| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| yacca | noun | A West Indian name for two large timber trees (Podocarpus coriaceus, and P. Purdicanus) of the Yew family. The wood, which is much used, is pale brownish with darker streaks. |
| yacht | noun | A light and elegantly furnished vessel, used either for private parties of pleasure, or as a vessel of state to convey distinguished persons from one place to another; a seagoing vessel used only for pleasure trips, racing, etc., To manage a yacht; to voyage in a yacht. |
| yager | noun | In the German army, one belonging to a body of light infantry armed with rifles, resembling the chasseur of the French army. |
| yakin | noun | A large Asiatic antelope (Budorcas taxicolor) native of the higher parts of the Himalayas and other lofty mountains. Its head and neck resemble those of the ox, and its tail is like that of the goat. Called also budorcas. |
| yalah | noun | The oil of the mahwa tree. |
| yamma | noun | The llama. |
| yapon | noun | Same as Yaupon. |
| yarke | noun | Same as Saki. |
| yaulp | verb i. | To yaup. |
| yawed | imp. & past participle | of Yaw |
| ydrad | past participle | Dreaded. |
| yeara | noun | The California poison oak (Rhus diversiloba). See under Poison, a. |
| yearn | verb t. | To pain; to grieve; to vex., To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn., To curdle, as milk., To be filled with longing desire; to be harassed or rendered uneasy with longing, or feeling the want of a thing; to strain with emotions of affection or tenderness; to long; to be eager. |
| yeast | noun | The foam, or troth (top yeast), or the sediment (bottom yeast), of beer or other in fermentation, which contains the yeast plant or its spores, and under certain conditions produces fermentation in saccharine or farinaceous substances; a preparation used for raising dough for bread or cakes, and making it light and puffy; barm; ferment., Spume, or foam, of water., A form of fungus which grows as indvidual rounded cells, rather than in a mycelium, and reproduces by budding; esp. members of the orders Endomycetales and Moniliales. Some fungi may grow both as a yeast or as a mycelium, depending on the conditions of growth. |
| yeman | noun | A yeoman. |
| yerba | noun | An herb; a plant. |
| yerne | adjective | Eagerly; briskly; quickly. |
| yerst | adverb | See Erst. |
| yesty | adjective | See Yeasty. |
| yeven | past participle | Given. |
| yewen | adjective | Made of yew; as, yewen bows. |
| yezdi | noun | Same as Izedi. |
| yfere | adverb | Together. See Ifere. |
| yield | verb t. | To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or seven per cent., To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth., To give up, as something that is claimed or demanded; to make over to one who has a claim or right; to resign; to surrender; to relinquish; as a city, an opinion, etc., To admit to be true; to concede; to allow., To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage., To give a reward to; to bless., To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb., To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request., To give way; to cease opposition; to be no longer a hindrance or an obstacle; as, men readily yield to the current of opinion, or to customs; the door yielded., To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing., Amount yielded; product; — applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation. |
| ylike | adjective & adverb | Like; alike. |
| yodel | verb t. & i. | Alt. of Yodle, Alt. of Yodle |
| yodle | verb t. & i. | To sing in a manner common among the Swiss and Tyrolese mountaineers, by suddenly changing from the head voice, or falsetto, to the chest voice, and the contrary; to warble., A song sung by yodeling, as by the Swiss mountaineers. |
| yojan | noun | A measure of distance, varying from four to ten miles, but usually about five. |
| yoked | imp. & past participle | of Yoke |
| yokel | noun | A country bumpkin. |
| young | superl. | Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old; juvenile; — said of animals; as, a young child; a young man; a young fawn., Being in the first part, pr period, of growth; as, a young plant; a young tree., Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak., The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively. |
| yours | pronoun | See the Note under Your. |
| youth | plural | of Youth, The quality or state of being young; youthfulness; juvenility., The part of life that succeeds to childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to manhood., A young person; especially, a young man., Young persons, collectively. |
| youze | noun | The cheetah. |
| yraft | past participle | Bereft. |
| ysame | adverb | Together. |
| yucca | noun | See Flicker, n., 2., A genus of American liliaceous, sometimes arborescent, plants having long, pointed, and often rigid, leaves at the top of a more or less woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms. |
| yufts | noun | Russia leather. |
| yulan | noun | A species of Magnolia (M. conspicua) with large white blossoms that open before the leaves. See the Note under Magnolia. |
| yumas | noun pl. | A tribe of Indians native of Arizona and the adjacent parts of Mexico and California. They are agricultural, and cultivate corn, wheat, barley, melons, etc. |
| yupon | noun | Same as Yaupon. |