5-letter words containing y, r
- burly — A burly man has a broad body and strong muscles.
- burpy — belching, tending to belch, or feeling like belching: Carbonated beverages make me burpy.
- burry — full of or covered in burs
- buyer — A buyer is a person who is buying something or who intends to buy it.
- byrds — the. US folk-rock and country-rock group (1964–73), noted for their vocal harmonies and 12-string guitar sound. Their albums include Mr. Tambourine Man (1965), Younger Than Yesterday (1967), and Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1968)
- byrne — Donn [don] /dɒn/ (Show IPA), Donn-Byrne, Brian Oswald.
- byron — George Gordon, 6th Baron. 1788–1824, British Romantic poet, noted also for his passionate and disastrous love affairs. His major works include Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (1812–18), and Don Juan (1819–24). He spent much of his life abroad and died while fighting for Greek independence
- carby — Carburetor/carburettor.
- cardy — Alternative spelling of cardie.
- carey — George (Leonard). born 1935, Archbishop of Canterbury (1991–2002)
- carky — Obsolete spelling of khaki (19th century).
- carny — to coax or cajole
- carry — If you carry something, you take it with you, holding it so that it does not touch the ground.
- carvy — a caraway seed, esp one that is covered in sugar
- caryl — a male or female given name.
- caryn — a female given name.
- ceryl — (chemistry) A radical, C27H55, supposed to exist in several compounds obtained from waxes.
- chary — If you are chary of doing something, you are fairly cautious about doing it.
- clary — any of several European plants of the genus Salvia, having aromatic leaves and blue flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
- corby — a town in central England, in N Northamptonshire: designated a new town in 1950. Pop: 49 222 (2001)
- cordy — Of, or like, cord; having cords or cord-like parts.
- corey — the penis
- corky — of or like cork
- corny — If you describe something as corny, you mean that it is obvious or sentimental and not at all original.
- cowry — cowrie.
- coyer — Comparative form of coy.
- crapy — Resembling crape.
- crays — Plural form of cray.
- crazy — If you describe someone or something as crazy, you think they are very foolish or strange.
- crecy — a village in N France: scene of the first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War when the English defeated the French (1346)
- crepy — (esp of the skin) having a dry wrinkled appearance like crepe
- crony — You can refer to friends that someone spends a lot of time with as their cronies, especially when you disapprove of them.
- crudy — (in the works of Shakespeare) crude or raw
- cryer — Archaic form of crier.
- cryo- — indicating low temperature; frost, cold, or freezing
- crypt — A crypt is an underground room underneath a church or cathedral.
- curdy — full of curd
- curly — Curly hair is full of curls.
- curny — granular
- curry — Curry is a dish composed of meat and vegetables, or just vegetables, in a sauce containing hot spices. It is usually eaten with rice and is one of the main dishes of India.
- curvy — If someone describes a woman as curvy, they think she is attractive because of the curves of her body.
- cyber — Of, relating to, or characteristic of the culture of computers, information technology, and virtual reality.
- cyder — cider
- cymar — a woman's short fur-trimmed jacket, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries
- cymry — the Brythonic branch of the Celtic people, comprising the present-day Welsh, Cornish, and Bretons
- cyril — Saint. ?827–869 ad, Greek Christian theologian, missionary to the Moravians and inventor of the Cyrillic alphabet; he and his brother Saint Methodius were called the Apostles of the Slavs. Feast day: Feb 14 or May 11
- cyrix — (company) A microprocessor manufacturer. They produce an Intel 486 equivalent - the Cy486SLC and a Pentium equivalent - the Cyrix 6x86.
- cyrus — known as Cyrus the Great or Cyrus the Elder. died ?529 bc, king of Persia and founder of the Persian empire
- dairy — A dairy is a shop or company that sells milk and food made from milk, such as butter, cream, and cheese.
- darby — Abraham. 1677–1717, British iron manufacturer: built the first coke-fired blast furnace (1709)