6-letter words containing n, i, y
- nighly — nearly, almost
- nighty — nightie.
- nimbly — quick and light in movement; moving with ease; agile; active; rapid: nimble feet.
- ninety — a cardinal number, ten times nine.
- nitery — a nightclub.
- nitfly — botfly.
- nitryl — (inorganic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical -NO2.
- niyama — one of five observances, composing one of the eight practices, or angas, which are cleanliness of mind and body, equanimity, temperance or tapas, self-appraisal, and attentiveness to God, who is conceived of as a completely free spirit.
- nosily — unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying; meddlesome.
- notify — to inform (someone) or give notice to: to notify the police of a crime.
- novity — (countable, now rare) An innovation; a novelty.
- nudity — the state or fact of being nude; nakedness.
- nycti- — night
- nytril — a synthetic, long-chain polymer fiber that produces a soft, elastic fabric.
- omnify — (transitive) To render universal; to enlarge.
- oniony — a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
- onyxis — an ingrowing of a fingernail or toenail.
- painty — of, coated with, or soiled with paint: a painty finish; painty overalls.
- pay in — a deposit in an account.
- pay-in — a deposit in an account.
- paying — work: that is paid
- paynim — a pagan or heathen.
- phytin — a salt containing calcium and magnesium that is derived from plants and used as a dietary supplement
- pigsny — a term of affection, esp for a girl or young woman
- pinery — a place in which pineapples are grown.
- pinkey — a ship with a narrow overhanging stern
- pinkly — with a pink or blushing complexion or colour
- pinyin — a system for transliterating Chinese into the Latin alphabet: introduced in 1958 and adopted as the official system of romanization by the People's Republic of China in 1979.
- pinyon — piñon (def 1).
- plinky — (of a sound) short, sharp, and metallic
- plying — British Dialect. to bend, fold, or mold.
- pointy — having a comparatively sharp point: The elf had pointy little ears.
- prying — that pries; looking or searching curiously.
- pyknic — (of a physical type) having a fat, rounded build or body structure. Compare asthenic (def 2), athletic (def 5).
- quincy — Josiah, 1744–75, American patriot and writer.
- quinsy — a suppurative inflammation of the tonsils; suppurative tonsillitis; tonsillar abscess.
- rainey — Gertrude ("Ma") 1886–1939, U.S. blues singer.
- resiny — resembling, containing, or covered with resin
- riancy — the state or quality of being riant
- rybnik — a city in S Poland, in Katowice province,on the Nacyna River.
- sanify — to make or become healthy
- sanity — the state of being sane; soundness of mind.
- satiny — satinlike; smooth; glossy.
- saying — what a person says or has to say.
- shindy — a row; rumpus.
- shinny — a simple variety of hockey, played with a ball, block of wood, or the like, and clubs curved at one end.
- shinty — a simple form of hockey of Scottish origin played with a ball and sticks curved at the lower end
- shying — bashful; retiring.
- sicyon — an ancient city in S Greece, near Corinth.
- sidney — Sir Philip, 1554–86, English poet, writer, statesman, and soldier.