3-Letter Words That End With: Y

• crested largely blue bird

• United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829)

• The bivalent R-O-R functional group found in ethers.

• A mixture of oxygen and acetylene; burns at a high temperature and is used for cutting and welding metals.

• A synthetic analgesic drug (trademark OxyContin) that is similar to morphine in its effects.

• The chemical element (symbol O) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 15.9994. It is a colorless and odorless gas.

• Molecular oxygen (O2), a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature, also called dioxygen.

• A mixture of oxygen and other gases, administered to a patient to help them breathe.

• An atom of this element.

• the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'

• metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated

• United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843)

• something crucial for explaining

• pitch of the voice

• any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music

• a kilogram of a narcotic drug

• a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple

• a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida

• (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court

• a list of answers to a test

• a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations

• a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access

• mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)

• the central building block at the top of an arch or vault

• a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed

• serving as an essential component

• identify as in botany or biology, for example

• provide with a key

• vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key

• regulate the musical pitch of

• harmonize with or adjust to

• the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth

• throw or toss with a light motion

• Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.

• Used to introduce a sentence in order to draw attention to the importance of what is being said.

• Used in turn-taking, serving as a request to the speaker to grant the turn to the interrupter.

• A small, low island largely made of sand or coral.

• The name of the Latin-script letter K.

• A kilometer.

• A thousand of some unit (from kilo-).

• An exclamation to get attention.

• A protest or reprimand.

• An expression of surprise.

• An informal greeting, similar to hi.

• A request for repetition or explanation; an expression of confusion.

• A meaningless beat marker or extra, filler syllable in song lyrics.

• (country dancing) A choreographic figure in which three or more dancers weave between one another, passing by left and right shoulder alternately.

• The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

• The name of the first letter of the Old South Arabian abjad.

• how something is done or how it happens

• to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end

• a line leading to a place or point

• the condition of things generally

• a course of conduct

• any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another

• a journey or passage

• space for movement

• the property of distance in general

• doing as one pleases or chooses

• a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'

• a portion of something divided into shares

• to a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States)

• two-winged insects characterized by active flight

• flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent

• an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth

• (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air

• fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect

• (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked

• travel through the air; be airborne

• move quickly or suddenly

• operate an airplane

• transport by aeroplane

• cause to fly or float

• be dispersed or disseminated

• change quickly from one emotional state to another

• pass away rapidly

• travel in an airplane

• display in the air or cause to float

• run away quickly

• travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft

• hit a fly

• decrease rapidly and disappear