| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| yaffingale | noun | The yaffle. |
| yaguarundi | noun | Same as Jaguarondi. |
| yajur-veda | noun | See Veda. |
| yearningly | adverb | With yearning. |
| yeastiness | noun | The quality or state of being yeasty, or frothy. |
| yellowbill | noun | The American scoter. |
| yellowbird | noun | The American goldfinch, or thistle bird. See Goldfinch., The common yellow warbler; — called also summer yellowbird. See Illust. of Yellow warbler, under Yellow, a. |
| yellowfish | noun | A rock trout (Pleurogrammus monopterygius) found on the coast of Alaska; — called also striped fish, and Atka mackerel. |
| yellowlegs | noun | Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of the genus Totanus, in which the legs are bright yellow; — called also stone snipe, tattler, telltale, yellowshanks; and yellowshins. See Tattler, 2. |
| yellowness | noun | The quality or state of being yellow; as, the yellowness of an orange., Jealousy. |
| yellowroot | noun | Any one of several plants with yellow roots., See Xanthorhiza., Same as Orangeroot. |
| yellowseed | noun | A kind of pepper grass (Lepidium campestre). |
| yellowtail | noun | Any one of several species of marine carangoid fishes of the genus Seriola; especially, the large California species (S. dorsalis) which sometimes weighs thirty or forty pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish; — called also cavasina, and white salmon., The mademoiselle, or silver perch., The menhaden., The runner, 12., A California rockfish (Sebastodes flavidus)., The sailor’s choice (Diplodus rhomboides). |
| yellowwood | noun | The wood of any one of several different kinds of trees; also, any one of the trees themselves. Among the trees so called are the Cladrastis tinctoria, an American leguminous tree; the several species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum); the Australian Flindersia Oxleyana, a tree related to the mahogany; certain South African species of Podocarpus, trees related to the yew; the East Indian Podocarpus latifolia; and the true satinwood (Chloroxylon Swietenia). All these Old World trees furnish valuable timber. |
| yellowwort | noun | A European yellow-flowered, gentianaceous (Chlora perfoliata). The whole plant is intensely bitter, and is sometimes used as a tonic, and also in dyeing yellow. |
| yeomanlike | adjective | Resembling, or suitable to, a yeoman; yeomanly. |
| yestermorn | noun | Alt. of Yester-morning |
| yesternoon | noun | The noon of yesterday; the noon last past. |
| yesterweek | noun | The week last past; last week. |
| yesteryear | noun | The year last past; last year. |
| yllanraton | noun | The agouara. |
| yokefellow | noun | An associate or companion in, or as in; a mate; a fellow; especially, a partner in marriage. |
| yourselves | plural | of Yourself |
| ypres lace | Fine bobbin lace made at Ypres in Belgium, usually exactly like Valenciennes lace. | |
| ypsiliform | adjective | Resembling the / in appearance; — said of the germinal spot in the ripe egg at one of the stages of fecundation. |