6-letter words containing a, n, y
- tannoy — A Tannoy is a system of loudspeakers used to make public announcements, for example at a fair or at a sports stadium.
- tawney — Richard Henry, 1880–1962, English historian, born in Calcutta.
- tetany — a state marked by severe, intermittent tonic contractions and muscular pain, due to abnormal calcium metabolism.
- toyman — a man who sells toys
- tranny — a vehicle's transmission.
- twangy — having the sharp, vibrating tone of a plucked string.
- tympan — Printing. a padlike device interposed between the platen or its equivalent and the sheet to be printed, in order to soften and equalize the pressure.
- tyrant — a sovereign or other ruler who uses power oppressively or unjustly.
- tyrian — of or relating to ancient Tyre or its people.
- uneasy — not easy in body or mind; uncomfortable; restless; disturbed; perturbed.
- unpray — to withdraw or rescind (a prayer)
- unwary — not wary; not cautious or watchful, as against danger or misfortune.
- uranyl — the bivalent ion UO 2 +2 , or the group UO 2 , which forms salts with acids.
- vainly — excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.; conceited: a vain dandy.
- vanity — excessive pride in one's appearance, qualities, abilities, achievements, etc.; character or quality of being vain; conceit: Failure to be elected was a great blow to his vanity.
- vaunty — boastful; vain.
- vivyan — a male or female given name.
- vyvyan — a male or female given name.
- yadkin — a part of the Pee Dee River that flows SE through central North Carolina.
- yahgan — a member of an Indian people of the southern coast of Tierra del Fuego and adjacent islands.
- yamani — Sheik Ahmed Zaki [ahkh-med zak-ee] /ˈɑx mɛd ˈzæk i/ (Show IPA), born 1930, Saudi Arabian government official: minister of petroleum and natural resources 1962–86.
- yamuna — a river in N India, flowing SE from the Himalayas to the Ganges at Allahabad. 860 miles (1385 meters) long.
- yander — Eye dialect of yonder.
- yangon — a republic in SE Asia, on the Bay of Bengal. 261,789 sq. mi. (678,034 sq. km). Capital: Yangon.
- yangqu — former name of Taiyuan.
- yanina — Ioannina.
- yanked — an abrupt, vigorous pull; jerk.
- yankee — a native or inhabitant of the United States.
- yanker — Someone who yanks, or gives a sudden hard pull.
- yankie — a shrewish, nagging, or impudent woman
- yanqui — (in Latin America) Yankee; a citizen of the U.S.
- yantai — a seaport in NE Shandong province, in E China.
- yantra — A geometric diagram, or any object, used as an aid to meditation in tantric worship.
- yaqona — a Polynesian shrub (Piper methysticum) from which an intoxicating drink is made from the roots
- yarned — Simple past tense and past participle of yarn.
- yarner — One who tells yarns or stories.
- yarran — a small hardy tree, Acacia homalophylla, of inland Australia: useful as fodder and for firewood
- yasmin — a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “jasmine.”.
- yaunde — Yaoundé.
- yaupon — a holly shrub or small tree, Ilex vomitoria, of the southern U.S., having bitter leaves that are sometimes brewed as a tea.
- yawing — to deviate temporarily from a straight course, as a ship.
- yawned — Simple past tense and past participle of yawn.
- yawner — a person who yawns.
- yeadon — a city in SE Pennsylvania.
- yeaned — Simple past tense and past participle of yean.
- yearne — Obsolete spelling of yarn.
- yearns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of yearn.
- yentai — Wade-Giles. Yantai.
- yentas — Plural form of yenta.
- yeoman — a petty officer in a navy, having chiefly clerical duties in the U.S. Navy.