6-letter words containing y, n
- paying — work: that is paid
- paynim — a pagan or heathen.
- payton — Walter ("Sweetness") 1954–99, U.S. football player.
- penney — J(ames) C(ash) 1875–1971, U.S. retail merchant.
- pentyl — containing a pentyl group; amyl.
- penury — extreme poverty; destitution.
- phenyl — containing the phenyl group.
- phoney — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
- phryne — real name Muesarete. 4th century bc, Greek courtesan; lover of Praxiteles and model for Apelles' painting Aphrodite Rising from the Waves
- phylon — a group that has a genetic relationship or common origin, as a race.
- phytin — a salt containing calcium and magnesium that is derived from plants and used as a dietary supplement
- phyton — the smallest part of a stem, root, or leaf, that, when removed from a plant, may grow into a new plant.
- pigsny — a term of affection, esp for a girl or young woman
- pinery — a place in which pineapples are grown.
- pinkey — a ship with a narrow overhanging stern
- pinkly — with a pink or blushing complexion or colour
- pinyin — a system for transliterating Chinese into the Latin alphabet: introduced in 1958 and adopted as the official system of romanization by the People's Republic of China in 1979.
- pinyon — piñon (def 1).
- plenty — a full or abundant supply or amount: There is plenty of time.
- plinky — (of a sound) short, sharp, and metallic
- plunky — twanging
- plying — British Dialect. to bend, fold, or mold.
- pogany — Willy (William Andrew) 1882–1955, U.S. painter, stage designer, and illustrator; born in Hungary.
- pointy — having a comparatively sharp point: The elf had pointy little ears.
- poleyn — a piece for the knee, made of plate or leather.
- poncey — If you say that someone or something is poncey, you mean you do not like them because they are too feminine or artistic.
- poyang — a lake in E China, in Kiangsi province. 90 miles (145 km) long.
- pranky — inclined to play pranks.
- prying — that pries; looking or searching curiously.
- prynne — William, 1600–69, English Puritan leader and pamphleteer.
- 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 This term appears to have been largely superseded by bogon; see also quantum bogodynamics.
- punchy — punch-drunk.
- punkey — a biting midge of the family Ceratopogonidae
- pycno- — indicating thickness or density
- pyknic — (of a physical type) having a fat, rounded build or body structure. Compare asthenic (def 2), athletic (def 5).
- pyrene — a polycyclic, aromatic crystalline hydrocarbon, C 1 6 H 1 0 , consisting of four fused benzene rings, found in coal tar and believed to be carcinogenic.
- pyrone — either of two heterocyclic ketones having the formula C 5 H 4 O 2 .
- python — a large dragon who guarded the chasm at Delphi from which prophetic vapors emerged. He was finally killed by Apollo, who established his oracle on the site.
- queeny — (slang) Like a queen; effeminately homosexual.
- quincy — Josiah, 1744–75, American patriot and writer.
- quinsy — a suppurative inflammation of the tonsils; suppurative tonsillitis; tonsillar abscess.
- rainey — Gertrude ("Ma") 1886–1939, U.S. blues singer.
- randys — a male given name, form of Randall or Randolph.
- rankly — growing with excessive luxuriance; vigorous and tall of growth: tall rank weeds.
- redeny — to deny again
- resiny — resembling, containing, or covered with resin
- rhyton — an ancient Greek drinking horn, made of pottery or metal, having a base in the form of the head of a woman or animal.
- riancy — the state or quality of being riant
- rodney — George Brydges [brij-iz] /ˈbrɪdʒ ɪz/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1718–92, British admiral.
- romany — Gypsy (def 2).