6-letter words containing n, a, y
- bayman — a person who lives by a bay, esp one who is skilled in navigating it
- baymen — Plural form of bayman.
- bayyan — an official declaration
- benday — to produce using the Ben Day process
- binary — Binary describes something that has two different parts.
- blanky — a comfort blanket
- botany — Botany is the scientific study of plants.
- brainy — Someone who is brainy is clever and good at learning.
- brandy — Brandy is a strong alcoholic drink. It is often drunk after a meal.
- branky — ostentatious; showy
- branny — having the appearance or texture of bran
- brawny — Someone who is brawny is strong and has big muscles.
- bryant — David. born 1931, British bowler; many times world champion
- brynza — (in Eastern Europe and Asia Minor) a crumbly, sharp cheese made from sheep's milk and cured.
- bunyan — John. 1628–88, English preacher and writer, noted particularly for his allegory The Pilgrim's Progress (1678)
- bylane — a side lane or alley off a road
- byname — a name that is additional to a person's main name, such as a surname
- byzant — bezant (def 2).
- cagney — James. 1899–1986, US film actor, esp in gangster roles; his films include The Public Enemy (1931), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), The Roaring Twenties (1939), and Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) for which he won an Oscar
- cairny — covered with cairns
- canary — Canaries are small yellow birds which sing beautifully and are often kept as pets.
- canopy — A canopy is a decorated cover, often made of cloth, which is placed above something such as a bed or a seat.
- canyon — A canyon is a long, narrow valley with very steep sides.
- carney — Mark (Joseph). born 1965, Canadian banker; governor of the Bank of Canada (2008–2013); governor of the Bank of England from 2013
- carnyx — a bronze Celtic war trumpet
- cayman — any tropical American crocodilian of the genus Caiman and related genera, similar to alligators but with a more heavily armoured belly: family Alligatoridae (alligators, etc)
- chancy — Something that is chancy involves a lot of risk or uncertainty.
- chaney — Lon [lon] /lɒn/ (Show IPA), 1883–1930, U.S. film actor.
- chanty — chantey.
- clancy — Tom. 1947–2013, US novelist; his thrillers, many of which have been filmed, include The Hunt for Red October (1984), Clear and Present Danger (1989), Debt of Honour (1994) and Red Rabbit (2002)
- clangy — Having a clanging sound.
- clanky — making clanking sounds
- conway — Thomas, 1735–1800? Irish soldier of fortune in America and India.
- cranky — If you describe ideas or ways of behaving as cranky, you disapprove of them because you think they are strange.
- cranny — Crannies are very narrow openings or spaces in something.
- crayon — A crayon is a pencil containing coloured wax or clay, or a rod of coloured wax used for drawing.
- cyanic — of or containing cyanogen
- cyanin — Alternative form of cyanine.
- cyano- — blue or dark blue
- dainty — If you describe a movement, person, or object as dainty, you mean that they are small, delicate, and pretty.
- dancey — of, relating to, or resembling dance music
- dangly — dangling; hanging down
- dankly — In a dank manner.
- dannay — Frederic ("Ellery Queen") 1905–82, U.S. mystery writer, in collaboration with Manfred Bennington Lee.
- dauncy — donsie.
- dawney — (of a person) dull or slow; listless
- dayton — an industrial city in SW Ohio: aviation research centre. Pop: 161 696 (2003 est)
- delany — Martin Robinson, 1812–85, U.S. physician, army officer, and political reformer: leader of the black nationalist movement.
- denary — calculated by tens; based on ten; decimal
- dhyana — (Hinduism, Buddhism) A type of profound meditation.