6-letter words containing u, y
- hubbly — of uneven surface; rough: hubbly ice; a hubbly road.
- hugely — extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or extent: a huge ship; a huge portion of ice cream.
- humbly — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- humify — Convert (plant remains) into humus.
- humpty — a low padded seat; pouffe
- humusy — (of soil) rich in humus
- hungry — having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
- hunkey — (US, pejorative) A Hungarian (or, more generally, eastern European) labourer.
- hurley — the game of hurling.
- hurray — to shout “hurrah.”.
- huxley — Aldous (Leonard) [awl-duh s] /ˈɔl dəs/ (Show IPA), 1894–1963, English novelist, essayist, and critic.
- hydrus — a constellation near the S celestial pole lying close to Eridanus and Tucana and containing part of the Small Magellanic cloud
- hypnum — any of various plants of the genus Hypnum, the largest genus of moss
- hypnus — Hypnos
- ibycus — flourished c540 b.c, Greek poet.
- ieyasu — Tokugawa [taw-koo-gah-wah] /ˈtɔ kuˈgɑ wɑ/ (Show IPA), 1542–1616, Japanese general and public servant.
- injury — harm or damage that is done or sustained: to escape without injury.
- jaunty — easy and sprightly in manner or bearing: to walk with a jaunty step.
- jouncy — Bumpy or bouncy.
- journy — Obsolete form of journey.
- joyful — full of joy, as a person or one's heart; glad; delighted.
- joyous — joyful; happy; jubilant: the joyous sounds of children at play.
- jubbly — (slang) female breast.
- jumbly — Jumbled; haphazardly arranged.
- jungly — resembling or suggesting a jungle.
- justly — in a just manner; honestly; fairly: Deal justly with the prisoners.
- key up — a small metal instrument specially cut to fit into a lock and move its bolt.
- kikuyu — a member of an indigenous people of Kenya having an agricultural economy and notable as being the originators of the Mau Mau.
- kludgy — Sloppy, hasty, shoddy, or inelegant.
- klutzy — clumsy; awkward: If you weren't so klutzy you wouldn't have dropped it.
- knubby — nubby.
- knurly — having knurls or knots; gnarled.
- kuo-yu — Putonghua.
- kurvey — to transport goods by ox cart
- kyushu — an island in SW Japan. 15,750 sq. mi. (40,793 sq. km).
- laquey — (networking) [LaQuey, T. (with J. Ryer), "The Internet Companion: A Beginner's Guide to Global Networking", Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1992]
- laughy — tending to laugh a lot or to make people laugh a lot
- lay up — the manner, relative position, or direction in which something lies: the lie of the patio, facing the water. Synonyms: place, location, site.
- lay-up — Basketball. a shot with one hand from a point close to the basket, in which a player shoots the ball toward the basket, often off the backboard.
- layout — an arrangement or plan: We objected to the layout of the house.
- le puy — a department in central France. 1931 sq. mi. (5000 sq. km). Capital: Le Puy.
- loudly — (of sound) strongly audible; having exceptional volume or intensity: loud talking; loud thunder; loud whispers.
- loungy — to pass time idly and indolently.
- lunacy — insanity; mental disorder.
- lunary — (obsolete) lunar.
- lunchy — stupid; dull-witted.
- lungyi — lungi.
- lushly — (of vegetation, plants, grasses, etc.) luxuriant; succulent; tender and juicy.
- luxury — a material object, service, etc., conducive to sumptuous living, usually a delicacy, elegance, or refinement of living rather than a necessity: Gold cufflinks were a luxury not allowed for in his budget.
- lyceum — an institution for popular education providing discussions, lectures, concerts, etc.