6-letter words containing n, y
- geryon — a winged monster with three bodies joined at the waist, killed by Hercules, who stole the monster's cattle as his tenth labour
- glinty — shiny
- glycin — a poisonous crystalline compound, C 8 H 9 NO 3 , used as a photographic developer.
- gnarly — gnarled.
- gnatty — infested with gnats.
- gobony — compony.
- gongyo — (in Nichiren Buddhism) a ceremony, performed twice a day, involving reciting parts of the Lotus Sutra and chanting the Daimoku to the Gohonzon
- gooney — Slang. stupid, foolish, or awkward: a goony smile on his face.
- gowany — (Scotland) Covered with daisies.
- grainy — resembling grain; granular.
- granby — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- granny — Informal. a grandmother.
- greeny — Slightly green.
- groyne — groin (def 4).
- grozny — an autonomous republic of the Russian Federation, in Caucasia. 7350 sq. mi. (19,300 sq. km). Capital: Grozny.
- grundy — Mrs. a narrow-minded, conventional person who is extremely critical of any breach of propriety.
- grungy — ugly, run-down, or dilapidated: a grungy, abandoned mill town.
- grunty — Making grunting sounds.
- guanay — a cormorant, Phalacrocorax bougainvillii, of islands off the coasts of Peru and Chile, a chief source of guano.
- gungey — Alternative spelling of gungy.
- gunshy — Being afraid to use a gun.
- gunyah — an aboriginal hut or shelter.
- gurney — a flat, padded table or stretcher with legs and wheels, for transporting patients or bodies.
- guyana — an independent republic on the NE coast of South America: a former British protectorate; gained independence 1966; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 82,978 sq. mi. (214,913 sq. km). Capital: Georgetown.
- guying — Present participle of guy.
- gybing — Present participle of gybe.
- gyming — Present participle of gym.
- gymnic — (now rare) Gymnastic; athletic.
- gymno- — naked, bare, or exposed
- gynney — a guinea-fowl or a female guinea-fowl
- gynoid — (science fiction) A robot/android in female form.
- gyrant — having a circular movement
- gyrene — a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- gyrkin — (obsolete) A male gyrfalcon.
- gyrons — Plural form of gyron.
- gyving — Usually, gyves. a shackle, especially for the leg; fetter.
- hamlyn — Baron Paul. 1926–2001, British businessman and publisher
- han yu — (Han Wen-kung; Han Wengong) a.d. 768–824, Chinese writer, poet, and philosopher.
- handly — Of or pertaining to the hand; manual.
- handsy — (informal) prone to touching other people with one's hands, especially inappropriately.
- hangry — feeling irritable or irrationally angry as a result of being hungry.
- hauyne — a blue feldspathoid mineral found in igneous rock
- hayden — Melissa (Mildred Herman) 1923–2006, Canadian ballerina in the U.S.
- haydon — Benjamin (Robert). 1786–1846, British historical painter and art critic, best known for his Autobiography and Journals (1853)
- haying — grass, clover, alfalfa, etc., cut and dried for use as forage.
- haynes — Elwood [el-woo d] /ˈɛlˌwʊd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1925, U.S. inventor.
- heaney — Seamus [shey-muh s] /ˈʃeɪ məs/ (Show IPA), 1939–2013, Irish poet: Nobel Prize 1995.
- hendry — Stephen. born 1969, Scottish snooker player: world champion 1990, 1992–96, and 1999
- henley — a short- or long-sleeved pullover sport shirt, usually of cotton, with a round neckband and an often covered neckline placket.
- hincty — acting in a nervous or very cautious way.