6-letter words containing sy
- syphon — a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- syriac — a form of Aramaic used by various Eastern Churches.
- syrian — of or relating to Syria or its inhabitants.
- syrinx — Ornithology. the vocal organ of birds, situated at or near the bifurcation of the trachea into the bronchi.
- syrtis — an area of quicksand
- syrupy — having the appearance or quality of syrup; thick or sweet: syrupy coffee.
- syskey — (cryptography, operating system, security) A utility that encrpyts the hashed password information in a SAM database using a 128-bit encryption key. SYSKEY was an optional feature added in Windows NT 4.0 SP3. It was meant to protect against offline password cracking attacks so that the SAM database would still be secure even if someone had a copy of it. However, in December 1999, a security team from BindView found a security hole in SYSKEY which indicates that a certain form of cryptoanalytic attack is possible offline. A brute-force attack then appeared to be possible. Microsoft later collaborated with BindView to issue a fix (dubbed the 'Syskey Bug') which appears to have been settled and SYSKEY pronounced secure enough to resist brute-force attack. According to Todd Sabin of the BindView team RAZOR, the pre-RC3 versions of Windows 2000 were also affected.
- system — an assemblage or combination of things or parts forming a complex or unitary whole: a mountain system; a railroad system.
- syzran — a city in the E Russian Federation in Europe, on the Volga.
- syzygy — Astronomy. an alignment of three celestial objects, as the sun, the earth, and either the moon or a planet: Syzygy in the sun-earth-moon system occurs at the time of full moon and new moon.
- teensy — teeny; tiny.
- tootsy — a foot.
- tressy — resembling or having tresses.
- unbusy — not busy; idle; unoccupied
- uneasy — not easy in body or mind; uncomfortable; restless; disturbed; perturbed.
- vaisya — a member of the Hindu mercantile and professional class, above the Shudras and below the Kshatriyas. Compare Brahman1 (def 1).
- weensy — Weeny or tiny; very small.
- whimsy — capricious humor or disposition; extravagant, fanciful, or excessively playful expression: a play with lots of whimsy.
- whoosy — whoosis.
- woodsy — of, or characteristic or suggestive of, the woods: a woodsy fragrance.