6-letter words containing n, y
- joyner — Florence Griffith ("Flo Jo") 1959–98, U.S. track athlete (sister-in-law of Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee).
- jungly — resembling or suggesting a jungle.
- karyon — (cytology) The nucleus of a cell.
- kearny — Philip, 1814–62, U.S. general.
- keenly — finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily: a keen razor.
- kenyan — a republic in E Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British crown colony and protectorate. 223,478 sq. mi. (578,808 sq. km). Capital: Nairobi.
- kenyon — John Samuel, 1874–1959, U.S. phonetician and educator.
- key in — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- keying — Present participle of key.
- keyman — a person highly important or essential to the functioning of an organization, as the head of a sales force or branch office.
- keynes — John Maynard, 1st Baron, 1883–1946, English economist and writer.
- khanty — a member of a Uralic people now living in scattered settlements along the river Ob and its tributaries in Siberia, and known from historical records to have lived in northern European Russia.
- kidney — Anatomy. either of a pair of bean-shaped organs in the back part of the abdominal cavity that form and excrete urine, regulate fluid and electrolyte balance, and act as endocrine glands.
- kindly — having, showing, or proceeding from a benevolent disposition or spirit; kindhearted: kindly people.
- kingly — stately or splendid, as resembling, suggesting, or befitting a king; regal: He strode into the room with a kingly air.
- kinkly — a little kink.
- kinsey — Alfred Charles, 1894–1956, U.S. zoologist; directed studies of human sexual behavior.
- knacky — cunning or artful
- knaggy — knotty; rough with knots.
- knobby — full of or covered with knobs: the knobby trunk of a tree.
- knolly — Having knolls; replete with knolls.
- knotty — having knots; full of knots: a knotty piece of wood.
- knubby — nubby.
- knurly — having knurls or knots; gnarled.
- knyght — Obsolete spelling of knight.
- konfyt — a fruit preserve
- konoye — Prince Fumimaro [foo-mee-mah-raw] /ˈfu miˈmɑ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1945, Japanese statesman: premier 1937–39, 1940–41.
- krasny — Russian name of Kyzyl.
- kyogen — a brief Japanese play performed between Nō plays to provide comic relief.
- kytoon — a captive balloon, combining the features of a balloon and a kite, used to maintain meteorological instruments at a fixed height.
- landry — Thomas Wade ("Tom") 1924–2000, U.S. football player and coach.
- lankly — In a lank way.
- larney — a white person
- larynx — Anatomy. a muscular and cartilaginous structure lined with mucous membrane at the upper part of the trachea in humans, in which the vocal cords are located.
- lay in — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- lay on — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- laying — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- layman — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- laymen — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- laysan — an islet of Hawaii, in the Leeward Islands, NW of Niihau.
- layton — a town in N Utah.
- leanly — (of persons or animals) without much flesh or fat; not plump or fat; thin: lean cattle.
- lemony — the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
- lenify — (transitive) To assuage or mitigate; to soften.
- lenity — the quality or state of being mild or gentle, as toward others.
- leyden — a city in W Netherlands.
- leyton — a former borough in SE England, near London: now part of Waltham Forest.
- libyan — of or relating to Libya or its inhabitants.
- lilyan — a female given name.
- lineny — similar to or resembling linen