5-letter words containing y
- alley — An alley is a narrow passage or street with buildings or walls on both sides.
- alloy — An alloy is a metal that is made by mixing two or more types of metal together.
- allyl — of, consisting of, or containing the monovalent group CH2:CHCH2–
- altay — a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- alvey — (project, body) A funding programme for collaborative research in the UK.
- alway — always
- alwyn — William. 1905–85, British composer. His works include the oratorio The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1936) and the Suite of Scottish Dances (1946)
- alyce — a female given name.
- ambry — a recessed cupboard in the wall of a church near the altar, used to store sacred vessels, etc
- amity — Amity is peaceful, friendly relations between people or countries.
- amory — a male or female given name.
- amply — more than sufficiently; fully; generously
- amyl- — amylo-
- amyss — A hood or cape.
- anaya — Rudolfo [roo-dol-foh] /ruˈdɒl foʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1937, U.S. author.
- angry — When you are angry, you feel strong dislike or impatience about something.
- annoy — If someone or something annoys you, it makes you fairly angry and impatient.
- anomy — a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- antsy — If someone is antsy, they are nervous or impatient.
- anury — (medicine, archaic) anuria.
- anyon — a particle that occurs in two-dimensional space having characteristics of both fermions and bosons
- apery — imitative behaviour; mimicry
- apply — If you apply for something such as a job or membership of an organization, you write a letter or fill in a form in order to ask formally for it.
- appuy — to support, or to post troops to a position which provides defensive support
- aptly — inclined; disposed; given; prone: too apt to slander others.
- araby — Arabia
- arany — János (ˈjaːnoʃ). 1817–82, Hungarian epic poet, ballad writer, and scholar
- archy — a male given name, form of Archibald.
- arefy — to dry
- arity — (programming) The number of arguments a function or operator takes. In some languages functions may have variable arity which sometimes means their last or only argument is actually a list of arguments.
- array — An array of different things or people is a large number or wide range of them.
- arsey — aggressive, irritable, or argumentative
- artsy — Artsy means the same as arty.
- aryan — (in Nazi ideology) a Caucasian of non-Jewish descent, esp of the Nordic type
- asity — A stocky perching bird related to the pittas, found only in Madagascar.
- askey — Arthur. 1900–82, British comedian
- assay — An assay is a test of a substance to find out what chemicals it contains. It is usually carried out to find out how pure a substance is.
- assyr — Assyrian
- asway — in a rocking or oscillating manner
- async — (computing) Asynchronous.
- asyut — an ancient city in central Egypt, on the Nile. Pop: 417 000 (2005 est)
- ataxy — loss of coordination of the muscles, especially of the extremities.
- atimy — a public loss of honour or withdrawal of civil liberties
- atomy — an atom or minute particle
- atony — lack of normal tone or tension, as in muscles; abnormal relaxation of a muscle
- atopy — a hereditary tendency to be hypersensitive to certain allergens
- atray — (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To vex; trouble; frighten; torment; harass.
- aunty — auntie.
- autry — Gene, 1907–1998, U.S. actor and singer.
- avery — Milton, 1893–1965, U.S. painter.