4-letter words containing y
- oily — smeared or covered with oil; greasy: an oily road surface.
- okay — to put one's endorsement on or indicate one's approval of (a request, piece of copy, bank check, etc.); authorize; initial: Would you OK my application?
- okey — (dated) Alternative form of OK.
- olay — Palm leaves, prepared for being written upon with a style pointed with steel.
- oldy — oldie.
- only — without others or anything further; alone; solely; exclusively: This information is for your eyes only.
- 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.”.
- pacy — You use pacy to describe someone, especially a sports player, who has the ability to move very quickly.
- paly — pale.
- paty — (of a cross) having arms of equal length, each expanding outward from the center; formée: a cross paty.
- paye — In Britain, PAYE is a system of paying income tax in which your employer pays your tax directly to the government, and then takes this amount from your salary or wages. PAYE is an abbreviation for 'pay as you earn'.
- payg — pay-as-you-go
- payt — payment
- pily — (of a fabric) having a pile; like wool or pile
- piny — abounding in or covered with pine trees: piny hillsides.
- pipy — pipelike; tubular.
- pity — sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy: to feel pity for astarving child.
- pkwy — Parkway
- play — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- ploy — a maneuver or stratagem, as in conversation, to gain the advantage.
- pnyx — a hill in Athens, Greece, near the Acropolis: the place of assembly in ancient Athens.
- 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.
- 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.
- puky — on the verge of vomiting; nauseated.
- puly — sickly; whining
- puny — of less than normal size and strength; weak.
- pyat — the magpie
- pyic — an albuminous constituent of pus.
- pyin — an albuminous constituent of pus.