6-letter words containing y, o, i
- lionly — like or similar to a lion
- logily — in a sluggish, heavy manner
- longyi — a cloth used as a turban, scarf, sarong, etc., in India, Pakistan, and Burma.
- modify — to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.
- moiety — a half.
- moisty — Moist.
- myopia — Ophthalmology. a condition of the eye in which parallel rays are focused in front of the retina, objects being seen distinctly only when near to the eye; nearsightedness (opposed to hyperopia).
- myopic — Ophthalmology. pertaining to or having myopia; nearsighted.
- myosin — the principal contractile protein of muscle.
- myosis — miosis.
- myotic — pertaining to or producing miosis.
- myotis — An insectivorous bat with mouselike ears, a slender muzzle, and a flight membrane that extends between the hind legs and the tip of the tail.
- mythoi — plural of mythos.
- myxoid — resembling mucus.
- nicoya — Gulf of, an arm of the Pacific Ocean on the NW coast of Costa Rica.
- nosily — unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying; meddlesome.
- notify — to inform (someone) or give notice to: to notify the police of a crime.
- novity — (countable, now rare) An innovation; a novelty.
- oddity — an odd or remarkably unusual person, thing, or event.
- odylic — od.
- oilery — The business or goods of a dealer in oils.
- oilily — In an oily way.
- oilway — a hole in a machine which allows oil to be inserted for lubrication
- omnify — (transitive) To render universal; to enlarge.
- oniony — a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
- onyxis — an ingrowing of a fingernail or toenail.
- orbity — a bereavement or the state of being bereaved
- osiery — An osier bed.
- ossify — to convert into or cause to harden like bone.
- physio — physical therapy
- pinyon — piñon (def 1).
- ploidy — the number of homologous chromosome sets present in a cell or organism.
- pointy — having a comparatively sharp point: The elf had pointy little ears.
- policy — a definite course of action adopted for the sake of expediency, facility, etc.: We have a new company policy.
- polity — a particular form or system of government: civil polity; ecclesiastical polity.
- priory — a religious house governed by a prior or prioress, often dependent upon an abbey.
- pylori — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- pyosis — the formation of pus; suppuration.
- riotry — riotous behaviour
- rosily — with a rosy color.
- sicyon — an ancient city in S Greece, near Corinth.
- simony — the making of profit out of sacred things.
- toying — an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- toyish — resembling a toy
- wicopy — the leatherwood, Dirca palustris.
- woylie — (Australia) A species of bettong, Bettongia penicillata.
- xyloid — Characteristic of wood; woody.
- yizkor — the Jewish service for commemorating the dead, held on Yom Kippur, Shemini Atzereth, the second day of Shavuoth, and the last day of Passover.
- yogini — a woman who practices yoga.
- yogism — a school of Hindu philosophy advocating and prescribing a course of physical and mental disciplines for attaining liberation from the material world and union of the self with the Supreme Being or ultimate principle.