6-letter words containing y, n
- 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.
- lonely — affected with, characterized by, or causing a depressing feeling of being alone; lonesome.
- longly — having considerable linear extent in space: a long distance; a long handle.
- longyi — a cloth used as a turban, scarf, sarong, etc., in India, Pakistan, and Burma.
- looney — lunatic; insane.
- loungy — to pass time idly and indolently.
- loyang — Luoyang.
- lunacy — insanity; mental disorder.
- lunary — (obsolete) lunar.
- lunchy — stupid; dull-witted.
- lungyi — lungi.
- lycaon — a king of Arcadia said to have offered Zeus a plate of human flesh to learn whether the god was omniscient
- lycian — of or relating to Lycia.
- lycine — betaine.
- lydian — of or relating to Lydia.
- lyings — Plural form of lying.
- lynagh — Michael. born 1963, Australian Rugby Union player; won 72 caps (1984–95) and scored 911 points (an Australian record)
- lyndon — a male given name.
- lyngvi — a rival of Sigmund for Hjordis who kills Sigmund and is killed by Sigurd.
- lynxes — Plural form of lynx.
- lynxos — A POSIX compliant real-time operating system from Lynx Real-Time Systems. It has a Unix-like interface to application programs.
- 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.
- lytton — Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-, 1st Baron Lytton of Knebworth [neb-wert] /ˈnɛb wərt/ (Show IPA), 1803–73, English novelist, dramatist, and politician.
- madlyn — a female given name, form of Magdalene.
- 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.
- manday — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy; based on a standard number of man-hours in a day of work.
- mangey — having, caused by, or like the mange.
- manley — Michael (Norman).1924–97, Jamaican statesman; prime minister of Jamaica (1972–80; 1989–92)
- manway — a passage in a mine wide enough for a single person.
- many a — constituting or forming a large number; numerous: many people.
- maundy — the ceremony of washing the feet of the poor, especially commemorating Jesus' washing of His disciples' feet on Maundy Thursday.
- maungy — (esp of a child) sulky, bad-tempered, or peevish
- maying — the fifth month of the year, containing 31 days.
- mayn't — Mayn't is a spoken form of 'may not'.
- mayten — a tree, Maytenus boaria, native to Chile, having narrow leaves and drooping branches, planted as a street tree in Florida and southern California.
- meanly — moderately.
- 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.
- monday — the second day of the week, following Sunday.
- moneys — any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits.
- monkey — any mammal of the order Primates, including the guenons, macaques, langurs, and capuchins, but excluding humans, the anthropoid apes, and, usually, the tarsier and prosimians. Compare New World monkey, Old World monkey.
- monody — a Greek ode sung by a single voice, as in a tragedy; lament.
- moonly — Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Moon; lunar.