6-letter words containing l, y, i
- logily — in a sluggish, heavy manner
- longyi — a cloth used as a turban, scarf, sarong, etc., in India, Pakistan, and Burma.
- lungyi — lungi.
- lycian — of or relating to Lycia.
- lycine — betaine.
- lydian — of or relating to Lydia.
- lyings — Plural form of lying.
- lyngvi — a rival of Sigmund for Hjordis who kills Sigmund and is killed by Sigurd.
- lyrics — The words to a song (or other vocal music).
- lyrids — a collection of meteors comprising a meteor shower (Lyrid meteor shower) visible April 22 and having its apparent origin in the constellation Lyra.
- lyrism — lyricism.
- lyrist — a person who plays the lyre or who sings and accompanies himself or herself on the lyre.
- lysias — c450–c380 b.c, Athenian orator.
- lysine — a crystalline, basic, amino acid, H 2 N(CH 2) 4 CH(NH 2)COOH, produced chiefly from many proteins by hydrolysis, essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: K. Abbreviation: Lys;
- lysing — Present participle of lyse.
- mainly — chiefly; principally; for the most part; in the main; to the greatest extent: Our success was due mainly to your efforts. The audience consisted mainly of students.
- matily — in a matey manner
- mazily — full of confusing turns, passages, etc.; like a maze; labyrinthine.
- milady — an English noblewoman (often used as a term of address).
- mildly — amiably gentle or temperate in feeling or behavior toward others.
- millay — Edna St. Vincent (Mrs. Eugen Jan Boissevain) 1892–1950, U.S. poet.
- milsey — a milk strainer
- mislay — to lose temporarily; misplace: He mislaid his keys.
- mizzly — Raining in very small drops; misty; drizzly.
- my lai — a hamlet in S Vietnam: U.S. forces' massacre of South Vietnamese civilians 1968.
- myelin — a soft, white, fatty material in the membrane of Schwann cells and certain neuroglial cells: the substance of the myelin sheath.
- nicely — pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.
- niggly — Bad-tempered, especially about trivial details.
- nighly — nearly, almost
- nimbly — quick and light in movement; moving with ease; agile; active; rapid: nimble feet.
- nitfly — botfly.
- nitryl — (inorganic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical -NO2.
- nosily — unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying; meddlesome.
- nytril — a synthetic, long-chain polymer fiber that produces a soft, elastic fabric.
- odylic — od.
- oilery — The business or goods of a dealer in oils.
- oilily — In an oily way.
- oilway — a hole in a machine which allows oil to be inserted for lubrication
- philby — Harold Adrian Russell ("Kim") 1912–1998, British double agent: defected to U.S.S.R. 1963.
- philly — Philadelphia (used as a nickname).
- piddly — piddle verb intransitive
- pimply — having many pimples.
- pinkly — with a pink or blushing complexion or colour
- plinky — (of a sound) short, sharp, and metallic
- plisky — a mischievous trick; practical joke; prank.
- ploidy — the number of homologous chromosome sets present in a cell or organism.
- plying — British Dialect. to bend, fold, or mold.
- policy — a definite course of action adopted for the sake of expediency, facility, etc.: We have a new company policy.
- polity — a particular form or system of government: civil polity; ecclesiastical polity.
- primly — formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior; stiffly neat.