Plurals: Consonant-Y Nouns with Plain -S (DRY → DRYS)

26 entries

FRONT	WORD	BACK	DEFINITION
A	BY	ES	[n. BYS] · a pass in certain card games
BG	ABY	ES	[v. ABOUGHT, ABYING, ABYS°] · to pay the penalty for / [x] { aby § abys § abought aby abye abyes abying }
—	DRY	S	[a. DRIER° or DRYER°, DRIEST or DRYEST] · having no moisture / ----- [n. DRYS] · a prohibitionist / ----- [v. DRIED, DRYING, DRIES] · to make dry - DRYABLE [a.] / [x] { dry drying § dries drys § dried dries driest dry drying drys § dried drier driest droughtier droughtiest droughty drouthier drouthiest drouthy dry dryable dryer dryest }
—	WHY	S	[n. WHYS] · the reason or cause of something
—	CORY	S	[n. CORY°] · a former monetary unit of Guinea
GJ	EMMY	S	[n. EMMYS] · a statuette awarded annually by a professional organization for notable achievement in television -- a trademark
—	MOLY	S	[n. MOLIES or MOLYS] · a wild garlic (=molys)
—	POLY	PS	[n. POLYS] · a type of white blood cell / ----- [n. POLIES] · a garment made of polyester (=polies)
—	BENDY	S	[n. -DYS] · okra / ----- [a. BENDIER, BENDIEST] · flexible (=bendier bendiest) / [x] { bendee bendy § bendees bendys § bendier bendiest bendy }
—	BIALY	S	[n. -ALYS or -ALIES] · an onion roll (=bialies) / [x] { biali bialy § bialies bialis bialys }
—	COLBY	S	[n. -BIES or -BYS] · a mild cheese (=colbies)
—	FLYBY	S	[n. -BYS] · a flight of aircraft close to a specified place / [x] { flyby flypast § flybys flypasts }
—	HENRY	S	[n. -RIES or -RYS] · a unit of inductance
—	PLATY	S	[a. PLATIER, PLATIEST] · split into thin, flat pieces / ----- [n. PLATYS or PLATIES] · a small tropical fish / [x] { platies platy platyfish platyfishes platys § platier platiest platy }
—	TELLY	S	[n. -LIES or -LYS] · a television set / [x] { teevee tele television telly § teevees teles televisions tellies tellys § television televisions § telly }
—	ZLOTY	S	[n. ZLOTYS, ZLOTE, ZLOTIES, or ZLOTYCH] · a monetary unit of Poland~ / [x] { zlote zloties zloty zlotych zlotys }
—	BLOWBY	S	[n. -BYS] · leakage of exhaust fumes
—	GOODBY	ES	[n. -BYS] · goodbye / [x] { bye goodby goodbye § goodbyes goodbys § bye goodby goodbye goodbyes § bye goodby goodbye }
—	QWERTY	S	[n. -S] · a standard typewriter keyboard
—	SHINDY	S	[n. -DYS or -DIES] · a shindig / [x] { shindig shindy § shindies shindigs shindys }
—	ABHENRY	S	[n. -RIES or -RYS] · a unit of inductance
—	STANDBY	S	[n. -BYS] · one that can be relied on
—	SWINGBY	S	[n. -BYS] · a mission in which a spacecraft uses a planet's gravitational pull for making course changes
—	CHROMOLY	S	[n. -LIES] · a steel alloy made of chromium and molybdenum
—	TREVALLY	S	[n. TREVALLYS or TREVALLIES] · an Australian~ food fish / ----- [n. -LIES] · an Australian~ food fish
—	MILLIHENRY	S	[n. -HENRIES or -HENRYS] · one thousandth of a henry

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