6-letter words containing s, y, n
- naseby — a village in W Northamptonshire, in central England: Royalist defeat 1645.
- naysay — to say nay to; deny; reject; oppose.
- nosily — unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying; meddlesome.
- noyous — annoying; troublesome
- nursey — Alternative form of nursie.
- nyalas — Plural form of nyala.
- nylons — any of a class of thermoplastic polyamides capable of extrusion when molten into fibers, sheets, etc., of extreme toughness, strength, and elasticity, synthesized by the interaction of a dicarboxylic acid with a diamine: used especially for yarn, fabrics, and bristles, as for brushes.
- nymphs — one of a numerous class of lesser deities of mythology, conceived of as beautiful maidens inhabiting the sea, rivers, woods, trees, mountains, meadows, etc., and frequently mentioned as attending a superior deity.
- onyxis — an ingrowing of a fingernail or toenail.
- pansys — a female given name.
- pigsny — a term of affection, esp for a girl or young woman
- psyton — (humour) /si:'ton/ (From TMRC) The elementary particle carrying the sinister force. The probability of a process losing is proportional to the number of psytons falling on it. Psytons are generated by observers, which is why demos are more likely to fail when lots of people are watching. This term appears to have been largely superseded by bogon; see also quantum bogodynamics.
- quinsy — a suppurative inflammation of the tonsils; suppurative tonsillitis; tonsillar abscess.
- randys — a male given name, form of Randall or Randolph.
- resiny — resembling, containing, or covered with resin
- sandys — a male given name.
- sanely — free from mental derangement; having a sound, healthy mind: a sane person.
- sanify — to make or become healthy
- sanity — the state of being sane; soundness of mind.
- sankey — Ira David. 1840–1908, US evangelist and hymnodist, noted for his revivalist campaigns in Britain and the US with D. L. Moody
- satiny — satinlike; smooth; glossy.
- sauncy — sonsy.
- sawney — a fool
- saxony — a state in E central Germany. 6561 sq. mi. (16,990 sq. km). Capital: Dresden.
- saying — what a person says or has to say.
- scanty — scant in amount, quantity, etc.; barely sufficient.
- scungy — miserable; sordid; dirty
- senary — of or relating to the number six.
- senryu — a form of Japanese short poem similar to a haiku, but traditionally on the theme of human nature
- sentry — a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- seyhan — Adana.
- shandy — a mixture of beer and lemonade.
- shanny — a scaleless blenny, Blennius pholis, living in waters along the coast of Europe, having an olive-green body marked with dark spots.
- shanty — a crudely built hut, cabin, or house.
- sharny — a person who is responsible for cleaning a cow-house
- sheeny — shining; lustrous.
- 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
- shonky — of dubious integrity or legality
- shying — bashful; retiring.
- sicyon — an ancient city in S Greece, near Corinth.
- sidney — Sir Philip, 1554–86, English poet, writer, statesman, and soldier.
- simony — the making of profit out of sacred things.
- sinewy — having strong sinews: a sinewy back.
- singly — apart from others; separately.
- sinify — to Sinicize.
- skanky — dirty, foul-smelling, or unattractive
- skinny — very lean or thin; emaciated: a skinny little kitten.
- skunky — of, relating to, or characteristic of a skunk: a skunky odor.