| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| yacare | noun | A South American crocodilian (Jacare sclerops) resembling the alligator in size and habits. The eye orbits are connected together, and surrounded by prominent bony ridges. Called also spectacled alligator, and spectacled cayman. |
| yaffle | noun | The European green woodpecker (Picus, / Genius, viridis). It is noted for its loud laughlike note. Called also eccle, hewhole, highhoe, laughing bird, popinjay, rain bird, yaffil, yaffler, yaffingale, yappingale, yackel, and woodhack. |
| yakare | noun | Same as Yacare. |
| yaksha | noun | A kind of demigod attendant on Kuvera, the god of wealth. |
| yanked | imp. & past participle | of Yank |
| yankee | noun | A nickname for a native or citizen of New England, especially one descended from old New England stock; by extension, an inhabitant of the Northern States as distinguished from a Southerner; also, applied sometimes by foreigners to any inhabitant of the United States., Of or pertaining to a Yankee; characteristic of the Yankees. |
| yaourt | noun | A fermented drink, or milk beer, made by the Turks. |
| yapock | noun | A South American aquatic opossum (Chironectes variegatus) found in Guiana and Brazil. Its hind feet are webbed, and its fore feet do not have an opposable thumb for climbing. Called also water opossum. |
| yarage | adjective | The power of moving, or being managed, at sea; — said with reference to a ship. |
| yarely | adverb | In a yare manner. |
| yarnen | adjective | Made of yarn; consisting of yarn. |
| yarnut | noun | See Yernut. |
| yarrow | noun | An American and European composite plant (Achillea Millefolium) with very finely dissected leaves and small white corymbed flowers. It has a strong, and somewhat aromatic, odor and taste, and is sometimes used in making beer, or is dried for smoking. Called also milfoil, and nosebleed. |
| yauper | noun | One who, or that which, yaups. |
| yaupon | noun | A shrub (Ilex Cassine) of the Holly family, native from Virginia to Florida. The smooth elliptical leaves are used as a substitute for tea, and were formerly used in preparing the black drink of the Indians of North Carolina. Called also South-Sea tea. |
| yawing | present participle & vb. noun | of Yaw |
| yawned | imp. & past participle | of Yawn |
| yeaned | imp. & past participle | of Yean |
| yeared | adjective | Containing years; having existed or continued many years; aged. |
| yearly | adjective | Happening, accruing, or coming every year; annual; as, a yearly income; a yearly feast., Lasting a year; as, a yearly plant., Accomplished in a year; as, the yearly circuit, or revolution, of the earth., Annually; once a year to year; as, blessings yearly bestowed. |
| yearth | noun | The earth. |
| yeasty | adjective | Frothy; foamy; spumy, like yeast. |
| yelled | imp. & past participle | of Yell |
| yellow | superl. | Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green., A bright golden color, reflecting more light than any other except white; the color of that part of the spectrum which is between the orange and green., A yellow pigment., To make yellow; to cause to have a yellow tinge or color; to dye yellow., To become yellow or yellower. |
| yelped | imp. & past participle | of Yelp |
| yelper | noun | An animal that yelps, or makes a yelping noise., The avocet; — so called from its sharp, shrill cry., The tattler. |
| yenite | noun | A silicate of iron and lime occurring in black prismatic crystals; — also called ilvaite. |
| yeomen | plural | of Yeoman |
| yeoman | noun | A common man, or one of the commonly of the first or most respectable class; a freeholder; a man free born., A servant; a retainer., A yeoman of the guard; also, a member of the yeomanry cavalry., An interior officer under the boatswain, gunner, or carpenters, charged with the stowage, account, and distribution of the stores. |
| yerked | imp. & past participle | of Yerk |
| yernut | noun | An earthnut, or groundnut. See Groundnut (d). |
| yester | adjective | Last; last past; next before; of or pertaining to yesterday. |
| yezidi | noun | Same as Izedi. |
| yholde | p. p. of Hold. | |
| yliche | adjective & adverb | Alt. of Ylike |
| ymaked | past participle | Made. |
| ynambu | noun | A South American tinamou (Rhynchotus rufescens); — called also perdiz grande, and rufous tinamou. See Illust. of Tinamou. |
| ynough | adjective | Alt. of Ynow |
| yockel | noun | The yaffle. |
| yodled | of Yodle | |
| yodler | noun | One who yodels. |
| yoicks | interj. | A cry of encouragement to foxhounds. |
| yoking | present participle & vb. noun | of Yoke |
| yolden | past participle | Yielded. |
| yonder | adverb | At a distance, but within view., Being at a distance within view, or conceived of as within view; that or those there; yon. |
| yonker | noun | A young fellow; a younker. |
| yorker | noun | A tice. |
| youpon | noun | Same as Yaupon. |
| youths | plural | of Youth |
| youthy | adjective | Young. |
| yowley | noun | The European yellow-hammer. |
| ypight | past participle | See Pight. |
| yronne | past participle | Run. |
| yttria | noun | The oxide, Y2O3, or earth, of yttrium. |
| yttric | adjective | Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, yttrium. |
| yuckel | noun | Same as Yockel. |