6-letter words containing a, b, y
- buryat — a member of a Mongoloid people living chiefly in the Buryat Republic
- busway — a highway, or lane of a highway, set aside for the exclusive use of buses, especially during peak traffic hours.
- by ear — without reading from written music
- by far — You use the expression by far when you are comparing something or someone with others of the same kind, in order to emphasize how great the difference is between them. For example, you can say that something is by far the best or the best by far to indicate that it is definitely the best.
- by law — If you have to do something by law or if you are not allowed to do something by law, the law states that you have to do it or that you are not allowed to do it.
- byelaw — a standing rule governing the regulation of a corporation's or society's internal affairs.
- bylane — a side lane or alley off a road
- byname — a name that is additional to a person's main name, such as a surname
- 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
- bypath — a little-used path or track, esp in the country
- byplay — action, gestures, etc. going on aside from the main action or conversation, as in a play
- byroad — a secondary or side road
- byssal — relating to the byssus of molluscs
- bytalk — trivial conversation
- byzant — bezant (def 2).
- cabuya — Mauritius hemp.
- cambay — Gulf of, a gulf of the Arabian Sea, on the NW coast of India.
- carboy — a large glass or plastic bottle, usually protected by a basket or box, used for containing corrosive liquids such as acids
- crabby — Someone who is crabby is bad-tempered and unpleasant to people.
- cuyaba — Cuiabá.
- cymbal — A cymbal is a flat circular brass object that is used as a musical instrument. You hit it with a stick or hit two cymbals together, making a loud noise.
- darbys — a city in SE Pennsylvania.
- daubry — the action of smearing or painting unskilfully
- daybed — a couch that can also be used as a bed
- dayboy — a boy who attends a boarding school daily, but returns home each evening
- drabby — Pale, lacking color.
- drably — dull; cheerless; lacking in spirit, brightness, etc.
- ebayer — any person who buys or sells using the internet auction site, eBay
- eyebar — a metal bar with a hole or ring at each end, used in bridge construction
- fanboy — Sometimes, fanboi. an obsessive male fan, especially of comic books, science fiction, video games, music, or electronic devices: Apple fanboys lined up to buy the new phone.
- flabby — hanging loosely or limply, as flesh or muscles; flaccid.
- gabbys — a male given name, form of Gabriel.
- gatsby — (South Africa) A snack consisting of a baguette filled with french fries, sauce, and other ingredients.
- grabby — tending to grab or grasp for gain; greedy: a grabby ticket scalper.
- granby — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- haybox — A box stuffed with hay in which heated food was left to continue cooking.
- hobday — to alleviate (a breathing problem in certain horses) by the surgical operation of removing soft tissue ventricles to pull back the vocal fold
- kabyle — a member of a branch of the Berber people dwelling in NE Algeria.
- kebaya — A light, loose tunic worn by women in Malaysia, Indonesia, and other Southeast Asian countries.
- labrys — A double-headed ax in Minoan mythology.
- lamboy — tonlet.
- lay by — the manner, relative position, or direction in which something lies: the lie of the patio, facing the water. Synonyms: place, location, site.
- lay-by — British. (on a road or railroad) a place beside the main road or track where vehicles may wait.
- libyan — of or relating to Libya or its inhabitants.
- lyable — (obsolete) Variant spelling of liable.
- marbly — like marble in appearance, hardness, coldness, etc.
- my bad — not good in any manner or degree.
- naseby — a village in W Northamptonshire, in central England: Royalist defeat 1645.
- nearby — close at hand; not far off; adjacent; neighboring: a nearby village.