A diminutive form of the female given names Isabel and Isobel.
lys
lys
noun
plural of ly
osy
oys
qsy
say
say
adv
For example; let us assume.
Pick a color you think they'd like, say, peach.
intj
(colloquial) Used to gain someone's attention before making an inquiry or suggestion
noun
(Scotland) A strainer for milk.
A chance to speak; the right or power to influence or make a decision.
Essay; trial; attempt.
Trial by sample; assay; specimen.
Tried quality; temper; proof.
verb
(impersonal, transitive) To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.
(informal, imperative, transitive) Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis.
(intransitive) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
(transitive) To indicate in a written form.
(transitive) To pronounce.
(transitive) To recite.
(transitive) To tell, either verbally or in writing.
(transitive, informal, of a possession, especially money) To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension, used to express belief in an outcome by the speaker.
To try; to assay.
sey
shy
shy
adj
(informal) Short, insufficient or less than.
Cautious; wary; suspicious.
Easily frightened; timid.
Embarrassed.
Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.
noun
(Scottish) In soccer, a throw-in from the sidelines, using two hands above the head. In shinty, the act of tossing the ball above the head and hitting it with the shaft of the caman to bring it back into play after it has been hit out of the field.
A place for throwing.
A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.
verb
(Scottish) (transitive) or (intransitive) To throw a ball with two hands above the head, especially when it has crossed the side lines in a football (soccer) match. To hit the ball back into play from the sidelines in a shinty match.
(intransitive) To avoid due to caution, embarrassment or timidness.
(intransitive) To jump back in fear.
(transitive) To throw sideways with a jerk; to fling.
sky
sky
noun
(chiefly literary and poetic, archaic) Usually preceded by the: the abode of God or the gods, angels, the souls of deceased people, etc.; heaven; also, powers emanating from heaven.
(mathematics, theoretical physics) The set of all lightlike lines (or directions) passing through a given point in space-time.
(obsolete) A cloud.
(obsolete, informal, rare) In an art gallery: the upper rows of pictures that cannot easily be seen; also, the place where such pictures are hung.
Ellipsis of sky blue.
The atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the surface of the Earth as the place where the sun, moon, stars, and clouds are seen.
With a descriptive word: the part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its climate, condition, etc.
verb
(ball games) To hit, kick, or throw (a ball) extremely high.
(ball games) To hit, kick, or throw a ball extremely high.
(informal) To drink (a beverage) from a container without one's lips touching the container.
(informal, dated) To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it cannot easily be seen; (by extension) to put (something) in an undesirable place.
(obsolete) To raise (the price of an item on auction, or the level of the bids generally) by bidding high.
(rowing) To raise an oar too high above the water.
(slang, dated) To toss (something) upwards; specifically, to flip (a coin).
To clear (a high jump bar, hurdle, etc.) by a large margin.
To move quickly, as if by flying; to fly; also, to escape, to flee (especially by airplane).
sly
sly
adj
(having a positive connotation) Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice
Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle
Light or delicate; slight; thin.
adv
Slyly.
sny
sny
noun
(archaic) A small channel of water.
An upward curve at the edge of a plank.
An upward curve in the lines of a wooden watercraft from amidships toward its bow and its stern.
verb
(now dialectal, intransitive) Abound, swarm, teem, be infested, with something.
(obsolete, rare, intransitive) move, proceed
soy
soy
noun
(uncountable, often attributive) Soybeans, or the protein derived from them.
A common East Asian liquid sauce, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.
spy
spy
noun
(American football) A defensive player assigned to cover an offensive backfield player man-to-man when they are expected to engage in a running play, but the offensive player does not run with the ball immediately.
A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage).
verb
(intransitive) To act as a spy.
(intransitive) To search narrowly; to scrutinize.
(transitive) To explore; to see; to view; inspect and examine secretly, as a country.
(transitive) To spot; to catch sight of.
sty
sty
noun
(Britain, dialectal) A ladder.
(figurative) A messy, dirty or debauched place.
(pathology) An inflammation of the eyelid.
A pen or enclosure for swine.
verb
(obsolete) To ascend, rise up, climb.
To live in a sty, or any messy or dirty place
To place in, or as if in, a sty
swy
swy
noun
(Australia, games) Two-up.
(Australia, obsolete) A two-shilling coin.
(Australia, slang) A two-year prison sentence.
syc
syd
sye
sye
verb
(UK, dialectal or eye-dialectal, dated) To say.
syl
sym
syn
syn
adj
(chemistry) That has a torsion angle between 0° and 90°.
Abbreviation of synthetic.
noun
Abbreviation of synonym.
syr
yas
yas
intj
(often African-American Vernacular) Nonstandard spelling of yes.
pron
Nonstandard spelling of yous.
yds
yds
noun
plural of yd; yards
yes
yes
adv
that is correct
intj
(interrogative) Used to ask for more information with a request.
An exclamation of pleasure or approval, usually transcribed with an exclamation point.
Response that confirms that the user is paying attention.
noun
A vote of support or in favor/favour of something.
An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
particle
(humorous) Answer to a question presuming one answer when all answers are correct.
Used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement.
Used to show agreement or acceptance.
verb
(colloquial, transitive) to agree with, affirm, approve.
(slang) to attempt to flatter someone by habitually agreeing
yis
yis
adv
Pronunciation spelling of yes.
pron
(Ireland, especially Dublin) Alternative form of yous
yrs
yrs
noun
Abbreviation of years; plural of yr
pron
Abbreviation of yours (when signing a letter)
yso
yst
yus
yus
adv
(dialectal) Alternative form of yes.
noun
Either of two letters, little yus (Ѧ) and big yus (Ѫ), representing nasal vowel sounds in the Cyrillic alphabet. The only major Slavic language retaining these sounds is Polish, which is written in the Latin alphabet.