy
- ryal — rose noble.
- ryan — a male given name.
- ryas — a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.