6-letter words containing y, s
- fossey — Dian [dahy-an] /daɪˈæn/ (Show IPA), 1932–85, U.S. zoologist: expert on great apes.
- fousty — (Bristol) Fusty.
- foyers — Plural form of foyer.
- frisky — lively; frolicsome; playful.
- frosty — characterized by or producing frost; freezing; very cold: frosty weather.
- frousy — frowzy.
- frowsy — frowzy.
- fryers — Plural form of fryer.
- fynbos — (botany) Vegetation unique to the Cape Floral Kingdom made up chiefly of Proteaceae, restios and Ericaceae.
- gabbys — a male given name, form of Gabriel.
- gamesy — sporty; keen on sport
- gansey — A sweater or T-shirt.
- gashly — hideous; ghastly
- gasify — Convert (a solid or liquid, especially coal) into gas.
- gatsby — (South Africa) A snack consisting of a baguette filled with french fries, sauce, and other ingredients.
- gayest — of, relating to, or exhibiting sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex; homosexual: a gay couple. Antonyms: straight.
- gayish — Somewhat gay; gay to a certain extent.
- gayism — (rare) homosexuality.
- gensym — (library) /jen'sim/ (From the MacLISP for "generated symbol") To invent a new name for something temporary, in such a way that the name is almost certainly not in conflict with one already in use. The canonical form of a gensym is "Gnnnn" where nnnn represents a number; any LISP hacker would recognise G0093 (for example) as a gensym. Gensymmed names are useful for storing or uniquely identifying crufties.
- geyser — a hot spring that intermittently sends up fountainlike jets of water and steam into the air.
- ghosty — (chiefly, informal) ghostly.
- gladys — Elizabeth, 1911–79, U.S. poet.
- glassy — resembling glass, as in transparency or smoothness.
- glossy — having a shiny or lustrous surface.
- glyphs — Plural form of glyph.
- goosey — Having or showing a quality considered to be characteristic of a goose, especially foolishness or nervousness.
- gousty — dismal; empty
- goyish — being, pertaining to, or characteristic of a goy or goys: explaining Passover to my goyish boss; a goyish version of chicken soup.
- grassy — covered with grass.
- greasy — smeared, covered, or soiled with grease.
- grisly — gristly.
- groszy — an aluminum coin of Poland, the 100th part of a zloty.
- gryesy — grey
- gunshy — Being afraid to use a gun.
- guyots — Plural form of guyot.
- gypsie — Archaic spelling of gypsy.
- gypsum — a very common mineral, hydrated calcium sulfate, CaSO 4 ⋅2H 2 O, occurring in crystals and in masses, soft enough to be scratched by the fingernail: used to make plaster of Paris, as an ornamental material, as a fertilizer, etc.
- gyrase — a bacterial enzyme that causes supercoiling of DNA.
- gyrons — Plural form of gyron.
- gyrose — marked with wavy lines.
- halsey — William Frederick ("Bull") 1882–1959, U.S. admiral.
- handsy — (informal) prone to touching other people with one's hands, especially inappropriately.
- harrys — a male given name, form of Harold or Henry.
- haynes — Elwood [el-woo d] /ˈɛlˌwʊd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1925, U.S. inventor.
- haysel — the season for making hay
- hearsy — resembling a hearse
- heelys — a brand of training shoes with wheels fitted in the heel to allow them to be used like in-line skates
- heresy — opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, especially of a church or religious system.
- hersey — John Richard, 1914–93, U.S. journalist, novelist, and educator.
- hevesy — Georg von [ge-awrg vawn] /gɛˈɔrg vɔn/ (Show IPA), 1885–1966, Hungarian chemist: Nobel Prize 1943.