6-letter words containing y, s
- bekesy — Georg von (ˈɡeːɔrk fɔn). 1899–1972, US physicist, born in Hungary; noted for his work on the mechanism of hearing: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1961
- beltsy — a city in NW Moldavia, NW of Kishinev.
- biopsy — A biopsy is the removal and examination of fluids or tissue from a patient's body in order to discover why they are ill.
- biscay — Bay ofpart of the Atlantic, on the N coast of Spain & the W coast of France
- bisley — a village in SE England, in Surrey: annual meetings of the National Rifle Association
- bisync — Binary Synchronous Transmission
- blashy — very rainy
- blasty — blustery
- blousy — like a blouse
- blowsy — (esp of a woman) untidy in appearance; slovenly or sluttish
- bluesy — If you describe a song or the way it is performed as bluesy, you mean that it is performed in a way that is characteristic of the blues.
- bolshy — If you say that someone is bolshy, you mean that they easily get angry and often do not do what other people want them to do.
- booksy — inclined to be bookish or literary
- bosomy — (of a woman) having large breasts
- boyish — If you describe a man as boyish, you mean that he is like a boy in his appearance or behaviour, and you find this characteristic quite attractive.
- brashy — loosely fragmented; rubbishy
- brassy — Brassy music is bold, harsh, and loud.
- browsy — characterized by browsing
- brushy — like a brush; thick and furry
- bugsys — (programming) A programming system for pattern recognition and preparing animated films, for IBM 7094 and IBM 360.
- busboy — waiter's assistant
- busily — If you do something busily, you do it in a very active way.
- busway — a highway, or lane of a highway, set aside for the exclusive use of buses, especially during peak traffic hours.
- byblos — a major Phoenician city of the second millennium bc, in modern Lebanon
- bypass — If you bypass someone or something that you would normally have to get involved with, you ignore them, often because you want to achieve something more quickly.
- bypast — past; bygone
- byrnes — James Francis, 1879–1972, U.S. statesman and jurist: secretary of state 1945–47.
- byrrus — birrus.
- byssal — relating to the byssus of molluscs
- byssus — a mass of strong threads secreted by a sea mussel or similar mollusc that attaches the animal to a hard fixed surface
- carrys — a male given name, form of Carew.
- casefy — to make or become similar to cheese
- causey — a cobbled street
- cayuse — a small Native American pony used by cowboys
- chasmy — full of chasms
- cheesy — Cheesy food is food that tastes or smells of cheese.
- chesty — If you have a chesty cough, you have a lot of mucus in your lungs.
- choosy — Someone who is choosy is difficult to please because they will only accept something if it is exactly what they want or if it is of very high quality.
- clashy — (obsolete, regional) wet; rainy.
- classy — If you describe someone or something as classy, you mean they are stylish and sophisticated.
- clumsy — A clumsy person moves or handles things in a careless, awkward way, often so that things are knocked over or broken.
- clysis — the administration of an enema.
- cocksy — cocky
- coneys — Plural form of coney.
- copays — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copay.
- copy's — an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original: a copy of a famous painting.
- corsey — a pavement or pathway
- cosily — In a cosy manner.
- costly — If you say that something is costly, you mean that it costs a lot of money, often more than you would want to pay.
- cosyra — ancient name of Pantelleria.