5-letter words containing y
- doomy — fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom.
- doozy — Something outstanding or unique of its kind.
- dopey — stupid; inane: It was rather dopey of him to lock himself out.
- dorky — stupid, inept, or unfashionable.
- dormy — (golf) alt form dormie.
- dorty — sullen; sulky.
- dotty — marked with dots; dotted.
- dowdy — not stylish; drab; old-fashioned: Why do you always wear those dowdy old dresses?
- dowly — dull; low-spirited; dismal
- downy — of the nature of or resembling down; fluffy; soft.
- dowry — Also, dower. the money, goods, or estate that a wife brings to her husband at marriage.
- doyen — the senior member, as in age, rank, or experience, of a group, class, profession, etc.
- doyle — Sir Arthur Conan [kaw-nuh n,, koh-] /ˈkɔ nən,, ˈkoʊ-/ (Show IPA), 1859–1930, British physician, novelist, and detective-story writer.
- doyly — Archaic form of doily.
- drays — Plural form of dray.
- dreys — Plural form of drey.
- drily — dryly.
- drony — (of a sound) Dronelike.
- drusy — (mineralogy) Having a druse.
- druxy — (of timber, archaic) Having decayed spots or streaks of a whitish colour.
- druzy — Alternative spelling of drusy.
- dryad — a deity or nymph of the woods.
- dryas — any creeping plant belonging to the genus Dryas, of the rose family, having solitary white or yellow flowers, comprising the mountain avens.
- dryer — Also, drier. a machine, appliance, or apparatus for removing moisture, as by forced ventilation or heat: hair dryer; clothes dryer.
- dryly — free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
- dubby — (music) In the style of dub music; having been heavily remixed, particularly with reduced vocals or emphasised bass.
- duchy — the territory ruled by a duke or duchess.
- ducky — fine; excellent; wonderful.
- duddy — ragged; tattered.
- dufay — Guillaume [gee-yohm] /giˈyoʊm/ (Show IPA), c1400–74, Flemish composer.
- duffy — Sir Charles Gavan [gav-uh n] /ˈgæv ən/ (Show IPA), 1816–1903, Irish and Australian politician.
- dulcy — a female given name, form of Dulce.
- dully — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- dummy — a representation or copy of something, as for displaying to indicate appearance: a display of lipstick dummies made of colored plastic.
- dumpy — short and stout; squat: a dumpy figure.
- duncy — Like a dunce.
- dungy — excrement, especially of animals; manure.
- dunny — an outside privy; outhouse.
- duply — a second or subsequent response
- duppy — A malevolent spirit or ghost.
- durgy — dwarflike
- duroy — a type of rough cloth made of wool and similar to tammy
- durry — (Australia and New Zealand, colloquial, slang) A cigarette, especially a roll-your-own. (From 1940s.).
- durty — Archaic spelling of dirty.
- dusky — somewhat dark; having little light; dim; shadowy.
- dusty — filled, covered, or clouded with or as with dust.
- dyads — Plural form of dyad.
- dyana — DYnamics ANAlyzer
- dyaus — the Vedic god of the sky.
- dyers — Plural form of dyer.