| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| yachting | noun | Sailing for pleasure in a yacht. |
| yachtman | noun | See Yachtsman. |
| yakamilk | noun | See Trumpeter, 3 (a). |
| yardfuls | plural | of Yardful |
| yardland | noun | A measure of land of uncertain quantity, varying from fifteen to forty acres; a virgate. |
| yardwand | noun | A yardstick. |
| yataghan | noun | A long knife, or short saber, common among Mohammedan nations, usually having a double curve, sometimes nearly straight. |
| yaw-weed | noun | A low, shrubby, rubiaceous plant (Morinda Royoc) growing along the seacoast of the West Indies. It has small, white, odorous flowers. |
| yeanling | noun | A lamb or a kid; an eanling. |
| yearbook | noun | A book published yearly; any annual report or summary of the statistics or facts of a year, designed to be used as a reference book; as, the Congregational Yearbook., A book containing annual reports of cases adjudged in the courts of England. |
| yearling | noun | An animal one year old, or in the second year of its age; — applied chiefly to cattle, sheep, and horses., Being a year old. |
| yearning | present participle & vb. noun | of Yearn |
| yearnful | adjective | Desirous. |
| yeldhall | noun | Guildhall. |
| yeldrine | noun | The yellow-hammer; — called also yeldrock, and yoldrin. |
| yellowed | imp. & past participle | of Yellow |
| yeomanly | adjective | Pertaining to a yeoman; becoming or suitable to, a yeoman; yeomanlike. |
| yeomanry | noun | The position or rank of a yeoman., The collective body of yeomen, or freeholders., The yeomanry cavalry. |
| yeorling | noun | The European yellow-hammer. |
| yestreen | noun | Yester-evening; yesternight; last night. |
| ygdrasyl | noun | See in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. |
| yielding | present participle & vb. noun | of Yield, Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper. |
| yodeling | present participle & vb. noun | of Yodle |
| yokemate | noun | Same as Yokefellow. |
| yoncopin | noun | A local name in parts of the Mississippi Valley for the American lotus (Nelumbo lutea). |
| york use | The one of the three printed uses of England which was followed in the north. It was based on the Sarum use. See Use, n., 6. | |
| youngger | noun | One who is younger; an inferior in age; a junior. |
| youngish | adjective | Somewhat young. |
| yourself | pronoun | An emphasized or reflexive form of the pronoun of the second person; — used as a subject commonly with you; as, you yourself shall see it; also, alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, you have injured yourself. |
| youthful | adjective | Not yet mature or aged; young., Also used figuratively., Of or pertaining to the early part of life; suitable to early life; as, youthful days; youthful sports., Fresh; vigorous, as in youth. |
| ypsiloid | adjective | In the form of the letter Y; Y-shaped. |
| ytterbic | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, ytterbium; containing ytterbium. |
| yttrious | adjective | Same as Yttric. |
| yuletide | noun | Christmas time; Christmastide; the season of Christmas. |