6-letter words containing y, i, n
- joying — Present participle of joy.
- key in — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- keying — Present participle of key.
- 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.
- lay in — 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.
- lenify — (transitive) To assuage or mitigate; to soften.
- lenity — the quality or state of being mild or gentle, as toward others.
- libyan — of or relating to Libya or its inhabitants.
- lilyan — a female given name.
- lineny — similar to or resembling linen
- linhay — a storage shed or other attachment to the back of a house.
- linney — a lean-to shed
- linsey — linsey-woolsey.
- lionly — like or similar to a lion
- litany — a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
- longyi — a cloth used as a turban, scarf, sarong, etc., in India, Pakistan, and Burma.
- lungyi — lungi.
- lycian — of or relating to Lycia.
- lycine — betaine.
- lydian — of or relating to Lydia.
- lyings — Plural form of lying.
- lyngvi — a rival of Sigmund for Hjordis who kills Sigmund and is killed by Sigurd.
- lysine — a crystalline, basic, amino acid, H 2 N(CH 2) 4 CH(NH 2)COOH, produced chiefly from many proteins by hydrolysis, essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: K. Abbreviation: Lys;
- lysing — Present participle of lyse.
- mainly — chiefly; principally; for the most part; in the main; to the greatest extent: Our success was due mainly to your efforts. The audience consisted mainly of students.
- maying — the fifth month of the year, containing 31 days.
- minify — to make less.
- minyae — descended from Minyas.
- minyan — the number of persons required by Jewish law to be present to conduct a communal religious service, traditionally a minimum of 10 Jewish males over 13 years of age.
- minyas — a king of Orchomenus, famed for his wealth.
- munify — to fortify
- munity — (obsolete) freedom; security; immunity.
- mutiny — revolt or rebellion against constituted authority, especially by sailors against their officers.
- myelin — a soft, white, fatty material in the membrane of Schwann cells and certain neuroglial cells: the substance of the myelin sheath.
- myosin — the principal contractile protein of muscle.
- mysian — an ancient country in NW Asia Minor.
- myxine — (zoology) Any member of the genus Myxine of hagfish.
- naying — Present participle of nay.
- nazify — to place under Nazi control or influence.
- niamey — a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- nicely — pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.
- nicety — a delicate or fine point; punctilio: niceties of protocol.
- nicoya — Gulf of, an arm of the Pacific Ocean on the NW coast of Costa Rica.
- nidify — nidificate.
- niggly — Bad-tempered, especially about trivial details.