6-letter words containing y, a, k
- kearny — Philip, 1814–62, U.S. general.
- kebaya — A light, loose tunic worn by women in Malaysia, Indonesia, and other Southeast Asian countries.
- 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.
- keyage — Alternative form of quayage.
- keycap — The part of a key (on a keyboard) that is pressed by the user, as opposed to any electromechanical unit underneath.
- keyman — a person highly important or essential to the functioning of an organization, as the head of a sales force or branch office.
- keymap — A collection of keymappings.
- keypad — a separate section on some computer keyboards, grouping together numeric keys and those for mathematical or other special functions in an arrangement like that of a calculator.
- keypal — The e-mail equivalent of a penpal; someone with whom to exchange e-mail for the simple joy of communicating.
- keytar — (music) A relatively lightweight keyboard or synthesizer supported by a strap around the neck and shoulders, as a guitar is supported by a guitar strap.
- keyway — Machinery. a groove in a shaft, the hub of a wheel, etc., for receiving part of a key holding it to another part.
- 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.
- khayal — a kind of Indian classical vocal music
- knacky — cunning or artful
- knaggy — knotty; rough with knots.
- kodaly — Zoltán [zawl-tahn] /ˈzɔl tɑn/ (Show IPA), 1882–1967, Hungarian composer.
- kolyma — a river in the NE Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE to the Arctic Ocean. 1000 miles (1610 km) long.
- koryak — a member of a Paleo-Asiatic people of northeastern Siberia.
- krasny — Russian name of Kyzyl.
- kvaløy — two islands in the Arctic Ocean, off the N coast of Norway: North Kvaløy, 329 sq km (127 sq miles), and South Kvaløy, 735 sq km (284 sq miles)
- kyacks — Plural form of kyack.
- kyodai — The brothers. They are high in rank in the yakuza clan. Their leader is the shatei gashira.
- lackey — A servant, esp. a liveried footman or manservant.
- lankly — In a lank way.
- leakey — Louis Seymour Bazett [baz-it] /ˈbæz ɪt/ (Show IPA), 1903–72, British archaeologist and anthropologist.
- mackay — a seaport in E Australia.
- muzaky — (of music) having a light, bland sound
- oakley — Annie (Phoebe Anne Oakley Mozee) 1860–1926, U.S. sharpshooter.
- okayed — to put one's endorsement on or indicate one's approval of (a request, piece of copy, bank check, etc.); authorize; initial: Would you OK my application?
- ostyak — Khanty.
- parkly — of, relating to, or resembling a park
- pranky — inclined to play pranks.
- quacky — sounding like a quack
- rakery — rakish behaviour; profligacy
- rankly — growing with excessive luxuriance; vigorous and tall of growth: tall rank weeds.
- ryokan — a traditional Japanese inn or small hotel whose floors are covered with tatami.
- sankey — Ira David. 1840–1908, US evangelist and hymnodist, noted for his revivalist campaigns in Britain and the US with D. L. Moody
- shacky — run-down; dilapidated: a shacky old place.
- shaykh — sheik (def 1).
- skanky — dirty, foul-smelling, or unattractive
- sky ad — an advertisement on a large banner, towed behind an aeroplane so that it can be viewed by people on the ground
- skycap — a porter who carries passenger baggage at an airport or airline terminal.
- skylab — a U.S. earth-orbiting space station that was periodically staffed by three separate crews of astronauts and remained in orbit 1973–79.
- skyman — an aviator or paratrooper.
- skyway — air lane.
- snarky — testy or irritable; short.
- sneaky — like or suggestive of a sneak; furtive; deceitful.
- sparky — emitting or producing sparks.
- stalky — abounding in stalks.
- swanky — elegant or ostentatious; swank.