6-letter words containing ys
- honeys — Plural form of honey.
- hyssop — any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Hyssopus, of the mint family, especially H. officinalis, native to Europe, having clusters of small blue flowers.
- inlays — Plural form of inlay.
- irtysh — a river in central Asia, flowing NW from the Altai Mountains in China through NE Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation to the Ob River. About 1840 miles (2960 km) long.
- ischys — a youth who was slain after committing an act of infidelity with Coronis, the beloved of Apollo.
- kayser — A unit of wavenumber in the CGS system of units, equivalent to the number of waves in one centimeter.
- kerrys — a county in W Munster province, in the SW Republic of Ireland. 1815 sq. mi. (4700 sq. km). County seat: Tralee.
- keyset — a device consisting of a set of computer keys that can be used together for a particular purpose, for example for a computer game
- khlyst — a member of a rigorously ascetic Russian sect originating in the 17th century and believing that each successive leader of the sect was an incarnation of Christ.
- kirbys — a male given name.
- labrys — A double-headed ax in Minoan mythology.
- larrys — a male given name, form of Lawrence, Laurence.
- laysan — an islet of Hawaii, in the Leeward Islands, NW of Niihau.
- limeys — Plural form of limey.
- loveys — Plural form of lovey.
- lysate — the mixture of substances formed by the lysis of cells.
- lysias — c450–c380 b.c, Athenian orator.
- lysine — a crystalline, basic, amino acid, H 2 N(CH 2) 4 CH(NH 2)COOH, produced chiefly from many proteins by hydrolysis, essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: K. Abbreviation: Lys;
- lysing — Present participle of lyse.
- mameys — Plural form of mamey.
- massys — Quentin [kven-tin;; English kwen-tn] /ˈkvɛn tɪn;; English ˈkwɛn tn/ (Show IPA), 1466?–1530, Flemish painter.
- mateys — Plural form of matey.
- matsys — Quentin, Massys, Quentin.
- merrys — a female given name.
- metsys — Quentin [Flemish kven-tin;; English kwen-tn] /Flemish ˈkvɛn tɪn;; English ˈkwɛn tn/ (Show IPA), Massys, Quentin.
- moneys — any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits.
- morays — any of numerous chiefly tropical eels of the family Muraenidae, having porelike gill openings and no pectoral fins.
- moseys — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mosey.
- muleys — Plural form of muley.
- myself — There is no disagreement over the use of myself and other -self forms when they are used intensively (I myself cannot agree) or reflexively (He introduced himself proudly). Questions are raised, however, when the -self forms are used instead of the personal pronouns (I, me, etc.) as subjects, objects, or complements. Myself occurs only rarely as a single subject in place of I: Myself was the one who called. The recorded instances of such use are mainly poetic or literary. It is also uncommon as a simple object in place of me: Since the letter was addressed to myself, I opened it. As part of a compound subject, object, or complement, myself and to a lesser extent the other -self forms are common in informal speech and personal writing, somewhat less common in more formal speech and writing: The manager and myself completed the arrangements. Many came to welcome my husband and myself back to Washington. Myself and other -self forms are also used, alone or with other nouns or pronouns, in constructions after as, than, or but in all varieties of speech and writing: The captain has far more experience than myself in such matters. Orders have arrived for everyone but the orderlies and yourself. There is ample precedent, going as far back as Chaucer and running through the whole range of British and American literature and other serious formal writing, for all these uses. Many usage guides, however, state that to use myself in any construction in which I or me could be used instead (as My daughter and myself play the flute instead of My daughter and I, or a gift for my husband and myself instead of for my husband and me) is characteristic only of informal speech and that such use ought not to occur in writing. See also me.
- mysian — an ancient country in NW Asia Minor.
- mysore — a city in S central Karnataka state, in S India.
- mysost — a soft Norwegian cheese made from cow's milk whey
- mystic — involving or characterized by esoteric, otherworldly, or symbolic practices or content, as certain religious ceremonies and art; spiritually significant; ethereal.
- mysuru — a city in S central Karnataka state, in S India.
- naysay — to say nay to; deny; reject; oppose.
- oocyst — the encysted zygotic stage in the life cycle of some sporozoans.
- oyster — any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water.
- pansys — a female given name.
- patsys — a male given name, form of Patrick.
- pattys — a female given name, form of Patience or Patricia.
- physed — physical education
- physes — the principle of growth or change in nature.
- physic — a medicine that purges; cathartic; laxative.
- physio — physical therapy
- physis — the principle of growth or change in nature.
- pollys — a female given name, form of Mary.
- queys' — a heifer.
- randys — a male given name, form of Randall or Randolph.
- rustys — a male or female given name.