5-letter words containing ya
- yamen — (in the Chinese Empire) the residence or office of a public official.
- yampa — a river in NW Colorado, flowing W into the Green River in Dinosaur National Monument. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- yampy — a foolish person
- yanan — a city in N Shaanxi province, in N central China: the headquarters of Chinese Communists 1937–47.
- yance — (dialect, Northern English dialect) once (in both senses: only one time, and formerly).
- yanks — Plural form of yank.
- yapok — an aquatic Central and South American opossum, Chironectes variegatus (or minimus), having webbed hind feet and a grayish coat.
- yapon — a holly shrub or small tree, Ilex vomitoria, of the southern U.S., having bitter leaves that are sometimes brewed as a tea.
- yappy — to bark sharply, shrilly, or snappishly; yelp.
- yaqui — a member of an American Indian people of Sonora, Mexico.
- yarak — a state of prime fitness in a hawk.
- yarco — a young working-class person who dresses in casual sports clothes
- yards — the ground that immediately adjoins or surrounds a house, public building, or other structure.
- yaren — the capital of the Republic of Nauru.
- yarer — quick; agile; lively.
- yarns — Plural form of yarn.
- yasht — a hymn to a deity.
- yasna — a part of the Avesta including the Gathas and other liturgical texts.
- yasos — Yet Another Scheme Object System
- yassy — Jassy.
- yatch — Misspelling of yacht.
- yates — Plural form of yate.
- yatra — A procession or pilgrimage, especially one with a religious purpose.
- yatzy — A dice game.
- yauco — a city in SW Puerto Rico.
- yauld — active; vigorous.
- yawed — to deviate temporarily from a straight course, as a ship.
- yawey — of or relating to yaws.
- yawls — (nautical) Plural form of yawl.
- yawns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of yawn.
- yawny — emitting or causing yawns: yawny spectators; a yawny debate.
- yawps — Plural form of yawp.
- yayoi — of or relating to a cultural period in Japan, c300 b.c.–a.d. c300, characterized by unglazed reddish clay pottery (Yayoi ware) made on a wheel and noted for its restrained, undecorated style, haniwa figures, raised-floor dwellings, wet-rice agriculture, and the first use of bronze and iron.
- yazoo — a city in W central Mississippi.