| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| y’s | plural | of Y |
| yaf | imp. | Gave. See Give. |
| yak | noun | A bovine mammal (Poephagus grunnies) native of the high plains of Central Asia. Its neck, the outer side of its legs, and its flanks, are covered with long, flowing, fine hair. Its tail is long and bushy, often white, and is valued as an ornament and for other purposes in India and China. There are several domesticated varieties, some of which lack the mane and the long hair on the flanks. Called also chauri gua, grunting cow, grunting ox, sarlac, sarlik, and sarluc. |
| yam | noun | A large, esculent, farinaceous tuber of various climbing plants of the genus Dioscorea; also, the plants themselves. Mostly natives of warm climates. The plants have netted-veined, petioled leaves, and pods with three broad wings. The commonest species is D. sativa, but several others are cultivated. |
| yap | verb i. | To bark; to yelp., A bark; a yelp. |
| yaw | verb i. | To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works., To steer wild, or out of the line of her course; to deviate from her course, as when struck by a heavy sea; — said of a ship., A movement of a vessel by which she temporarily alters her course; a deviation from a straight course in steering. |
| ybe | past participle | Been. |
| ydo | past participle | Done. |
| yen | plural | of Ye, The unit of value and account in Japan. Since Japan’s adoption of the gold standard, in 1897, the value of the yen has been about 50 cents. The yen is equal to 100 sen. |
| yea | adverb | Yes; ay; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative, or an affirmative answer to a question, now superseded by yes. See Yes., More than this; not only so, but; — used to mark the addition of a more specific or more emphatic clause. Cf. Nay, adv., 2., An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, a vote by yeas and nays. |
| yer | preposition | Ere; before. |
| yes | adverb | |
| yet | noun | Any one of several species of large marine gastropods belonging to the genus Yetus, or Cymba; a boat shell., In addition; further; besides; over and above; still., At the same time; by continuance from a former state; still., Up to the present time; thus far; hitherto; until now; — and with the negative, not yet, not up to the present time; not as soon as now; as, Is it time to go? Not yet. See As yet, under As, conj., Before some future time; before the end; eventually; in time., Even; — used emphatically., Nevertheless; notwithstanding; however. |
| yew | verb i. | See Yaw., An evergreen tree (Taxus baccata) of Europe, allied to the pines, but having a peculiar berrylike fruit instead of a cone. It frequently grows in British churchyards., The wood of the yew. It is light red in color, compact, fine-grained, and very elastic. It is preferred to all other kinds of wood for bows and whipstocks, the best for these purposes coming from Spain., A bow for shooting, made of the yew., Of or pertaining to yew trees; made of the wood of a yew tree; as, a yew whipstock. |
| yex | verb i. | To hiccough., A hiccough. |
| ygo | past participle | Gone. |
| yin | noun | A Chinese weight of 2/ pounds. |
| yis | adverb | Yes. |
| yit | conj. | Yet. |
| yle | noun | Isle. |
| yon | adjective | At a distance, but within view; yonder., Yonder. |
| yot | verb t. | To unite closely. |
| you | dat. & obj. | The pronoun of the second person, in the nominative, dative, and objective case, indicating the person or persons addressed. See the Note under Ye. |
| yow | pronoun | You. |
| yox | verb i. | See Yex. |
| yug | noun | Alt. of Yuga |
| yux | noun & verb | See Yex, n. |