6-letter words containing y
- cloyed — to weary by an excess of food, sweetness, pleasure, etc.; surfeit; satiate.
- clubby — If you describe an institution or a group of people as clubby, you mean that all the people in it are friendly with each other and do not welcome other people in.
- clucky — wishing to have a baby
- clumpy — Clumpy means big and clumsy.
- clumsy — A clumsy person moves or handles things in a careless, awkward way, often so that things are knocked over or broken.
- clunky — If you describe something as clunky, you mean that it is solid, heavy, and rather awkward.
- clypei — Plural form of clypeus.
- clysis — the administration of an enema.
- coachy — a coachman
- coccyx — The coccyx is the small triangular bone at the lower end of the spine in human beings and some apes.
- cocksy — cocky
- codify — If you codify a set of rules, you define them or present them in a clear and ordered way.
- coldly — having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day.
- colley — Dated form of collie (dog breed).
- colony — A colony is a country which is controlled by a more powerful country.
- comedy — Comedy consists of types of entertainment, such as plays and films, or particular scenes in them, that are intended to make people laugh.
- comely — A comely woman is attractive.
- comity — mutual civility; courtesy
- comply — If someone or something complies with an order or set of rules, they are in accordance with what is required or expected.
- conchy — conscientious objector.
- coneys — Plural form of coney.
- convey — To convey information or feelings means to cause them to be known or understood by someone.
- convoy — A convoy is a group of vehicles or ships travelling together.
- conway — Thomas, 1735–1800? Irish soldier of fortune in America and India.
- coochy — (slang) Vagina.
- cooley — Charles Horton [hawr-tn] /ˈhɔr tn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1929, U.S. author and pioneer in the field of sociology.
- coolly — moderately cold; neither warm nor cold: a rather cool evening.
- copays — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copay.
- copley — John Singleton. 1738–1815, US painter
- copy's — an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original: a copy of a famous painting.
- corbyn — Jeremy (Bernard). born 1949, British politician; leader of the Labour Party from 2015
- corday — Charlotte (ʃarlɔt), full name Marie Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont. 1768–93, French Girondist revolutionary, who assassinated Marat
- corody — (originally) the right of a lord to receive free quarters from his vassal
- corsey — a pavement or pathway
- corymb — an inflorescence in the form of a flat-topped flower cluster with the oldest flowers at the periphery. This type of raceme occurs in the candytuft
- coryza — acute inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nose, with discharge of mucus; a head cold
- 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.
- cotyle — a cavity that resembles a cup
- cotype — an additional type specimen from the same brood as the original type specimen
- county — A county is a region of Britain, Ireland, or the USA which has its own local government.
- couthy — Alternative form of couthie.
- covary — to vary in correlation with another related variant
- covery — (rare) a dispelling of false or misleading notions.
- coveys — Plural form of covey.
- cowboy — A cowboy is a male character in a western.
- cowley — Abraham. 1618–67, English poet and essayist, who introduced the Pindaric ode to English literature
- coydog — the hybrid of a male coyote and a female dog
- coyest — Superlative form of coy.